More spoken word, then sung against a cacophony of sounds, Waits takes on the persona of the paranoid, nosy neighbor creating fantasies about the strange neighbor. Part Edgar Allen Poe, part Alfred Hitchcock, it’s both scary and hilarious and a commentary on community, privacy and the conspiracy theories running rampant.
The refrain worms itself into your mind, soon enough you’ll find yourself muttering, “what’s he building in there.”
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YouTube: https://youtu.be/OeaRVeV8DdA?si=mowiwnxRufAhiB8I
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