Track 3 of the EP Wet Platforms, Warm Porches · 2024
Gym Floor After the Dance, Streamers Down
by Odalys Fern
“The lights come up in the gym and the streamers come down. I sang it very quietly, like a janitor humming.”
ambient · nostalgic ambient · choral drone · 3:42
Lyrics
The lights come up inside the gym The music's switched off low Paper streamers on the floor Where all the shoes did go A balloon is drifting by the door Nobody's here to see The night was loud and now it's still And it's only me Streamers down, the dance is done The floor is soft with light Streamers down, the dance is done Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight A cup is left on the bleachers A ribbon on the wall The ceiling hums its quiet hum For nobody at all I still can feel the bass inside The floor beneath my feet The best part was the hour before When the night was incomplete Streamers down, the dance is done The floor is soft with light Streamers down, the dance is done Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight Somebody turns the last light off And the dark is warm and wide The gym remembers every song It keeps them all inside Streamers down, the dance is done The floor is soft with light Streamers down, the dance is done Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight Goodnight, goodnight Goodnight