[Intro: motorik drums, bassline locks in, signature synth riff enters] (Weird-land, Weird-land) (Weird-land, Weird-land) [Verse 1: deadpan female, echoed] Down the rabbit hole in Neue Weirdland Where the clocks all run in reverse Everybody's late for something dreadful And the tea gets worse and worse Mad Alice at the head of the table With a teapot full of gin She says the country's going to the dogs, dear Now let the right ones in [Pre-Chorus: synth rising, drums opening up] And the gramophone is playing A tune from long ago Nobody knows the words But everybody seems to know (Ooh, everybody seems to know) [Chorus: melodic, stacked harmonies over the groove] It's a tea party in Neue Weirdland Where nothing's strange and no one's odd Paint the roses brown, we're only gardening Alles in Ordnung, thank God Off with their heads, cries Mad Alice And the crowd all cries hooray It's a tea party in Neue Weirdland And it's getting late in the day [Post-Chorus: synth riff, stacked female chant] (Eins, zwei, drei, and the clock goes round) (Weird-land, Weird-land) (Eins, zwei, drei, and the roses drown) (Weird-land, Weird-land) [Verse 2: deadpan male, echoed] The Dormouse writes the manifesto The March Hare runs the press The Cheshire Cat grins in the treeline And says nothing, more or less They've a looking glass in every window Where the past looks fresh and clean A golden age that never happened Somewhere you have never been [Pre-Chorus: synth rising] And the gramophone is playing A tune from long ago Nobody knows the words But everybody seems to know (Ooh, everybody seems to know) [Chorus: melodic, stacked harmonies] It's a tea party in Neue Weirdland Where nothing's strange and no one's odd Paint the roses brown, we're only gardening Alles in Ordnung, thank God Off with their heads, cries Mad Alice And the crowd all cries hooray It's a tea party in Neue Weirdland And it's getting late in the day [Post-Chorus: synth riff, chant] (Eins, zwei, drei, and the clock goes round) (Weird-land, Weird-land) [Instrumental: extended synth arpeggio build over motorik groove, organ solo] [Patter Bridge: deadpan chant over unbroken groove, voices layering] Who's to blame? Not me, not me Not the banker, not the sea Blame the stranger at the gate Blame the hour, blame the date Blame the schoolteacher, blame the No, dear, careful That's the part we don't say out loud We only hum it now (Mmm-mmm, mmm-mmm) We only hum it now (Mmm-mmm, mmm-mmm) [Breakdown: drums and bass alone, spoken female, cold] They asked the Jabberwock if it was dangerous. It said it was merely asking questions. (Weird-land, Weird-land) [Final Chorus: full band, everything layered, chant underneath] It's a tea party in Neue Weirdland Where nothing's strange and no one's odd Paint the roses brown, we're only gardening Alles in Ordnung, thank God Off with their heads, cries Mad Alice And the crowd all cries hooray It's a tea party in Neue Weirdland And the clock strikes yesterday [Outro: groove continues, synth riff phasing out] (Eins, zwei, drei, and the clock goes round) (Weird-land, Weird-land) (Weird-land, Weird-land)
