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TANK LIGHT

A collective that has never shown its faces and communicates only through the records

style

  • trip-hop
  • alternative hip-hop
  • dubby bassline
  • lo-fi drum loop
  • melodica and detuned keys
  • laconic half-sung male vocal
  • cartoon-band groove
  • british accent
  • hypnotic and cool
  • british accent

the numbers

bpm
92
key
A# major
energy
0.74
dance
0.92
valence
0.34
vocal at
4.1s
length
2:56
language
En

lyrics

(the filter bubbles)
(four a.m. again)

The angelfish patrols the glass
He's seen my ceiling more than you
We watch the slow blue hours pass
He doesn't sleep — I don't sleep too
(blue... blue...)

Your side of the bed stays made
The tank light hums a lower shade
(hums, hums)

Tank light on (on...) — the only dawn I get
Tank light on (on...) — not done drowning yet
Tank light on — my rented moon
Tank light on — you left in June
(bubbles rise)

I feed him flakes at half past four
He noses up to ask for more
The tape still says the name you chose
Sergeant Bubbles. That's how it goes.
(sergeant, at ease)

Someday the dark will feel like rest
Tonight it's water in my chest
(breathe... breathe...)

Tank light on (on...) — the only dawn I get
Tank light on (on...) — not done drowning yet
Tank light on — my rented moon
Tank light on — you left in June
(blue... blue...)

(the filter bubbles on)
Goodnight, Sergeant.
(blue...)
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