Parrot Yossi
Art-pop lullaby in a slow 72 BPM triplet pulse, built on music box plucks, soft brushed percussion, and a dry upright bass; verse one stays intimate and almost spoken, verse two adds close harmonies and a thin synth bed, chorus opens with stacked doubles and a small childlike choir, final verse strips back to solo voice and low keys before a gentle coded outro. Occasional reversed swells, faint clockwork clicks, and delay throws on the name give it a precise, fragile feel. Mix is close-mic, clean, and softly mechanical., gentle, soul, lyrical
Parrot Yossi
Art-pop lullaby in a slow 72 BPM triplet pulse, built on music box plucks, soft brushed percussion, and a dry upright bass; verse one stays intimate and almost spoken, verse two adds close harmonies and a thin synth bed, chorus opens with stacked doubles and a small childlike choir, final verse strips back to solo voice and low keys before a gentle coded outro. Occasional reversed swells, faint clockwork clicks, and delay throws on the name give it a precise, fragile feel. Mix is close-mic, clean, and softly mechanical., gentle, soul, lyrical
Lyrics
Verse 1
I will buy myself a parrot.
I will call him Yossi.
I will speak to him
when no one else is there.
I will tell him quietly:
sadness is a cup
filled with bitter wine.
It is made from the soul.
Verse 2
Listen, parrot Yossi.
You are a child of song.
A gentle death is waiting for you.
It is very gentle.
And then I will whisper
to the walls:
Yossi is gone.
Yossi is gone.
Chorus
Yossi, Yossi,
you will never love.
You will never love.
Yossi, Yossi,
you were not made for love.
You were not made for love.
Verse 3
Your ashes will return
from the cage to the homeland,
from the white cage
to the yellow earth.
You will not be born again.
You will have no parrot-wife.
You will have no mother.
You were never meant to love.
Verse 4
You were made for gentle talk.
You were made for poets,
for their anger and fire.
You were made for hearts
that do not answer.
You are only a toy
in the house.
You are for children to hold.
Chorus
Yossi, Yossi,
you will never love.
You will never love.
Yossi, Yossi,
you were not made for love.
You were not made for love.
Outro
So chatter on, parrot Yossi.
Keep talking.
Keep talking.
Sweet and plain,
my heart is empty today.