[INTRO (0:00 – 0:05 – just a snare drum being kicked through a wall)]
(Guttural whisper:)
"Yodel... or die."
[(EXPLOSION – full band, tremolo-picked into oblivion)]
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[VERSE 1 (Machine-gun yodel – every syllable a bullet)]
YIP-YIP-YIP-YIP-SKULL-CRACK!
YAP-YAP-YAP-YAP-HEART-ATTACK!
THROAT OF STEEL—LUNGS OF FIRE!
YODEL HIGHER—YODEL HIGHER!
HOO-HOO-HOO-HOO-BREAK-NECK!
HAA-HAA-HAA-HAA-SNAP-DECK!
MOUNTAIN TREMBLES—PEAKS COLLAPSE!
YI-DEL-YI-DEL-YI-DEL-MOSH!
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[PRE-CHORUS (0:45 – guitars do dive-bombs, yodeler matches them)]
[Guitar:] WHEEEEEEE— [Yodel:] YEEEEEEEE—
[Guitar:] WHOOOOOO— [Yodel:] HOOOOOO—
[(Both explode into—)]
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[CHORUS (0:55 – pure speed – yodeled in 16th notes)]
YODEL-THRAX! – YI-YI-YI!
CRACK THE AXIS! – HA-HA-HA!
NO FORGIVENESS! – HEE-HEE-HEE!
JUST AGGRESSION! – YOOOO-WAH!
[(Repeat 4x – each time a half-step higher)]
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[VERSE 2 (1:15 – now with backing yodel choir, all screaming)]
YIP-YAP-YOOO – THE PIT OPENS WIDE!
YIP-YAP-YAH – NOWHERE TO HIDE!
ELBOWS OUT—KICKS IN FLIGHT—
YODEL THROUGH THE FRACTURED NIGHT!
HOO-HAA-HEE – THE RIFF IS A BLADE!
HOO-HAA-HO – THE YODEL IS A GRENADE!
ONE BREATH LEFT—NO TIME TO THINK—
YODEL-YODEL-YODEL-DRINK!
[(From the skulls of the fallen.)]
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[BREAKDOWN (1:40 – tempo halves – groove – headbang territory)]
[(Growled, slow, crushing)]
YOOOO... [(pause)] DEL... [(pause)] LAY... [(pause)] YOUR... [(pause)] FACE...
[(Tempo DOUBLES – blast beats –)]
OFF! OFF! OFF! OFF!
YIIIIII-DEL-LAY-HAAAAA—
[(Pig-squeal yodel:)] BREE-YO-DEL-BREE-BREE!
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[SOLO (1:55 – guitar and yodel in UNISON – 32nd notes – no breathing allowed)]
[(Yodeler turns purple. Guitarist turns red. Both refuse to stop.)]
[(Yodeler wins – holds a high C while guitarist does pinch harmonics around it.)]
[(Crowd loses consciousness.)]
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[FINAL CHORUS (2:10 – 2x speed – all instruments redlining)]
YODEL-THRAX – YI-YI-YI!
BURY THE WEAK – HA-HA-HA!
YODEL-THRAX – HEE-HEE-HEE!
WE. SPEAK. IN. WAAAAAR!
[(Last word held – 8 seconds – cracks glass.)]
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[OUTRO (2:15 – 2:17 – abrupt stop)]
[(Silence.)]
[(Single, exhausted whisper:)]
"...more?"
[(One final blast beat –)]
"YODEL!"
[(Ends. No cowbell. Cowbells are for the weak.)]
AsheTheHyena
