Tell me true
Two months a year the sun does not rise where she lives
the numbers
- bpm
- 89
- key
- D minor
- energy
- 0.75
- dance
- 0.92
- valence
- 0.40
- vocal at
- 7.0s
- length
- 3:27
- language
- No
lyrics
You left your boots by the sink last night Wet wool on the tile, a hush in the hall You said my name like a cut in the white Your tea went cold in the chipped enamel bowl By the porch step, you turned your face Snow on your sleeve, salt on the wood You spoke one truth I could not place Then I heard it in the way you stood Tell me true Tell me true Tell me true Tell me true I did not want it, but I knew At the fish market, under tarpaulin blue You watched my hands fold into my coat The gulls pulled circles over the quay You named the ache I tried to choke By the porch step, you turned your face Snow on your sleeve, salt on the wood You spoke one truth I could not place Then I heard it in the way you stood Tell me true Tell me true Tell me true Tell me true I did not want it, but I knew Now the kettle ticks in the darkened room Your words sit still in the sugar tin I rinse the cups in the morning light And let the hard clean thing come in Tell me true Tell me true Tell me true Tell me true I did not want it, but I knew
