Yo-le-hee… yo-le-ho… Echo bounces off the snow… No one knows it’s battle code… Yo-le-hee… let’s go… Yodel-ay-ee, yodel-ay-hoo… (Second call slips right past you…) Boots on stone, we move in rows, helmets down, keep the banner low. Locals think we’re mountain folk, pack full of cheese and inside jokes. (Yodel-ay-ee, yodel-ay-oh…) They hear calls up in the haze, “must be shepherds endin’ days.” They don’t see the hidden bid: every flip a digit slid. High note is “all clear,” low note is “hide,” double flip means “circle wide.” (Yodel-ay-hee, yodel-ay-hoo…) Octave jump says “hit, don’t miss,” triple roll means “raid at six.” We don’t need smoke, fire, crackle, we just lean back, throat untackle, let the chorus climb the ridge, and the echo builds the bridge. (Yodel-ay-dee, yodel-ay-do…) Yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-AY yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-OH yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-EE Yodel-ay-ee, yodel-ay-hoo, locals shrug and sip their tea, “just a song on the breeze.” Yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-AY yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-OH Yodel-ay-hee, yodel-ay-hoo, you hear a harmless melody, we hear full artillery. Grandma on the porch says “that sounds nice,” doesn’t hear the encoded ice. (Yodel-ay-ee, yodel-ay-hee…) Kids on sleds think “cool old song,” don’t know it means “this flank is strong.” Tourists jog to the mountain sound, don’t know we moved three squads around. Hit that break with the chest-voice growl, flip to head voice, code the howl. (Yodel-ay-ay, yodel-ay-oh…) Pitch-shift shout in a major third, tells the scouts “new path confirmed.” Stretch that run up to the sky, tells the archers “aim up high.” Even when we raise a glass, laughin’ loud, let the chorus pass, we’re still droppin’ tiny keys folded into melodies. (Yodel-ay-dee, yodel-ay-do…) Yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-AY yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-OH Yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-OO Yodel-ay-ee, yodel-ay-hoo, villagers just hum along, we’re redrawin’ borders in a song. Yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-AY yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-OH in between the “hee” and “ho,” there’s more data than they know. (Yodel-ay-hee, yodel-ay-hoo…) Yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-AY yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-OH Yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-EE Yodel-ay-ee, yodel-ay-hoo, if you know, then you can see, if you don’t, it’s just off-key. Yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-AY yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-OH Yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-OO Yodel-ay-hee, yodel-ay-hoo, welcome to the valley pit: yodel-cryptic-callit. Yo-le-hee… yo-le-ho… “Stand down, it’s time to go.” Snow remembers every note, long after we’ve crossed the slope… Yodel-ay-ee… yodel-ay-hoo… Hill keeps hummin’ what we knew… Yo-le-hee… yo-le-ho… Yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-AY yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-OH yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-EE Yodel-ay-ee, yodel-ay-hoo, Yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-AY yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-OH Yodel-ay-hee, yodel-ay-hoo, Yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-AY yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-OH Yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-OO Yodel-ay-ee, yodel-ay-hoo, Yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-AY yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-OH Yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-AY yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-OH Yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-EE Yodel-ay-ee, yodel-ay-hoo, Yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-AY yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-OH Yo-le-yo-le-yo-le-OO Yodel-ay-hee, yodel-ay-hoo,
