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ELENI FROST

You made it plain

Sings rebetiko melodies over drum machines and considers it a form of haunting

the numbers

bpm
99
key
A# minor
energy
0.75
dance
0.91
valence
0.43
vocal at
3.9s
length
4:19
language
Gr

lyrics

You left the badge on my desk by eight

Beside the black pen and the chipped glass plate

I said your name when the hallway slept

You pulled the file from the cart and left

No thank you in the stairwell air

Just your coat on the chair, hanging there

I watched the clock above the sink

And kept my mouth on the edge of the brink

Blue badge, blue badge, blue badge, blue badge

You made it plain

Blue badge, blue badge, blue badge, blue badge

You took the blame

Blue badge, blue badge, blue badge, blue badge

Then walked away

Blue badge, blue badge, blue badge, blue badge

I kept my face

At the copier, toner stained your sleeve

You stood in the frame when they asked to leave

I heard the manager tap on the glass

You said my part before he could ask

The kettle clicked in the break-room dark

Your keys rang once by the sink and the mark

You held the door with a steady hand

And folded my hours into your plan

Blue badge, blue badge, blue badge, blue badge

You made it plain

Blue badge, blue badge, blue badge, blue badge

You took the blame

Blue badge, blue badge, blue badge, blue badge

Then walked away

Blue badge, blue badge, blue badge, blue badge

I kept my face

On the tram home, my shoes full of dust

I counted the stops and the work and the trust

Your silence sat clean in the mesh of my bag

Like a receipt I could never hand back

Blue badge, blue badge, blue badge, blue badge

You made it plain

Blue badge, blue badge, blue badge, blue badge

You took the blame

Blue badge, blue badge, blue badge, blue badge

Then walked away

Blue badge, blue badge, blue badge, blue badge

I kept my face