The Spin Inside
Adele’s take on chaos theory. I think this is the song she’s proudest of. So much fun to play. She handed me the lyric and said “make it funky and weird.”
Turntable Graveyard in the basement in 2011, a proper recording with overdubs. The song evolved over time. Check out this live version from 2013:
Lyrics
Grace in a maze with the walls that rearrange
Like the words to a song you don't know
Make em up as you go along
Why doncha shift your paradox
Hijack the box
Möbius strip mall infinite taffy pull pop rocks
Pencil on a point
Marble in a bowl
One stop god shop go fish jelly roll
Cosmic comic esoterica
Sunday morning [wait!] mass hysteria
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Something more original than sin
Anyplace is the best place to begin
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Inside the spin inside the spin inside the spin
In side the spin inside the spin
In side the spin inside
The spin in side the spin inside
The spin in side the spin inside
The spin inside the . . .
Put your whole self in take your whole self out
Of the picture hocus focus everywhere at once
Upon a time is what it's all about
[In no time at all is what it's all about]
Space phase
Liquid motivation
Universal syncopation
Electronical oscillation
Rules sway
As you play the change
Hot tar and radiators
Shimmer in the milky way rising like a gladiator
Dark matter light goddess
Heavy helping soul narcotics
Hypothetical evangelical
Meta-quizzical biochemical
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Something more original than sin
Anyplace is the best place to begin
​
Inside the spin inside the spin inside the spin
In side the spin inside the spin
In side the spin inside
The spin in side the spin inside
The spin in side the spin inside
The spin inside the . . .