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VELVET GUILLOTINE

SHE STOOD UP FIRST

Trained in opera, thrown out for improvising, and has never once sung a song the same way twice

style

theatrical
dramatic art pop
orchestral stabs
harpsichord
operatic backing vocals
spoken-word passages
cabaret menace
wide dynamic swings
french accent
grand and sinister

the numbers

bpm: 162
key: D major
energy: 0.66
dance: 0.82
valence: 0.49
vocal at: 8.1s
length: 2:31
language: En

lyrics

(elle s'est levee)

Onze ans dans un couloir. Onze ans a apprendre son souffle.
Eleven years learning to breathe like a woman I was replacing.
Et mardi elle etait malade. Et mardi j'etais prete.

She stood up first, she stood up first
In the box, before the rest of them, she stood up first
She stood up first, she stood up first
And took the only thing that would have been mine

J'avais tout prevu. Les fleurs, la presse, le silence.
I had planned everything except being applauded by her.

She stood up first, she stood up first
In the box, before the rest of them, she stood up first
She stood up first, she stood up first
And took the only thing that would have been mine

(operatic wordless passage, 8 bars)
Je voulais qu'elle soit petite. C'est tout. C'est tout ce que je voulais.
I wanted her to be small for four minutes. That is the whole ambition.
And she was enormous, and generous, and first, and I will never recover.

She stood up first, she stood up first
And took the only thing that would have been mine

(elle s'est levee...)