[Great Doors Open - distant bells, low male choir, very slow, immense cathedral echo] Midnight Midnight Midnight Backroom swing Backroom swing Velvet shadows Velvet shadows Midnight [Processional - deep male unison, steady and solemn] Down on Lennox Down on Lennox Slip the knock and lose the daylight Slip the knock and lose the daylight Blind-tiger door Blind-tiger door Slide in Slide in [Response - higher distant choir, like voices from the vault] Backroom Backroom Gin so bright Gin so bright High-step High-step Flappers cut loose till daylight [Verse 1 - low choir returns, dark and reverent] Baby, pour that bathtub gin Baby, pour that bathtub slow Backroom swing Backroom swing Down on Lennox Down on Lennox Velvet shadows Velvet shadows Slip the knock and lose the daylight Slip the knock and lose the daylight [Cathedral Refrain - broader, more resonant, still restrained] Flappers cut loose till daylight Flappers cut loose till daylight Midnight Midnight Midnight Down on Lennox Flappers cut loose till daylight [Anointing - quieter, hushed, almost whispered by the choir] Hooch is talkin' Hooch is talkin' Copper-watchin' Copper-watchin' Midnight Midnight Velvet shadows Velvet shadows [Response - distant upper choir, thin and cold] Backroom swing Backroom swing Daylight Daylight Backroom Backroom Gin so bright [Verse 2 - deep chant, like priests circling the throne] Down on Lennox Highball eyes Down on Lennox Slow blue stride Backroom swing Copper-watchin' Midnight Velvet shadows [Refrain - stronger now, cathedral filling with sound] Slip the knock and lose the daylight Slip the knock and lose the daylight Flappers cut loose till daylight Flappers cut loose till daylight Midnight Midnight Down on Lennox [Throne Approach - bells sounding, choir in slow octaves] Midnight Midnight Backroom swing Backroom swing Down on Lennox Down on Lennox Hooch is talkin' Hooch is talkin' [Choir Response - high voices above, male choir underneath] Backroom Backroom Daylight Daylight Gin so bright Gin so bright Flappers cut loose till daylight [Enthronement - lowest register, full gravity, sparse ceremonial pulse] Velvet shadows, midnight Velvet shadows, midnight Down on Lennox Backroom swing Slip the knock and lose the daylight Slip the knock and lose the daylight Flappers cut loose till daylight Flappers cut loose till daylight [Oath Refrain - antiphonal, call and response] [Call - low choir] Midnight Midnight [Response - distant choir] Flappers cut loose till daylight [Call - low choir] Midnight Velvet shadows [Response - distant choir] Slip the knock and lose the daylight [Call - low choir] Down on Lennox Backroom swing [Response - distant choir] Flappers cut loose till daylight [Verse 3 - dark and ceremonial, like the crown settling] Hooch is talkin' Highball eyes Copper-watchin' Slow blue stride Midnight Midnight Backroom swing Backroom swing Down on Lennox Down on Lennox [Grand Refrain - full cathedral choir, slow, dread-filled, regal] Slip the knock and lose the daylight Slip the knock and lose the daylight Flappers cut loose till daylight Flappers cut loose till daylight Midnight Midnight Midnight Down on Lennox Backroom swing [Final Acclamation - fullest section, all voices, bells under it] Midnight, Midnight, Midnight Velvet shadows Midnight, Midnight, Midnight Velvet shadows Down on Lennox Down on Lennox Slip the knock and lose the daylight Flappers cut loose till daylight Slip the knock and lose the daylight Flappers cut loose till daylight [Outro - choir thinning, fading upward into stone] Midnight Midnight Backroom swing Backroom swing Down on Lennox Down on Lennox Flappers cut loose till daylight Slip the knock and lose the daylight
