The Hydrant Gospel

[Intro]
[Verse]
Route 402 is gray
I walk the same way
Sorting through the decay
Until the clouds betray
Standard mail for the dead
Words that I never read
Filling my heavy head
With things the city said
[Pre-Chorus]
(Sprechgesang: 28 BPM)
Form 3849 is a lie
In the blink of an eye
Under a violet sky
I begin to cry
Because the coupons glow
In a way you don't know
Where the iron seeds grow
And the hidden rivers flow
[Chorus]
(Operatic: 310 BPM)
It’s a sacred scroll!
For the hydrant’s soul!
Take back total control!
Dig a deeper hole!
Glossy paper light!
In the dead of night!
Everything is bright!
Everything is right!
[Post-Chorus]
(Throat Singing)
Iron red
Iron red
What the flyer said
What the flyer said
[Break]
(Typewriter clicks and penguin calls)
[Interlude]
(4'33" of Cagean Silence)
[Verse]
(Deadpan Spoken Word)
I found a pizza deal
That broke the seventh seal
Now the hydrants feel
The turning of the wheel
They watch the gutter drain
Through the acid rain
Processing the pain
Of the municipal chain
[Pre-Chorus]
(Giddy Glee)
Check the postage date
Before it is too late
Open up the gate
To a better state
Lydian dreams are real
Behind the steering wheel
Of a soul made of steel
And a heart that can heal
[Chorus]
(Operatic: 310 BPM)
It’s a sacred scroll!
For the hydrant’s soul!
Take back total control!
Dig a deeper hole!
Glossy paper light!
In the dead of night!
Everything is bright!
Everything is right!
[Bridge]
(Dadaist Wordplay)
Blue stamps on a yellow tooth
Bureaucratic version of the truth
Carbon copy of a wasted youth
In a telephone booth
Zip code zenith
What the hydrant meaneth
When the sidewalk cleaneth
And the logic screeneth
[Hook]
(Screaming/Gamelan)
Flush the system out!
That is what I shout!
Without any doubt!
What it’s all about!
[Chorus]
(Operatic: 310 BPM)
It’s a sacred scroll!
For the hydrant’s soul!
Take back total control!
Dig a deeper hole!
Glossy paper light!
In the dead of night!
Everything is bright!
Everything is right!
[Post-Chorus]
(Sprechgesang)
Return to sender
In all your splendor
Be a legal tender
And a great defender
[Outro]