You knew first
Negotiated her own record deal at twenty-two and reads contracts for fun
the numbers
- bpm
- 89
- key
- A# minor
- energy
- 0.75
- dance
- 0.92
- valence
- 0.45
- vocal at
- 2.4s
- length
- 2:40
- language
- En
lyrics
You saw my shoes by the door, untied on the mat My lunch untouched in the fridge, you noticed all that You read my face in the sink, where the cold water ran You brought a paper plate and sat close like you planned Didn’t ask me to perform You just stayed in the room When my words came out small You made space for them too You knew first You knew first You knew first You knew first Before I said a word, you held me You knocked at my room with the mail in your hand A receipt from Lenox Mall folded with a rubber band You saw me miss my train, then you drove me home slow With your blinker ticking soft through the West End glow Didn’t need a big speech You could tell by my eyes I was folding in half You were opening mine You knew first You knew first You knew first You knew first Before I said a word, you held me When the hallway went quiet You kept my glass filled You left the porch light on Like you knew I would still Come back to that table Come back to your name When I couldn’t say help You knew what to claim You knew first You knew first You knew first You knew first Before I said a word, you held me
