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Back In The Day
04:17
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Jill (spoken):
Hi, my name is Jill. I’d like to tell you a story about some friends of mine that happened a while ago.
(sung):
There were days back in the day when we were young and wild and playing and in glamor and enchantment we all dwelled
we might have teetered on the brink but in our fun we didn’t think
much of the future, much of prudence or our health
and i loved them, they loved me, we were free, we were naive
there were oh so many things i can’t explain
but all you really need to know, is how we loved each other so
and i never thought they'd ever go away
so posthumans are a thing, we're very rare, we move between
the narratives, that is the worlds that you know
there were five of us back then, not counting William, and within
a strange dimension made of dreams we made our home
we explored and how we played with reality in ways
that were thrilling, like a drug we were enthralled
we didn’t think of caution we, care and discretion did not heed
i never thought those days would ever be so lost
sometimes i dream magazines, smiling starlets
glamour and haze how they wave from days that are now long since swept
dazzle and shine, lost lives once upon a memory
til sad old ladies alone in a dark home is all that is left
Way far out on level 5, which does strange things to your mind
in a tower alien and ancient we
built a playhouse where we played games both mind bending and strange
learned to tweek, manipulate reality
such adventures, such applause, for a moment we were gods
But youth misjudges many things, its true
Such as toll and consequence, all the wine went to our heads
And eventually all bills will become due
Sometimes i dream magazines, smiling starlets
glamour and haze how they wave from days that are now long since swept
dazzle and shine, lost lives once upon a memory
til sad old ladies alone in a dark home is all that is left
Back in the days, back in the days, lost in a memory
Time is a maze, leads you astray, so far away
Back in the days, backs in the days, lost in a memory
Memories so fine, whitewashed by your mind, back in the day
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2. |
Love And A Dream
05:12
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Michael:
On the edge of the street where dream and reality meet
All:
We got the groove movin through in our hearts
Asha:
A land so fantazmic that you cannot imagine
All:
we got the love holding us in our hearts
Jill:
Transcendent stupendous hyperdelic consensus
All:
We got the groove movin through in our hearts
Raven:
We’re shaman in lands past where last signposts stand
All:
We got the love holding us in our hearts our hearts
Comin with the love and the groove
we got mojo and moves
we got magic like you’ve never seen
Things are happening so wild
They would just blow your mind
We got love and we got us a dream
Lloyd:
We’ve all left our worlds here days just shimmer and swirl
Jill & Michael:
We’ve got powers we’re down to explore
Lloyd & Raven:
Scientists, poetry, players writing their scenes
Asha & Jill:
making it all up as we walk in the door
Asha:
Sometimes its a bit much to ingest I’ll admit
Asha, Jill & Raven:
Playing with the craze and the rave we explore
All:
When we falter along its our love keeps us strong
we got the love holding us in our hearts
Asha:
I’m just here with my friends where this sweet groove never ends
We're cookin up some love and some learning so far
We’re unlocking these keys secrets to reality
C... c..... (stutters on c sound)
(Asha are you all right?)
Y... y.... yeah
All:
Comin with the love and the groove
we got mojo and moves
we got magic like you’ve never seen
Things are happening so wild
They would just blow your mind
We got love and we got us a dream
Asha:
Okay everyone, i’ve color coded dialogue and alphabetized your character motivation lists for the next rehearsal
Michael:
Guys we’re running low on scotch! We should mump to that weird west narrative and grab some crem brulee while we’re at it
Jill:
Flaming fart demon ignite!
Raven:
Parry, thrust! Ha! I’ve got you on the run!
Lloyd:
Well done, Ravey. You are indeed impressive. Truly formidable. A force to be reckoned with. However, allow me to retort.
Raven:
Ah!
All:
Comin with the love and the groove
we got mojo and moves
we got magic like you’ve never seen
Things are happening so wild
They would just blow your mind
We got love and we got us a dream
Asha & Lloyd:
we got magic like you’ve never seen
Things are happening so wild
We got love and we got us a dream
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3. |
End Of A Dream
08:13
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Jill:
We’d experiment and play in dimensions far away
But a toll was being taken on our minds
We didn’t notice for so long but bit by bit things they went wrong
And in our ardor had ignored important signs
We were cracking but the worst was pure Asha who broke first
little tics has multiplied and piled up
til at last she broke its true, we didn’t know what we should do
and the days of innocence were finally done
sometimes i dream magazines, smiling starlets
glamour and haze how they wave from the days that are now long since swept
dazzle and shine, lost lives once upon a memory
til sad old ladies alone in a dark home is all that is left
Michael:
It’s been weeks since the gnome war
Jill:
Weeks, it’s been months
Lloyd:
Jill, Michael, it’s been years, we’ve been here for years
Jill:
I think somethings happening to our minds
Michael:
have you noticed our tics are...
Raven:
come quick, its Asha
Jill:
Asha!
Lloyd:
Asha!
Michael:
What’s happening?
Jill:
It’s a seizure. Make sure she doesn’t bang her head
Lloyd:
We should get her to a hospital.
Raven:
Her seizure is causing a small reality storm around her. Look.
Michael:
It’s stopping
Lloyd:
Asha, are you okay?
Asha:
you try and try, you try the best you can, you try...... the best.... best...
Jill:
we need William
Raven:
how do we even call him
Lloyd:
I’m going to find him and bring him back
Jill:
Lloyd, the places he goes, its too dangerous
Asha:
Best you can... best you can...
Lloyd:
I’d die for her. Happily. i’d die for any of you. I’m going.
Raven:
Lloyd, i beg you, i’ll go mad without you
Michael:
David, he’s right. We need William. He has to do it.
Jill:
Good luck.
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Michael:
David wasn’t kidding, he’s going crazy without Lloyd.
Jill:
William warned us not to stay here any longer. He said itd mess with our minds. I think we’ve changed in ways we can unchange. David’s not even David anymore. He’s raven all the time now.
Michael:
i wonder how Lloyd’s faring
Jill:
Oh no, Asha’s having another seizure.
.....
Michael:
David, are you okay?
Raven:
my minds unraveling and I’m spiraling and unfurled
Without Lloyd all is existential isolation
I crave for sex and wild abandonment, to scream
and drown myself in chaos and hyper stimulation
Only noise and mad indulgence can disguise
My slow descent from tears to empty degradation
And all i’ll ever know is desperation as
I try to find distraction to avoid stagnation
When the story of your life becomes unfurled
And you find that it was just a fabrication
And all you loved or thought you had or thought you lost
Was just an exercise in baseline exploitation
Whatever hero’s noble journey that you’re on
Is just a drunken run from tears to degradation
And all you’ll ever know is desperation as
You try to find distraction to avoid stagnation
Michael:
We’re all unravelling its all, becoming so unfurled
our paradise is crashing into desolation
We lived in Eden full of love and full of dreams
and now its capsizing in bombs of desolation
Jill:
We’re all unravelling its all, becoming so unfurled
our paradise is crashing into desolation
We lived in Eden full of love and full of dreams
and now its capsizing in bombs
Jill & Michael:
We had love and the groove
we had mojo and moves
we knew Eden for just a short time
and now its all crashing down
paradise spinning round
requiem for the time of our lives
Michael:
Transcendent stupendous hyperdelic consensus
We got the groove movin through in our hearts
We’re shaman in lands past where last signposts stand
We got the love holding us in our hearts our hearts
Jill:
But at long last Lloyd returned
With William looking so concerned
And he took Asha, cradled her within his arms
He said i’ll take her now with me
He said im going to try and see
If i can heal her if she hasn’t gone too far
He said its time you all must leave
You must go back to level three
Find some narratives and get your heads aligned
The time will come for you at last
To set upon the higher paths
But for now you all must rest and stabilize
All (sadly):
Comin with the love and the groove we got mojo and moves
We got magic like you’ve never seen
We got wild things all happenin’,you cannot imagined
We got love and we got us a dream
Jill:
Sometimes i dream magazines, smiling starlets
glamour and haze how they wave from days that are now long since swept
dazzle and shine, lost lives once upon a memory
til sad old ladies alone in a dark home is all that is left
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Paul Shapera Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Cama’s attempt to commune with higher beings failed; she only found Decadent Dottie. Together they roamed, indulging in dangerous forms of psycho-neural self-exploration which Cama hoped would present the key to her people’s further evolution. It only led to her destroying her people so that one of their pets could evolve. She sat in her former civilization's rubble and listened to Paul Shapera. ... more
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