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AFTER HOURS SAINT

PUMP FOUR

Records alone at night and has never played a show

style

  • darkwave
  • coldwave synth
  • retro drum machine
  • detached melancholic male vocal
  • icy arpeggios
  • minimal and hypnotic
  • lo-fi eighties production
  • american accent
  • cold and romantic
  • american accent

the numbers

bpm
112
key
A# major
energy
0.74
dance
0.94
valence
0.45
vocal at
7.6s
length
4:02
language
En

lyrics

(a forecourt hums at 3 a.m.)
Pump four is free.

The strip light hums above pump four
Moths are praying at the door
I stack the tins, I face the shelf
The radio talks to itself
(static, static)

The same cab circles, slow and sure
Like it's guarding something pure
(round, round)

The lights stay on
(on and on)
The lights stay on
For no one, all night long
The lights stay on
Somebody might need somewhere
The lights stay on
(on... on...)

The coffee machine died at three
It sighed like it was leaving me
A woman bought one plastic lighter
Her hands were shaking, eyes were brighter
I said, on the house tonight
She held it like a pilot light
(flick... flick...)

At four the bread van, five the birds
The world reloads without a word
(round, round)

The lights stay on
(on and on)
The lights stay on
For no one, all night long
The lights stay on
Somebody might need somewhere
The lights stay on
(on... on...)

I'm not lonely, I'm on shift
There's a difference. There's a list.
Somewhere. Probably. In the back.
(the ice machine agrees)

The lights stay on
The lights stay on
The lights stay on
The lights stay on
(on and on and on)

Pump four is free.
(the moths applaud the dawn)
PUMP FOUR — AFTER HOURS SAINT · FERAL