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Della Rae Hutchins

THE ONE I BROKE

Keeps a notebook of things people said to her and dates them like evidence

style

  • country pop
  • narrative songwriting
  • acoustic guitar
  • subtle banjo
  • warm female vocal
  • clear and storytelling
  • big polished chorus
  • bridge key change
  • radio production
  • southern american drawl

the numbers

bpm
99
key
D# major
energy
0.67
dance
0.94
valence
0.48
vocal at
8.7s
length
2:38
language
En

lyrics

(the one I broke)

It went into the sink and it came out in four
And I sat on that floor and I made a sound
I have not made since the day we put her in the ground
Over a plate. A plate. In October. On the floor.

The one I broke (the one I broke)
Forty years and then me, the one I broke
Survived her and not me, the one I broke
The one I broke

The one I broke, the one I broke, the one I broke
She kept them safe for forty years and I had them a month
The one I broke, the one I broke, the one I broke
And I swept it up and got another one down

(key change up)
My sister keeps hers in a box beneath the stairs.
Not one chip. Not one crack. Perfect. Untouched. Waiting.
And I know which one of us is doing it wrong.

The one I broke, the one I broke, the one I broke
She kept them safe for forty years and I had them a month
The one I broke, the one I broke, the one I broke
And I swept it up and got another one down

(the one I broke...)
THE ONE I BROKE — Della Rae Hutchins · FERAL