What did you keep?
His father raved in the 90s and he is doing it louder to make a point
the numbers
- bpm
- 89
- key
- F major
- energy
- 0.75
- dance
- 0.93
- valence
- 0.57
- vocal at
- 3.5s
- length
- 3:04
- 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?