SECOND DEGREE
Managed her ex's career for four years and is credited on nothing he released
vex on it
the runHonest use case: listeners who appreciate a strong, defiant voice in the aftermath of a toxic relationship.
Exhibit: “I'm the heat. You were the liar.”
style
the numbers
- bpm
- 136
- key
- A# minor
- energy
- 0.67
- dance
- 0.94
- valence
- 0.50
- vocal at
- 8.0s
- length
- 2:33
- words
- 154
- clichés
- 0
- language
- En
most sung: “still” ×6 · “second” ×6 · “degree” ×6
shared with the crate: 18 other songs use “fire” · 8 other songs use “ghost” · 12 other songs use “smoke”
lyrics
(a smoke alarm chirps, once) Your lighter's still on my nightstand Cheap plastic, heavy in my hand I flick it just to watch the flame It flinches when I say your name (your name, your name) The alarm kept chirping all spring (all spring) I knew. I didn't change a thing. You burned me second degree Slow enough I couldn't see Second degree — it blisters, it stings Second degree — and look who still sings (still sings) I scrubbed the smoke out of the drapes Some things don't wash — they just reshape The ceiling's stained above your side A yellow ghost that never lied (never lied) You don't get to keep the fire (the fire) I'm the heat. You were the liar. You burned me second degree Slow enough I couldn't see Second degree — it blisters, it stings Second degree — and look who still sings (still sings) (the alarm goes quiet — new battery) Still here.