Nur Ein XIX Round Five "House of Cards"

[frankie big face]

House of Cards - Frankie Big Face
(sample from Led Zeppelin's "Heartbreaker")

Little piggy government hack
Chunky monkey on your back
Chocolate city ivory tower
Self-inflated sense of power

Boo hoo hoo
Oh you’re life is so hard
Straw, wood, bricks
Every one of them a house of cards

Party poser fake-ass punk
City rat country skunk
Rotten apple poisoned well
Snorts and cackles suit you well

Boo hoo hoo
Oh you’re life is so hard
Straw, wood, bricks
Every one of them a house of cards

Little piggy wee wee wee
Run back home to Tennessee
Skip the market skip the beef
It’s time to fold, it’s time to leave
It’s time to fold, it’s time to leave

Boo hoo hoo
Oh you’re life is so hard
Straw, wood, bricks
Every one of them a house of cards

[Spintown]

House Of Cards
Spintown & Company

Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXwLXLF6Vqw

There's not really a lot in Minecraft that could fall apart like a house of cards. After thinking awhile, the closest thing I could think of was parkour speed runs. The further you go without screwing up is on par with building a house of cards higher & higher. 1 mistake & everything falls apart & you have to start over. So my song topic was someone speed running a parkour course. For the music I wanted some sort of electronic dance track. After listening to various genres I typically avoid, I gave Joe a list of possible genres like chillwave, synthwave, syn-pop, electro-disco & dance pop. A number of Minecraft parkour videos use this type of music & they were the ones I liked the most from the various electronic genres I listened to. From there it was up to Joe.

Failing jumps and falling
Rage building
Friends lolling
Fingers cramp again
Can't stop running I will win

Trolls are such a bear
Misery everywhere
Help I'm desperate here
The puzzles are stumping me
Can you here my plea?

Restart oh no
Put on a show
Pressure just builds
The higher we go
Restart oh no
Finding the flow
Parkour until this
House of cards goes

Moving blocks with redstone
Muffed timing
Path unknown
Newton took control
Feel the anguish
Missed the goal

Restart oh no
Put on a show
Pressure just builds
The higher we go
Restart oh no
Finding the flow
Parkour until this
House of cards goes

Restart oh no
Put on a show
Pressure just builds
The higher we go
Restart oh no
Finding the flow
Parkour until this
House of cards goes

Until this house of cards goes

[glennny]

House of Cards
by glennny

You have got your image controlled
You will stay on brand
Contemplate optimum optics
Is all you understand
The fundamentals have been lacking
You’re giving me a scare
Overabundance of your funding
You’re making vaporware

A gust of wind starts to blow
The cracks in the foundation start to show

I see through your "transparency"
It’s not enough to impress me
Shattered glass, broken shards
They’re not as sharp as your house of cards

I have got my work cut out for me
You have a silver tongue
When you spin a yarn unquestioned
Your claims are too far-flung
I really wanted to believe you
But it just isn’t real
You cannot ignore math and physics
And sell me what you feel

A gust of wind starts to blow
The 3 of clubs falls below

I see through your "transparency"
It’s not enough to impress me
Shattered glass, broken shards
They’re not as sharp as your house of cards
The king of love commits suicide
While jokers were just standing by
A free-for-all all with no-holds-barred
The cold collapse of your house of cards

The building blocks are still intact
They never left, they’re coming back
Lost in the shuffle, the deck is marked
Try to spot the next house of cards

I saw through your "transparency"
And now I see a bargain plea
A bill of goods and broken hearts
Try to divest from your house of cards
A Jack an Ace and a jackass
Have no place that ever lasts
Call the papers, call in the guards
We now expose your house of cards

[furrypedro]

Balance Lost

Challenge: There are two breakdowns in this song; one at 0.33 and another at 1.50.


One of us is always waiting
On the 13th floor
There is no elevator
This situation needs a little patience
When we've both calmed down
'Til then I'll see you later
This house of cards
It all falls down

Sit real still and feel the time elapse
Years to build a seconds to collapse
An escadrille is moving to attack
My fragile happiness
I'm bracing for impact

Can't go back
To when I was a stranger to your features
I know where treasure's buried but I can't reach
The silent nights when I can hear you breathing
Soft enough to floor this house of cards

One of us is always waiting
There is no elevator

Can't go back
To when I was a stranger to your features
I know where treasure's buried but I can't reach
The silent nights when I can hear you breathing
Soft enough to floor this house of cards

[Siebass]

Title: House of Cards

Challenge: Use of a Breakdown


There are two breakdowns in this song. I wasn't sure based on the wikipedia definition if it had to break all the way down to just percussion, with no melodic instruments, but some definitions said that, so the first breakdown goes all the way down to just drums at about the 1:35 mark; originally I had drums and bass, but I cut the bass to be certain for the challenge on this one. The second breakdown cuts back to just drums and one guitar at the 3:30 mark.

This song was especially tough for me to do, since I was travelling and in a hotel room for most of the week, so all of the guitar work is done on a traveler ultralight acoustic guitar with a piezo pickup, including the "bass", which is the self-same instrument with a pitch-shifter an octave down. Strings added on the airplane flight home. Keys added Saturday night, along with vocals, but I have a brutal head cold with cough, and these were by far the toughest vocals I think I've ever tried to power through and track; a lot of my range was only intermittently available.

All that said, I think at least the back half of this song slays. If it ends up as my swan song, it's been a fun ride, and I'm pleased with what I managed under the circumstances. I hope you all enjoy it.

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MechaKarp

House of Cards - Lyrics
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5/4 "take 5" beat descending C, B, A#, A
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I'm stacking my next defense
Another day I've failed to fail
Cut the skin so insignificantly
Blood too unimpressed to bleed

A whisper missile, blow this house down
Words filled with acid, eat up my paper town
Trembling fingers, prop the corners of my frown
As the level rises, is it too late

[[6/8]]

To drown? G#

[[The breakdown is here, all the way to just drums, then built back up]]

Cuz this house of cards is gonna fall
I've been pushing so hard, but can't hold up the walls
Will it be easier in death?
"til then I'm still holding my breath....

[[Back to 5/4 part]]

The sun came up today again
If my eyes don't open, does the day still begin?
My smile still shines, but I heard a crack
Deep in my skull, from these cursed cards I stack
Would it be too inconvenient for you if I never

[[6/8]]

Came back? G#

[[Second breakdown is here, drums and guitar, then built back up]]

Cuz this house of cards is gonna fall
I've been pushing so hard, but can't hold up the walls
Will it be easier in death?
Until then I'm still holding my breath....

[[Solo]]

Cuz this house of cards is gonna fall
I've been pushing so hard, but can't hold up the walls
Will it be easier in death?
Until then I'm still holding my breath

[Lunkhead]

"House of Cards" by Moss Palace

Can’t move an inch
Or even breathe
Everything’s gonna shake, shake, shake
So hang on by your teeth

Foundations cracked
This won’t be gentle
Everything's gonna break, break, break
And it’s monumental

I think it’s time we really hit the road

We built this mess
And it stands so tall
This house of cards
Is about to fall
Save us all

Constitution or
Confederation
Everything’s a mistake, take, take
With no liberation

No one to trust
So much to lose
Everything’s on a plate, plate, plate
Served up hot by the news

I think I’m gonna hide out from it all

We built this mess
And it stands so tall
This house of cards
Is about to fall
We built this mess
And it stands so tall
This house of cards
Is about to fall
Save us all

[starfinger]

# house of cards

starfinger


the window is closed
the table is steady
i can go like this for a while

building it up
against all odds
mocking the gods

but then the truth starts taking its toll
the cracks they start to form
And the shifting sands
Exert demands

And the house it starts to fall

knock it down
knock it down
it's doomed any way
knock it down


i got a construction
i need of correction
a sorry erection
in need of direction

Don't touch the table
It's not very stable
The cards lie
When they need to stand
Are not able

And the house it starts to fall

knock it down
knock it down
it's doomed any way
knock it down


its gonna fall down
knock it down
knock it down

[WreckdoMelle]

House Of Cards
by Brown Word and the Big Whine

What if I told you it's a house of cards
And one good wind was gonna take it all apart
Would you double down with a fortress of stone
Or scoop me up tight so I don't blow away alone

What if it's a house of cards
Deal me in or read my fate
What if it's a house of cards
Take me to your heart tonight

Dead man's hand at the lonely stroke of midnight
Poking at the ashes just to keep alive the firelight
Hoped to draw the Lovers maybe hit a stroke of luck
But I pulled the Queen of Swords and man I'm feeling stuck

Well I've gone all in and the hour is long
Come and split the deck and it's the same old song
The hands of time keep turning
And my time is bleeding fast
Think I'm on my last hurrah
And the proof is in the looking glass
So deal me in or read my fate
Or take me to your heart tonight

What if it's a house of cards
Deal me in or read my fate
What if it's a house of cards
Take me to your heart tonight
What if it's a house of cards
Deal me in or read my fate
What if it's a house of cards
Take me to your heart tonight

[eargoggle]

House of Cards
By The Friends

there you were sitting alone, and happy
I lied and said there's nowhere else
we stayed late, until they had to close
I lied and said I've nowhere to go

Feel the earth shakin
Feeling vibration

Sliding over to join your side
Making moves without a seam
Struck out trying but that’s part of the plan
Join me in this shaky house where I am

I know I wasn't straight
and I'm feeling like a jerk about it
gold plates are all fake

Even though these walls bend and they breathe
I still invite you in

I know I wasn't straight
and I'm feeling like a jerk about it
gold plates are all fake

(fooled you, fooled me
and once again
my house of cards blows away
and I don't know what to do about it)

[glennny]

House of Cards
by Cavedwellers

Spoiler

This is the story of a couple. They are cheaters at Bridge. So far, they get away with it.

V1
We make our plans in silence
No table talk allowed
We do opponents violence
Beneath a quiet shroud
But we are not connecting
The way we used to do
Our contracts not protecting
Every trap we fall into

Ch
Pretty young thing
It’s a game we’re playing
And everything’s on the line
Pretty young thing
It’s advantage-taking
The punishment’s worth the crime

V2
You ordered the devices
From Amazon they came
Two bluetooth silver bullets
To save our failing game
Now perfectly connected
We put not one foot wrong
By privacy protected
We’ll get back where we belong

Ch

BREAKDOWN
House of cards
house of lies
house of that which we despise
house of games
house remains
in the grip of every vice

Solo

Chorus
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