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Occupied Before the Floor Was Finished (528 Hz)

V6

[Intro] [Room chatter] [Heart] We have a problem. [Pause] No. We all have a problem. [Crowd laughs] Smiley had to step out tonight. [Crowd groans] Yeah, yeah. I know. And we can't start this one without somebody filling in. [Pause] You. Yeah. You. Don't do that thing where you look behind you. [Crowd laughs] I'm talking to you. See that? Right there beside you. Pick it up. [Audience Member] I don't know how. [Heart] Neither did Smiley. [Crowd erupts] Smiley, wherever you are— I'm sorry. [Heart] Come on. You're good enough. Look at you. Bring it up here. [Audience cheers] [Heart] Now listen. When you think you should come in... wait one more beat. Then don't think. [Guest makes tentative sound] [Heart] There. Again. [Guest repeats] [Upright bass quietly joins] Ohhh. You hear that? We got a song. [Verse 1] Moved in before the second floor was done One bare bulb and a place to run Wire hanging down, boards laid thin Everybody said, “You can't live here yet” I said— Why not? Roof holds rain Fire burns bright Got somewhere to lay my head tonight Called it temporary Called it rough Funny how unfinished Can still be enough [Pre-Chorus] [Heart] What do we do with an unfinished room? [Crowd] MOVE ON IN! [Heart] What if something's missing? [Crowd] LET IT IN! [Heart] What if I ain't ready? [Crowd] COME ON IN! [Heart] You hear 'em? [To Guest] Your turn. [Chorus] [Heart] Not finished— [Crowd] COME ON IN! [Heart] Not perfect— [Crowd] COME ON IN! [Heart] Floor ain't down And the walls run thin But if you're waiting till you're ready You might never begin Not finished— [Crowd] COME ON IN! [Verse 2] Had somebody walk through that room one night Studs showing naked in the porch-light white She said, “This one's different.” I said, “How?” She said, “Every other room in this house is trying to convince me it's done.” [Band softens] “But this one... this one ain't lying.” [Beat] I looked at the wire Looked at the floor First time I wondered What finishing was for Maybe every open space Ain't something gone wrong Maybe some empty places Are where somebody belongs [Pre-Chorus] [Heart] What do we do with an unfinished room? [Crowd] MOVE ON IN! What if something's missing? [Crowd] LET IT IN! [Heart] What if you ain't ready? [Crowd] COME ON IN! [Heart] Hey, Smiley's replacement— You still with us? [Guest] I think I know. [Band stops] [Heart] Good. Then come in. [Guest enters alone] [Band follows the Guest] [Chorus] [Heart] NOT FINISHED— [Crowd] COME ON IN! NOT PERFECT— [Crowd] COME ON IN! Floor ain't down And the walls run thin But if you're waiting till you're ready You might never begin [Heart] Not finished— [Crowd] COME ON IN! [Bridge] [Heart] I spent years stepping over The same damn hole Kept saying, “One day I'll make this whole.” Then somebody walked in Through the part I'd left undone And I— [Stops] I... [Quiet laughter from Heart] There goes that word again. [Crowd reacts] I thought I was building A place to become Never thought the missing piece Might walk in from the room [Guest continues playing] [Heart] Keep going. Don't look at me. It's yours now. [Music grows] [Final Chorus] [Heart] NOT FINISHED! [Crowd] COME ON IN! [Heart] NOT READY! [Crowd] COME ON IN! [Heart] DON'T KNOW HOW! [Crowd] COME ON IN! [Heart] THEN HOW THE HELL— [All] DID WE JUST BEGIN?! [Full band erupts] Not finished! COME ON IN! Not perfect! COME ON IN! Missing something? LOOK AROUND! Maybe what you're missing Is already in the crowd! [Instrumental break led by Guest] [Heart laughing] Listen to you! [Crowd cheers] [Outro] [Band settles] [Heart] Smiley's gonna be pissed. [Crowd laughs] [To Guest] You said you couldn't do this. [Guest] I couldn't. [Heart] Yeah. That's different. [Pause] You can now. [Crowd erupts] [Heart] Keep it. [Guest] What? [Heart] Whatever you picked up. Keep it. We apparently occupied this song before it was finished too.