[Arrangement: Driving blues-rock/piano-rock with pounding drums, gritty electric guitar, Hammond organ, and a rolling bass line. Start tight and rhythmic, then build into a heavy fluidization breakdown.]
[Intro]
Piece by piece
Grain by grain
Rock and ice
In the rain
What was solid
Won’t stay still
Down the slope
Against its will
[Verse 1]
Get down to the smallest pieces
That’s where the story starts
Pebbles, sand and broken stone
Scattered parts of parts
[Refrain]
When you get down to the nitty gritty
(Granular)
Is it grand or is it a pity
(Spectacular)
A concoction
(Of debris)
Fluidization
(Headin’ for the sea)
[Verse 2]
Rock comes crashing down all around
Guess she’s breaking free
Infiltrate the fractures
Lubricate liquidity
[Refrain]
When you get down to the nitty gritty
(Granular)
Is it grand or is it a pity
(Spectacular)
A concoction
(Of debris)
Fluidization
(Headin’ for the sea)
[Bridge]
[Breakdown]
Rock!
(Rock!)
Mix it up!
(Mix it up!)
Shake it loose!
(Shake it loose!)
[Instrumental]
[Heavy guitar riff]
[Pounding piano]
[Hammond organ swell]
[Drums accelerate]
[Final Chorus]
Granular!
(Down to the grain!)
Spectacular!
(Here comes the rain!)
A concoction
(Of debris)
Fluidization
(Headin’ for the sea!)
Granular!
(Nitty gritty!)
Grandiose or a pity?
(Spectacular failure)
[Refrain]
When you get down to the nitty gritty
(Granular)
Is it grand or is it a pity
(Spectacular)
A concoction
(Of debris)
Fluidization
(Headin’ for the sea)
[Outro]
Grain by grain
Stone by stone
Water finds
It’s way home
Granular…
(Granular!)
Down to the nitty gritty…
(Headin’ for the sea!)
From the album “Fluidization“