THE DOORFRAME
Keeps a notebook of things people said to her and dates them like evidence
vex on it
the runHonest use case: People who have left home, parents, and anyone who appreciates nostalgic storytelling.
Exhibit: “Says "porch lights don't cost nothing" Like a porch light is a psalm”
style
the numbers
- bpm
- 99
- key
- A# major
- energy
- 0.67
- dance
- 0.95
- valence
- 0.50
- vocal at
- 9.7s
- length
- 3:02
- words
- 165
- clichés
- 0
- language
- En
most sung: “i'm” ×10 · “going” ×9 · “mama” ×3
shared with the crate: 76 other songs use “door” · 90 other songs use “light”
lyrics
Mama marked me on the doorframe Every birthday, every spring Little pencil lines like ladders Climbing up to everything Now my boxes line the hallway And the truck is idling slow Daddy keeps on checking tires That he checked an hour ago Mama slips me twenty dollars Folded small into my palm Says "porch lights don't cost nothing" Like a porch light is a psalm I'm going, I'm going Don't paint over that door I'm going, I'm going That's me from four to twenty-four I'm going, I'm going The porch light in my rearview, small I'm going, I'm going It's the brightest light of all I called home about the faucet Just to show the leaky tap Daddy walked me through the wrench work Mama cried into her lap It was never about the water We all knew, and no one said I still measure myself sometimes On that doorframe in my head I'm going, I'm gone now But don't paint over that door