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CASS VERSAILLES

Soft Power

Negotiated her own record deal at twenty-two and reads contracts for fun

style

  • alternative r&b
  • pop
  • smooth layered harmonies
  • warm bass
  • sultry female vocal
  • controlled and knowing
  • sparse modern production
  • late night mood
  • american accent
  • standard radio arrangement

the numbers

bpm
89
key
G# major
energy
0.70
dance
0.89
valence
0.57
vocal at
12.4s
length
2:12
language
En

lyrics

(mm, late night)

I read the whole contract while they watched me read it
Page forty-one had a clause they hoped I'd skip
I circled it in pen and slid it back and smiled
(and smiled, and smiled)
Nobody has ever been so uncomfortable so politely

I don't raise my voice (raise my voice)
I've never needed to and that scares people

Soft power
(soft power)
I don't take the room, I let it come to me
Soft power
The quietest person here decides

Same thing with you, you thought you were in charge
You asked me what I wanted and I said "what do you want"
You spent a year answering and never noticed
(never noticed)
That I never once told you a single thing

That's not a game. That's a habit.
And I'm not sure I know how to stop it.
(bass slides back in)

Soft power
(soft power)
I don't take the room, I let it come to me
Soft power
The quietest person here decides

(soft power...)