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Grant Mbeki

Second chair

Plays a horn that belonged to a man he never met and feels responsible for it

the numbers

bpm
96
key
G minor
energy
0.72
dance
0.92
valence
0.48
vocal at
4.8s
length
3:12
language
En

lyrics

I came in with a mug and a key

One chair by the table, then two by the sea

The extra one sat near the wall

By the cracked blue cup and the paper on the hall

No note on the seat, no knock at the door

Just a second backrest on the tiles by the floor

I watched the spoon in the saucer swing slow

And the clock on the fridge kept its black-and-white glow

Second chair

Second chair

Second chair

Second chair

I moved my book and my Sunday shirt

Found a red paint chip on the leg, still stuck in the dirt

Your glass had a ring from the jam

And the fan in the corner hummed soft as a tram

Second chair

Second chair

Second chair

Second chair

I did not ask who sent it there

I only felt the weight of the empty spare

One more plate, one more place

One more quiet shape in my little room of space

Second chair

Second chair

Second chair

Second chair