Hidden Thresholds

{subtle vinyl static, solitary grand piano arpeggios,

atmospheric space} (hmmmm) A damp stone staircase leading down

Where forgotten paper fades to brown

You whispered a phrase I couldn't ignore

The sweetest cadence, the cellar door

{soft bowed cello joins} Cellar door,

oh cellar door

The prettiest words on a wooden floor

A phantasm of sound in a quiet room

Fading away in the twilight gloom

{gently swelling strings, soft felt-hammered piano} We seek the beauty in the

dark

A fleeting memory, a fading spark

Linguists search for the perfect sound

In the quiet shadows underground

{subtle brush snare groove starts} Cellar door,

oh cellar door

The prettiest words on a wooden floor

A phantasm of sound in a quiet room

Fading away in the twilight gloom {dramatic cello and violin crescendo}

Cellar door

(ahhhh) Just the cellar

door

{piano chords

slowly decay into silence,

tape hiss}