Everybody Loves a Silhouette

STATIC PARADE (Intro — crooked fuzz riff, dry snare, bass enters with a sliding two-note figure) Verse 1 She’s got a motel heartbeat Buzzing underneath the floor Pocket full of photographs She doesn’t want anymore Everybody’s talking Like they’re waiting for a cue She says, “Nothing lasts forever” Like it’s something people do (Guitar punctuates the vocal with short distorted stabs; bass stays melodic and restless) Pre-Chorus I don’t know what you came for I don’t know what you sold Everybody wants the future Till the future gets old (Drums open up; guitar switches to tight descending chords) Chorus Hey— Spin it like a cheap roulette Turn it up, we ain’t finished yet Hey— Everybody loves a silhouette Till they see what they get (Wide guitars; doubled vocal on “Hey”; tambourine crashes through the second half) Verse 2 Johnny bought a leather coat Jenny bought a limousine I bought six unlucky numbers From a busted slot machine Met her by the freeway With a suitcase full of rain She was looking for salvation At the bottom of a drain (Second guitar enters with a wiry psychedelic lead; drums briefly stop after final line) Pre-Chorus I don’t know what you came for I don’t know what you found Everybody loves the circus Till the tent comes crashing down (Snare roll; bass walks upward into chorus) Chorus Hey— Spin it like a cheap roulette Turn it up, we ain’t finished yet Hey— Everybody loves a silhouette Till they see what they get (Last phrase repeats over a descending guitar figure) Bridge (Half-time groove; vocal close and almost spoken; tremolo guitar drifting underneath) Sweet little casualty Come and waste some time with me Tell me where the good kids go When they lose their alibis Candy glass Photographs Everybody wants a laugh Kill the lights Start again Everybody needs a friend (Bass climbs aggressively; feedback builds into full-band crash) Guitar Break (8 bars — greasy wah lead for four bars, then octave fuzz, bent notes and pick scrapes; drums become increasingly chaotic) Final Chorus Hey— Spin it like a cheap roulette Turn it up, we ain’t finished yet Hey— Everybody loves a silhouette Till they see what they get Hey— Wave goodbye to yesterday Throw another bad idea away Hey— Maybe we were born to misbehave Maybe that’s okay (Outro — vocal repeats over bass and drums while guitars dissolve into feedback) Outro Maybe that’s okay Maybe that’s okay Maybe— (two guitar hits — hard stop)