[Intro]
\n[Muted Electric Guitar, Walking Bass Line, Light Snare Brush]
\nIt starts as nothing, just a word
\nSomething half remembered, half heard
\nThen it grows without a sound
\nSpreading outward, all around<\/p>\n
[Verse 1]
\nA glance, a joke, a passing line
\nGets rewritten every time
\nWhat was said becomes what\u2019s claimed
\nTruth gets stretched and slightly maimed<\/p>\n
Every mouth becomes a wire
\nPassing sparks that climb up higher
\nNo one checks, no one knows
\nHow the story twists and grows<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne becomes a dozen more
\nChanging what it was before
\nEvery retelling bends the frame
\nUntil no two are quite the same<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nDo you suppose it’s true
\n(Comin’ all this way from you)
\nWhisper down the lane
\n(Will never be the same)
\nSpoken half in doubt and clue
\n(Lost in what we think we knew)
\nCarried fast, but never plain
\n(Through the grapevine\u2019s chain)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nTime after time
\n(Caught up in the grapevine)
\n‘Nother victim, ‘nother crime
\n(Caught up in the grapevine)
\nTruth gets redefined
\n(Through the tangled line)
\nFacts begin to unwind
\n(Caught up in the grapevine)<\/p>\n
[Verse 2]
\nRumor dressed in borrowed clothes
\nNobody knows where it goes
\nEvery step it multiplies
\nHidden under casual lies<\/p>\n
What begins as simple talk
\nTurns to something you can\u2019t block
\nBy the time it reaches ears
\nIt\u2019s been shaped by hopes and fears<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]
\nNo beginning you can trace
\nNo original face
\nOnly echoes of a claim
\nCarried on without a name<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nDo you suppose it’s true
\n(Comin’ all this way from you)
\nWhisper down the lane
\n(Will never be the same)
\nEvery turn it gets renewed
\n(Twisted, bent, and misconstrued)
\nWhat was fact is now in pain
\n(Inside the grapevine chain)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nTime after time
\n(Caught up in the grapevine)
\n‘Nother victim, ‘nother crime
\n(Caught up in the grapevine)
\nLines begin to intertwine
\n(Bound up in the design)
\nLost between yours and mine
\n(Caught up in the grapevine)<\/p>\n
[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown, Whispered Vocals, Echoed Claps]
\nIt said this\u2026
\n(What?)
\nNo, it said that\u2026
\n(What?)
\nWait\u2014who told you that?<\/p>\n
It spreads so fast\u2026
\nYou can\u2019t go back\u2026
\nOnce it\u2019s off the track\u2026<\/p>\n
[Breakdown \u2013 Minimal Instrumentation, Bass Pulse]
\nGrapevine\u2026
\nGrapevine\u2026
\nNothing stays defined\u2026<\/p>\n
[Final Chorus \u2013 Full Arrangement, Driving Rhythm, Layered Harmonies]
\nTime after time
\n(Caught up in the grapevine)
\n‘Nother victim, ‘nother crime
\n(Caught up in the grapevine)
\nTruth gets redefined
\n(Through the fractured line)
\nNothing left to realign
\n(Caught up in the grapevine)<\/p>\n
[Outro \u2013 Fading Guitar Harmonics, Tape-Style Degradation]
\nWhat was said\u2026
\nWhat is heard\u2026
\nNever match\u2026
\nNot a word\u2026
\n(So absurd)<\/p>\n