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1. |
The Battle Begins
06:00
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Mucklepuck:
When the time has come for battle
When the time for talk is done
When your weapons at the ready
And you've drunk your shot of rum
And the bastards they are coming
Just to see you break and fall
The warthog will lead the call
…
Jill:
That's a lot of mutants
Lloyd:
They’re a distraction. Cut off the head and they’ll be useless. Focus on Sarah.
General, your left flank!
Mucklepuck:
They're coming to kiss my left buttock is all
Isabela:
I’m going to sneak in and cut Sarah’s throat
Lloyd:
Careful, you have a baby to get back to
Isabela:
Michael is going to raise it
Lloyd:
If you don't tell Raven I will
Isabela:
Maybe now is not the time
Mucklepuck:
Charge!
Michael:
Comin’ with the love and the groove, a little lesson for you
I’m comin down to stop you and put this to rest
Coming down to fight for my friends, coming down to save and defend
Coming down to see that this comes to an end
Comin down to stop your insane, your crazy rampage of pain
Coming down to make sure this madness will end
Jill:
Comin’ down with a lesson pay attention this is it
It's what happens when you mess with a witch who’s a bitch
You were welcomed open arms, you were trusted, but instead
You have spit on it and hurt the very people I call friends
So I'm coming down to teach a little lesson to your face
With the help of my spells and my good friend pain
Wipe the smile off your face, send you back where you belong
Send you onwards to Elysium to say, “Hi” to your mom
Get a taste of my hex, gonna share it with the class
Gotta fist that’s full of fire gonna shove right up your ass
We don't tolerate a sadist with your stupid comrade act
Look it's time o’clock for whoopin’, time to take you back to class
Mucklepunk:
By the gods, my sword is thirsty and will drink its fill today
I have never liked you more than when your red blood finally sprays
Come on closer let me send you where the gods won't go at all
The warthog, will lead the call
…
Jill:
And so the day has come, a day of violence and of blood
A day which changes all the ones who might survive
A day of sadness after when they’ll never be the same again
A day we all crossed oh so very many lines
There was anger there was rage, some betrayal and some pain
And quite soon my friends the tears are gonna come
Once upon a starry scene, we had love, we had a dream
But today the only thing that’s left is blood
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2. |
The Battle Rages
13:06
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Lloyd:
We could have been a family, we could have built a dream
But all you love is burning bridges, all you want to do is scream
Your anger will devour all you build and all you touch
It will ruin all your wishes, it will ruin all you love
Sarah:
You’re a joke little squeamish man
With no guts, you just hold back those who can
Those who conquer and those who rule
While you sputter and beg and weep and drool
The dream is dead, there is nothing left
This day will end with one of us dead
The time for talk is gone and past
The time for blood has come at last
…
My reign begins with conquest
The worlds at my feet
The crowds will cheer before me
When I am crowned their queen
Oh Sarah, how we love you
I love you too I vow
And like a diamond how I shine and glitter now
And smile like femme fatale
Isabela:
Surprise Sarah and say goodbye to your throat
Sarah:
You drew across my neck with a crayon
Isabela:
Crayo… this is a knife!
Sarah:
I don't think so. Look again.
Isabela:
What? But how is this possible?
Sarah:
Buh bye Isabela
Isabela:
Grunts
Sarah:
Sleepy sleep
Who’s this? Who’s this bitch?
Kate:
There's a path through the sea for a lass like me
And it leads to a golden isle
And we’ll dance and we’ll sway and we’ll fight our way
Through a tale of a thousand trials
There's a path through the sea for a lass like me
And it leads to a golden isle
And we’ll dance and we’ll sway and we’ll fight our way
Through a tale of a thousand trials
…
Lloyd:
Kate!
Jill:
Sarah speared her through the stomach!
Lloyd:
Jill, I can't.. I'm holding off five of these things, I can't break away. Jill, you have to go rescue her.
Jill:
I'm on it
Lloyd:
And Jill, our trap, the reality well, try to get her to it, we need to push her in, it’s the only way to end this
Jill:
Got it.
There's a pit, the blackest hole
The darkest hell where damned men fall
There's a pit, beneath the drowned
The blackest hole in oceans ground
Life, you'll find, isn't kind at the end of a blade
When at last you must face all the choices you've made
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Sarah:
DIE! DIE! DIE. YES. YES. YES!
Laughs.
It is a pleasure to kill you. Goodbye, Jill.
Michael:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
…
My arm! My arm… aaaahhhh, she cut it off…. Aaaaaaah…. Ah… Ah….
Sarah:
I’m gonna feed this arm to my mutants. Hey, you wanna eat this?
What's this, now?
Teddy bears? Monks? You’ve gotta be kidding me.
Teddy Bears:
Rats in teddy bear suits are librarians are teddy bears
Rats in teddy bear suits are so quiet quiet, please
Rats in teddy bear suits are librarians are teddy bears
Rats in teddy bear suits are so quiet quiet, please
Mucklepuck:
By the gods, my sword is thirsty and will drink its fill today
I have never liked you more than when your red blood finally sprays
Come on slower let me send you where the gods won’t go at all
The warthog will lead the call
When the time has come for battle
When the time for talk is done
When your weapon’s at the ready
And you’ve drunk your shot of rum
And the bastards they are coming
Just to see you break and fall
The warthog will lead the call
Sarah:
There you go, General. It's over now. Any last words?
Mucklepuck:
Thank you. Thank you… You are… a worthy opponent. It is… my honour… to die at your hand.
Sarah:
Now that is how you show some respect.
Is that it? Is that the best you’ve got? Come on! That's it? This is the best you can do?
Asha:
On the edge of the street
Where dream, reality meet
We got the groove movin through in our hearts
With friends so fantazmic that you
Cannot imagine
With Jill and Lloyd:
Got the love holding us in our hearts
Transcendent, stupendous
Hyperdelic consensus
Got the groove moving through in our hearts
We’re shamans in lands past
Where the last signposts stand
We got the love holding us in our hearts
With Marjolein:
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
Sarah:
You’ve come here I'm so sad to say to meet and greet your end of days
I’ve heard of you, you broke they say, you’re weak, you should have stayed away
You could be useful to me when, the empire that I’m summoning
Serve me and I’ll be your friend, or else I’ll bring you to an end
And when I am queen, all who serve me will prosper like they’ve never seen
A goddess I’ll be and I’ll bless all those loyal who will worship me
The day of reckoning is upon us
The day of judgement is falling at our feet
The day of reckoning is upon us
The day of judgement for you and me
When I am queen those who serve me will prosper like they’ve never seen
A goddess I’ll be and I’ll bless all those loyal to me
The day of reckoning is upon us
The day of judgement is falling at our feet
The day of reckoning is upon us
The day of judgement for you and me
Ahhhhh the day of reckoning is upon us
Ahhhhh the day of judgement is at our feet
Ahhhhh the day of reckoning is upon us
Ahhhhh ahh ahhh woahh
Asha:
I've come here now to stop you I have come from away
I’ve wandered far with William, I have learned much of his ways
I've come here now to stop this, you have threatened all my friends
The day of reckoning has come to bring you to an end
The day of reckoning is upon us
The day of judgement is falling at our feet
The day of reckoning is upon us
The day of judgement has come for you and me
Transcendent, stupendous
Hyperdelic consensus
Got the groove moving through in our hearts
We’re shamans in lands past
Where the last signpost stands
We’ve got the love holding us in our hearts
The day of reckoning is upon us
The day of judgement is falling at our feet
The day of reckoning is upon us
The day of judgement has come for you and me
The day of reckoning is upon us
The day of judgement is falling at our feet
The day of reckoning is upon us
The day of judgement for you and me
Ahhhhh the day of reckoning is upon us
Ahhhhh the day of judgement is at our feet
Woooah ahh the day of reckoning is upon us
Wooao aaah ooh ohh aaahhh
Ah! My eye! My eye! My eye!
You try, you try, you try the best you can you try until you…
B… best you… best you can….
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3. |
The Battle Pauses
02:49
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Lloyd:
Who's left?
Marjolein:
I'm still here.
Jill:
I'm right here
Lloyd:
Jill, your face... my god...
Jill:
Never felt better
Michael:
My arm is gone... but I'm still standing...
Jill:
Michael, you're about to fall over
Michael:
I'm not goin anywhere
Lloyd:
Just the four of us then. You all should go. Go somewhere far away where her empire can’t find you.
Michael:
What are you gonna do?
Lloyd:
I'm going down fighting.
Jill:
Damn right.
Lloyd:
Jill, please, be sensible
Jill:
Never felt better
Michael:
I'm not goin anywhere.
Lloyd:
I just don't understand... how is this kind of power possible? Sure she was talented, but... she didn't have this kind of power
Marjolein:
You know, she told me something, in the Red River. She was gloating, saying how those mutants of hers power her like a battery
Lloyd:
What?
Jill:
Power her like a battery…
Lloyd:
A battery...
Jill:
Oh my goddess
Lloyd:
That... that makes sense. That explains everything.
Michael:
So the mutants...
Lloyd:
We've been going about this the wrong way. The mutants aren't a distraction, they're the key.
Jill:
So if we separate her from the mutants...
Lloyd:
New plan. One of you needs to distract Sarah, get her to chase you, get her away from here
and the rest of us get those mutants to the trap, to the reality well.
Jill:
If we get the mutants in the pocket dimension she has to follow or lose her power
Lloyd:
Yes. so she needs to chase someone. it's a suicide mission
Jill:
I'll go. I got his.
Marjolein:
No, I'll go. It's going to take all three of you to get those mutants herded in there. And Sarah... I'm not afraid of her. And I don't have to fight her, just run long enough.
Jill:
Marjolein, there’s no way you can hold her off...
Lloyd:
Jill, she's right. Michael's barely standing. I need you to help herd the mutants. This is our last hope. Marjolein... Marjolein, you can do this. We don't need long, you just need to hold out... just a short while. You're like... I ne... I never thought I'd... know what having a... a daughter felt like, but... it's... good...
Jill:
Marjolein, don't you dare try to...
Marjolein:
Ok everyone, enough. We got this.
Lloyd:
We've got this.
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4. |
The Battle Concludes
12:02
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Sarah:
Marjolein, my dear, I see you’ve come to bow before my feet
I'm feeling generous my love, I know you think I'll kill you but
Instead, come join my empire for I've work for you inside my court
A lovely jester you would be, dance and sing and play for me
Marjolein:
I'm not afraid of you, you don't inspire my fear
You say you'll kill me but last I checked I’m standing here
You're just a little girl who can't get daddy's love
Afraid to think of mom, so from yourself you run and run
And I will survive you, I'll survive you
Watch your trauma drive you
I will survive you till the day you die alone
Sarah:
I’ll kill you!
Peek a boo, well I see you, where's my naughty cub
This little piggy went to town and I could eat her up
I catch you yet and rip your flesh, your bones will pick my teeth
Little piggy, Sarah comes, comes for you, my sweet
Marjolein:
I will survive you, I'll survive you
Will despise revile you
I will survive you till the day you die alone
I will survive you, I'll survive you
Feel my spite inside you
I will survive you till the day you die alone
Sarah:
Peek a boo, well I see you, where's my naughty cub
This little piggy went to town and I could eat her up
I catch you yet and rip your flesh, your bones will pick my teeth
Little piggy, Sarah comes, comes for you, my sweet
Marjolein:
I will survive you, I'll survive you
Will despise revile you
I will survive you till the day you die alone
I will survive you, I'll survive you
Feel my spite inside you
I will survive you till the day you die alone
What's happening?
Sarah:
I’ve opened a portal to a hellscape and it's sucking you in! Stupid girl, I gave you a chance. Buh bye Margie
Jill:
NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Comin with the love and the groove Marjolein I got you
A little rescue a little escape
I’ll try to fight her I’ll try to punch this bitch in the eye
And while I do you can get far away
I think you're out now but then this thing is sucking me in
I'm having trouble I think she might win
Marjolein you should flee, please get away as for me
I'm gonna see this thing through to the end
Marjolein, I will fall, I can't hold on, it's all...
It's all too strong I can't make it please don't
Please don't hold on to me, please just go and get free
Marjolein please just run let me go
Sarah:
Peek a boo, well I see you, where's my naughty cub
This little piggy went to town and I could eat her up
I catch you yet and rip your flesh, your bones will pick my teeth
Little piggy, Sarah comes, comes for you, my sweet
Jill:
Marjolein, let go of me, you'll get pulled in!
Marjolein:
I'm not leaving you!
Jill:
You have to get away, I can't break free!
Sarah:
It's over for you! Into the hellscape you go. Send me a postcard from the pit of despair! You lose, I win! Goodbye girls, in you go!
I did it! I did it! I beat them! I'm queen of the metaverse! I'm empress of reality! My loyal subjects, I can hear them... come! Come worship me! Worship me, my sweet children! I love you all! I love you my dear subjects! Your empress loves you!
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
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
.............
Michael:
We did it
Lloyd:
They're almost all inside. We did it. Now we just have to go and take care of Sarah.
Where is Sarah?
Michael:
I think she's over there, but… she looks like...
Lloyd:
What on earth is wrong with her?
Michael:
She looks like a... a
Lloyd:
Meat monster
Michael:
Yeah... A meat monster...
Lloyd:
The creature! From the story
Michael:
Penny Dreadful thing from when you were a kid...
Lloyd:
Yes, well she’s clearly trying to get into my head
Michael:
But why is she... doing that? Is... is she waving?
Lloyd:
Who is she waving to?
Michael:
She looks like shes... three bubbles away from fairyland
Lloyd:
Channelling that kind of power like she did... there have to be consequences
Michael:
So... what do we do with her?
...
Sarah:
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
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
………
Teddy Bears:
Rats in teddy bear suits are librarians are teddy bears
In rat suits are librarians so quiet, quiet, please
Rats in teddy bear suits are librarians are teddy bears
In rat suits are librarians so quiet, quiet, please
Empress we have come to guide you to your newest home
A palace grand where you can go and rule the world as you please
Your fans are ever cheering in your mind you are endearing
We don't wish to be appearing to object to your fair dream
The way is just down here you're gonna love it this we swear
You will be safe and free from fear and you can rule your days away
You all have done your part though this next bit will be quite hard
The time has come for us to part, we’ll take good care of her, have a good day
Rats in teddy bear suits are librarians are teddy bears
In rat suits are librarians so quiet, quiet, please
Rats in teddy bear suits are librarians are teddy bears
In rat suits are librarians so quiet, quiet, please
Rats in teddy bear suits are librarians are teddy bears
In rat suits are librarians so quiet, quiet, please
Rats in teddy bear suits are librarians are teddy bears
In rat suits are librarians so quiet, quiet, please
Lloyd:
Michael…. Where are Jill and Marjolein?
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5. |
Epilogue
05:11
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Jill:
So our story now my friends, it is coming to an end
Though a few things still remain to tidy up
The time that follows is quite hard, but we’re going to skip that part
And a few years down the line pick our tale up
Raven’s carnival is here, he spends all of his time there
While Lloyd is aimless pondering what to do
The temple where Asha had been will try to heal her once again
And as for Michael, he’s embraced his life anew…
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Michael:
I was quite clear those toys had better be picked up before you even think about getting that snack. Do not g... Do not give me the cute eyes little money child… I swear you have me wrapped around your little fing… oh that's the door. Lloyd!
Lloyd:
Michael! It's wonderful to see you.
Michael:
You're a sight for sore eyes. It's been some years.
Lloyd:
It has been a few years.
Michael:
I hope the journey wasn't too hard.
Lloyd:
It is difficult.
Michael:
I'm nervous about taking Son Mi. Son, say hello to your uncle Lloyd.
Lloyd:
Well hello there. You are a wonderful little girl. Look how big you are.
Michael:
I thought Isabela was dead wrong not to tell David about his daughter.
Lloyd:
He’s… spiralling. I think having her in his life, even in a small capacity could really help ground him. And she’s old even to make the journey.
Michael:
I still think it's a bit dangerous, I'm not entirely comfortable. But… it's just the two of us here for years now, and.. my own childhood was pretty lonely. I think she could use some extended family.
Lloyd:
We’ll both accompany her. I'm sure it’ll be fine.
…
Jill:
But alas the journey home will not go quite as they hoped
There are things out there quite dangerous I must say
Lloyd is killed and Michael harmed, he believes his daughter gone
But into a strange new narrative, she strays
And Lloyd’s soul, I tell you all, was caught and placed into a doll
Where for decades in frustration there he stays
And Michael howls in grief, for Lloyd and for little Son Mi
We will catch back up to them again one day
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
Till sad old ladies alone in a dark home is all that is left
Sometimes I dream magazines, smiling starlets
Marjolein:
Glamour and haze how they wave from days that are now long since swept
Jill & Marjolein:
Sparkle and shine, lost lives once upon a memory
Till 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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