Yellow Brick Road
Indie-pop, dreamy, female lead vocal, male backing on key words, light reverb/delay, harmonies on final words, expressive, dynamic contrast, emphasize story & emotions
Yellow Brick Road
Indie-pop, dreamy, female lead vocal, male backing on key words, light reverb/delay, harmonies on final words, expressive, dynamic contrast, emphasize story & emotions
Lyrics
[Yellow Brick Road – Vocal Technical Sheet
Genre: Indie-pop / alternative rock, atmospheric, dreamy, slightly melancholic
Vocal Setup: Female lead (main narrative), Male secondary / backing (contrast, harsh emphasis)
Effects: Light reverb, subtle delay on key words, dynamic contrasts, harmonies on final words of blocks]
🟩 Verse 1
Female lead, soft, airy, expressive vibrato
Every magazine screams “nude” these days,
Every paper crowns its “shock of the day.”
On TV they’ll spit such mindless craze,
You just roll your eyes and pray: “No way!”
You imagine, to live like that — you’d drown,
So you pack your cans and matches in a sack.
Can’t take it no more — you’re leaving town,
It’s now or never — no turning back.
🟩 Chorus
Female lead main, Male backing on key words in parentheses
Some of us are scarecrows with empty heads,
Some are beasts whose courage long since fled,
Some have hearts of tin — so brace yourself, my friend,
They’ll raise all kinds of hell before the end.
Imagine that — what if you’re one of them?
You know what they say — (birds of a feather…)
🟩 Verse 2
Female lead, dreamy, emphasize “Yellow Brick Road”
You bolt the door — for good, for life,
No one gets in, not even you inside.
You imagine that’s it — you’ve said goodbye,
You shout, “So long! I’ve had my fight!”
Then you picture the Yellow Brick Road ahead,
Where the dreamers and broken souls are led.
Hundreds of days to the magic land,
They march and sing with trembling hands —
Just like you, they chase the promised end.
🟩 Chorus
Same as above
Some of us are scarecrows with empty heads,
Some are beasts whose courage long since fled,
Some have hearts of tin — so brace yourself, my friend,
They’ll raise all kinds of hell before the end.
Imagine that — what if you’re one of them?
You know what they say — (birds of a feather…)
🟩 Break
Female lead, airy; Male secondary emphasis on final line, harsh, slightly breathy
In the Emerald City, someone took the throne —
A trickster, or maybe just a fool well known.
You see how it goes? So tell me, friend,
Where were you hoping your road would end?
Lock your door again, unpack your sack —
No need to chase — (life’ll screw you there & right back)
🟩 Chorus (Atro)
Female lead main, Male backing harmonies on last words, slight crescendo
Some of us are scarecrows with empty heads,
Some are beasts whose courage long since fled,
Some have hearts of tin — so brace yourself, my friend,
They’ll raise all kinds of hell before the end.
Imagine that — what if you’re one of them?
You know what they say — (birds of a feather…)