Track 02: Wrong Turn Parade

    fast cabaret swing, claps, crooked horns, playful drums

    Verse 1: Here come the bad ideas Marching in a line One has seven elbows One forgot the time

    One is dressed as thunder But whispers like a shoe One brought soup to a starlight fight And called the moon a spoon

    Pre-Chorus: Do not throw them out too fast Let the strange ones spin Every crooked little draft Has a trapdoor tucked within

    Chorus: Wrong turn, wrong turn Dance around the flame A broken road may still return With a better name

    Bad line, bent rhyme Trip across the floor Sometimes what you meant to write Was hiding in the poor

    Verse 2: The Lantern wrote a mountain That sounded like a chair The chair became a staircase To somewhere in the air

    The Builder raised an eyebrow The Wirebird nearly cried The Room grew three new windows On the accidentally side

    Pre-Chorus: Do not praise the mess as final Do not worship every spark But do not kill the little beast Before it leaves a mark

    Chorus: Wrong turn, wrong turn Dance around the flame A broken road may still return With a better name

    Bad line, bent rhyme Trip across the floor Sometimes what you meant to write Was hiding in the poor

    Bridge: A mistake is not the treasure A mistake is not the crown A mistake is just a doorway That fell sideways going down

    Check the hinge Check the frame Check what changed And what remained

    If the center still is breathing Let the wrong turn speak its name

    Breakdown: Too weird? Maybe useful. Too small? Maybe sharp. Too wrong? Maybe doorway. Too dark? Maybe spark.

    Final Chorus: Wrong turn, wrong turn Do not flee the flame A broken road may still return With a truer name

    Bad line, bent rhyme Knock upon the floor Sometimes what you meant to make Was waiting in the flaw