Hearse (B)

Hearse (B) — Arjuna Sound / CongoTunes Playlist: The Still Man Banger Series LYRICS: [Intro - a slow church organ note fades, a big engine turns over with dignity, then idles, the bass waits in the dark] Last service is done... the long road home is mine. [Verse 1 - low gritty male vocal, slow pulse, stomp creeping in] He drives the dead with a steady grace black suit, soft voice, head bowed low "Slow and solemn, mind the cortege," till slow was the only speed he'd know But the chapel's empty, the night is wide and under the bonnet's a heart of fire Forty years of the careful crawl and the still man's climbing higher [Pre-Chorus - HORNS ENTER, brass stabs, the bass crawls up, it builds] They read him solemn, read him grey the quiet man who tends the gone but the throttle's open and the road is clear and the still man's still got living to do [Chorus - FULL BASS DROP and blaring horns, four-on-the-floor, gang shout] HEARSE, let her howl! Foot to the floor, here and now! The still man's loose, the still man flies through the night, watch him rise! HEARSE! (hey!) HEARSE! (hey!) Nitrous and brass, let the whole thing GO! [Verse 2 - faster, the body in it] Tail lights bleeding into the dark the cypress trees all blurring by Every year he banked it down tonight he's racing, full alive No past, no fear, just the road and the roar just a man who knows how short it runs The slowest driver at the funeral is the fastest living thing tonight [Pre-Chorus - HORNS AGAIN, bigger, longer climb] They read him solemn, read him grey the quiet man who tends the gone but the throttle's open and the road is clear and the still man's still got living to do [Chorus - DROP, gang vocals] HEARSE, let her howl! Foot to the floor, here and now! The still man's loose, the still man flies through the night, watch him rise! HEARSE! (hey!) HEARSE! (hey!) Nitrous and brass, let the whole thing GO! [Breakdown - just bass and stomp, building back, everyone claps] (stomp... stomp... stomp-stomp-stomp) EVERYBODY now, let her HOWL! [Buildup - lone horn, then the whole brass section stacking, the engine screaming, rising, RISING] (horns climbing, the whole section rising, the bass like thunder, crescendo, BUILD) [Final Chorus - MASSIVE DROP, double-time, full horns and gang vocals] HEARSE! HEARSE! Foot to the floor, ALIVE! The solemn man's gone and he's burning through the night let her howl, let her howl, BLOW IT WIDE OPEN! [Outro - the engine fades into the four-on-the-floor, one last quiet word] Not my turn yet. Drive.