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Sinead Rourke

Same old chairs

Writes exactly what happened and changes only the names, and sometimes not even those

the numbers

bpm
152
key
A# major
energy
0.67
dance
0.84
valence
0.35
vocal at
6.7s
length
3:58
language
En

lyrics

You wore that navy coat

I wore the scar on my knee

At O’Connell’s booth by the window

You said, “Sit here beside me”

Your hands still knew the glass

Your laugh fell short on the end

The same loose thread on your cuff

The same old crack in your grin

And I watched the ash in your saucer

I watched my ring turn cold

We spoke like the years were paper

Folded, and folded, and old

Same old chairs

Same old chairs

Same old chairs

Same old chairs

We sat there

Like it never passed

At half past six, the rain came

On the bus stop glass outside

You checked your phone by the spoon tray

I stared at the sugar beside

You still missed the same old exits

I still bit back what I knew

The menu was curling at the edges

And nothing in us was new

And I watched the ash in your saucer

I watched my ring turn cold

We spoke like the years were paper

Folded, and folded, and old

Same old chairs

Same old chairs

Same old chairs

Same old chairs

We sat there

Like it never passed

At quarter to nine, I stood up

You said, “Stay, just a while”

But the coat on the hook was the same one

And so was your crooked smile

So I left my change on the table

Left the salt by your hand

You kept on talking to the window

Like it could understand

Same old chairs

Same old chairs

Same old chairs

Same old chairs

We sat there

Like it never passed
Same old chairs — Sinead Rourke · FERAL