[PERFORM ALL LYRICS AND COMMAND PROMPTS] [D1 Phrygian minor, SUSTAINED SUNG VOWELS: SLOW IRREGULAR ANALOGUE PITCH WARBLE; TAPE WOW, SUBTLE DETUNING; DEEPER WARBLE AT NOTE ENDS] [INTRO — DRY SPOKEN MALE, D1 POLIVOKS RUMBLE] Pompeii. Seventy-nine AHN-noh DOH-mee-nee AHN-nooooooooooh DOH-mee-neeeeeeeeeeeeee Seventeen years since the earthquake. The council still hasn't fixed the roads. And now the mountain's making noises. Again, again, again Behave, be-be-behave, Behave, be-be-behave Beeeeeeeehaaaaaaaave [V1 — DEADPAN, MUTED LES PAUL RIFFS] The baker cheats me every day The magistrate's a TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL ! The drains are blocked, the taxes rise And nobody obeys the rules (rules, rules, rules, rules, rules) [V2 — BARITONE, DESCENDING GLISSANDI] I want my name engraved in stone My statue in the squaaaaaaaaaaaaare Two thousand years they'll speak of me And marvel that I stood theeeeeeeeeere me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, [Instrumental, Weissenborn slide guitar played like 70's prog rock, smooth unhurried downward bends, D1 Polivox synth and crisp drum kit backing, 9 bars] [HBC 1 — HARD MECHANICAL CHANT] MAR-MAR-MARBLE! NAME-NAME-NAAAAAAAAAAAME! GLORY! GLORY! EVERLASTING FAAAAAAAAAAAME! [INSTRUMENTAL — WEISSENBORN SLIDE GUITAR, LONG DOWNWARD BENDS, POLIVOKS FILTER SWEEP] [V3 — SKY DARKENS, DRUMS INTENSIFY] The mountain's thrown its temper now The sun has disappeared There's rocks falling through my roof I should have sacrificed that chicken Proof [SUSTAINED SUNG VOWELS: SLOW IRREGULAR ANALOGUE PITCH WARBLE; TAPE WOW, SUBTLE DETUNING; DEEPER WARBLE AT NOTE ENDS] [V4 — SLOWER, VOCAL SINKING, DESCENDING GLISSANDI] I scratched my complaints upon the waaaaaaaaall For future men to see The ceiling fell, the darkness caaaaaaaaame And history swallowed meeeeeeeeeeeeee [HBC 2 — HEAVY HALF-TIME COLLAPSE] CAST-CAST-CAST! PLAS-PLAS-PLASTER! NAME-NAME-NAME! IMMORTAL DISASTER! PLASTER CASTER ! ! ! [INSTRUMENTAL — WEISSENBORN SLIDE GUITAR, SUSTAINED HAUNTING BENDS; D1 POLIVOKS SUBTERRANEAN DRONE] [OUTRO — TWO THOUSAND YEARS LATER, DRY SPOKEN] An archaeologist found my complaint. They read it aloud. I would have been proud [PAUSE] I always wanted to be immortalised. [PAUSE] They poured me into plaster Not marble [PAUSE] Typical Better than nothing [Outro - intrumental 4 bars]
