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Sombat Chai

SHE DIDN'T TELL THEM

From the northeast, moved to the capital, and plays village music at 3am club sets

style

  • molam
  • luk thung
  • electronic
  • khaen reed
  • phin lute
  • driving synth bass
  • male tenor
  • nasal and rhythmic
  • hypnotic and modern
  • thai accent

the numbers

bpm
108
key
A# minor
energy
0.69
dance
0.95
valence
0.61
vocal at
7.4s
length
1:55
language
Th

lyrics

(she didn't tell them)

She came to the booth at three and she was crying a bit
She said my grandfather plays that, in Isaan, on a porch
And I said mine too, and we stood there for a second
And then she went back to her friends and said nothing

She didn't tell them (didn't tell them)
Went straight back, didn't tell them
Danced like the rest, didn't tell them
Didn't tell them

She didn't tell them, tell them, she didn't tell them
I know exactly why and I have done it too
She didn't tell them, tell them, she didn't tell them
There is a word they use for us and she has heard it

I changed how I say my own name when I moved here.
Flattened it. Took the province out of my vowels. On purpose.
Eleven years. And I put the khaen on at three because it is dark.
(KICK SLAMS BACK)

She didn't tell them, tell them, she didn't tell them
I know exactly why and I have done it too
She didn't tell them, tell them, she didn't tell them
There is a word they use for us and she has heard it

(at three...)