Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions

what we are as humans, blah, blah, blah. 545 00:36:12,547 --> 00:36:14,632 But this is the first time in the bridge saying, 546 00:36:14,716 --> 00:36:16,926 "They called off the circus, burned the disco down 547 00:36:17,010 --> 00:36:19,137 when they sent home the horses and the rodeo clowns." 548 00:36:19,220 --> 00:36:22,390 I wrote this song right after I found out all my shows were canceled. 549 00:36:22,474 --> 00:36:24,100 And it's like I'm still on that tightrope. 550 00:36:24,184 --> 00:36:27,645 I'm still trying everything to keep you-- to get you laughing at me. 551 00:36:27,729 --> 00:36:33,568 So, it's like, I realize, here I am writing all this music, still trying, 552 00:36:33,651 --> 00:36:37,072 and I know I have an excuse to sit back and not do something, 553 00:36:37,155 --> 00:36:38,865 but I'm not, and I can't, 554 00:36:38,948 --> 00:36:41,034 -and I don't know why that is. -You don't get it. 555 00:36:41,117 --> 00:36:45,622 But that's what makes it, to me, a great piece of pandemic-time work, 556 00:36:45,705 --> 00:36:47,332 is that it's not about the pandemic. 557 00:36:47,415 --> 00:36:50,293 It's about the experience of what happens to an artist 558 00:36:50,377 --> 00:36:51,795 when you're living through a pandemic. 559 00:36:51,878 --> 00:36:54,297 -Yeah. You start there-- You start-- -You start to dream. 560 00:36:55,215 --> 00:36:56,257 Yep. ********************************************** 00:36:56,257 --> 00:37:12,982 <b><font color="#808080"> ♪ Mirrorball ♪ </font></b> 561 00:37:12,982 --> 00:37:19,948 ♪ <i>I want you to know</i> ♪ 562 00:37:20,865 --> 00:37:24,828 ♪ <i>I'm a mirrorball</i> ♪ 563 00:37:24,911 --> 00:37:31,501 ♪ <i>I'll show you every version</i> <i>Of yourself tonight</i> ♪ 564 00:37:33,461 --> 00:37:37,173 ♪ <i>I'll get you out on the floor</i> ♪ 565 00:37:37,882 --> 00:37:41,720 ♪ <i>Shimmering beautiful</i> ♪ 566 00:37:42,345 --> 00:37:47,892 ♪ <i>And when I break</i> <i>It's in a million pieces</i> ♪ 567 00:37:48,685 --> 00:37:53,481 ♪ <i>Hush</i> <i>When no one is around, my dear</i> ♪ 568 00:37:55,191 --> 00:37:59,070 ♪ <i>You'll find me on my tallest tiptoes</i> ♪ 569 00:37:59,779 --> 00:38:02,991 ♪ <i>Spinning in my highest heels, love</i> ♪ 570 00:38:03,074 --> 00:38:05,201 ♪ <i>Shining just for you</i> ♪ 571 00:38:06,202 --> 00:38:10,832 ♪ <i>Hush</i> <i>I know they said the end is near</i> ♪ 572 00:38:12,709 --> 00:38:16,546 ♪ <i>But I'm still on my tallest tiptoes</i> ♪ 573 00:38:17,172 --> 00:38:20,425 ♪ <i>Spinning in my highest heels, love</i> ♪ 574 00:38:20,508 --> 00:38:22,677 ♪ <i>Shining just for you</i> ♪ 575 00:38:23,678 --> 00:38:29,684 ♪ <i>I want you to know</i> ♪ 576 00:38:30,268 --> 00:38:34,272 ♪ <i>I'm a mirrorball</i> ♪ 577 00:38:34,773 --> 00:38:39,819 ♪ <i>I can change everything</i> <i>About me to fit in</i> ♪ 578 00:38:39,903 --> 00:38:46,910 ♪ <i>You are not like the regulars</i> ♪ 579 00:38:47,660 --> 00:38:51,706 ♪ <i>The masquerade revelers</i> ♪ 580 00:38:52,207 --> 00:38:57,212 ♪ <i>Drunk as they watch</i> <i>My shattered edges glisten</i> ♪ 581 00:38:58,463 --> 00:39:03,093 ♪ <i>Hush</i> <i>When no one is around, my dear</i> ♪ 582 00:39:05,053 --> 00:39:08,807 ♪ <i>You'll find me on my tallest tiptoes</i> ♪ 583 00:39:09,516 --> 00:39:12,769 ♪ <i>Spinning in my highest heels, love</i> ♪ 584 00:39:12,852 --> 00:39:14,979 ♪ <i>Shining just for you</i> ♪ 585 00:39:15,980 --> 00:39:20,568 ♪ <i>Hush</i> <i>I know they said the end is near</i> ♪ 586 00:39:22,529 --> 00:39:26,157 ♪ <i>But I'm still on my tallest tiptoes</i> ♪ 587 00:39:27,033 --> 00:39:30,078 ♪ <i>Spinning in my highest heels, love</i> ♪ 588 00:39:30,161 --> 00:39:32,622 ♪ <i>Shining just for you</i> ♪ 589 00:39:33,456 --> 00:39:37,085 ♪ <i>And they called off the circus</i> <i>Burned the disco down</i> ♪ 590 00:39:37,836 --> 00:39:41,673 ♪ <i>When they sent home the horses</i> <i>And the rodeo clowns</i> ♪ 591 00:39:42,173 --> 00:39:44,259 ♪ <i>I'm still on that tightrope</i> ♪ 592 00:39:44,342 --> 00:39:50,098 ♪ <i>I'm still trying everything</i> <i>To get you laughing at me</i> ♪ 593 00:39:50,890 --> 00:39:54,394 ♪ <i>And I'm still a believer</i> <i>But I don't know why</i> ♪ 594 00:39:55,270 --> 00:39:59,607 ♪ <i>I've never been a natural</i> <i>All I do is try, try, try</i> ♪ 595 00:39:59,691 --> 00:40:01,776 ♪ <i>I'm still on that trapeze</i> ♪ 596 00:40:01,860 --> 00:40:07,574 ♪ <i>I'm still trying everything</i> <i>To keep you looking at me</i> ♪ 597 00:40:10,535 --> 00:40:13,955 ♪ <i>Because I'm a mirrorball</i> ♪ 598 00:40:15,415 --> 00:40:18,793 ♪ <i>I'm a mirrorball</i> ♪ 599 00:40:19,461 --> 00:40:26,468 ♪ <i>I'll show you every version</i> <i>Of yourself tonight</i> ♪ 600 00:40:33,641 --> 00:40:36,269 With "seven," the song, I was looking back on it.