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Progressive folk rock with Modern Slacker-Surf character; airy, breathy high-register lead vocals trade call-and-response with backing voices, stacked harmonies and octave doubles on soaring hooks; twelve-string acoustic guitar and featured recorder melody lead into rhythm guitar, glockenspiel, electric guitar, driving bass, classic rock drums and Hammond B3 organ solo; 85 BPM shuffling groove with tempo shifts; warm analog recording, closing on a Hammond B3 organ-riff fade [Style: Progressive Folk Rock, Modern Slacker-Surf, warm analog recording, 85 BPM, tempo shifts] [Intro] [A Cappella Intro] (Airy, breathy high-register lead vocals in tight harmony) (Call-and-response backing voices in soaring layered hooks) (Lead) Nobody’s home right now... (Backing) (Nobody’s home, nobody’s home...) (Lead & Backing) Please leave your message after the tone. [Instrumentation Break] (Lazy chromatic reverb electric guitar, 12-string acoustic, and folk recorder melody over a warm walking bassline) [Verse 1] (Shuffling groove builds, driving bass and 60s thuddy drums enter) (Warm Hammond B3 organ swells gently in the background) The rotary wheel is spinning around, Waiting for a voice to make a sound. Dust on the receiver, sun on the wood, We’re sitting by the shore feeling good. If you’re calling from the city, leave it all behind, We’ve gone out drifting, outta sight and mind. [Chorus] [Layered vocal harmony] (Lead) Hello, you've reached our line, please leave a sound! (Backing 1) (Wait for the tone now! Just leave a sound!) (Backing 2) *(Ooh, the line is open... Aah!)* (Lead) We are away, but won't you tell us your name? (Backing 1) (Don't hang up, child! Give us your name!) (Backing 2) *(Ooh, please speak up! Aah!)* [Soaring crescendo] (Lead) We're calling you! (Backing 1) (We're calling you, so high!) (Backing 2) *(Ooh-ahh! At the tone!)* [Cymbals crash, music swells] [Verse 2] (Twelve-string acoustic and glockenspiel mimic the melody over shuffling rhythm guitar) Beep comes ringing like a chime in the air, Speaking to a ghost that isn't there. Telling us your secrets, telling us the news, Sailing through the static in your summer shoes. Leave your heavy worry at the bottom of the lake, We’ll call you right back when we’re awake. [Chorus] [Layered vocal harmony] (Lead) Hello, you've reached our line, please leave a sound! (Backing 1) (Wait for the tone now! Just leave a sound!) (Backing 2) *(Ooh, the line is open... Aah!)* (Lead) We are away, but won't you tell us your name? (Backing 1) (Don't hang up, child! Give us your name!) (Backing 2) *(Ooh, please speak up! Aah!)* [Soaring crescendo] (Lead) We're calling you! (Backing 1) (We're calling you, so high!) (Backing 2) *(Ooh-ahh! At the tone!)* [Cymbals crash, music swells] [Bridge] (Tempo shift: Speeds up to dynamic progressive rock feel) (Swirling Leslie speaker Hammond B3 organ solo taking the lead - 8 bars) (Drums driving with classic rock energy, bass walking aggressively) (Lead) Leave it on the tape! (Backing) (Leave it on the tape!) (Lead) Don't let the line break! (Backing) (Don't let it break!) (Hammond B3 Organ solo finishes with high-register pitch bend) [Chorus] [Layered vocal harmony - Maximum dynamic intensity] (Lead) Hello, you've reached our line, please leave a sound! (Backing 1) (Wait for the tone now! Just leave a sound!) (Backing 2) *(Ooh, the line is open... Aah!)* (Lead) We are away, but won't you tell us your name? (Backing 1) (Don't hang up, child! Give us your name!) (Backing 2) *(Ooh, please speak up! Aah!)* [Outro] (Drums and guitars drop out abruptly) (Recorder plays a brief, whimsical melodic motif) (Slowing down to a warm, rhythmic Hammond B3 organ riff) (Lead) Leave your message... after the beep... (Backing) (Beep... beep... beep...) (Fade out on Hammond B3 organ-riff and distant phone dial tone sound) [Fade Out]