[potsie]

When "Depression" hits my playlist, I usually wait for "Bring on the requisite strangeness". That's where the song truly begins.

I love that part as well, but the song for me begins on the very first line. That's not a very profound statement on my part, but "Under the pillow" is a great image and opening line. If you are going to call a song "The Depression Suite", what better image of burying one's head under the pillow, unable to face the 'noise' of the outside world. In fact that whole first verse is fantastic:

Under the pillow
I bury my head and try and shut Chicago out
As it turns out, there's a whole other world of sounds
Of perfect fifths, low skids, and Arctic howls

The idea of 'other noises' including such a wide range sounds as perfect fifths (power chords, or otherwise), the helicopter runner/skid sliding across grass, the howl of an arctic wolf... great imagery.