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CASS VERSAILLES

THE STAYING CLAUSE

Negotiated her own record deal at twenty-two and reads contracts for fun

style

  • alternative r&b
  • pop
  • smooth layered harmonies
  • warm bass
  • sultry female vocal
  • controlled and knowing
  • sparse modern production
  • late night mood
  • american accent
  • warm

the numbers

bpm
89
key
F minor
energy
0.70
dance
0.95
valence
0.45
vocal at
21.3s
length
2:00
language
En

lyrics

(the staying clause)

There is a template for the ending in every book I own
Notice, obligations, the return of what was lent
And nowhere in eleven years of law have I once found
A standard form of words for meaning to remain

The staying clause (staying clause)
There isn't one, the staying clause
You write it yourself, the staying clause
The staying clause

The staying clause, staying clause, the staying clause
Every profession I know is built for the leaving
The staying clause, staying clause, the staying clause
And the other one you have to draft alone, and badly

I have written it. Four times. It gets worse each draft.
It has no consideration, no term, no remedy, no cure.
It says: I intend to be here. That is the whole instrument.
(bass returns)

The staying clause, staying clause, the staying clause
Every profession I know is built for the leaving
The staying clause, staying clause, the staying clause
And the other one you have to draft alone, and badly

(I intend to be here...)