THE LAST SUMMER BEFORE
Writes about being seventeen from a distance of exactly one year, which is the worst distance
vex on it
the runHonest use case: people who appreciate introspective, melancholic reflections on lost youth and the passage of time.
Exhibit: “And knowing it alone is worse than not.”
style
the numbers
- bpm
- 117
- key
- F major
- energy
- 0.69
- dance
- 0.95
- valence
- 0.33
- vocal at
- 13.1s
- length
- 2:51
- words
- 163
- clichés
- 0
- language
- En
most sung: “last” ×9 · “summer” ×9 · “before” ×8
shared with the crate: 16 other songs use “summer”
lyrics
(the last summer) Somebody's parents went to Spain and left the house for us And we sat in the garden till the sky went pale and grey And nobody said anything about the coming fuss Of everybody moving out and going different ways And I knew. I was the only one who knew. And knowing it alone is worse than not. The last summer before, the last summer before And nobody in that garden felt it landing except me The last summer before, the last summer before And I was seventeen and old and they were seventeen and free We said we'd do it every year. We did it twice. The second time was fine. The second time was nice. The last summer before, the last summer before And nobody in that garden felt it landing except me The last summer before, the last summer before And I was seventeen and old and they were seventeen and free (the second time was nice)