A Kirin Tale
Written by Daniel Ingram
Performed in the episode by Rachel Bloom (as "Autumn Blaze") and The Nashville Scoring Orchestra

[Intro]
             
La, la-la-la, 

   
la-la
             
La-la-la, la-l

  
a-la

[Verse 1]
             
The Kirin used

              
 to speak and 

 
sing
              
We weren't alw

         
ays quiet
             
We told storie

            
s and funny jo

kes
              
My stand-up wa

         
s a riot
            
But then one d

      
ay, a fight br

oke out
             
And hurtful wo

         
rds were said
            
Flaring temper

   
s were inflame

d
             
Destruction qu

      
ickly spread
            
And flaming re

              
d from head to

 
 head
              
Even burnt our

  
... bread
            
Sorry, I forgo

  
t how much I l

ove rhyming. W

here was I? Oh

, right!

[Verse 2]
             
My happy villa

    
ge lay in ruin

s
             
Relationships 

    
got worse
             
Spoiler alert:

    
 we quickly le

arned
             
That words cou

         
ld be a curse
            
"No more talki

      
ng," yelled ou

r leader
             
The last thing

       
 said aloud

Into the Strea

m of Silence
   
We stepped as 

a crowd
    
The water cool

ed emotions
    
And peace was 

soon restored
            
But with no wa

              
y to speak my 


thoughts
             
I got super...

 bored
            
Seriously, the

   
re's only so l

ong that Sudok

u can keep you

 entertained!

[Chorus]
             
'Cause rainbow

              
s won't light 

          
up the sky
Unless you let it rain
            
And shiny appl

              
es sometimes c

         
ome with worms
        
No, you can't 

give up your l

aughter
              
'Cause you're 


scared of a li

ttle pain
            
It's a lesson 

             
that the Kirin

       
 never learned

[Instrumental]
    

[Verse 3]
             
I was stuck in

  
 silent prison
             
With the voice

        
s in my head
             
'Til I tripped

       
 over my salva

tion
            
In a helpful f

     
lowerbed
            
I found a cure

     
 to clear my p

ipes
             
And I became q

     
uite chatty
            
With years and

           
 years of stor

ed-up words
            
I drove my vil

     
lage batty
     
They didn't li

ke my jokes an

d songs
    
And daily dose

 of news
    
The plays I wr

ote, the speec

hes spoke
   
Variety review

s
            
Or the story a

              
bout the Kirin

            
 who hid below

 an opera stag

e
    
And fell
N.C.
in love with this opera singer, and he wore a freaky half-mask thing, and he played the organ a lot
and got all broody 'cause the singer was in love with another dude, so he took her away on this underground
gondola.

I mean, who do

esn't love mus

ical theater?!

[Verse 4]
             
The village le

      
ader made it c

lear
             
I had to make 

   
my choice
             
I could stay a

   
nd live with t

hem
             
Or I could kee

     
p my voice
            
So I came here

           
, but left the

        
 couch alone
              
They're hard t

  
o move
            
With just the 

         
view for compa

ny
          
Until ya heard

     
 me groove
N.C.
Take it away, boys!

[Interlude]


[Chorus]
             
'Cause rainbow

              
s won't light 

         
up the sky
Unless you let it rain
            
And candles ju

              
st won't glow 

              
until they're 


burned
        
No, you can't 

give up your l

aughter
              
'Cause you're 


scared of a li

ttle pain
            
It's a lesson 

             
that my villag

           
e never learne

 
d
   
No matter how 

hard I schoole

d them
         
Fear of hurt i

s still what r

uled them
             
Sometimes you 

              
gotta let it r

    
aaaaaaaain!

[Outro]
             
Yeah, sometime

              
s you gotta le

     
t it rain