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AURELIA NOVA

Second ring, you pick up

Sang at resort hotels for six summers and learned exactly what makes a crowd move

the numbers

bpm
136
key
F minor
energy
0.71
dance
0.94
valence
0.68
vocal at
2.9s
length
3:08
language
Ro

lyrics

At 3:04, my screen is blue

Two rings in, and it’s you

Half-lit tram stop, wet pavement squares

Your name pops up like you were there

Keys on the table, coat half-zipped

I hear you laugh through one sleep-slip

From Bucharest to blocks away

You pick up fast, you make my day

Don’t ask why, don’t need a reason

Your voice comes in like early season

I say one word, you say “I’m here”

And all that static disappears

Second ring, you pick up

Second ring, you pick up

Second ring, you pick up

Second ring, you pick up

Coffee stain on my kitchen plate

I was one minute from too late

You say “come by,” I hear that grin

Tinny from the cracked-up pin

I cross the bridge with my hood pulled low

You leave the hall light on to glow

By the door, my shoes hit stone

I’m not alone, I’m not alone

Second ring, you pick up

Second ring, you pick up

Second ring, you pick up

Second ring, you pick up

Keep the phone beside your bed

Keep that little charge light red

If my heart starts running wild

You answer like it’s child’s play, child

Second ring, you pick up

Second ring, you pick up

Second ring, you pick up

Second ring, you pick up
Second ring, you pick up — AURELIA NOVA · FERAL