When Words Ran Dry
A linear piano creates a minimalist motif, its tempo is constant and underlined by a male vocal alternating between sung lines and spoken word. The chorus appears only once, in a passage whose words are in parentheses (). Importantly, the text: "Here the water froze in place. Here the words ran out of space." is not sung, but is spoken only. The production remains airy, with rhythmic phrasing and deliberate pauses that emphasize the sharpness of the melody and the contrast between the vocal modes, thus supporting a subtle tension that underscores the music's quietly ironic nature.
When Words Ran Dry
A linear piano creates a minimalist motif, its tempo is constant and underlined by a male vocal alternating between sung lines and spoken word. The chorus appears only once, in a passage whose words are in parentheses (). Importantly, the text: "Here the water froze in place. Here the words ran out of space." is not sung, but is spoken only. The production remains airy, with rhythmic phrasing and deliberate pauses that emphasize the sharpness of the melody and the contrast between the vocal modes, thus supporting a subtle tension that underscores the music's quietly ironic nature.
Lyrics
What’s the point of playing with a poem,
treating nonsense like a game?
What’s the point of mixing pears with a golem,
just because you can — and who’s to blame?
Everyone sees whatever they’re seeking —
the fool puts on a mask, the wise keeps speaking.
Spilling words just to watch them fall,
no truth will rise from that at all.
Throw letters down, let chaos reign,
shuffle them once more — in vain —
and whisper softly, “amen,” there,
as if new meaning filled the air.
[choir:] (A smug little blueberry pie
escaped its two-room pan to cry
and filed for divorce in town.
Its partner, a jealous water pipe,
had coughed a startled decoy down.
What an absurd and silly toy!
Decoy–toy,
toy–decoy.)
"Here the water froze in place.
Here the words ran out of space."
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