With jangly guitar and a crunchy bass, “Evan Finds the Third Room” is a song drowned in comedy: the lyrics are nonsensical, and the music video features a woman playing with an imaginary hula hoop.
Evan is the name of the band’s tour manager, as revealed in their 2018 performance on KEXP. The lyric...
[Chorus]
Yes, yes, yes, yes
Yes, this is the third room
Yes, this is the third room
Yes, this is the third room
Yes, this is the third room
Yes, this is the third room
Yes, this is the third room
Yes, this is the third room
Yes, this is the third room
[Refrain]
Jump in the water
Jump in the water
[Chorus]
Yes, yes, yes, yes
Yes, this is the third room
Yes, this is the third room
Yes, this is the third room
Yes, this is the third room
[Refrain]
Jump in the water
Jump in the water
Jump in the water
Jump in the water
[Chorus]
This is the third room
Yes, this is the third room
Yes, this is the third room
Yes, this is the third room
[Bridge]
Press one
Press two
This is the third room
Press three
Press one
This is the third room
Press two
Press three
This is the third room
Hello, yes, this is the third room. Please listen, as my menu options have changed. If you'd like to say hello, press 1
Hello, hello
Press 2
Jump in the water
If you'd like to know if I'm alright, press 3, say, "You alright?"
This is the third room
[Chorus]
Yes, jump in the water
Yes, this is the third room
Yes, this is the third room
Yes, this is the third room
Evan Finds the Third Room was written by Mark Speer & Laura Lee (Khruangbin) & Donald Johnson Jr..
Evan Finds the Third Room was produced by Khruangbin & Steve Christensen.
Khruangbin released Evan Finds the Third Room on Fri Jan 26 2018.
As far as the lyrics go, this song is basically one big pile of inside jokes. When we first wrote the three different parts, we were playing around with it, jamming to it, and Laura Lee started freestyling in lines she knew we’d find funny. We always meant to go back and write more sensical lyrics,...