You said it once, now I won’t quit

the numbers

bpm

129

key

E major

energy

0.72

dance

0.93

valence

0.61

vocal at

2.2s

length

3:03

language

En

lyrics

You laughed in the kitchen at half past two

Gin on your breath, said, “I’ll come through”

Now there’s a blue envelope on my stair

Train ticket folded, still sitting there

Black cab receipt on the sideboard tray

Your name gone smudged where the glass left grey

I kept the note by the kettle’s boil

While the rain tapped hard on the window foil

Held to it, held to it, held to it, held to it

You said it once, now I won’t quit

Held to it, held to it, held to it, held to it

Same old promise, still fits

Your coat on the chair with the torn white seam

Keys in the dish like a broken dream

I rang at ten with the foyer glow

Your mum said, “Love, yeah, she had to go”

But the stamped-out ash and the crooked mug

And the damp jean cuff with the dried dark grub

All of it said what your mouth forgot

I kept the line where you let it stop

Held to it, held to it, held to it, held to it

You said it once, now I won’t quit

Held to it, held to it, held to it, held to it

Same old promise, still fits

Half-read texts on a cracked phone screen

Your last “tomorrow” in the gap between

I was there by the vending machine

You were gone by the morning clean

Held to it, held to it, held to it, held to it

You said it once, now I won’t quit

Held to it, held to it, held to it, held to it

Same old promise, still fits