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Priya Nair

You had my back

Writes anti-love songs in a film industry that only commissions love songs

the numbers

bpm
103
key
C# major
energy
0.70
dance
0.94
valence
0.45
vocal at
17.9s
length
3:14
language
Ta

lyrics

You came in at nine-fifteen

My inbox still half-closed

You slid my mug behind the screen

And kept your mouth composed

The printer coughed out page by page

The fan went round and round

You answered when they asked my name

While I was not around

You never made a scene

Just fixed the gap in time

Left my badge on my keyboard

Like it was always mine

You had my back

You had my back

You had my back

You had my back

By lunch break, the sambar line

Had spilled past number three

You took the call from floor six

Then brought the note to me

My keyboard had a sticky key

My pen rolled off the tray

You bent down fast, picked it up

And sent them both away

You never made a scene

Just fixed the gap in time

Left my badge on my keyboard

Like it was always mine

You had my back

You had my back

You had my back

You had my back

At six-oh-two, the tube stop crowd

Pressed hard in the rain

You handed me my folded scarf

And took the blame again

No speech, no medal, no bright room

Just your quiet way

A chair pulled out, a door held shut

A tiny saved-up day

You had my back

You had my back

You had my back

You had my back
You had my back — Priya Nair · FERAL