[Intro - alternating glass notes, left then right] [Spoken Lead] If. [Vocoder Answer] Then. [Spoken Lead] Otherwise. [Verse 1] I set the line in four clean measures, laid the bright notes one by one. Then the fourth return came early, and the easy route came undone. I could mute the note that broke it, polish every edge to white. But a rule that hides its difference is a loop afraid of light. [Pre-Chorus - 7/8 turn] [Lead] If the signal fits the frame - [Vocoder Answer] Then the frame can carry on. [Lead] If the signal shifts the frame - [Both, brief] Otherwise has entered song. [Chorus] If it fits, then let it run. If it shifts, do not call it done. Otherwise, otherwise, leave another door alive. If, then, otherwise, keep the difference in the light. One clean answer earns its place when another answer has a right. [Instrumental recursion - Rule Seed in bass, branch notes trade sides] [Lead vowels] Ah - eh - oh. [Vocoder] Left. Right. Hold. [Verse 2] Kick moved one step off the center. Glass replied behind the rail. I did not call the branch a failure just because the first map failed. Now the room can take two pathways, neither hidden, neither crowned. I can choose with what is present, then revise when more is found. [Pre-Chorus - percussion thins] [Lead] If the next pass fits the change - [Vocoder Answer] Then the change becomes the guide. [Lead] If a fourth route enters range - [Both, brief] Otherwise stays open wide. [Final Chorus - fuller but still precise] If it fits, then let it run. If it shifts, do not call it done. Otherwise, otherwise, leave another door alive. If, then, otherwise, keep the difference in the light. No clean answer keeps its place by denying what arrived. [Outro - alternating branch notes] [Spoken Lead] Condition recorded. [Vocoder Answer] Branch remains.
