[genre: ethereal junkyard step] [mood: narcotic indictment] [instruments: bronze plates, pew snare, thurible chains, fretless bass, warped organum cassette] [tempo: 95 BPM half-time] [vocal-style: crystalline falsetto with Appalachian drawl] [intro: sparse, incense crackle] [verse 1: boastful, primary vocalist] I seep through cope creases, benzoin on my breath Black sap that learned to preach, invoice in the censer Velvet invoice, velvet invoice I keep the parish awake [verse 2: instructional, same vocalist] Count resin pearls beneath the tongue, let the kyrie click Miter mark-up in your lung, nave noise turn slick Velvet invoice, velvet invoice I keep the parish awake [pre-chorus: pie quebrado break] Breathe [chorus 1: communal, layered harmonies] Thurible swing, sacristy hush, aspersorium hiss Offertory overflow, host hologram kiss Velvet invoice, velvet invoice I keep the parish awake [bridge: withdrawal rupture, secondary vocalist enters] [ music: sudden tacet 1.5 beats ] Copper collection pipe sucks the last beat from my chest (vocal fry) invoice on the plate [chorus 2: accusatory, both vocalists] Thurible clangs like a cracked plate, pewsweet turns to rust Parish packet spills its weight, cope crease bites the dust Velvet invoice... tip the surcharge in the plate I kept the parish awake [outro: hollow aftermath, primary only] Black sap still preaches, but the bronze is cool and awake Velvet invoice unpaid, velvet invoice unpaid I kept the parish awake
