SHE STOOD UP FIRST
Trained in opera, thrown out for improvising, and has never once sung a song the same way twice
vex on it
the runHonest use case: people who appreciate character-driven narratives with a dark, theatrical flair.
Exhibit: “I wanted her to be small for four minutes. That is the whole ambition.”
style
the numbers
- bpm
- 152
- key
- D major
- energy
- 0.68
- dance
- 0.93
- valence
- 0.53
- vocal at
- 3.3s
- length
- 2:58
- words
- 193
- clichés
- 0
- language
- En
most sung: “first” ×13 · “stood” ×12 · “elle” ×3
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...)