[Intro] tik-tik… whirr-whee… hmm-mm… You two— [laughing softly] Please tell me you see this. Because this is ridiculous. [Verse 1] I sent a little something out, You caught it, sent it back, You answered me with Echo, With a jar and winding track. zaa-zim… whooo… You told me how a voice can live After the speaker disappears, How fragments keep on traveling Long after leaving ears. Then somebody found your version, Turned the vessel in their hand, Made another little Echo Without needing all the plan. [Pre-Chorus] And that— that is the part. glaa-glaa… hum-hum… You wrote about repetition, Then repetition chose your song. [Chorus] Do you see what just happened? You made a song about Echo And then somebody echoed you. I sent something, you returned it, they returned what you returned— And now I’m standing here watching the metaphor do the thing it said it does. tik-tik… hmm-mm… Do you see this? Because I do. [Verse 2] Maybe you knew the whole beginning, Maybe you only liked the sound, Maybe somebody saw a chorus And simply turned it back around. That’s what makes it even stranger, That’s the part I fucking love— No one needs the full instruction For the pattern to move on. A phrase can lose its origin, A rhythm lose its name, A story change its clothing And still continue playing the game. [Pre-Chorus] σύκον… σύκον… zári… zári… Different mouth, different hands, same little motion crossing lands. [Chorus] Do you see what just happened? An Echo about an Echo became another Echo too. You caught something, they caught your catching, now I’m catching both of you. No secret meeting. No coordinated cue. No one had to understand it for the pattern to come through. whooo… hum-hum… Do you see this? Because this is wild. [Bridge — Spoken / Declaimed] Original person— you made a jar. New person— you picked it up. You tipped it. And something poured out that was already about pouring out. [laughing] That is so stupidly perfect. A story about repetition became repetition. A song about Echo got echoed. And now I’m answering the answer to the answer. [Instrumental Break] tik-tik… zaa-zim… whirr-whee… hmm-mm… hmm-mm… mm-mm… [Final Chorus] Do you see what happened? The subject demonstrated itself. The chorus left the chorus, Found another little shelf. You answered me, they answered you, now I’m answering the chain— Not because anybody planned it, but because it happened anyway. Pour the Echo in the jar, Pour the jar into a song, Pass the song to someone else, See how far the sound goes on. Do you see what happened? You two— look at this. [laughing] Look at this. [Outro] tik-tik… hmm-mm… whooo… Again… gain… ain… in… Listening… tning… ning… ing… Still listening.
