Tell me straight
Wedding singer for a decade who knows exactly when a room is about to turn
the numbers
- bpm
- 129
- key
- F major
- energy
- 0.72
- dance
- 0.95
- valence
- 0.58
- vocal at
- 3.7s
- length
- 3:02
- language
- Si
lyrics
You met me by the Pettah gate With a paper bag and that look on your face You said my name by the bus stop late While the 138 rolled past in the rain You tapped your cup on the Formica seat Said my good luck had a crack in the heat I watched your thumb on the old receipt And I knew that truth was coming for me I laughed too loud, I looked away You kept it steady, you made me stay By the Galle Road turning gray You said the words I did not want today Tell me straight Tell me straight Tell me straight Tell me straight I can take it now At the rice stall near the rail yard bend You named the lie I kept calling friend Said that smile was a borrowed trend And the whole thing broke when the corner turned You shook your head with a half-smile small Like a cracked tea glass on a tiled hall I stuffed my pride in my shirt pocket wall Then I heard your truth hit hard and tall Tell me straight Tell me straight Tell me straight Tell me straight I can take it now No velvet words, no sweet disguise Just your steady eyes and the room gone quiet I stood there stiff with my fists half-tight Then your blunt truth cut clean through the night Tell me straight Tell me straight Tell me straight Tell me straight I can take it now