The Pothos Knows
indie pop

The Pothos Knows

Kibi

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Indie pop, 92 BPM with subtle 12 BPM shifts between verses and choruses, soft tape warp throughout, F major. Core instrumentation: spring reverb clean electric guitar, melodica for cutesy flourishes, lo-fi Casio drum beats, glockenspiel, warm round bass, bathroom-recorded light percussion, faint field recordings of garden sprinklers and crickets. Male vocals are slightly off-key, warm, conversational, with wobbly heartfelt harmonies. Lyrics follow the earnest, whimsical inner monologue of someone tending to their windowsill succulent collection, debating if their pothos is silently judging their late-night snack choices, laced with gentle nostalgia for a made-up 2019 summer spent arranging tiny terracotta pots, with quiet undertones of gentle melancholy from a missed chance to gift a snake plant to a former roommate.

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[Intro]
[Verse]
Watering the jade plant now
Wiping dust from every brow
Eating snacks and crackers
Pothos for the slackers
[Verse]
Does it hate my snack choices?
Hearing all my inner voices
Back in twenty-nineteen June
Humming such a simple tune
[Chorus]
Green leaves on the sill
Oh, the way we grow
Time is standing still
High and then so low
The sun begins to spill
Where the shadows go
[Break]
[Verse]
Tiny pots in rows of three
Just the dirt and you and me
Summer air felt sweet and thick
Buying clay bricks on the quick
[Pre-Chorus]
The snake plant stayed behind
Locked inside a heavy mind
Words I never could quite find
Leaving all the grace unsigned
[Chorus]
Green leaves on the sill
Oh, the way we grow
Time is standing still
High and then so low
The sun begins to spill
Where the shadows go
[Bridge]
Do you see the crumbs I drop?
Will the growing ever stop?
From the bottom to the top
Waiting for the heavy flop
[Verse]
Your room is empty now
I forgot to take a bow
I should have told you how
To keep the green somehow
[Chorus]
Green leaves on the sill
Oh, the way we grow
Time is standing still
High and then so low
The sun begins to spill
Where the shadows go
[Post-Chorus]
The pothos knows it all
Watching as the shadows fall
Standing very green and tall
Against the kitchen wall
Maybe I will call you soon
Underneath a paper moon
[Outro]

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