There is more than one artist represented here: 1) Cake(often written capitalized: CAKE) is a band formed in 1991 in Sacramento, California. It has had several hits throughout the 1990s and 2000s from its five recorded albums. Although Cake's music is often classified as alternative or indie rock, it combines multiple musical genres, such as funk, ska, pop, jazz, rap, and country. Cake's music features droll lyrics rife with word play and syncopation (laconically-voiced in a rap-like style by lead vocalist/guitarist John McCrea), catchy distorted guitar riffs (courtesy of guitarist Greg Brown until 1998, and bass player Victor Damiani until 1997), and a solo trumpet (played by Vince DiFiore). Cake's unique musical style has been compared to They Might Be Giants, Talking Heads, The Cars and Camper Van Beethoven.
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Commisioning A Symphony In C Lyrics

Cake

So you'll be an austrian nobleman
commissioning a symphony in c
which defies all earthly descriptions
you'll be commssioning a symphony in c
with money you squeezed from the peasants
to your nephew you can give it as a present
this magnificent symphony in c, you'll be
comissioning a symphony in c
completely filling the palace concert hall
it's warm and golden like a oven that's wide open
it has a melody both happy and sad
built on victorious young triads
you enter the room with great caution
though no one in the hall is even watching
they are transfixed they are forgetting just to breathe
they are so taken by your symphony in C
Your sitting there thinking your thoughts
they are not about what is but what is not
your sitting there breathing in your breath
you are seldom breathing life, but mostly death
So you'll be an austrian nobleman
commissioning a symphony in c
which defies all earthly descriptions
you'll be commssioning a symphony in c