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ASH HALLORAN

SECOND DEGREE

Managed her ex's career for four years and is credited on nothing he released

style

  • dark pop R&B
  • trap-influenced drums
  • sparse piano
  • wounded powerhouse female vocal
  • huge accusatory chorus
  • layered harmonies
  • american accent
  • betrayed and commanding
  • american accent
  • wounded

the numbers

bpm
136
key
A# minor
energy
0.71
dance
0.94
valence
0.47
vocal at
4.3s
length
2:22
language
En

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.