[INTRO (Acoustic guitar + rain, then—)]
[(Whispered yodel, like wind through bones:)]
"Hee-yo... hee-yo... hee-YO..."
[(FULL BAND EXPLODES – double kick, galloping riff)]
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[VERSE 1 (Sung in rapid-fire yodel-speech, every line ends in a leap)]
RIDING THE RIDGE WHERE THE SKY SPLITS OPEN!
THUNDERHOOVES POUND—MY LUNGS ARE TOKENS!
EACH BREATH A BLIZZARD, EACH NOTE A SLEDGE—
YI-DEL-YI-DEL-YI-DEL-EDGE!
LIGHTNING LICKS MY SPINAL COLUMN!
VALLEYS BOW TO MY OCTAVE SWELL!
GODS COVER THEIR EARS IN THE SUMMIT'S HELL—
YODEL-YODEL-YODEL-THE-PEAAAAK! [(hold 12 seconds)]
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[PRE-CHORUS (Trading yodels with guitar – call & response)]
[Guitar: (squealing dive-bomb)] — [Yodel:] HEE-YO-LAY-HOOO!
[Guitar: (tremolo pinch)] — [Yodel:] YI-YI-YI-YI-YAAAAH!
[(Repeat, each higher – guitar catches fire)]
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[CHORUS (FULL YODEL CHOIR – 5-part harmony, all screaming)]
HEE-YO-LAY-HEE-YO-LAY-HO! – THE STORM HAS TEETH!
HEE-YO-LAY-HEE-YO-LAY-HA! – IT EATS THE HEATH!
RIDE THE GALE WITH A THROAT OF BRASS—
YODEL-YODEL-YODEL-YODEL-GLASS!
[(Shatter sound effect – key changes up a minor third)]
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[VERSE 2 (Staccato yodel – every syllable a pick scrape)]
HOO! – HAA! – HEE! – SKULL!
YIP! – YAP! – YOO! – BOWL!
My larynx is a war-axe—
My diaphragm, a troll!
[(Short growl:)] "MORE."
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[BRIDGE (A cappella – just 12 yodelers in a circle, no instruments)]
[(Round – overlapping, chaotic)]
"Yodel the avalanche down—"
"–down–down–down—"
"–the mountain weeps in F-sharp minor—"
"–minor–minor–minor—"
[(BUILD – drums explode back in)]
YODELAPOCALYPSE NOW!
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[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK (Guitar & yodel duel – no rules)]
[Guitar: 32nd-note shred]
[Yodel: 64th-note glottal pops]
[Guitar: harmonic squeal]
[Yodel: same pitch, but LOUDER]
[Guitar: (surrenders, plays alphorn riff instead)]
[Yodel: VICTORY YODEL – 16 bars, no breathing]
[(Drummer passes out)]
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[FINAL CHORUS (Double-time – yodeling OVER yodeling)]
HEE-YO-LAY-HEE-YO-LAY-HO! – WE RIDE THE WIND!
HEE-YO-LAY-HEE-YO-LAY-HA! – WE ALWAYS WIN!
NO SKY TOO HIGH, NO PEAK TOO STEEP—
YODEL-YODEL-YODEL-YODEL-SLEEP!
[(False ending – silence 2 seconds – then:)]
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[OUTRO (Fade – lone yodeler, mountain echo)]
Yiiiiiiii-del... lay... hooooo...
[(Long pause.)]
[(Whisper:)] "...again?"
[(Single blast beat – one final)]
"YOOOO!"
[(Cowbell explodes.)]
AsheTheHyena
