The Elevator Prologue

[Prologue: Maleah Joi Moon]

I'm safe and I'm suffocating

We live in Manhattan Plaza, which is cheap housing for artists

Which means almost everyone who lives here is an artist

Which means, you never know what you're gonna hear when these elevator doors open up

Yeah, that's Mr. Gordone, 32nd floor, forever on his trumpet

And watch, it's gonna open on 27th, Panira sisters are always having their dance class, I swear, like somehow every hour of the day

And I kinda hope it's gonna open on 17 - I mean I always do like 17

[man and woman singing in foreign language]

Yeah, got no idea who that is or what they're saying, but I think they're in love

And then nine is the poets, eight is the painters, we got that whole string section, right, on seven, seven, six, five and four

And when you hit that ground floor

Piano

Always, piano