Wheels on the Bus #KindergartenFestival

[INTRO: CLEAN GUITAR, LO-FI TAPE HISS, SOFT VOCALS] "Remember this one?... Back when the bus ride was the wildest trip we knew..." [VERSE 1: HEAVY GUITAR STABS, DRUMS HALF-TIME, SNARLING VOCALS] "The wheels on the bus go ROUND AND ROUND [Guitar: Palm-muted chugs on "round," open power chord on "round and round"] But now the rubber’s screeching on the ground! [Drums: Snare hits like gunshots] "Yeah, I used to sing it nice and sweet… Now I’m spitting fire in the backseat!" [PRE-CHORUS: BASS WALKDOWN, VOCALS LAYERED WITH DISTORTION] "The wipers on the bus go SWISH-SWISH-SWISH [Guitar: Harmonized triplets mimicking "swish"] But I’m the storm they couldn’t dismiss! [Vocals: Growl on "storm"] [CHORUS: WALL OF GUITARS, GANG VOCALS] "OH! The wheels still turn but I’M THE GHOST INSIDE! [Drums: Double bass under "ghost inside"] The same old song—NOW IT’S MY RIDE! [Guitar: Divebomb on "ride"] The horn goes BEEP-BEEP-SCREAM! [Original lyric embedded] And the kids like me? WE BREAK THE MACHINE! [VERSE 2: DROP-D TUNING, VOCALS CHAOTIC/LAID-BACK] "The people on the bus go UP AND DOWN [Original lyric, delivered with sarcastic swagger] But I’m the one who burned their playground down! [Guitar: Feedback squeal] [BRIDGE: A CAPELLA (JUST VOCALS + KICK DRUM)] "Funny… how a nursery rhyme Tastes like gasoline now…" [Drums: Heartbeat-like kicks] [FINAL CHORUS: SLUDGE METAL GROOVE, SCREAMED VOCALS] "The wheels on the bus go— [Sudden silence, then:] CRUSH! CRACK! REVOLUTION TRACKS! [Original melody twisted into minor key] [OUTRO: SPOKEN WORD OVER DYING AMP FEEDBACK] "…Still goes ‘round and round’… But I’m the nail that popped the tire." All through the town.