A Gentleman of Many Beginnings [NDC]

------------------------------------------------------------- Week 39 2026 Nordic Discord Challenge 85 Genre: Chap Hop Theme: Bragging Rights/Pat yourself on the back Challenge Playlist: https://suno.com/playlist/08c88eff-7e12-490a-9843-7e8216b89cd1 Want to join Nordic Discord Challenge? Check out the Swedish chat on the SUNO Discord server! ------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] [Jaunty harpsichord, upright bass, crisp snare, a teacup set down on a saucer] Ahem. Do pull up a chair. Tea? Splendid. [Verse 1] Good evening, I'm a gentleman of rare and noble craft I specialise in starting things — the finishing's the laugh A music player for the ages, universal, grand in scope Paused politely, several weeks ago — but brimming still with hope I set it down, you understand, for reasons most refined A little game experiment had wandered through my mind One does not simply ignore the muse when she comes calling in One follows her through every door — and then begins again [Pre-Chorus] Eighty-seven percent, old sport Eighty-seven percent complete A monument of promise Standing proudly on its feet [Chorus] I'm a gentleman of many beginnings Of blueprints, drafts and glorious schemes My workshop's full of splendid half-built things And every one is bursting at the seams Raise your glass to what is nearly finished To the plans that line my study wall A gentleman of many beginnings And rather proud of all of it, all [Verse 2] There's a novel in a drawer, a galaxy in chains An anime I've sketched in full, a railway through the plains Translations into five fine tongues, reviewed by native ears Some ready, some awaiting still — as has been said for years My desk resembles London in the fog of eighteen-ten A thousand brilliant notions, each one waiting for its pen And should you ask me "when will any of it end?" I'll adjust my monocle and simply say — "My friend..." [Pre-Chorus] Eighty-seven percent, old sport Eighty-seven percent complete A monument of promise Standing proudly on its feet [Chorus] I'm a gentleman of many beginnings Of blueprints, drafts and glorious schemes My workshop's full of splendid half-built things And every one is bursting at the seams Raise your glass to what is nearly finished To the plans that line my study wall A gentleman of many beginnings And rather proud of all of it, all [Bridge — beat drops to upright bass and snare, delivered as a casual aside] Oh — and I suppose I ought to mention, since you asked Well, you didn't, but I'll mention it regardless This summer, just a trifle, just to pass the time I wrote a bingo board of songs Thirty-six of them Every square Every genre, every theme Gnomes and plague and banana splits Finished Completely Entirely [Beat] More tea? [Final Chorus — full band, brass stabs, triumphant] I'm a gentleman of many beginnings Almost finished, it is close now My workshop's full of splendid half-built wonders And thirty-six that saw it through Raise your glass to what is nearly finished And the odd thing that was finished after all A gentleman of many beginnings And rather proud of all of it Every bit of it All [Outro — harpsichord returns, jaunty and fading] Now if you'll excuse me I've had a marvellous idea Just this moment I shall begin it at once [Teacup set down] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Chap Hop self-portrait of a gentleman whose true talent is beginning things. A universal music player paused for a game experiment, a novel in a drawer, an anime concept, translations into five languages — each one a magnificent eighty-seven percent complete. He brags about all of it with monocle-adjusting pride. Then, casually, almost as an afterthought, he mentions that he also wrote an entire bingo board of thirty-six songs this summer. Every square. Finished. More tea? Self-irony on the surface, a genuine pat on the back underneath. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © 2026 Ande Records Lyrics by Ande All rights reserved. https://ande-records.se/