Dough Rising

Lyrics by DragonHug --- 0:10m At the food district of Fluffelhug Fair A baker toad closely inspects his newly baked loaf ''This bread is not perfect! Loaf rejected!'' ''One more for you, Drool'' The baker toad tosses the bread into Drool’s happy maw He eats it and resumes sleeping --- 0:50m What went wrong this time… Was it… the angle of the table? or a crack in the bowl? Was it a moment too soon? or a moment too late? No, my timing is supreme Was it one knead too many? or one too few? Impossible, my kneads are impeccable Was it a rogue grain of salt? An infiltrating speck of dust? Was it a tremor in the floor? Is the weather at fault? What do I need to adjust? What have I not accounted for!? --- 1:37m Again. Another attempt Reflection and deliberation, consideration and preparation Table level. Bowl aligned Scale just Oven sootless Everything dustless The purest flour milled from the straightest stalks, selected grain by grain Rainwater from a cloud that thundered eleven times, caught before touching the ground, of course Exactly eight thousand one hundred and ninety-two grains of salt, each weighed and inspected Everything readied and measured for bread perfection Baking commences --- 2:47m Flour… descend Water… unite Salt… attend Now… become Harmony forms A single dough awakens --- 3:35m Now… the taming Knead And the dough yields Press And the dough listens Fold And the dough obeys Knead And the dough yields Press And the dough listens Fold And the dough obeys Knead again And the dough becomes worthy! --- 5:15m The shaping Gather And sculpt And form The original design Gently caress Firmly direct A shape emerges… a destiny unfolds The birth of bread loaf unbounden --- 6:37m Oven awaits Enter the warmth The trial begins --- 7:12m The sweetest scent, a grace Browns and golds embrace Rise my child Rise Rise Rise --- 8:08m The bread is slowly retrieved Drool’s nose twitches he yawns and smiles The baker toad weighs and taps and measures the loaf It is… beautiful The bread is perfect I have… succeeded Did you see, Drool!? It is the perfect bread! Drool pants and stares at the loaf Quickly, Drool! Eat it while the temperature is correct! The baker toad tosses the bread into Drool’s happy maw He eats it and resumes sleeping Again Another bread