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1. |
The Pursuit Begins
07:42
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Raven: Would you like an hors d'oeuvres, sir? An hors d'oeuvres?
Man: I‘d love an hors d'oeuvres. Thank you very much.
Raven: And… and you, Ma’am? Hors d'oeuvres?
Woman: Oh, thank you very much.
Raven: Champagne?
Sarah:
Run rabbit, run
Come your time has come
Run rabbit run for the hounds smell your blood
And your tears and your fear is exciting
Their breath on your neck as you race towards your death
Little rabbit your flesh so inviting
Come your hour has come
Run rabbit run
Raven:
Bang bam boose, cause the moose is on the loose
Poor poor goose, with a ragey mangy moose
It’s fugly and it's bugly, with a butt like a caboose
Bang bam boose, cause the moose is on the loose
Hey!
Bang bam boose, oh the moose has laid a deuce
Poor old goose with the smelly, stinky moose
Its breath is like a weasel dying in a garbage chute
Bang bam boose cause the moose is on the loose
Man: Who are you? What's going on here?
Woman: It’s dreadful, darling, dreadful!
Raven: Sorry. Sorry. She’s psychotic! I’m running for my life here.
Woman: You smashed the chandelier.
Man: The Chandelier!
Woman: All the dinner plates!
Man: These are expensive wine goblets.
Raven: Sorry. Just trying to stay alive here. Sorry…
…
Raven:
My darling what a sight I could’ve danced with you all night
A bababada bida badadadada
Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you very much.
…
Sarah:
Run rabbit, run
Come your time has come
Run rabbit run for the hounds smell your blood
And your tears and your fear is exciting
Their breath on your neck as you race towards your death
Little rabbit your flesh so inviting
Come your time has come
Run rabbit run
David:
This race we run, it cannot last forever
At some point, we exhaust and down we sway
You know this, that by now
I am just slowing you down
The time has come to let me fade away
Raven:
The last link that I have you cannot vanish
I barely keep from falling off the brink
Once upon a breath, on that cliff from which I leapt
I feel like I've been falling ever since
David:
We never loved me…
Raven:
David, I am sorry
David:
And now I slow you down and death careens
Raven:
I cannot let you go, I'll forget all that I know
Of how it feels to be real and concrete
How it feels to be real and concrete
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2. |
Interlude 2
02:40
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Lloyd:
Time is short we must prepare, so little time to think
How she got so powerful, what is it we have missed?
Marjolein, it’s you must go a long sojourn away
Isabel and Michael, they must come back right away
The trek will be quite dangerous, I’ve left instructions here
And Jill, it’s you, must man the fort, must stay and must prepare
Be here to greet in case there’s any allies who arrive
Jill:
Lloyd, where are you going?
Lloyd:
I need to go to level 5
Jill:
Lloyd, you can't be serious?
Lloyd:
The archetype I had played
The Strategist, it must be channeled further and embraced
Jill:
It made you cold and angry, you’ve regretted ever since
Lloyd:
Raven, if he dies, I don't know how I’d live
William changes archetypes so we know that there’s a way
When this mess is over, if we live to win the day
I’ll find him, I’ll undo it, but until then Jill I must
Time is short we must prepare, for Sarah, she will come
Lloyd, Jill, & Marjolein:
Memories of the summer sun
And days of careless love
Warms the mind but hurts the heart
When dark of winter comes
Choices hard are made on days
When winter wolves arrive
When cold and teeth knock at your door
Tears that day are dry
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3. |
Hiding Places 1
09:56
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Raven: Another round folks? No? Good...
Hey buddy, want another round?
Guy: Ah, why not? There is no reason to be sober in this world
Raven: Ok, that's a little… I'm trying to stave off depression myself, keep it light...
Guy: I fell in love
Raven: Oh, so we’re doing life stories now. We could discuss happy memories...
Guy: Ah, no no no, there is no happiness for me...
Love, in love, were we
How we were young and so naive
We thought that the world could be sweet
Alas, but I was poor
And yet to her, ah, j’adore
I swore that she’d want for nothing
Her family, they wanted
To marry for money
The pressure they put it was so
And though she did love me one day I was walking
I saw her kiss that rich young beau
How, how could I live without my love, and so I did
Something so foolish you see
I stole, oh yes I did, from that beau’s house, some diamond rings
So she would elope then with me
But oh the police, figured out it was me
And now they will come lock me up
I sit here, you see, and I drink my last drink
They're coming, the game, is up
Raven: That's not the only thing that's coming! Heheh heh heh. Normally we’d be naked when I say that, but this time I’m talking about the psychotic beast that's about to burst through that wall... Uh oh, you hear that. Here she comes...
Sarah:
Run rabbit run, for the hounds, smell your blood
And your tears and your fear is exciting
Their breath on your neck as you race towards your death
Little rabbit your flesh so inviting
Come your time has come
Run rabbit run
Man: Sacré bleu, who is that?
Raven: Yeah... That would be the president of the “Most Likely To Murder Me Club”
Man: But what are those things?!
Raven: They’re these mutants that follow her everywhere (shouting) cause she’s codependent ya slag! Not that I’m one to talk, mind you, but uh, look, I gotta go. Good luck.
…..
Piddles: All right everybody who wants a balloon from Piddles the clown?
Raven: Me! Me! I’ll have a balloon Mr. Piddles!
Piddles: Uh, aren’t you a little old for a balloon there, mister?
Raven: Look buddy, if you knew the day I’m having…
Piddles: Aha, you don’t have to tell ol’ Piddles, man. You wanna hear a sad story brother…
Raven: Uh, I really don’t
Piddles: Listen to this one
I did comedy, a stand-up, ham it up so very well
Killin audiences, hell I put ‘em right under my spell
No one wants to hear complainers less they really make you laugh
So my nihilistic loathing I make jokes and I’m a gas
And I thought wow I’m too dark, but guys with money said “oh no”
Son, you gotta make a special, here some cash now off you go
And I’m hearing words like sitcom yeah I’m rising oh so fast
Got it all inside my pocket all my dreams are in my grasp
But I kinda gotta weakness for the drugs and for the white
Endless powder, endless whirl for the wild, endless nights
But I couldn’t stop the ride I just kept going oh so fast
Till you’re watching the slow motion of your life in endless crash
And one by one all that I had disappeared until at last
I blow balloons as sad old Piddles, this is all I finally have
But my friend I'm here to tell you, as I stand here right here today
Raven: Uh, you’re gonna... you’re gonna want to move.
Piddles:
I can turn it all around, yes I know I’ll find a way
Raven: Yeah, just, just right over here…
Piddles:
Gonna get myself clean, yes, I can do this and I will
Raven: Really angry woman’s about to appear…
Piddles:
I will rise again and make it I can grasp my dream still…
Raven: …Here she comes
Hide over here. Get down!
Sarah: Where are you, Raven? Come out, come out, wherever you are!
Raven: Yeah, that thing she does? You gotta stay away from that. That thing is nasty.
And listen, that crap you’re putting in your body? You gotta cut that out. Give me your stash. Give it to me.
Oh yeah…. Okay, well, gotta go.
Sarah:
My children. My sweet, sweet children. Sing to me my sweets.
(singing)
Let, let a new dream go, let a new seed grow, let a new era usher in.
Let all the sadness be in the past let love and a dream grow here again.
Raven: …
Sarah: Starting to wear down, aren’t you, Raven?
I can keep this up forever.
Raven:
So, in conclusion, our competitive advantage will be achieved through continued focus on our core competencies: management attention to the development of operations and multilevel process management excellence, the identification and application of best processes, and continued attention to direct and indirect cost management…
Oh god. Ugh.
Management's attention to operations and process management excellence in all business areas will be achieved through the continued expansion of our management and technical staff, as well as through consistent application of corporate quality programs such as benchmarking and continuous improvements
David:
I never loved myself you’re not at fault here
And now we’ve landed back where we’ve begun
Raven, you are what I always wished that I’d become
And now the time for me to go has come
Raven:
David please I beg you, please don't leave me
I'm tired and I cannot keep this pace
David:
I’ll rest for you tonight
Raven:
David please you cannot die,
You’re all that there is left to keep me sane
Raven:
If I could turn back time I would have loved you
You should have loved yourself, you should have seen
David:
The best thing I could do is to transform into you
You are all that I could never be
Goodbye now, I have dreamt my final dream
Person: Mr. Adams… you were saying… Mr. Adams are you all right?
Raven: Just run, she’s coming. You’re all gonna die, just just get out of here.
Person: Who? What are you talking about
Person 2: Can someone call security?
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4. |
Femme Fatale
04:05
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Sarah:
So many worlds spinning here all at my fingers all those lives that I could be
I can erase my past and everything that I don't like and be most anything
Forget I had no money, forget I had no friends
I think I'm born a princess and all my subjects love me then
I swoon inside the starlight, a goddess anyhow
Like a starlet how I shine and glitter now
And smile like femme fatale
And if I try I think that I just might remember, what my brand new life was like
A child living in a small, quaint town but then Hollywood arrived
They begged me make their pictures
Sensations oh they were
The magazines and photos
Ah, darling what a blur
And how my fans they love me
A goddess anyhow
Like a starlet how I shine and glitter now
And smile like femme fatale
So many pasts I've had by now I can't remember just which was first
Was I mermaid made a deal, or was it, was it something worse?
How long ago, I can't remember, so I ask you has it been since I did fall
From the great mountain where the gods all live, and where I might belong
I thought I might be human
Such silliness I know
I wish I could remember
But children we must go
The worlds how they beckon
They’ll be ours I vow
Like a starlet how I shine and glitter now
And smile like femme fatale
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5. |
The Green Sea Village
04:37
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Marjolein:
Isabel and Michael, I have found you
Isabela:
Marjolein! I did not expect a guest to ever come so far away
Marjolein:
It’s Lloyd, terrible trouble, Sarah's violent and insane
He has begged me to retrieve you for your help there right away
Isabela:
My dear, I’d be delighted, motherhood is not for me,
I’ll come and fight
Marjolein:
I’m sorry, what’d you say, what do you mean?
Isabela:
But Michael I'm not sure if you can pry him on away
Michael:
Mi Son, my darling baby, meet our friend here Marjolein
Her name is Mi Son, or Son Mi you can say.
Isabela: She is Raven’s, but please, I’ll tell him myself when I'm ready
Michael: Isabela has agreed to let me adopt and raise her. I've never loved anything in my life like I love her
Baby baby bells in the night
Baby baby sweet lullaby
When the wind blows the leaves on the window outside
When the baby is warm and there’s no need to cry
When the daddy is singing sweet lullabies
And stars are all smiling and the moon’s in the sky
And the wolf has gone running to the forests below
And the daddy will never, not ever, let sweet baby go
Baby baby bells in the night
Baby baby sweet lullaby
When the cradle is rocking, and the stars are in space
And in daddy's arms, little baby is safe
And dreams and such wonders will fill baby’s head
And adventures await, and books to be read
And the wolf doesn’t dare, no, to come round too close
Cause the daddy will never, not ever, let sweet baby go
Baby baby bells in the night
Baby baby sweet lullaby
Marjolein:
Michael, I am sorry, Lloyd insists I bring you both
Isabela:
Li Bai can surely take her for a few days, we can go
Michael:
I finally found my calling, I cannot leave this girl
Someone must protect her from the wolves out in the world
Marjolein:
We wouldn't ask but things are way more desperate than you know
The dangers real to Jill and Lloyd and Raven, we don’t know
He’s on the run it's life or death. Sarah’s gone insane
Michael:
Well for Jill and Lloyd and David… well, okay
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6. |
Hiding Places 2
08:13
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Snufflebun: Hey, Raspberry Buttercup!
Raspberry: Snufflebun Redrum! I'm berry happy to see you!
Snufflebun: Friendship snoozles!
Raspberry: Friendship snoozles to you too, Redrum!
Snufflebun: Redrum! Redrum!
Raspberry: Blueberry Puddingpop said something strange is headed our way
Snufflebun: Heading our way from where?
Snufflebun: She said from the outside
Raspberry: Outside is bad
Snufflebun: It sure is
Raspberry: Can we stop it?
Snufflebun: It's almost here now…
Sarah:
Run rabbit run oh your time it has come, run rabbit run
The hounds smell your death and their breath on your neck, run rabbit run
Run rabbit run the charades almost done, run rabbit run
The hounds smell your death and their breath on your neck, run rabbit run
Raven:
The moose is so dumb she's a twit and a scum
Dumb moose dumb moose dumb dumb dumb dumb
The stench of her breath is like feet mixed with death
Hey Sarah! Slurp on my shlamozzle!
The moose is no fun she’s got something up her bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum
Slurp slurp slurp slurp shlamozzle slurp slurp
Dumb moose dumb moose dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb
Raspberry: You’re destroying our village
Stop! Please stop! Stop it!
Snufflebun: My house! You’re destroying my house!
Raspberry: Grandpa Pudding pop!
Snufflebun: Why are you, doing this? Why?
Raven:
I used to feel regret and I used to feel ashamed
I used to feel like I was real, like I was patient
I used to feel I had some kind of conscience but what good
It ever did me is a cause for speculation
All your trials big and small, they mean nothing after all
It means nothing, it means nothing after all
All the good men you have known, they will all die alone
It means nothing, means nothing after all
Yes, the race you run is doomed the end will come for you and you
It means nothing, it means nothing after all
All the innocence you spend you will never see again
It means nothing, it means nothing after all
Sarah: Raven, where are you getting this second wind from?
It’s alright, you’ll tire eventually. I have all the time in the world
Jill:
And so the deadly chase races on for days and days
But Sarah never tires, never slows
Thus a week does pass until I'm sad to say at last
Raven finally, no further can he go
And the race my friends comes to an end
And the dark descends upon our stage again
…..
Raven: Bang bam boose, cause the… moose… is on.. okay… okay
Sarah: Hahahaha, Raven, what a wonderful game. It was delightful!
But, it’s over now… Finally the killing stroke.
Raven: Ok, okay it's over, I get it. Just… why? It was nice.
We had a good thing there. Just tell me, what happened?
Sarah:
You and Lloyd… it was good there I know
But there were things…Things that you’d never show
Places you wouldn't go
Things I wanted to know, secrets I thought to expose
And I know, you’d never give me the go
And so…
I built a show
I built a show cause I wanted to know
How far I could go
How much I could grow and the power was so…
It pours into me, like a battery
And finally, I can see, all of me…
And I hate… there are things I’ve erased
My mind is... I choose… I'm a little confused
My past was just in my way… There are memories I saved…
There are things I’ve erased… it's best if they go away… But I'm just left with hate…
There are echoes and sounds, there are masks all the way down
And what’s there underground
All that’s left down there now…
It consumes me like prey but I don't want to face…
I'm just left here with hate...
Just a blind, broken rage
It just feels good to break
I can't remember, no wait…
Raven:
I… I understand something about mental breaks. I can help.
I would like to help. I can help you. How did you flower?
Sarah:
…No, no Raven, it’s all good now. It's all good. Everything has been made right.
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7. |
Sarah's Flowering
03:48
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Sarah:
My past is princess, goddess, queen,
Movie star but there’s one we
Don't talk about, a false past where
I was just a sad and lonely girl back there
That girl hung out each night in bars
And tried to learn occult dark arts
And picked up guys who drank too much
But on this one had such a crush
All you’ve been can be erased
All your shame and past mistakes
Chorus Girls:
Girl, you are a dream today
All your shame is wiped away
Girl, the world is your ballet
A brand new you, a brand new day
Sarah:
Seth was gorgeous how I tried
When he got drunk when we got high
To get him home, I cast some spells
Some love charms but they did not work well
Until one night, till three we’d drank
And went back to my place at last
We started to make out but then
He said to stop, we’d be just friends
And all you've been can be wiped away
Another you is you today
Chorus Girls:
Girl, you are a dream today
All your shame is wiped away
Girl, the world is your ballet
A brand new you, a brand new day
Sarah:
Seth turned me down so I set out
To summon poltergeists somehow
To torture him, I did the spell
But all went wrong, it all went south
The poltergeist was fixed on me
A horror film, I screamed and screamed
It haunted me for months insane
Until I found the spell to make it go away
And all you’ve been can be erased
All your shame and past mistakes
All you’ve been just wiped away
Another you is you today
Chorus Girls:
Girl, you are a dream today
All your shame is wiped away
Girl, the world is your ballet
A brand new you, a brand new day
Girl, you are a dream today
All your shame is wiped away
Girl, the world is your ballet
A brand new you, a brand new day
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8. |
Raven's Last Trick
02:26
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Raven: Sarah, you need help, I can help you.
Sarah: I will not allow any threat to my throne.
You’ll try to make be that that girl again… the false memories…
It’s over, Raven
Raven: I have one more trick up my sleeve
Sarah: I have enjoyed this game so much. I love these games! So at least try to make this a little challenging this time.
Raven: All right, one last jump
Sarah: Wow. Wow. What is this place? This is amazing.
Chorus:
Elysium Elysium
Sarah:
This is wonderful. Good work, Raven.
What are those things?
What… What are those things?
Shit. Oh… oh shit. Oh shit…
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9. |
The Eve Of Destruction
06:54
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Jill:
Marjolein you’re back
Marjolein:
That journey’s really not too nice
But I did just as Lloyd asked
Isabela:
Jill my darling, pleasures mine
Jill:
Michael, thank the goddess, it’s good to see you
Michael:
Come on here
Let's give you a great big hug, Marjolein told me bout your scare
Jill:
Come on Lloyd's just returned he’s brought enforcements
Michael:
William?
Jill:
No. We cannot hope to find him
Marjolein:
Who are all these…
Mucklpuck:
Well hello
Marjolein:
Hello, are you a.. sorry.. I'm so sorry.. I've never seen
Mucklpuck:
Mucklepucks the name, a 5 star warthog I believe
When your backs against the wall and all the bastards closing in
And you’ve soiled all your undies and you’ve drunk all your last gin
And you’re thinking that this breath may be your very last at all
The warthog will answer the call
When their armies all got bullets with your name inscribed upon
And you’re saying your goodbyes and your letters start dear john
And a fat big-bellied general is the only one at all
The warthog will answer the call
When you’re scared and all the fluids that your body has to make
Have all been released and the stench no one can take
And you’re thinking, “Oh, so this is how it ends then after all”
The warthog will answer the call
Jill:
We’ll need to move this a depopulated area as soon as possible to avoid collateral damage
Lloyd:
We have bigger things to worry about than those unfortunate and fool enough to be in my way while I’m trying to deal with matters more important than their silly lives...
Jill:
Lloyd! Look at me. Look at me. This isn't you. This isn't who we are.
Lloyd:
No… No, of course not. I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me.
Jill:
You shouldn't have gone back to level 5.
Lloyd:
I need the edge. Jill… it's not just Raven, it’s you too. I can't lose any more of you. Not after Asha. I will do whatever it takes. My mind is sharper now. Don't worry, I’ll fix it when this is all over. I promise.
Jill:
Don't you become a villain too.
Lloyd:
Never.
Lloyd, Jill, Michael, & Marjolein:
Memories of the summer sun
And days of careless love
Warms the mind but hurts the heart
When dark of winter comes
Choices hard are made on days
When winter wolves arrive
When cold and teeth knock at your door
Tears that day are dry
Everyone: Raven!
Lloyd: Shh… I got you. I got you my love
Raven:
I’d go to hell and back for you a thousand times or more
I wish that I could earn your love by doing something more
If I don't I wonder would you love me if my love
If my love was all I ever had to offer, would it be enough
Lloyd:
Can love, can love, can love
Lloyd & Raven:
Can love be enough?
Raven:
Would love, would love, would love
Lloyd & Raven:
Would love be enough?
Lloyd:
You stupid, stupid man, my love for you will never fade
I worry would you love me if I would ever change
When youth has gone and faded what would be left to love
But If love was all you ever had to offer, it would be enough
Raven & Lloyd:
And if, if it all changes, if it all fades then
If all we think we are is gone
We’ll make a new dream grow, let a new seed go
Hold on to you till life is gone
Raven:
I’d go to hell and back for you a thousand times or more
As long as you are by my side I don’t need more I'm sure
Please say you won't leave me, I wouldn’t last for long
I promise I won't ever give up on you, until the day I'm….
Lloyd: Ravey… Ravey… Ravey
Sarah:
I could have finished him off much earlier but the fun of watching him slowly break was just too intoxicating. And now I’ve gathered my full crew of children. And truthfully, as fun as it's going to be to destroy you, it’ll be hard to top that look of anguish on your face right now.
Lloyd:
Well done Sarah. You are indeed impressive. Truly, truly formidable. A force to be reckoned with I dare say. However, allow me to retort.
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