The Church Hall

style

• pacific soul
• island reggae
• warm bass
• ukulele
• layered family harmonies
• female alto
• rich and grounded
• sunlit production
• new zealand accent
• pacific inflection

the numbers

bpm

123

key

D major

energy

0.71

dance

0.89

valence

0.53

vocal at

7.9s

length

7:59

language

En

lyrics

(mmm)

Every important thing in my life happened in one hall
Two funerals, four weddings, one very bad talent show
Same plastic chairs, same tea urn, same brown floor
(same brown floor)
The building has held more of my family than any house

They want to sell it (want to sell it)
Council says the roof, we say the roof has always been like that

The church hall
(the church hall)
Where everybody I love has cried at least once
The church hall
Buildings are just people standing still

My cousin sang here at nine and could not finish
Whole room waited. Nobody moved. She finished at eleven.
Two years later, same song, same room, and she finished
(and she finished)
That is what a hall is for. That's the entire function.

(unaccompanied family harmonies)
Same brown floor... same brown floor...
(bass slides back in)

The church hall
(the church hall)
Where everybody I love has cried at least once
The church hall
Buildings are just people standing still

(the church hall...)