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RIOT SEASON

You paid my fare

Played to eleven people for six years and then to eleven thousand in one summer

the numbers

bpm
144
key
A# major
energy
0.72
dance
0.95
valence
0.54
vocal at
4.3s
length
3:11
language
En

lyrics

I missed the bus on Headrow, coat soaked through in the rain

Pint glass still on the bar, my phone read half past ten again

I stood by the chip shop, counting coins in my hand

Then you split your brolly slow and said, "You look rough, mate, stand"

You nodded at the queue

Said, "Go on through"

You didn't ask why

Just looked me in the eye

You paid my fare

You paid my fare

You paid my fare

You paid my fare

And the whole day cracked open there

At Kirkgate, my shoelace went slack by the ticket machine

I dropped my last tenner in a puddle, cold and green

You bent down first, picked it up by the corner of the bend

Then bought two tea bags and said, "Take one, pal, for your end"

You nodded at the queue

Said, "Go on through"

You didn't ask why

Just looked me in the eye

You paid my fare

You paid my fare

You paid my fare

You paid my fare

And the whole day cracked open there

Back on the 49, I watched the wet glass run

Your scratched-up silver ring caught the light from the sun

No grand speech, no parade, just a hand when I was low

Leeds kept moving round us, but I moved a bit more slow

You paid my fare

You paid my fare

You paid my fare

You paid my fare

And the whole day cracked open there