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WREN HOLLOWAY

SECOND-HAND COAT

Left a session-musician career because nobody ever asked what she thought

style

  • indie rock
  • jangly guitars
  • propulsive rhythm section
  • expressive female vocal
  • warm analog production
  • american accent
  • bittersweet and driving
  • american accent
  • restless
  • wry

the numbers

bpm
129
key
D major
energy
0.68
dance
0.94
valence
0.50
vocal at
2.4s
length
2:42
language
En

lyrics

(one, two, three, four)
(a hanger squeaks on the rail)

I bought a coat for seven bucks
A bus stub folded in the sleeve
Someone rode to Fairbanks, trusting luck
And I have never dared to leave
(never, never)

It smells like someone else's rain
It hangs like someone else's nerve
(nerve, nerve)

It fits like a life I haven't lived
It fits like a life I haven't lived
Two sizes brave, one size too big
It fits like a life I haven't lived
It fits like a life I haven't lived
(so wear it, wear it)

I wear it to the grocery store
Like Fairbanks might be aisle nine
I hover by the exit door
And buy the same bread every time
(every time)

It fits like a life I haven't lived
It fits like a life I haven't lived
Two sizes brave, one size too big
It fits like a life I haven't lived
It fits like a life I haven't lived

Whoever you are, I hope you made it
(I hope the bus was warm)
I'm keeping the stub, I've laminated
My little paper storm
(a screen door swings)

It fits like a life I haven't lived
It fits like a life I haven't lived
Two sizes brave, one size too big
It fits like a life I haven't lived

Seven bucks, seven bucks
(and all that luck, all that luck)
SECOND-HAND COAT — WREN HOLLOWAY · FERAL