Coyote

Music, words, arrangements, programming and production by Susumu Hirasawa. Originally written for the P-Model album Monster, "Coyote" is a Western-style song, following on One Pattern's "Astro Notes". =Lyrics=

Japanese
日照り続きも はや数え百月 派手な雨躍りの ほこりじゃ命は洗えぬ 不意をつく 疾風の影はコヨーテ 光る目に 最後の水の瓶が映る

(村の命あと)二歩と半分 (滴一つ)残さず頂く

コヨーテ コヨーテ WOO コヨーテ コヨーテ WOO コヨーテ コヨーテ WOO コヨーテ コヨーテ WOO

追いつ追われつ 踏む草は百万 風もままと吹けば この世で始めの"道"が鳴る 先は眩暈の谷 行けず戻れず 神よ仏よマリアと吠えて　登る大木

(巾はおよそ)二歩と半分 (見上げる幹は)雲を頂く

コヨーテ コヨーテ WOO コヨーテ コヨーテ WOO コヨーテ コヨーテ WOO コヨーテ コヨーテ WOO

遥か根本に響く斧 百度 ｢さらば雲よ｣と泣き 倒れて谷間の架け橋 渡りゃ疲れ果てた目には湖 尽きて浮かぶコヨーテは 晴れて八つ裂き

(分け前約)二個と半分 (村の夕餉にゃ)おかずに頂く

コヨーテ コヨーテ WOO コヨーテ コヨーテ WOO コヨーテ コヨーテ WOO コヨーテ コヨーテ WOO

「まあ大むねこんなもん　さて　あれから数え百万年 相変わらずの日照りだが　君は　進化の度合い　二歩と半分 もっとかしこく　逃げていただく」

コヨーテ：「ハイ！」

コヨーテ コヨーテ WOO コヨーテ コヨーテ WOO コヨーテ コヨーテ WOO コヨーテ コヨーテ WOO

=Versions= Live performance by P-Model, done at a faster tempo than other versions. Has an unique bridge, and a spoken segment that happens over the second-to-last repeat of the chorus. The bridge is reworked as "winding up" segment, which is also included as the intro of the song. On the last repeat of the chorus, the arrangement gradually thinnens, from full band to just backing vocals with guitar and drums, to guitar and cymbals, to just cymbals. Over the last two iterations of the chorus, wind ambience surges up, segueing the song into the next track, "Dune".
 * The Physical Atlas of Three Worlds, 1988
 * Susumu Hirasawa - vocals, guitar
 * Sadatoshi Tainkana - drums, electronic drums, percussion
 * Teruo Nakano - bass, backing vocals
 * Hikaru Kotobuki - keyboards, backing vocals
 * Water in Time and Space, 1989
 * Susumu Hirasawa - vocals, all instruments
 * Shingo Tomoda - drums, electronic drums, percussion
 * Keralino Sandorovich - coyote voice, backing vocals
 * Kazuhide Akimoto, Michäel Saturnus - backing vocals
 * error CD, 1990
 * Susumu Hirasawa - vocals, guitar
 * Hikaru Kotobuki, Kazuhide Akimoto - keyboards, backing vocals
 * Katsuhiko Akiyama - bass, backing vocals
 * Kazutoki Umezu - wind synthesizer
 * Shingo Tomoda - drums, electronic percussion
 * Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Nurse - strings, horns

Connections

 * The song developed out of a country-style arrangement of "Boat" . A snippet of the country version can be seen in the BITMAP 1979-1992 video.
 * The guitar riff of the song first appeared on a commercial jingle for "Teijin WOW" jeans (released on the Model House Works tape included with the first volume of the "Moire Club" newsletter).