[INTRO] [Deep Minimoog bass pulse] [Rhodes chords] [Loose percussion and irregular handclaps] MALE: Listen... FEMALE: Mmm-hmm... MALE: Something is coming. FEMALE: Coming... MALE: Something is moving. FEMALE: Move it... [Brass stab] MALE: Line up! FEMALE: Uh-oh... MALE: THE PHUNK PHALANX! [Sudden full groove] [VERSE 1] MALE: They talk about power. They talk about fear. FEMALE: Talk, talk... MALE: They build up the walls. We bring the groove here. FEMALE: Right here... MALE: They draw their borders. They draw their lines. FEMALE: Draw 'em... MALE: We draw a rhythm that crosses the signs. FEMALE: Cross it! MALE: Left foot. Right foot. Step in time. FEMALE: Step in! MALE: One strange groove and the world aligns. [Unexpected chorus interruption] FEMALE: Ooooooh... MALE: Wait a minute! FEMALE: Ooooooh... MALE: Let that melody rise! [CHORUS] MALE: THE PHUNK PHALANX is marching through the night! FEMALE: Ooh, feel it! MALE: Turning all the tension into something bright! FEMALE: Something bright! BOTH: No walls! No fear! Let the rhythm bring us near! MALE: THE PHUNK PHALANX! FEMALE: Phalanx! BOTH: Everybody move! [POST-CHORUS] MALE: Shake-shake-shake! FEMALE: She-she-shake! MALE: Da-da-da... FEMALE: Dance! MALE: Woahhh... FEMALE: Yeahhh... [VERSE 2] MALE: A soldier hears the bass. He lowers his gun. FEMALE: He hears it... MALE: A stranger hears the melody. Now they're moving as one. FEMALE: As one... MALE: The speeches keep talking. Nobody hears. FEMALE: Nobody... MALE: The brass hits harder. The crowd disappears— [Sudden stop] MALE: —into the groove. FEMALE: Into the groove... [SHORT INSTRUMENTAL] [Minimoog bass bends] [ARP Odyssey squelch] [Rhodes phrase] [Brass stab] [PRE-CHORUS] MALE: They wanted silence. FEMALE: Not today. MALE: They wanted order. FEMALE: Not this way. MALE: They wanted fear. FEMALE: Let it go... MALE: They wanted control. FEMALE: Lose control! [CHORUS] BOTH: THE PHUNK PHALANX is marching through the night! MALE: Feel that heavy rhythm! FEMALE: Feel that light! BOTH: No walls! No fear! Let the rhythm bring us near! MALE: THE PHUNK PHALANX! FEMALE: Phalanx! BOTH: Everybody move! [BRIDGE 1 — SPOKEN-SUNG] MALE: Now listen... FEMALE: I'm listening. MALE: You hear that? FEMALE: I hear something. MALE: That's right. [Minimoog drops lower] MALE: We don't need another speech. FEMALE: No speech. MALE: We don't need another wall. FEMALE: No wall. MALE: We need... BOTH: FUNK! [Massive groove return] [VERSE 3] MALE: The leaders stop talking. The square starts to swing. FEMALE: Swing... MALE: A thousand footsteps make the pavement sing. FEMALE: Sing it... MALE: The brass goes— FEMALE: BAM! MALE: The bass goes— FEMALE: BOOM! MALE: The whole strange planet starts shaking the room. FEMALE: Shake it! MALE: A little more rhythm. A little less pride. FEMALE: Less pride... MALE: Everybody's got a groove inside. FEMALE: Inside... [Sudden female chorus] FEMALE CHORUS: Ooooh, let it roll... Ooooh, let it roll... MALE: Hold up! FEMALE CHORUS: Let it roll... MALE: Don't stop! FEMALE CHORUS: Let it roll... [BRIDGE 2 — CHAOTIC VOCAL BREAK] MALE: Shake! FEMALE: Shake! MALE: Shake-shake! FEMALE: She-she-shake! MALE: Da-da-da! FEMALE: Dance-dance! MALE: Woo! FEMALE: Woo! MALE: Ha-ha! FEMALE: Ha! BOTH: MOVE! [Instrumental breakdown] [Drums vanish] [ARP Odyssey bass] [Rhodes] [Breathy vocal sounds] MALE: Mmmmm... FEMALE: Ooooooh... MALE: Yeahhh... FEMALE: Mmm-hmm... [Drums return] [BRIDGE 3 — MELODIC LIFT] FEMALE: When the world gets heavy, we can make it light. MALE: Make it light... FEMALE: When the road gets broken, we can make it right. MALE: Make it right... FEMALE: One heart. One rhythm. One beautiful sound. MALE: One groove... FEMALE: And suddenly there are no walls around. MALE: No walls! [FEMALE CHORUS rises] FEMALE CHORUS: Ooooooh... We are moving together... Ooooooh... We are moving together... MALE: THE PHUNK PHALANX! FEMALE CHORUS: Together! MALE: THE PHUNK PHALANX! BOTH: Forever! [FINAL CHORUS] BOTH: THE PHUNK PHALANX is marching through the night! MALE: Turning all the tension— FEMALE: Into
