[Instrumental Intro: Kalimba plucks, muted trumpet sighs, vinyl crackle] [Verse 1] Splintered glass / holds two skies [vocals: staccato, giggling] (turn! turn!) You say "day".... I feel the flame [vocals: brassy, leaning into "flame"] One note splits / in twin refracts [vocals: warbling, syncopated] (turn! turn!) Your map dissolves / in rain [vocals: slurred, trailing off] [Pre-Chorus] Who asked first? Who drew the line? [vocals: buoyant, rounded] (Who called it day when it was night?) This question’s teeth are mine, not thine [vocals: confessional, breathy] (Who called it day when it was night?) [vocals: voice cracks "night"] [Chorus] Not one thing / but the turn of the thing [vocals: layered harmonies, jubilant] (turn! turn!) The only hinge where shadows thrum [vocals: bell-like, breathy catch on "thrum"] Not one thing / but the turn of the thing [vocals: brassy, staccato] (turn! turn!) The only hinge for everything [vocals: effervescent, giggle cracks "hinge"] [Verse 2] Doubled lens shows / one face as two [vocals: playful, lilting] (turn! turn!) Your "good" wears my "bad" tattoo [vocals: confessional, slurred] This shaky ground’s / the only ground [vocals: buoyant, rounded] (turn! turn!) No solid wall... just patterns new [vocals: warbling, brassy] [Pre-Chorus] Who asked first? Who drew the line? [vocals: jubilant, breathy] (Who called it day when it was night?) This question’s teeth are mine, not thine [vocals: effervescent, giggling] (Who called it day when it was night?) [vocals: voice breaks "night"] [Chorus] Not one thing / but the turn of the thing [vocals: layered harmonies, jubilant] (turn! turn!) The only hinge where shadows thrum [vocals: bell-like, soaring] Not one thing / but the turn of the thing [vocals: brassy, triumphant] (turn! turn!) The only hinge for everything [vocals: full choir, vocal fry on "hinge"] [Bridge] [Instrumental drop: Kalimba only, tape hiss] My hands shake / holding this key [vocals: whisper, fragile] What if the lock / was never meant? [vocals: trembling, barely audible] I taste the key / like copper tongue [vocals: raw, breath catching] This fragile thread / the only song [vocals: fragile, fading] [Chorus - Final] Not one thing / but the turn of the thing [vocals: full choir, soaring] (turn! turn!) The only hinge where shadows swing [vocals: bell-like, euphoric] Not one thing / but the turn of the thing [vocals: brassy, declarative] (turn! turn!) I AM the turn! [vocals: raw shout] I AM the turn for everything! [vocals: layered, effervescent, fading into laughter] [Outro] (turn! turn...) [kalimba fades, vinyl crackle] (turn! turn...) [spoken, studio chatter] "Keep that take!"
