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Otto Lindqvist

THE BEST YEAR OF MY LIFE

Trained as a cellist and plays guitar like one; talks less than anyone in the studio

vex on it

after hours

Honest use case: People who appreciate introspective, regretful narratives with a heavy musical backing.

Exhibit:I am forty-one and I am learning to narrate. Badly. Late.

style

  • melodic doom
  • gothic pop
  • heavy detuned guitars
  • cello
  • male bass-baritone
  • mournful and vast
  • slow crushing groove
  • cinematic
  • finnish accent
  • heavy

the numbers

bpm
144
key
D# minor
energy
0.74
dance
0.94
valence
0.45
vocal at
6.5s
length
4:43
words
210
clichés
0
language
Fi

most sung: “best” ×14 · “year” ×14 · “life” ×14

shared with the crate: 76 other songs use “door”

lyrics

(the best year)

He had the door open and the offer on the table
No hard feelings, we can find somebody else, it's fine
And I had eleven months of the happiest work of my life
Behind a face that has never once reported anything

The best year of my life (the best year)
I said it out loud, the best year
One sentence, the best year
The best year

The best year of my life, my life, the best year of my life
I have never said a sentence like that to anybody
The best year of my life, my life, the best year of my life
And he laughed for about a minute with his hand over his face

Then he said "you could have mentioned that." And I could have.
Eleven months. Two hundred sessions. One sentence needed.
I am forty-one and I am learning to narrate. Badly. Late.
(BAND RETURNS, ENORMOUS)

The best year of my life, my life, the best year of my life
I have never said a sentence like that to anybody
The best year of my life, my life, the best year of my life
And he laughed for about a minute with his hand over his face

(learning to narrate...)