Stuck in a Lift - Flight Of The Conchords

I was just remembering

The muffin story

Not all our stories

Are muffin stories

Most of them, but not all of them

I know what you’re thinking

You’re thinking these guys

They just bloody travel

Around the country

Eating muffins

Living the life, and um…

But we’ve had darker times

And we want to share

One of those with you tonight

We were on our way to a gig, and we

Found ourselves trapped in a lift

Yeah.

It’s not a long story

But, um…

It’s claustrophobic in there

And we-- we panicked to be honest

It was very intense for the band

Yeah, for sure

We’re not too proud to say that

Uh, we freaked out

Shit got very real.

Uh…

And by that, he means

That one of the band did a shit

In the, um…

In the elevator

It was-- it was not

Comfortable at that point

And it was very early in

Very early in

Yeah

And, um…

Well, we were in there

For a few hours

And we eventually discovered

The emergency button

That contacts a… I don’t know

Who that person is exactly

We didn’t know because we were

So freaked out and panicked

We didn’t even ask her

About herself

Usually, I’d say, «Hi, I’m Jemaine

Who are you?

«And, you know, what you up to?

What are your interests?"

But we were freaking out

We were like, «We're trapped in

The lift.

There’s a poo in here.»

And she said, «Don't worry

Calm down.

Take a deep breath.»

-We said, «That's not great 'cause…

-No, no.

We’re not gonna

-But, um…

-That's not gonna help the situation

No, she said, «Where you trying

To get to?"And we explained

And she said, «Okay, well, try

Pressing the number, the button three

That corresponds to the floor

You’re trying to get to."

And so we did that, and, uh, in

Hindsight, it was obvious, you know

But at the time, uh, you know

I thought Jemaine

Had pressed the button

-Jemaine thought I pressed it

-I thought Bret had pressed it

'Cause I pressed it the

Previous time, so I thought

«Oh, well, Bret probably took a note

Of that.

He’ll do it next time.»

It was more of

A communication breakdown

Than an actual elevator breakdown

But sometimes they can lead to

The most traumatic experiences

And that’s the case in this particular

Story, which we hope you learn from

-It's a cautionary tale

-Mm

Okay

-Okay, another song then

-Yeah, we’ll do another song

Nigel, the Symphony Orchestra

Is switching to bass guitar

And Bret, he’s got

The glockenspiels, some bongos

There’s a pineapple

That’s a real pineapple

So that’s talent

That shows you musicianship there

It’s a real gift

Let’s, uh, have the beat