THE LIGHT STAYS ON

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

D major

energy

0.75

dance

0.95

valence

0.48

vocal at

1.3s

length

3:24

language

Ru

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...)