Written at 2 a.m. on an upright piano with the window open. The street noise at 0:22 is a passing bus that Renn decided to keep.
Song story
Minor Key
Cassian Voss · Minor Key · 2023 · 3:28
Piano at night in Edinburgh.
At a glance
- Release date
- June 14, 2023
- Album
- Minor Key
- Label
- Flat Nine
- Genre
- Classical Fusion
- Language
- English
- Duration
- 3:28
- Artist
- Cassian Voss
The story
About this song
Interpretation
What the song is about
On finding comfort in unresolved harmony.
Close listen
Craft and analysis
Never leaves the home key; the tension comes from a suspended fourth that never resolves.
Licensed lyrics
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Minor key, upright piano
The window was open and the bus came
I played the same chord until it felt like home
At two in the morning, Edinburgh flat
[Chorus]
Never leaves the key we started in
Suspended fourth that never resolves
The tension lives within the not-moving
And the bus at 0:22 evolves
[Verse 2]
Street noise kept inside the track
Renn decided it should stay
The passing bus became percussion
In a minor-key ballet
[Chorus]
Never leaves the key we started in
Suspended fourth that never resolves
The tension lives within the not-moving
And the bus at 0:22 evolves
[Bridge]
Flat light piano at night
No curtains, just the street
I played the same chord over and over
Until the repetition felt complete
[Chorus]
Never leaves the key we started in
Suspended fourth that never resolves
The tension lives within the not-moving
And the bus at 0:22 evolves
[Outro]
Minor key
Upright piano
Credits
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- Label
- Flat Nine
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