THE PARTY UNDER THE PAVEMENT // FT. Nicholas

[Cold Open] [Male Voice 1] That drain cover just knocked three times. [Male Voice 2] Knock back. [Male Voice 1] Okay. Somebody's throwing a party down there. [Intro] [Male Voice 1] October night, not a car in sight, But the cracks in the street got a violet light. A sneaker on the curb, one foot on the grate, The bass from below starts counting to eight. [Male Voice 2] The city is asleep with its windows shut, Yet the pavement moves when the drums wake up. We lift up the lid and the cold air blows, There's a staircase where the storm drain goes. [Verse 1] [Male Voice 1] Down six steps, now the walls turn gold, There's a whole second city that the daylight never told. Skeletons in suits with their trumpets in tune, A ghost behind the drums and a paper moon. They dance on the ceiling, their shoes don't fall, A hundred doorways line the hall. [Male Voice 2] No chains, no cages, no reason to fear, Just a room full of music nobody came to hear. They played for the street, but it never heard. [Pre Chorus] [Male Voice 1] They got the brass. [Male Voice 2] We got the low end. [Male Voice 1] So why can't anybody upstairs hear them? [Both Voices] One rhythm isn't enough. Give the night another one. [Build 1] [Male Voice 1] Left foot. [Male Voice 2] Right time. [Both Voices] Meet me on the other side! [Drop 1] [Both Voices] Under the pavement, wake the street! Let the old brass find a beat! [Male Voice 1] Bounce below! [Male Voice 2] Rise above! [Both Voices] Give the night a little love! [Instrumental] [Verse 2] [Male Voice 2] A sign recalls each Halloween they played. The date keeps changing, the message stays the same, We made a place for everybody but nobody came. [Male Voice 1] So there is no curse and there is no chain? The oldest drummer laughs and points above, Says the street never answered when they called for us. [Breakdown] [Male Voice 2] They played for years. [Male Voice 1] And nobody knew it was here. [Male Voice 2] Then open the way. [Male Voice 1] How? [Male Voice 2] One of us plays what they remember. The other plays what comes next. [Emotional Bridge] [Male Voice 1] All those nights beneath our feet, Every song without a street. [Male Voice 2] If the world forgot the sound, We can bring it back around. [Both Voices] Different steps, the same heartbeat, Now the whole town gets to meet. [Build 2] [Male Voice 1] Hit the gap! [Male Voice 2] Hold the note! [Both Voices] Let the brass climb up the road! [Drop 2] [Male Voice 1] Hear the pipes, hear the rails, Hear the horn where the rooftop fails! [Male Voice 2] Turn the bass, change the key, Let the street remember me. [Both Voices] Under the pavement, wake the street! Two different grooves on one heartbeat! [Instrumental] [Final Reveal] [Male Voice 1] The whole block is outside. [Male Voice 2] And look who's coming up. [Male Voice 1] They weren't waiting for a key. [Male Voice 2] They were waiting for an invitation. [Final Build] [Male Voice 1] All the doors are opening. [Male Voice 2] All the lights are coming on. [Both Voices] Let everyone sing along. [Final Drop] [Both Voices] Under the pavement, over the street, Everybody's got a place in the beat! [Male Voice 1] Move your feet! [Male Voice 2] Keep it bright! [Both Voices] Turn this haunted town alive tonight! [Outro] [Male Voice 1] Same time next Halloween? [Male Voice 2] Only if you knock first. [End]