[Intro] [Syncopated cavaquinho and nylon guitar; leave space for the warm clear male lead] [Verse 1] In nineteen sixty-seven, my essay took a stand: Plan first; leave execution to another hand. I send instructions, not the marks that lie ahead; Your fingers press; you assess what the page left unsaid. [Instrumental breath] [Hook] Leave the pencil and ladder by the door, New hands, new walls, the same old score. I send the page; your marks expand, I can't send the pressure of your hand. [Cavaquinho and bateria break] [Verse 2] In nineteen seventy-one, Wall Drawing one eighteen, Fifty random points enter the scene. Evenly spread across the wall, Hard pencil joins each pair; straight lines link all. [Bridge] [Quiet pandeiro and subtle organ; allow an instrumental pause] [Hook] Leave the pencil and ladder by the door, New hands, new walls, the same old score. I send the page; your marks expand, I can't send the pressure of your hand. [Outro] [Cavaquinho answers; bateria and organ ease to a soft instrumental close]
