You knew before I spoke
Mother stayed in Lagos
the numbers
- bpm
- 108
- key
- D# minor
- energy
- 0.74
- dance
- 0.90
- valence
- 0.41
- vocal at
- 18.3s
- length
- 3:00
- language
- En
lyrics
You saw my shoes by the door Lunch still packed from the store Koko in the blue mug cold You knew my face went pale and old My phone on silent, face down flat You did not ask like that You put down rice, you pulled up a chair You knew my hands were tired in there You read the room in one look My whole chest folded like a book You slid the plate to my side And stayed there quiet, stayed there kind You knew before I spoke You knew before I spoke You knew before I spoke You knew before I spoke Peckham bus rain on the glass Half past six, the crowds moved past I missed one call from my mum You tapped my arm, said, “Come” Tin of Milo on the shelf You saw me shrink into myself From Lagos heat to winter breath You kept me from saying less You read the room in one look My whole chest folded like a book You slid the plate to my side And stayed there quiet, stayed there kind You knew before I spoke You knew before I spoke You knew before I spoke You knew before I spoke When I went still, you did not run You just turned on the hallway light One spoon left in the sink You held my wrist and said, “You’re mine” You knew before I spoke You knew before I spoke You knew before I spoke You knew before I spoke