lyrics AImproviser ---- [Intro - Slow Gregorian chant, 40 BPM, theremin wailing, distant jackhammer percussion] [Verse 1 - Solemn monastery vocals, glitching synth bass underneath] Oh crater in the concrete, my dark Asphalt valentine, I'm standing guard They placed me here in orange plastic bright To warn them of your depth, but I fell in love tonight [Pre-Chorus - Tempo increasing to 90 BPM, yodeling enters] [Yodeling] Yo-del-ay-hee-HOO, the crew arrives at dawn [Background vocals] arrives! [Yodeling] Yo-del-ay-hee-HOO, and then you're gone [Background vocals] then GONE! [Chorus - SUDDEN SHIFT to 180 BPM polka, vocoded monk choir] I'm a cone, you're a hole We defied geometry [Background vocals] oh-oh-oeo-oh My height called to your depth In this lot where we were free [Background vocals] we were FREE! [Break - All instruments stop except theremin playing slow mournful melody] [Whispered, reverb-heavy] Do potholes dream when rain collects inside? [Verse 2 - Back to 40 BPM, adding tubular bells] Less slip it's strips can't lie Tomorrow when they come with tar You caught the rain, I caught The blame two broken things beneath the stars [Bridge - 90 BPM, building tension, accelerando to 140, all instruments layering chaos] Now the trucks arrive with tar [Gregorian chant] tar, tar, taaaaar taaaaar The workers laugh and point [Yodeling] yo-del-ay-point They lift their tools, they Don't see what we are [Glitch vocals stuttering] w-w-what we are They'll smooth you flat, erase Your depth, your dark, your curve, your art [Building intensity, falsetto] your ART, your ART [Instrumental Interlude - Demented theremin solo over distorted polka accordion, chaotic layered percussion] [Final Verse - 60 BPM] So here's my orange benediction As they fill you, as you fade This cone-shaped heart was always willing Just to guard the void you made To mark the spot where traffic Learned to stop and see [Outro - Tempo gradually slowing from 180 to 0 BPM, like a dying music box] I am orange, you were dark Together we made perfect art Where plastic meets the stone A traffic cone.............. Dies alone [Soft yodeling scatting fading] yo...del...ay...hee... [End - Single theremin note sustained for exactly 5 seconds, then abrupt stop]
