Week 3 of They Might Be Giants' 2015 Dial-A-Song project, “No Cops” is sung by Brooklyn-based musician and friend of the band Corn Mo. In the music video’s YouTube description the band says, “This is a song created as an introduction to our new live show.”

The lyrics are the words of a hostage-taker announcing that he has taken control of a performance venue. His only demands seem to be that They Might Be Giants perform, and that “no cops” are called.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnwjw8qghPk

The music video depicts Corn Mo with his face theatrically painted white with two black birds over his eyes, interspersed with text composed of letters cut from magazines in classic “ransom note” style. It reads:

• Ok, no more talk
• This will be our only communication
• Do not go to the media or the authorities
• Here we go again
• We hear those trumpets blow again

As the video ends, Corn Mo holds up a final scrap of ransom note: “No cops.”