Punchbowl

Punchbowl [Intro] Stone takes the first note Holds it Throws it back twice as wide (Talk to me, wall) [Harmony1] Ooh — the wall knows the line Ah — the wall knows the line Brass in the dark Brass in the dark [Verse1] Mouth of the hill opens quiet Cool air with a metal taste We walk the rib of the chamber Where old sound learned to wait One horn tests the ceiling Comes home as a crowd of itself Nobody talks in here first The room does the talking left [Prechorus] Cup your hands Air gets thick Phrase comes back richer Phrase comes back sick (Hear that?) [Chorus] Punchbowl Echoing brass in the cavern Punchbowl That note don’t die — it gathers Punchbowl Golden animal circling stone We poured the night in Now drink what the mountain owns (Drink it) [Harmony2] Ooh — circle the gold Ah — circle the gold It never leaves the bowl [Verse2] Floor is a black wet coin Bootheels print a little moon Upright finds the basement river Rides it out of tune Trombone draws a long red curtain Across a throat of rock Somebody laughs And the laugh comes back crowned in shock (Yeah — crowned) [Prechorus2] Don’t rush the breath Let the wall decide Push it too early It splits you from the inside (Easy) [Chorus2] Punchbowl Echoing brass in the cavern Punchbowl That note don’t die — it gathers Punchbowl Golden animal circling stone We poured the night in Now drink what the mountain owns (Drink it) [Harmony3] Ooh — drink what it throws Ah — drink what it throws The cave keeps what it knows [Verse3] Names don’t stick to this weather They slide off the sweating lime Only the shape of a melody Lives in a room this kind I raise the horn like a lantern Dark takes a second to choose Then it answers in stacked gold layers A choir that never needed pews (No pews) [Prechorus3] Hold the last pitch Don’t cut it clean Let it fray on the granite Till it turns into a scene (Hold) [Chorus3] Punchbowl Echoing brass in the cavern Punchbowl That note don’t die — it gathers Punchbowl Golden animal circling stone We poured the night in Now drink what the mountain owns (Drink it) [Verse4] Last light leaves the mouth Bowl still works in the black You can hear a whole parade turning With nobody at its back Trick of a hollow mountain It finishes what you start Walk out smaller than you entered With a second heart in your heart (Second heart) [Bridge] Who owns the sound? Nobody Everybody Where does it go? Around Around Around One horn becomes the weather One drum becomes the law Need a church again? Remember what the rock can draw (Draw it) [Outro] Punchbowl Brass still turning Punchbowl Cavern still learning Fade the players Leave the echo Let the bowl Close slow (Close)