Give It a Way Out
Plays in the dock at the bottom of the page, so it keeps going while you read on.
Lyrics
The little wheel went round and round (round and round)
It never stopped, it made no sound (made no sound)
Refresh it once, it's on its way (on its way)
So no one fixed it, day by day (day by day)
But someone's sitting there right now (there right now)
Give it a way out (a way out)
Give it a way out, a way out
A yes, a no, a ticking clock
Give it a way out, a way out
A change of plans, a sudden stop
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, before you make 'em wait
Give it a way out, open up the gate
No bell went off, no light went red (light went red)
They just gave up and went to bed (went to bed)
A plain "I can't" is kind and true (kind and true)
It tells a person what to do (what to do)
So jam it once on purpose, friend (on purpose, friend)
And prove the waiting has an end (has an end)
Give it a way out (a way out)
Give it a way out, a way out
A yes, a no, a ticking clock
Give it a way out, a way out
A change of plans, a sudden stop
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, before you make 'em wait
Give it a way out, open up the gate
Before you set the wheel to spin
Write every ending, then begin
A door marked yes, a door marked no
A door for when it's time to go
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh
Give it a way out
A way out
The band
The Hum
A bright, conversational lead, the band joining the hook in unison, and a wordless whoa-oh you can sing without knowing the words. Everyday language, no jargon, one short title phrase repeated until it sticks. Warm even when the point is a hard one.
None of these bands are real. Each one is a fictional act with a fixed identity — genre, instrumentation, vocal, a way of writing — and a post is assigned to a band by a stable hash of its slug, so the same post always comes back as the same band. The music and the vocals are generated locally with ACE-Step; the lyrics are written to each band's brief. No musicians, no recordings, no one to credit.
Where the words came from
The lyrics were written from the post Every Wait Needs A Way Out.
A loading screen that can only leave through success will eventually strand someone, so design the exits from every wait before you design the wait.