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Bram de Vries

Oma says no

His father raved in the 90s and he is doing it louder to make a point

the numbers

bpm
92
key
F minor
energy
0.77
dance
0.92
valence
0.56
vocal at
0.1s
length
3:34
language
Du

lyrics

At the kitchen table, she cuts the pears

Blue rinse hair by the tiled stairs

She points at his shoes by the door

Says, “I’ve seen that grin before”

He parks by the ferry, ten past eight

Chrome on the bike, and a crooked gait

She folds her arms, taps her cup

Says, “Boy, that face is all bluffed up”

She leans by the sink, all bone and steel

“One look from me, that’s the deal”

She shakes that spoon in a jam-jar light

Then laughs, “Not him, not tonight”

Oma says no

Oma says no

Oma says no

Oma says no

She sees that coat

She shuts that door

Oma says no

Oma says no

By the trams at Blaak, he tried his chance

Red scarf tied wrong, cheap cologne on his pants

She saw his ring on the bakery shelf

Then said, “You bring that mess yourself”

At half past nine, she mashed the mash

White plate, brown gravy, one loud clash

She took one sip, looked up slow

Said, “That one? No, no, no”

Oma says no

Oma says no

Oma says no

Oma says no

She sees that coat

She shuts that door

Oma says no

Oma says no

In the hall, with the umbrella stand

She grabs my sleeve with her flour hand

“Boy, keep your feet on the floor”

Then she laughs, “I still know more”

Oma says no

Oma says no

Oma says no

Oma says no

She sees that coat

She shuts that door

Oma says no

Oma says no
Oma says no — Bram de Vries · FERAL