[Intro] [spoken, dry, close, no reverb] Input. 팔. Movement. 십. Difference. 이. Slack. 구십일. [Verse 1] [falsetto, quiet, close] Hoist chain and a cargo hook Turnbuckle and a doubled line Every rope I pull comes tight Every rope I pull is mine Twelve hours down and moving clean Crate to cage and cage to stair Ain't a hitch in nothing yet Ain't a hitch in anywhere [Pre-Chorus] [lift, held breath] If it's tight, I'm still good If it's tight, I go If it gave, I'd hear the rope It ain't gave. And it won't. [Chorus] [wide, vocoder stack one layer under] Slack Rope don't hang loose Slack Chain pulled up tight Slack Water went still Slack Twelve hours, no slack [Verse 2] [falsetto, quiet, close] Water stopped at number eight Stopped and held and didn't climb Looked right at it. Looked a while. First time I looked. Water's fine. Some folks say the tide goes still Right before the tide comes in I have never worked the sea I work floors. The floors hold in. [Pre-Chorus] [lift, held breath] If it's tight, I'm still good If it's tight, I go If it gave, I'd hear the rope It ain't gave. And it won't. [Chorus] [wide, vocoder stack one layer under] Slack Rope don't hang loose Slack Chain pulled up tight Slack Water went still Slack Twelve hours, no slack [Bridge] [spoken, dry, close, no reverb, music drops to one held ocarina tone] Input. 팔. Movement. 십. Difference. 이. [spoken, flat] Slack. 구십일. You have been using that word. You have not been using it right. [spoken] Slack. 구십. [Final Chorus] [wide, vocoder stack one layer under] Slack Rope don't hang loose Slack Chain pulled up tight Slack Water went still Slack Twelve hours, no slack [Outro] [one held ocarina tone, no loop, hard cut to silence, no reverb tail, no fade] Slack
