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ELENI FROST

Still in the drawer

Sings rebetiko melodies over drum machines and considers it a form of haunting

the numbers

bpm
99
key
A# minor
energy
0.72
dance
0.93
valence
0.49
vocal at
2.4s
length
4:25
language
Gr

lyrics

Ink bled through the page

On a saucer by the sink

I folded your name in rage

Then hid it where I don’t think

Your stamp lies in the drawer

Under keys and an old receipt

The paper keeps score

Of the train I missed on Egnatia Street

I touch the edge of the file

See my own name under dust

The clock on the oven is still

And the envelope turns to rust

Still in the drawer

Still in the drawer

Still in the drawer

Still in the drawer

The lamp by the mirror burns low

Over tiles with a cracked blue line

I never let the ink dry slow

I never made it yours or mine

A coffee ring on the wood

A red thread caught in the seam

I wrote what I never could

And shut it under the dream

I hear the drawer complain

When the spoon hits the tray

Your words move like rain

Then sink in the paper tray

Still in the drawer

Still in the drawer

Still in the drawer

Still in the drawer

I opened it once in May

By the ferry tickets and salt

Your corner had gone gray

But the silence kept its vault

Still in the drawer

Still in the drawer

Still in the drawer

Still in the drawer