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Solveig Aas

Salt on the spoon

Two months a year the sun does not rise where she lives

the numbers

bpm
96
key
C minor
energy
0.70
dance
0.88
valence
0.38
vocal at
3.0s
length
3:51
language
No

lyrics

You showed me once by the sink in May

A chipped blue bowl and a spoon in clay

Your hands were slow, your words all bent

You fixed my lace, then let it twist and went

By the window, the kettle cried

You pointed north, then stepped aside

I held the cup with a clumsy hand

You nodded once, I started to stand

Salt on the spoon

Salt on the spoon

Salt on the spoon

Salt on the spoon

It stung my tongue

And stayed till noon

You taught me badly, but you stayed to show

How rye bread tears when the crust is low

At half past six, by the cracked stove ring

You let me fail at a simple thing

Your mitten thumb had a red wool seam

You watched me spill by the enamel beam

Then you laughed low, like a chair on pine

And placed my fingers back in line

Salt on the spoon

Salt on the spoon

Salt on the spoon

Salt on the spoon

It stung my tongue

And stayed till noon

Now April rain taps the window frame

I still misshape that small hard name

You taught me wrong, and you taught me slow

That some things learn by letting go

Salt on the spoon

Salt on the spoon

Salt on the spoon

Salt on the spoon

It stung my tongue

And stayed till noon
Salt on the spoon — Solveig Aas · FERAL