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Nadia Hamdi

You knew it first

Started making beats on a cracked laptop

the numbers

bpm
108
key
F major
energy
0.70
dance
0.95
valence
0.59
vocal at
6.4s
length
2:59
language
Ar

lyrics

You left tea cold on the tray

Found my keys under the chair

You saw my shoes by the door

And knew I’d barely made it there

I said I’m fine, you said no

Lifted the bag from my hand

You read the tremor in my wrist

Like you had mapped the sand

You pulled my sleeve, no long speech

Just a look and a nod

In the glass by the sink

I saw my face turn hard

You knew it first

You knew it first

You knew it first

You knew it first

Before I spoke

Before I broke

You knew it first

You knew it first

At Magdy’s shop, by the bins

You bought me dates and a mint

You held the door with your shoulder

While I stood there and blinked

By midnight, the fan was loud

Your blue scarf on my knee

You slid the phone from my palm

And said, “Let it wait, let it be”

You pulled my sleeve, no long speech

Just a look and a nod

In the glass by the sink

I saw my face turn hard

You knew it first

You knew it first

You knew it first

You knew it first

Before I spoke

Before I broke

You knew it first

You knew it first

Now I know that quiet sign

The way you stand in the frame

With the receipt in your coat

And my name on the bag you came

If I go still for a while

You don’t ask for a show

You just move one chair close

And you already know

You knew it first

You knew it first

You knew it first

You knew it first

Before I spoke

Before I broke

You knew it first

You knew it first