The song
lasts 251 seconds, which
is 04:11 minutes.
This is rather long.
The tempo of Swallowing Tears is
78 bpm
(beats-per-minute).
This could be considered very slow, like slow dub or reggae.
The time signature of this
song is 4/4 (like most pop songs)
.
Each measure of 4 beats is approx
3.1 secs long.
We estimate
this song to be
81 measures
long
and this makes for
± 20
phrases of 4 measures.
This song was written/performed in
the
key of
C# Major.
The mood of the song could be described
as sad mood,
somewhat danceable,
moderate energy.
The feel of the recording is
one or more singers,
purely studio recording.
This song is
mostly music/singing,
very acoustic.
