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Nils Haugen

No call came

Teaches primary school and his students do not know

the numbers

bpm
152
key
G minor
energy
0.72
dance
0.95
valence
0.52
vocal at
1.1s
length
4:19
language
En

lyrics

At 23:14, your kettle clicked in Norway blue

My phone lit the sink in squares of pale tube-light hue

Two cups stood on the sill, one ring of tea gone brown

Your voicemail icon stayed blank while rain dragged past town

I watched the red dot vanish by the ferry crane

Your last read line froze on the screen like salted rain

I held the cord, unhooked, above the desk by the wall

The clock ticked through the hall, and still you didn't call

No call came

No call came

No call came

No call came

The line stayed dead in my hand

In Nygårdsparken, a tram screeched under wet birch wood

I found your scarf in the drawer where the spare batteries stood

The kitchen tile kept your shoeprint from the thawing snow

I counted nine missed rings, then let the whole thing go

No call came

No call came

No call came

No call came

The line stayed dead in my hand

I heard the static of the hallway fan, and then your shape

Gone from the doorframe, gone from the coat rack, gone from the tape

I folded your note into thirds, kept the stamp and the crease

Then left it on the table by the chipped enamel piece

No call came

No call came

No call came

No call came

The line stayed dead in my hand