Scandal (100 Little Whispers Mix)

[Intro] (Record crackle, crowd murmurs) Lead: Scandal! Choir: Scandal! Lead: Lean in close… Choir: (What did you hear?) Lead: Oh, you are not ready. Choir: (Tell us everything!) [Verse 1] Lead: Corner booth, lipstick stain on a glass, Choir: (Who was she with? Did you see her pass?) Lead: Rumors tap-dance down this little street, Choir: (Click of the heels, keeping the receipts.) Lead: Choir loft angels, halo straight, Choir: (Sunday smiles, Monday late.) Lead: By the time that the candles burn down low, Choir: (Everyone swears they already know.) [Pre-Chorus] Lead: Little half-truth cocktail, twist of lime, Choir: (Sip, sip, sip, then pass the time.) Lead: We dress up the story in sequins and sheen, Choir: (Add one lie more and a scandal’s seen.) Lead: Are we saints? Are we sinners on parade? Choir: (Depends who’s talking and who got played.) [Chorus] Lead: Scandal! Choir: Pass it around! Lead: Whisper it softly then shout it out loud, Choir: (Shout it, shout it!) Lead: Saints on Sunday, sinners by night, Choir: (Halo by day, but the dress too tight.) Lead: Everybody’s innocent till the gossip sounds right. Choir: (Mmm, sounds right, sounds right.) Lead: Scandal! Choir: What a surprise! Lead: Half of the truth and it’s twice the size, Choir: (Bigger and bigger!) Lead: Pointing fingers in the neon glow, Choir: (Point that way, you never really know.) Lead: Throwing little stones where the secrets grow. Choir: (Watch those secrets grow.) [Call-and-Response Break] Lead: Did you hear? Choir: (No, what happened then?) Lead: Check her feed, Choir: (Oh, she’s done it again!) Lead: Screenshot, share, Choir: (Send it to a friend.) Lead: By the time it ends… Choir: (It starts again.) Lead: Did you hear? Choir: (No, what did she do?) Lead: Same old plot, Choir: (But with a fresher view.) Lead: Truth or dare? Choir: (We’ll take both, please.) Lead: Gossip in the air… Choir: (Riding on the breeze.) [Swing House Breakdown] (Spoken) Lead: "Strictly speaking…" Choir: (You shouldn’t repeat it.) Lead: "Well, I shouldn’t repeat it…" Choir: (Mm-hmm, but we’re seated.) Lead: "But since you’re here…" Choir: (We’re all ears.) Lead: Scandal! Choir: Scandal! Lead: Who started it? Choir: Nobody knows! Lead: Who spread it ’round? Choir: Everybody knows! Lead: Ha! Ha! Choir: (Ha! Ha!) Lead: There it goes… Choir: (Down the street…) Lead: Down the street… Choir: (On repeat…) Lead: Everybody knows… Choir: (Everybody knows.) [Verse 2] Lead: Velvet rope secrets in the smoky blue haze, Choir: (Dress code: rumors and sideways gaze.) Lead: She walks in late with that dangerous smile, Choir: (Every eye tracks every step, every mile.) Lead: He leans in close, says, "It’s not what it seems," Choir: (That’s what they say when they’re caught in the scene.) Lead: By the third retelling it’s a brand-new show, Choir: (Different cast, same glow.) [Pre-Chorus 2] Lead: We stir up the story like sugar in gin, Choir: (Round and round till it’s sweet as sin.) Lead: Sprinkle in a whisper, spice it with a wink, Choir: (Serve it on ice at the edge of the brink.) Lead: Are we cruel? Are we kind when we play this game? Choir: (We change the words but we keep the name.) [Chorus 2] Lead: Scandal! Choir: Raise a glass! Lead: Watching every little secret pass, Choir: (Clink, clink, clink!) Lead: Kings and queens of the telephone line, Choir: (Ring, ring, ring, now you’re doing fine.) Lead: Turning little moments into headline crime. Choir: (Extra! Read all about that crime.) Lead: Scandal! Choir: That’s the show! Lead: Everybody watching from the front row, Choir: (Front row, center!) Lead: Laughing, gasping, shaking their heads, Choir: (Tsk, tsk, tsk, then they share it instead.) Lead: Then taking the story home to bed. Choir: (Tuck it in, keep it fed.) [Call-and-Response Gossip Game] Lead: Did you hear? Choir: (No, what’s the tea?) Lead: She said, he said, Choir: (They said, we said, who could it be?) Lead: Change one word… Choir: (And the whole thing bends.) Lead: By the weekend, Choir: (They’re "just friends" again.) Lead: Did you hear? Choir: (No, spill it quick.) Lead: She’s over him, Choir: (But the photos stick.) Lead: Swipe that screen, Choir: (Let the story spin.) Lead: Same old sin… Choir: (With a viral grin.) [Instrumental Jazz Club House Drop] (Brass riffs, clarinet runs, piano stabs, crowd claps in time) Ad-libs: (Oh, that’s messy… talk about it… tell me more…) [Bridge] Lead: Hush now, the room leans in, Choir: (Every little word like a tiny sin.) Lead: Curtain half-open, light on the floor, Choir: (One more secret, we’ll need one more.) Lead: Are we any better than the tales we trade? Choir: (We buy the ticket to the mess we made.) Lead: Different century, same old game to play, Choir: (New bright screens, but it feels the same way.) [Build] Lead: Ah-ah-ah, keep talking, keep talking, Choir: (Ah-ah-ah, we’re listening, watching.) Lead: Ah-ah-ah, one whisper, one spark, Choir: (Ah-ah-ah, now it lights the dark.) Lead: Ah-ah-ah, can’t