You Play These Notes

Are you teaching me how to play piano right now?

In the face of great resistance, yes

Okay, so, so what do I do? Do I ju—

You stop talking, and you play these notes

And then you move your fingers here, not your head, just your fingers

And you play these notes

Good

That's it?

You're talking again

Play these notes

Then you play these notes

Then you play these notes

Then you play these notes

And you play them again and again until I tell you to stop

We begin at the beginning, we master the basics

Over time, these basics lead to something more complex

Whoa

Then you play these notes and you play these notes

Then you play these notes

And you play these notes

And from these basics, the melody can evolve

Ooh

And I don't even know what "The melody can evolve" means, but

Shoot, I feel that melody evolve

And you play these notes

And you play these notes

And she shifts again

And I feel tradition and culture and

For the first time maybe ever, I feel like

Like I'm a part of something bigger than me

I feel like I make sense

And you know, I'm not doing half of what she's doing, but

Without what I'm doing, this song wouldn't be this song