Still in the drawer
Mother stayed in Lagos
the numbers
- bpm
- 108
- key
- A# major
- energy
- 0.72
- dance
- 0.90
- valence
- 0.49
- vocal at
- 8.7s
- length
- 2:55
- language
- En
lyrics
Blue biro on the page, 2:14 By the kettle, in the bread bin seam I wrote your name then folded it tight Left it by the socks, out of sight Now the envelope bends in the heat The glue gone shy at the edge of the sheet I pass that drawer when I clear the cups One touch, and my hand still stops Still in the drawer Still in the drawer Still in the drawer Still in the drawer I never sent it Still in the drawer Peckham rain on the shopfront glass I came home late with a paper bag Plantain peel on a saucer, brown Your letter slept where the receipts went down I hear the post box clack on the road But I keep my thumb on the folded code Some things stay warm in the dark, I know Some things just don't go Still in the drawer Still in the drawer Still in the drawer Still in the drawer I never sent it Still in the drawer I wrote "I miss you" under the fan Then crossed it out with the same left hand One torn corner, one tea-ring stain And your first name leaning into the rain Still in the drawer Still in the drawer Still in the drawer Still in the drawer I never sent it Still in the drawer