Three Seconds of Air
Why a chunky, syncopated riff was built to carry a literal three-second test, and how the faster second take changes the count.
The stories behind Three Seconds of Air
- The Groove Metal Countdown Inside Three Seconds of Air — Why a chunky, syncopated riff was built to carry a literal three-second test, and how the faster second take changes the count.
- Three Seconds of Air and the Test Behind Every Oxygen Outlet — A field guide to the exact three-second flow test every hospital oxygen and medical air outlet has to pass, wall by wall, room by room.
Lyrics
3 seconds, prove it
3 seconds, go
Wall plate breastfeeding, the hole's on a gauge
Somebody's watching the needles rage
But push the valve, countin' under your breath
Three seconds, here's the whole test
Three seconds of air
Three seconds of proof
Six cubic feet Coming straight through the roof
Three seconds of air
Or it fails right there
Three seconds to trust what's hiding in the air
Every outlet, every room, every floor
It's the same three seconds, nothing more
No exceptions for the pretty new wing
The gauge doesn't care what the architects bring
Black, black, black, black
Three seconds of air
Three seconds of proof
Six cubic feet Coming straight through the roof
Three seconds of air
Oh, it fails right there
Three seconds to trust
What's hiding in the air
Three, two,
one
Prove it all
One,
three, two, one, do it again
Perimeter clamps for a passing gauge
Nobody frames the numbers on the page
But every outlet on every wall
Answers the same Three second call
Three seconds of air
Three seconds of proof
A six -cubic freak coming straight through the roof
Three seconds of air, or it fails right there are
three seconds to trust what's hiding in the air
Three seconds
Move it Three seconds
Done
Gone
