Sound of the Wave (Extended 2)

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Small stains

Ruined the silk tie I wore for her

The clock hums

It sounds like a plane over the house

Shadows grow

Stretching across the plastic lawn

White fence

Is rusting where the rain hits hardest

Pre-Chorus

Can you feel it fading

Is it really there

Could you tell the truth

Through the static on the screen

Chorus

Wait for the sound of the wave

Wait for the sound

I'm falling under the weight

Falling down

Keep breathing the cold air

Keep breathing the air

Until the sky turns grey

Verse 2

Black dogs

Barking at a car in the lane

Losing focus

The pills are turning blue in the palm

Fever breaks

Leaving me soaked in a thin bed

No dreams

Just the ticking of a metal pulse

Pre-Chorus

Can you feel it fading

Is it really there

Could you tell the truth

Through the static on the screen

Chorus

Wait for the sound of the wave

Wait for the sound

I'm falling under the weight

Falling down

Keep breathing the cold air

Keep breathing the air

Until the sky turns grey

Bridge

Cut the wire

Burn the map

Break the mirror

Watch the pieces hit the sand

And I am lost

And I am small

And I am nothing here

Guitar Solo

Chorus

Wait for the sound of the wave

Wait for the sound

I'm falling under the weight

Falling down

Keep breathing the cold air

Keep breathing the air

Until the sky turns grey

Chorus

Wait for the sound of the wave

Wait for the sound

I'm falling under the weight

Falling down

Keep breathing the cold air

Keep breathing the air

Until the sky turns grey

Instrumental Outro

Verse 3

Tied down

By the promise of a golden age

The brick walls

Are closing in on every side

Open hands

Are empty and the water’s gone

One leaf

Is hanging on the frozen branch

Bridge 2

The television hums a lonely song

About the things we lost along the way

While planes are drawing circles in the clouds

To keep the ghosts of summer far away

Away

Chorus

Wait for the sound of the wave

Wait for the sound

I'm falling under the weight

Falling down

Keep breathing the cold air

Keep breathing the air

Until the sky turns grey

Outro

Turn it off

Switch it out

Let the silence fill the room

Turn it off

Let it end

Wait for the wave

(The wave)

Wait for the wave

(The wave)

Instrumental Outro

End

Bridge 3

Look at what you’ve built

Towers made of sand and ancient guilt

The machinery is grinding to a halt

And you're looking for someone to take the fault

Buried in the noise

A thousand screams of little boys and girls

Wishing for a chance to see the sun

Before the final race is won

Guitar Solo

Grand Finale

Is anybody listening anymore

Beyond the bolt upon the heavy door

The water’s rising up to meet your chin

And that is where the real work will begin

Tear it down

Build it up

The sea is in the cup

The sky is in your lungs

Speak in many tongues

It's over now

It's finally over now

Outro

Wait for the sound

(Wait for the sound)

Wait for the wave

(The wave)

It’s coming

It’s coming for us all

(It’s coming for us all)

Falling down

Falling down

Final curtain

Last light

Goodnight

Instrumental Outro

Epic Orchestral Finish

End

Outro

Vinyl Crackle and Hiss

Radio Tuning Sounds

Spoken Segment

We interrupt this transmission for a brief musical interlude

Direct from the crystal ballroom of your own mind

As we sign off for the final time this evening

From the heights of the peak to the depth of the sea

This is the end of the line for you and for me

Ragtime Piano Solo

Chorus: 1930s Jazz Harmony

Everything is dandy as the clock strikes twelve

Put those little troubles right back on the shelf

Wave your handkerchief as the tide comes in

Nobody can tell us where the blues begin

Post-Chorus

Oh ho ho

Don't you know

Life is just a picture show

Tippin' my hat

Just like that

Where the alley meets the cat

Verse 4

Got no silver in the pocket of my coat

Sailing out to nowhere on a leaky boat

But the band is playing such a catchy tune

Beneath the peppermint shimmer of a paper moon

The hammer’s falling heavy on the kitchen sink

But it doesn’t really matter what the neighbors think

Hook

Skip along the water

Sing a little song

Nothing in the middle

Could ever go wrong

Grand Finale

Tip-tap-tapping on a hollow wood box

Hiding all the secrets in a pair of socks

The show is done

The race is run

We're setting with the sun

Oh yes we're setting with the sun

Instrumental Outro: Tinny Radio Jazz Brass

Spoken

Goodnight everyone

Sleep tight

Wherever you are

If you can hear this...

Goodbye.

Sound of needle scratching across a record

Silence

End