I... stare... into the vacant— Yard. The subdivision... stays asleep. The artificial... shadows... creep. The frozen ground... is turning hard! The monitor— is pale! I draw... the vinyl shade... A localized... blockade. The frequencies... will fail. The synthetic lawn... ...is completely dead! I cannot force... the shallow... roots... ...to take! I watch the empty— neighborhood awake! (A quiet... buzzing noise... in the head!) The neighbors... park... the heavy car. The satellite... is pointing high... Across a toxic... yellow sky. The conversation... stays afar. The monitor— is pale! I draw... the vinyl shade... A localized... blockade. The frequencies... will fail. I leave... the television low! The property... is just a grid! I keep the heavy panic... hid! I have nowhere—I want to go! The chemicals... are in the rain! I disconnect... the tele-phone! I operate the house... alone! A sudden pressure... in the vein! The synthetic lawn... ...is completely dead! I cannot force... the shallow roots... ...to take! I watch the empty— neighborhood awake! (A quiet... buzzing noise... in the head!) ----------------------- [Instrumental Intro: hypnotic electric piano chords, sparse muted trumpet] [Key: Polytonal F Major] [F] [C] [Db] [Eb] [F] [C] [Db] [Eb] [Verse 1: isolated upfront dry vocal, minimal bass, breathy spoken-word] [Key: Polytonal F Major] [F] I... [C] stare... [Db] into the vacant— [Eb] Yard. [F] The subdivision... [C] stays asleep. [Db] The artificial... [Eb] shadows... creep. [F] The frozen ground... [C] is turning [Db] hard! [Eb] [Pre-Chorus: slow ambient synth swell, melancholy trumpet interjections] [Key: Polytonal F Major] [F] The monitor— [C] is pale! [Db] I draw... the vinyl [Eb] shade... [F] A localized... [C] blockade. [Db] The frequencies... will [Eb] fail. [Chorus: echoing vocal phrasing over sweeping chords, isolated trumpet notes] [Key: Polytonal F Major] [F] The synthetic lawn... [C] ...is completely dead! [Db] I cannot force... the shallow... roots... [Eb] ...to take! [F] I watch the empty— [C] neighborhood awake! [Db] (A quiet... [Eb] buzzing noise... in the head!) [Verse 2: subtle ride cymbal washes, warm analog sub-bass, muted trumpet trills] [Key: Polytonal F Major] [F] The neighbors... [C] park... [Db] the heavy [Eb] car. [F] The satellite... [C] is pointing high... [Db] Across a toxic... [Eb] yellow sky. [F] The conversation... [C] stays [Db] afar. [Eb] [Pre-Chorus: slow ambient synth swell, delayed vocal delivery] [Key: Polytonal F Major] [F] The monitor— [C] is pale! [Db] I draw... the vinyl [Eb] shade... [F] A localized... [C] blockade. [Db] The frequencies... will [Eb] fail. [Bridge: glitchy tape echo, breathy trumpet solos, hypnotic looping chords] [Key: Polytonal F Major] [F] I leave... the television [C] low! [Db] The property... is just a [Eb] grid! [F] I keep the heavy panic... [C] hid! [Db] I have nowhere—I want to [Eb] go! [F] The chemicals... are in the [C] rain! [Db] I disconnect... the tele-[Eb]phone! [F] I operate the house... a-[C]lone! [Db] A sudden pressure... in the [Eb] vein! [Final Chorus: raw spacious vocal delay, soaring harmon mute trumpet] [Key: Polytonal F Major] [F] The synthetic lawn... [C] ...is completely dead! [Db] I cannot force... the shallow roots... [Eb] ...to take! [F] I watch the empty— [C] neighborhood awake! [Db] (A quiet... [Eb] buzzing noise... in the head!) [Instrumental Outro: fading ambient synth, looping electric piano, lonely trumpet fade] [Key: Polytonal F Major] [F] [C] [Db] [Eb] [Hard Stop] [End]
