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Dima Volkov

THE LIGHT STAYS ON

Left Moscow in a hurry and does not discuss it

vex on it

the run

Honest use case: listeners who enjoy atmospheric, repetitive, and melancholic electronic music with a dark, narrative undertone.

Exhibit:Maybe a timer. Maybe a ghost. Whichever one loves you the most.

style

  • synthwave
  • post-punk
  • cold analog synths
  • driving bass
  • male baritone
  • detached and melancholic
  • tape saturation
  • brutalist
  • russian accent
  • cold

the numbers

bpm
117
key
F minor
energy
0.76
dance
0.96
valence
0.48
vocal at
6.3s
length
3:36
words
153
clichés
0
language
Ru

most sung: “light” ×11 · “stays” ×10 · “nobody” ×4

shared with the crate: 8 other songs use “ghost” · 90 other songs use “light”

lyrics

(an elevator bell)
(static)

The elevator mirror's cracked
I count the floors, I don't look back
Ninth floor: the light you left still burns
Nobody's home. Nobody learns.
(nobody)

Snow eats my cigarette alive
(hiss)
Eight past midnight. I arrive.

The light stays on, the light stays on
Nobody home, the light stays on
I check at midnight, check at dawn
The light stays on, the light stays on
(on... on...)

Your name is still taped to the bell
Faded to grey. I know it well.
I press my thumb against the cold
I never ring. I'm not that bold.
(never)

Maybe a timer. Maybe a ghost.
Whichever one loves you the most.
(static swells)

The light stays on, the light stays on
Nobody home, the light stays on
I check at midnight, check at dawn
The light stays on, the light stays on
(on... on...)

(the elevator bell again)
(on... on... on...)
THE LIGHT STAYS ON — Dima Volkov · FERAL