[Silence]
[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Hammond Organ, Synth]
[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Wobbly Guitar Riff, Rolling Bass, Off-Kilter Drums, Hammond Organ Swells and Warbling Synth]
[Spoken Vocal]
Uh-oh…
Something gleaming’s leaning.
A little bit unfit…
Tipsy.
(Hard to see?)
[Verse 1]
Standing straight
Or so I thought
Didn’t notice
What I’d lost
One little tilt
One little sway
And suddenly
I’m on my way
Push too far
And you may find
Gravity
… made up my mind
[Pre-Chorus]
Leaning!
(The meaning…)
Teeter!
(Totter!)
Getting closer
To the meter!
Tilt!
(Tilt!)
Slip!
(Slip!)
There goes
The grip!
[Refrain]
I’m feeling…
(A little tipsy)
Gone reeling
(Oopsie daisy)
Gone crazy
(Jostling)
From the top
(Toppling)
To the bottom
(Never again)
To begin
[Verse 2]
One small movement
Starts another
Sends me hellbent
Hate to have to smother
[Instrumental]
[Progressive-Rock Guitar Solo: Angular Guitar Lines Over Lurching Bass, Rolling Drums, Hammond Organ and Pitch-Bending Synth]
[Bridge]
The world suddenly
Turns upside down.
(No… still spinning round n’ round)
[Rap Vocal Break]
Tipsy!
(Tipsy!)
Teeter!
(Totter!)
Don’t ignore
The little meter
Jostle!
(Hustle!)
Rock!
(Rocked!)
Watch the balance
Start to unlock
Toppling!
(Tippling!)
Down!
(Down, down, down!)
One change
(Two!)
Two change
(Three!)
Watch the cascades
(Come to be)
Never again?
(Won’t happen!)
Can’t put Humpty
(Back together again)
Can’t you see…
(Don’t know where to begin)
[Breakdown]
[Music Drops to Bass, Sparse Piano and Distant Guitar Harmonics]
I’m feeling…
[Whispered]
A little tipsy.
Gone reeling…
[Soft Response]
Oopsie daisy.
[Pause]
Gone crazy.
[Jostling]
From the top…
[Low Response]
Toppling…
[Silence]
To the bottom.
(Watch it happen)
[Whispered]
Never again…
[Pause]
To begin.
(Fell down, down down)
Broke his crown
[Build]
[Drums gradually return; bass begins a repeating descending-and-rising pattern]
Round…
And round…
And round…
[Full Band]
We go!
[Final Refrain]
I’m feeling…
(A little tipsy)
Gone reeling
(Oopsie daisy)
Gone crazy
(Jostling)
From the top
(Toppling)
To the bottom
(Never again)
To begin
[Climactic Instrumental]
[Full Progressive-Rock Surge: Distorted Guitar, Hammond Organ, Bass, Huge Drums and Warbling Synth; Rhythm repeatedly shifts between stable and unstable patterns]
[Spoken Over Instrumental]
Can’t you see
(You can’t begin)
No, can’t put Humpty
(Back together again)
[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Wobbly Guitar Figure Slowly Straightens Into a Steady Chord; Bass and Drums Fade]
A little tipsy…
A little jostling…
A little change…
[Spoken, fading]
Then…
That’s when
You can see
(You can’t begin)
No, can’t you can’t begin
(To put Humpty back together again)
From the album “Fluidization“