You say my name

the numbers

bpm

89

key

F minor

energy

0.74

dance

0.93

valence

0.49

vocal at

3.8s

length

3:39

language

En

lyrics

You call me down by the screen door,

From the porch by the cracked red paint.

Your vowels come slow through the hallway,

Like oil on a hinge that ain’t.

You fold my name in your mouth,

Make three hard beats out of two.

I hear it over the washer,

And I turn before I know what to do.

It rolls off your tongue like a chain,

Past the sink and the iron gate.

Same old name, but changed by your breath,

Now it lands with a different weight.

You say my name

You say my name

You say my name

You say my name

At Hamtramck lights on a gray back street,

You call me out by the bus stop bench.

Same nine letters, same old outline,

Still it hits like a wrench.

My mother said one way,

My boss said it clean and plain.

But your voice bends the middle,

And I come alive in the strain.

It rolls off your tongue like a chain,

Past the sink and the iron gate.

Same old name, but changed by your breath,

Now it lands with a different weight.

You say my name

You say my name

You say my name

You say my name

In the break room, by the vending machine,

You let it hang in the air.

Grease on your fingers, noon on the clock,

And I swear you put me there.

If I’m iron, then you’re the hammer,

If I’m dust, then you’re the sweep.

Say it once, say it harder,

Right where the whole room can keep.

You say my name

You say my name

You say my name

You say my name