Peninsu-laugh
All lyrics ©2026 John F. Sendelbach
Intro prophecy (Loop 1: slow G-D — spoken, still, prophetic)
G (pause before "rigor")
"I bonginate my bongin… in my rigor mortis haberdashery"
D
Three promontory riders on the peninsula brink
G
Waves of laughter crashing where the water starts to think
D
Subcontinental Seer cuts the truth down to a wink
Come-up Verse 1 (light strum G-C-D-C
G
Attic brick slant-roof where the east-wind heaves
C
For-rent house, shadows breathing under eaves
D
Jeep ride evening Paulis sings Sparkle true
C
Non gratis knew the dreams we chased right through
G
Grad house busted mansion coffee black and strong
C
Feral shadows stretching where we don't belong
D
Windows full of questions nobody dared ask
C
Brothers breathing twilight in the coming dusk
Pre-chorus (palm-mute lift)
Em C
Psilocybin shoreline, mushroom wind leans in
Peak Chorus 1 (Loop 2: full strum + harmonics)
G
Peninsula laughing, water drags us to the brink
C
Three promontory riders lockstep in the wave-talk
D
Pondside shadows syncing where the world begins to sink
C
Subcontinental Seer smiles and sees us through
Peak Verse 2 (loose, let time stretch)
G
Water turning language into moving light
C
Every wave a sentence breaking left and right
D
Circle drifting outward, nothing holding tight
C
Everything is funny when the boundaries fight
G
Backroom voices echo, newt-eggs burst and hatch
C
Salamander tail-road slithers public path
D
Wet clothes woodstove popping stiff through weird nights
C (big pause)
Paulis out of nowhere—
G
I bonginate my bongin…
D
in my rigor mortis haberdashery
G–D (actually laugh)
—and we hit the floor laughing...
Comedown Chorus 2 (slow strum, warm)
G
Peninsula laughing — newt and salamander stay
C
Brothers where the mushroom rivers slowly sway
D
Woodstove truth keeps crackling everything we were
C
Smoke and quiet settling into something sure
Call-response Bridge (Loop 3: D-Em-C-G — 4min jam)
**(Drop ALL loops first "Non gratis!" → build)
D (solo voice) Non gratis! → Em (loop in) Benniss non gratis!
C Non gratis! → G Paulis non gratis!
D Non gratis! → Em Johniss non gratis!
(repeat/build)
Afterglow Outro (strip to Loop 1 + delay)
G
Non gratis attic, Sparkle drifting far away
C
Haven't clocked your faces but the moments stay
D
Peninsula still laughing when the water calls my name
C
Newt salamander brothers still inside the flame
G-D (pause after wingbeat)
Red-tail wingbeat… (soft) …non gratis…
