Dave Malloy - Hypnosis lyrics

[DAHL] Kilimanjaro? [RACH] Kilimanjaro. Yes [DAHL] Ok Let's go there And if you need to come back Just think of a white lilac And you'll be back here, with me In my office “White lilac” Do you understand? [RACH] Yes [DAHL] Good Close your eyes now (During the hypnosis, NATALYA, CHALIAPIN, and THE MASTER act as chorus. The D7 arpeggio from the G minor Prelude, op. 23, no. 5 plays.) [DAHL] Take a deep breath in Now slowly out Take a deep breath in Now slowly out Your eyes are closed Take a deep breath in Now slowly out Take a deep breath in Now slowly out Your eyes are closed [Chorus] In Out [DAHL] Your eyes are closed [Chorus] Your eyes are closed [DAHL] Notice how comfortable it feels to let them rest [Chorus] 3 2 1 Silence [DAHL] Listen to the sound of my voice [Chorus] You are not here [DAHL] Listen to the sound of my voice [Chorus] You are not here [DAHL] Notice the color of the darkness behind your eyes [Chorus] Loop loop loop [DAHL] Notice the other sounds around you [Chorus] Loop loop loop [DAHL] Notice the movement of air across your face [Chorus] Loop loop loop In Out 3 2 2 2 [DAHL] Notice that all these things are music [Chorus] Music [DAHL] Notice that they are music [Chorus] 1 Silence [DAHL] That's fine [Chorus] That's fine [DAHL] Can you hear me? [RACH] I can hear you [DAHL] Can you hear music? [RACH] Yes [DAHL] How does that feel? [RACH] It feels good [DAHL] Now Think of a beautiful place A place from when you were a child A place with ice and snow And secret caves And a great expanse of sky It's not cold though You are perfectly comfortable You are lying down On a bed of moss Notice the taste of the snow Notice the smell of cinnamon And the sun is shining In the great expanse of sky And you can feel its warmth on your face Do you feel it? [RACH] Yes [DAHL] How does it feel? [RACH] It feels good [DAHL] You are there Where you always have been You can see yourself On the mountaintop And the man on the mountaintop Can see you You see each other Because you are both you Do you know where you are? [RACH] I think so [DAHL] Think of your goal Think of Kilimanjaro This mountain This high place Standing at the top Proud, majestic The cold mountain air And all the world beneath you Now, think of how you got there Think of all the small, individual steps You know how it happened It was not an accident It was not magic It was not a coincidence of inspiration You did it You controlled it Think of yourself at the bottom of the mountain Maybe there is a small store Selling knickknacks Tiny ceramic mountains with llamas on them Maybe you pick one up For Natalya You buy one and put it in your pocket Can you feel its weight in your pocket? [RACH] Yes [DAHL] Good Now With that mountain in your pocket You take the first step Notice how it's just the smallest step Onto a little patch of dirt The trees overhead And that step is so simple So manageable That to take that first step is the easiest thing imaginable A child could do it A child can take the first step You remember this From the top of Kilimanjaro You remember every step You could never have imagined At the bottom of the mountain How simple each step would be [RACH] But how do I know where to go? [DAHL] There is a path There is a path There is a path There is a path made up of memory And calmness And pa**ion And instinct And synthesis And happenstance And practice And teachers And grandmothers And your pencil And lots of paper And coffee And toast And bacon And theater And movies And operas And churches And chessboards And subways And café tables And chopsticks And incense And dolphins AND A CACTUS AND DREAMS AND A KISS AND HABIT AND A PIANO AND YOU How long have you been blocked? [RACH] Three years [DAHL] That is a long time [RACH] I know [DAHL] What happened three years ago? [RACH] I failed [DAHL] And what happens next?