Three Sheets to Kishkiyya · Track 48 · middle
Release the Kraken
VOLUME II — the sudden, urgent pilgrimage to the BATHROOM. The idiom and the song's title hook: "Release the Kraken". Its true history: Modern pop-culture — the dramatic movie line repurposed for a momentous trip; pure theater. Render this beat of the night as the band's affectionate, funny, celebratory tribute — the idiom itself is the chorus hook.
Lyrics
[Intro] Places, everyone! [Verse 1] The chariot waits at the edge of the bar I've traveled so bravely, I've traveled so far But a rumble awakens beneath the Aegean Or maybe it's just the three lagers I'm seeing The pressure is mounting, the columns might fall I must make a pilgrimage down the back hall To a white-tiled temple where water is king And the chorus of Argos is ready to sing. [Chorus] Stand back, ye mortals, the legend awakes! For the sake of the city and the porcelain gates Throw open the stall, let the tragedy happen I command the deep—Release the Kraken! [Verse 2] Back in 1981 they used armature wire And stop-motion clay to construct their desire Ray Harryhausen took months for one scene But my special effects are a live-action dream The corridor tilts and the lock needs a shove I am pleading with all the producers above To grant me a moment of glorious grace Before the sea-monster dismantles the place. [Chorus] Stand back, ye mortals, the legend awakes! For the sake of the city and the porcelain gates Throw open the stall, let the tragedy happen I command the deep—Release the Kraken! [Bridge] Oh, the mythical beast of the midnight cafe! It thrashes, it battles, it demands right of way! This is cinema, darling, a blockbuster scale A dramatic conclusion to a very long night With a thunderous crash and a fade into white... And the plumbing provides the orchestral swell. [Outro] The monster is banished. The waters are still. Release the Kraken! Now, who has the bill?