[low bass pulse, scraped guitar harmonics] A — Apocalyptic acrobats applaud in the attic B — Belligerent ballerinas bite back at the brass C — Cannibal comedians crack jokes in the casket D — Delirious dentists drill holes in the dark [band snaps into a crooked funk groove] E — Elegant exorcists eat electricity F — Feverish philosophers fake their own funerals G — Gutter gods gargle gasoline, grinning H — Holy hecklers howl at the heavens for more CHORUS And everybody sing like the ceiling’s coming down Like the vowels got loose and the consonants drowned We’re making perfect sense in a language gone wrong Twenty-six little disasters Trying to become a song [hard stop] I — Invisible idiots imitate insects J — Jealous jugglers jitter through Judgment Day K — Kleptomaniac kings kiss kerosene kittens L — Lunatic lawyers lick lightning for luck [tempo lurches sideways] M — Mechanical messiahs mumble through megaphones N — Nervous necromancers negotiate with noon O — Obnoxious oracles orbit the orchestra P — Paranoid preachers punch holes in the proof [voice drops to a whisper] Q — Questionable queens quietly quarantine questions [silence] ...questionably. [whole band crashes back in] R — Rabid romantics riot in the rain S — Surgical serpents sell salvation by the slice T — Telepathic toddlers throw tantrums at thunder U — Unholy undertakers unwrap the universe CHORUS And everybody sing like the ceiling’s coming down Like the vowels got loose and the consonants drowned We’re making perfect sense in a language gone wrong Twenty-six little disasters Trying to become a song [everything fractures into odd meter] V — Venomous ventriloquists vandalize velvet W — Wicked little witnesses waltz with the wolves [band stops dead] X. [one lonely guitar harmonic] Xenophobic xylophones— No. [drum hit] Xeroxed X-rays— Absolutely not. [bass begins climbing] X-rated xenoliths— What does that even mean? [vocalist screams] X! [band detonates] Y — Yellow-eyed yahoos yodel, “YES! YES! YES!” Z — Zealous zombies zigzag straight into zero [sudden silence] FINAL CHORUS So everybody sing like the ceiling came down Like the vowels escaped and the consonants drowned We made no damn sense But we made it belong Twenty-six little disasters— [huge held chord] A— [crowd/band shouts] TO Z! [final impossible jazz-fusion stab]