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Gus Mahoney

You left it on read

Drove trucks for eleven years and writes like someone with time to think and no radio

the numbers

bpm
162
key
G major
energy
0.72
dance
0.93
valence
0.43
vocal at
17.5s
length
3:18
language
En

lyrics

The motel key still sat in the dish by the sink

Your green scarf hung on the chair by the window screen

I checked my phone in the Kroger line by the drink

Your last text froze on the screen at thirteen

No ring, no knock at the door

Just that pale blue glow

I watched the clock on the dash

Then I let it go

You left it on read

You left it on read

You left it on read

You left it on read

By the time I woke up

Your coffee mug dried on the lip by the stove

Two train tickets folded in the glovebox seam

I drove past the Baptist church on Lebanon Road

And the map went blank where you used to live in my dreams

You left it on read

You left it on read

You left it on read

You left it on read

By the time I woke up

I bagged up your shirt in the Walmart light

Left it by the mail slot, noon on Thursday

No fight, no goodbye, just that thin white line

And my hand on the wheel till the rain went away

You left it on read

You left it on read

You left it on read

You left it on read

By the time I woke up
You left it on read — Gus Mahoney · FERAL