The bottle label begins with lyrics from Steely Dan's 1976 single "Kid Charlemagne":
A melody rose, one with a single lyric.
His songs only seem randomly constructed, strummed or sung; in truth, to remove a single lyric or sound from a piece would destroy it.
He sang the lyrics in their 1998 single "Music Sounds Better With You", which was an international success.
"Mysterious Ways" is identical to the album version with the exception of a single lyric.
The movement's single lyric repeats over and over as a mantra, in the style of Van Morrison.
Bartlett had showed the form to be adaptable for single lyrics, multi-part poems, narratives, group sequences, dramatic compositions, chorales, elegies, and odes.
Its title and the single lyric that was included were inspired by Metrodora, a Byzantine woman physician of the 6th century.
American Alternative rock band Good Charlotte sampled lyrics from the song's chorus in their 2003 single "Girls & Boys".
In later live performances the single lyric "twentieth century!"
