First confirmed to exist in a video broadcast interview with Breakfast Television Toronto, Adam Met confirmed the existence "OK Overture" is the first track on AJR's fourth album, OK ORCHESTRA. This overture shares the same fashion as the previous ones for Living Room and The Click. However, “OK Overture” strays from its predecessors in the amount of its original content. While the bulk of the song is a traditional overture, AJR intentionally added the new content,
Like Living Room and The Click's overtures, this track contains snippets of every other song from the album. However, it also contains multiple instrumental sections, and an original verse.
Lyrics
Note: Hover over a lyric to see the song that it was sampled from.
These are our drums
This is our melody
Da da da da da da da da-ah-ah
Now listen closely as our drums become our melody
And here's our song:
Da da da da da da da da-ah-ah
Da da da da da da da-ah
Da da da da da da da da-ah-ah
Da da da da da da da-ah-ah
So let me play my violin for you
Ahh ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ahh ah-ah
Ahh ah-ah-ah
So let me play my violin for you
The truth is that I'm screwed
Still Joe, do you think I'm cool?
I got friends in a lot of weird places
Wonder if they're gonna call depending what my face is
I got friends in a lot of weird places
Wonder if they're gonna call depending what my face is
Humpty Dumpty
When Humpty Dumpty
When Humpty Dumpty went down
He said screw it
I'mma smile right through it
And I'll scream when no one's around
Humpty Dumpty
When Humpty Dumpty
When Humpty Dumpty went down
He said screw it
I'mma smile right through it
And I'll scream when no one, when no one, when no one's around
Da da da da da da da da-ah-ah
Da da da da da da da-ah
(And I'll scream when no one, when no one, when no one's around)
One day, maybe someday
I'll be so out of touch
I'll become a trumpet or a drum set
In a sad orchestra
One day, maybe someday
In a world spinning up
It's getting hard, so very hard
To keep up
One day, maybe someday
I'll be so out of touch
I'll become a trumpet or a drum set
In a sad orchestra
One day I won't know what to write
And I can't be eighteen my whole life
But I'm too fucking young to feel so fuckin' old
But I'll try, and I'll try, and I'll try...
But I'm not dead yet so I guess I'll be alright
Bang, bang, bang
But I'm way less sad
Adventure is out there
But you gotta be some-
Come on guy
Bang, bang, bang
But it's all I have
But I'm not dead yet so I guess I'll be alright
