Soft Power II

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

A# minor

energy

0.69

dance

0.90

valence

0.50

vocal at

3.9s

length

2:37

language

En

lyrics

(mm)

There is a version of strength that involves raising your voice
I have watched it work in rooms and I have never used it once
Not from virtue. From arithmetic. It has a lower success rate.
(lower success rate)
Quiet is not moral, it is effective, and I like winning

People mistake it for calm (for calm)
It is not calm, it is compression, and it costs something

Soft power
(soft power)
Everything I have ever won, I won at low volume
Soft power
And nobody has once asked what it takes to hold it

You asked. In April. In a kitchen. Not as a compliment.
You said "does it ever get tiring, being the composed one"
And I said no, and then I sat down, and then I said yes
(and then I said yes)
First time. Thirty-four years old. First time anyone asked.

I am not going to get loud. That is not the ending.
The ending is that one person knows the price and stayed anyway.
That is what the whole system was protecting. That, specifically.
(bass returns)

Soft power
(soft power)
Everything I have ever won, I won at low volume
Soft power
And nobody has once asked what it takes to hold it

(soft power...)