Master recording · 1:53 · embedded audio
Owner's Manual text
YOU KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE DOING
I KNOW YOU'RE BORED WITH THE GAMES
COME AND GET UP IN THE FRAME
THIS IS THE BED
WHERE CURSES ARE LAID
YOU KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW
JUST WHAT YOU'RE DOING
ALL THAT LOOKY-LOOING
ALL THAT WHO'S WHOING
PEACOCK IN THE BALLROOM
CANDLESTICK CLUING
WHAT YOU'RE DOING
I KNOW YOU'RE BORED WITH THE GAMES
COME AND GET UP IN THE FRAME
THIS IS THE BED
WHERE CURSES ARE LAID
YOU KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW
JUST WHAT YOU'RE DOING
ALL THAT LOOKY-LOOING
ALL THAT WHO'S WHOING
PEACOCK IN THE BALLROOM
CANDLESTICK CLUING
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Connections
- EXTERNAL QUOTATION / SCHEMA → LYRIC Normative Collapse (Vranyo Americano)
- INTERPRETIVE RHYME Normative Collapse / Rule ≠ Reality
- FRAME LANGUAGE Lines Imposed Upon Fields
Cross-medium relation
The recursive “you know that I know…” structure rhymes directly with Normative Collapse, but the earlier text explicitly attributes its version to David Shipler’s account of vranyo. This is therefore best treated as a transformed allusion, not an “original phrase” migrating intact.
Publication / object chain
2025-11-11 track-reveal source → master recording → Owner's Manual → album object → later writing / release documents where applicable.
Interpretive links remain separate from documented phrase migrations. See the Migration Ledger for evidence classes.
Musical language
Musical-language route: improvisatory naming, recursion and comic rhyme groove.