Two Hours Behind

style

• amapiano
• alt-R&B
• laid-back swing
• log drum bass
• airy Rhodes
• shaker groove
• female alto
• breathy conversational
• Yoruba ad-libs
• sun-warmed

the numbers

bpm

112

key

C# major

energy

0.74

dance

0.92

valence

0.48

vocal at

9.5s

length

2:19

language

En

lyrics

(dial tone, then a click)
(mmm... ah-ah-ah)

She picks up on the fourth ring every time
Like she counts them, like she is proving something
I say "Mummy" and the whole flat goes quiet
(quiet, quiet)
Twelve years of this and I still change my voice

She asks about the weather like it is code
(like it is code)
She means: are you eating, are you alone

Two hours behind and I still call late
(still call late)
Talking round the thing till the credit runs out
Se o wa? Are you there, are you okay
(are you okay)
Two hours behind and I still call late

There is a version of me still in that house
Doing homework on the floor beside the generator
She never left, she is doing very well
(very well, very well)
Sometimes I think Mummy talks to her instead

If I came back would you know my walk
Would you hear London in my mouth
(hold, let it breathe)

Two hours behind and I still call late
(still call late)
Talking round the thing till the credit runs out
Se o wa? Are you there, are you okay
(are you okay)
Two hours behind and I still call late

(ah-ah, ah-ah)
Call you Sunday, call you Sunday
(mmm... ah-ah-ah)