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Bram de Vries

What did you keep?

His father raved in the 90s and he is doing it louder to make a point

the numbers

bpm
123
key
F# minor
energy
0.76
dance
0.91
valence
0.57
vocal at
2.6s
length
3:06
language
Du

lyrics

Back door sticks in the frame, paint chipped on the sill

I lift a brown glass jar, old buttons, pennies, a bill

Three tea towels, one spoon, a recipe card gone pale

Under coat hangers in the hall, I find the petrol receipt detail

Boxes in the stairwell, taped with yellow lines

Your neat black marker dates from nineteen ninety-nine

I shake a biscuit tin, hear keys hit tin

The hallway smells like dust, and you come back within

What did you keep?

What did you keep?

What did you keep?

What did you keep?

In the front room, the radio sits on the shelf

A tram ticket in the drawer, you saved it for yourself

Five blue plates, one cracked cup, a wallet full of change

A photo from the Maas, your hand on my shoulder, unchanged

Up the narrow landing, shoes lined toe to toe

A sewing kit, three envelopes, and a winter coat in rows

I hear the floorboards answer when I pull the lid

The box is small, but heavy with the life you hid

What did you keep?

What did you keep?

What did you keep?

What did you keep?

In the attic by the beam, I find a school report

A wrestling badge, a watch with a dead second hand, still short

I fold the paper once, then once again, then twice

Some things were locked in wood, some things were left alive

What did you keep?

What did you keep?

What did you keep?

What did you keep?