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SALT MERIDIAN

THE SECOND CAR

Three men who record in a shed in the desert and refuse to release anything made in a city

style

  • melodic house
  • indie dance
  • deep rolling bassline
  • atmospheric pads
  • live drums layered with electronic kick
  • emotional reverbed male vocal
  • slow euphoric build
  • australian accent
  • cinematic and yearning
  • australian accent

the numbers

bpm
123
key
F minor
energy
0.72
dance
0.92
valence
0.45
vocal at
6.2s
length
3:38
language
En

lyrics

(the second car)

There's a car park by the water where the second cars all wait
For the people who came out here in the first ones with their friends
And at half past five the first ones go, and the second ones stay late
And that's the whole geography of how a good night ends

I've been the first car. I've been driven home at two.
And I've been the second car for going on eleven years

The second car, the second car, still parked out by the shore
The first ones went at midnight and they slept and they were fine
The second car, the second car, and I don't want to go before
The light comes up and shows me what I've done with all this time

You were a first car when I met you and you're not one any more
And I don't know if that's my doing and I'm frightened that it's mine

The second car, the second car, still parked out by the shore
The first ones went at midnight and they slept and they were fine
The second car, the second car, and I don't want to go before
The light comes up and shows me what I've done with all this time

(all this time)