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2112

 

"I lie awake, staring out at the bleakness of Megadon. City and sky become one, merging into a single plane, a vast sea of unbroken grey. The Twin Moons, just two pale orbs as they trace their way across the steely sky. I used to think I had a pretty good life here, just plugging into my machine for the day, then watching Templevision or reading a Temple Paper in the evening.

"My friend Jon always said it was nicer here than under the atmospheric domes of the Outer Planets. We have had peace since 2062, when the surviving planets were banded together under the Red Star of the Solar Federation. The less fortunate gave us a few new moons.

I believed what I was told. I thought it was a good life, I thought I was happy. Then I found something that changed it all..."

 

Anonymous, 2112

 

I. Overture

"And the meek shall inherit the earth."

 

II. Temples of Syrinx

... "The massive grey walls of the Temples rise from the heart of every Federation city. I have always been awed by them, to think that every single facet of every life is regulated and directed from within! Our books, our music, our work and play are all looked after by the benevolent wisdom of the priests..."

 

We've taken care of everything

The words you hear the songs you sing

The pictures that give pleasure to your eyes.

 

It's one for all and all for one

We work together common sons

Never need to wonder how or why.

 

We are the Priests, of the Temples of Syrinx

Our great computers fill the hallowed halls.

We are the Priests, of the Temples of Syrinx

All the gifts of life are held within our walls.

 

Look around this world we made

Equality our stock in trade

Come and join the Brotherhood of Man

Oh what a nice contented world

Let the banners be unfurled

Hold the Red Star proudly high in hand.

 

We are the Priests, of the Temples of Syrinx

Our great computers fill the hallowed halls.

We are the Priests, of the Temples of Syrinx

All the gifts of life are held within our walls.

 

 

III. Discovery

... "Behind my beloved waterfall, in the little room that was hidden beneath the cave, I found it. I brushed away the dust of the years, and picked it up, holding it reverently in my hands. I had no idea what it might be, but it was beautiful" ...

... "I learned to lay my fingers across the wires, and to turn the keys to make them sound differently. As I struck the wires with my other hand, I produced my first harmonious sounds, and soon my own music! How different it could be from the music of the Temples! I can't wait to tell the priests about it! ..."

 

What can this strange device be?

When I touch it, it gives forth a sound

It's got wires that vibrate and give music

What can this thing be that I found?

 

See how it sings like a sad heart

And joyously screams out its pain

Sounds that build high like a mountain

Or notes that fall gently like rain.

 

I can't wait to share this new wonder

The people will all see its light

Let them all make their own music

The Priests praise my name on this night.

 

IV. Presentation

... "In the sudden silence as I finished playing, I looked up to a circle of grim, expressionless faces. Father Brown rose to his feet, and his somnolent voice echoed throughout the silent Temple Hall." ...

... "Instead of the grateful joy that I expected, they were words of quiet rejection! Instead of praise, sullen dismissal. I watched in shock and horror as Father Brown ground my precious instrument to splinters beneath his feet..."

 

I know it's most unusual

To come before you so

But I've found an ancient miracle

I thought that you should know

 

Listen to my music

And hear what it can do

There's something here as strong as life

I know that it will reach you.

 

Yes, we know it's nothing new

It's just a waste of time

We have no need for ancient ways

The world is doing fine

 

Another toy will help destroy

The elder race of man

Forget about your silly whim

It doesn't fit the plan.

 

I can't believe you're saying

These things just can't be true

Our world could use this beauty

Just think what we might do.

 

Listen to my music

And hear what it can do

There's something here as strong as life

I know that it will reach you.

 

Don't annoy us further

We have our work to do.

Just think about the average

What use have they for you?

 

Another toy will help destroy

The elder race of man

Forget about your silly whim

It doesn't fit the plan.

 

V. Oracle: The Dream

... "I guess it was a dream, but even now it all seems so vivid to me. Clearly yet I see the beckoning hand of the oracle as he stood at the summit of the staircase" ...

... "I see still the incredible beauty of the sculptured cities and the pure spirit of man revealed in the lives and works of this world. I was overwhelmed by both wonder and understanding as I saw a completely different way to life, a way that had been crushed by the Federation long ago. I saw now how meaningless life had become with the loss of all these things ..."

 

I wandered home though the silent streets

And fell into a fitful sleep

Escape to realms beyond the night

Dream can't you show me the light?

 

I stand atop a spiral stair

An oracle confronts me there

He leads me on light years away

Through astral nights, galactic days

 

I see the works of gifted hands

That grace this strange and wondrous land

I see the hand of man arise

With hungry mind and open eyes

 

They left the planet long ago

The elder race still learn and grow

Their power grows with purpose strong

To claim the home where they belong

Home, to tear the Temples down...

Home, to change..

 

VI. Soliloquy

... "I have not left this cave for days now, it has become my last refuge in my total despair. I have only the music of the waterfall to comfort me now. I can no longer live under the control of the Federation, but there is no other place to go. My last hope is that with my death I may pass into the world of my dream, and know peace at last."

 

The sleep is still in my eyes

The dream is still in my head

I heave a sigh and sadly smile

And lie a while in bed

I wish that it might come to pass

Not fade like all my dreams

 

Just think of what my life might be

In a world like I have seen

I don't think I can carry on

Carry on this cold and empty life

Oh...noo.

 

My spirits are low in the depths of despair

My lifeblood spills over..

 

VII. The Grand Finale

Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation

Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation

Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation

We have assumed control.

We have assumed control.

We have assumed control.

 

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When you're wide awake

Say it for goodness sake,

It's gonna be a great day.

While you're standing there

Get up and grab a chair,

It's gonna be a great day.

 

And it won't be long oh no

It won't be long, it won't be long, ohh yeah

 

Ooh, ooh, yeah

Gonna be a great day

 

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Long distance run around

long time waiting to feel the sound

I still remember the dream there

I still remember the time you said goodbye

did we really tell lies

letting in the sunshine

did we really count to one hundred

 

Cold summer listening

hot colour melting the anger to stone

I still remember the time you said goodbye

did we really tell lies

did we really count to one hundred

looking for the sunshine

 

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A few songs I particularly enjoyed today...

 

First song of the day: biggrin.gif

 

 

Begin the day with a friendly voice,

A companion unobtrusive

Plays the song that's so elusive

And the magic music makes your morning mood.

 

Off on your way, hit the open road,

There is magic at your fingers

For the Spirit ever lingers,

Undemanding contact in your happy solitude.

 

Invisible airwaves crackle with life

Bright antenna bristle with the energy

Emotional feedback on timeless wavelength

Bearing a gift beyond price, almost free

 

All this machinery making modern music

Can still be open-hearted.

Not so coldly charted, it's really just a question

Of your honesty, yeah, your honesty.

One likes to believe in the freedom of music,

But glittering prizes and endless compromises

Shatter the illusion of integrity.

 

For the words of the profits were written on the studio wall,

Concert hall

And echoes with the sounds of salesmen

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Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face

Caesar's Palace, morning glory, silly human race

On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place

If the summer changed to winter, yours is no disgrace

 

Battleships confide in me and tell me where you are

Shining, flying, purple wolfhound, show me where you are

Lost in summer, born in winter, travel very far

Lost in losing circumstances, that's just where you are

 

Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face

Caesar's Palace, morning glory, silly human, silly human race

On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place

If the summer changed to winter, yours is no, yours is no disgrace

Yours is no disgrace

Yours is no disgrace

 

Death defying, mutilated armies scatter the earth

Crawling out of dirty holes, their morals, their morals disappear

 

Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face

Caesar's Palace, morning glory, silly human, silly human, silly human race

On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place

If the summer changed to winter, yours is no, yours is no disgrace

Yours is no disgrace

Yours is no disgrace

 

Battleships confide in me and tell me where you are

Shining, flying, purple wolfhound, show me where you are

Lost in summer, born in winter, travel very far

Lost in losing circumstances, that's just where you are

 

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Guess what, I thought about a beautiful day

It simply caught me out in my own time

Thinking about it, I was under the weather

And over the moon at the same time

 

I really see you baby, every time I guess

In my dreams I love you the best

 

By going straight to the heart of things

Straight to the heart of the matter

Straight to the heart

To the heart of things

Oh yeah

 

You did me so much good by calling me up

I really understood your loving at that moment in time

Who could believe me when I really wanted just to

Be with the sun and the sunshine

 

Really tried so hard to be good to please

You know you got me feeling weak in the knees

 

I'm going straight to the heart of things

Straight to the heart of the matter

Straight to the turn around

Look around

Oh yeah

 

Think about it, baby, now I really don't want

To try to get it out, to write it out or spell it out far

Submit me baby, you can do what you want to me

As long as we can get inside the back of your car

 

Every time I guess, I want you close to me

Every time I guess something happens to me

Every time I guess, don't have to try so hard

I wanna tell you babe

Don't want to let you down

 

Straight to the heart of things

Straight to the heart of things

Straight to the heart of the matter

 

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You ask me where to begin

Am I so lost in my sin

You ask me where did I fall

I'll say I can't tell you when

But if my spirit is lost

How will I find what is near

Don't question I'm not alone

Somehow I'll find my way home

 

My sun shall rise in the east

So shall my heart be at peace

And if you're asking me when

I'll say it starts at the end

You know your will to be free

Is matched with love secretly

And talk will alter your prayer

Somehow you'll find you are there

 

Your friend is close by your side

And speaks in far ancient tongue

A season's wish will come true

All seasons begin with you

One world we all come from

One world we melt into one

Just hold my hand and we're there

Somehow we're going somewhere

Somehow we're going somewhere

 

You ask me where to begin

Am I so lost in my sin

You ask me where did I fall

I'll say I can't tell you when

But if my spirit is strong

I know it can't be long

No questions I'm not alone

Somehow I'll find my way home

Somehow I'll find my way home

 

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High on the sacred mountain

Up the seven thousand stairs

In the golden light of autumn

There was magic in the air

 

Clouds surrounded the summit

The wind blew strong and cold

Among the silent temples

And the writing carved in gold

Somewhere in my instincts

The primitive took hold...

 

I stood at the top of the mountain

And China sang to me

In the peaceful haze of harvest time

A song of eternity --

 

If you raise your hands to heaven

You will live a hundred years

I stood there like a mystic

Lost in the atmosphere

 

The clouds were suddenly parted

For a moment I could see

The patterns of the landscape

Reaching to the eastern sea

I looked upon a presence

Spanning forty centuries...

 

I thought of time and distance

The hardships of history

I heard the hope and the hunger

When China sang to me

 

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QUOTE (Jaye @ Feb 18 2008, 06:00 PM)
Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face
Caesar's Palace, morning glory, silly human race
On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place
If the summer changed to winter, yours is no disgrace

Battleships confide in me and tell me where you are
Shining, flying, purple wolfhound, show me where you are
Lost in summer, born in winter, travel very far
Lost in losing circumstances, that's just where you are

Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face
Caesar's Palace, morning glory, silly human, silly human race
On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place
If the summer changed to winter, yours is no, yours is no disgrace
Yours is no disgrace
Yours is no disgrace

Death defying, mutilated armies scatter the earth
Crawling out of dirty holes, their morals, their morals disappear

Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face
Caesar's Palace, morning glory, silly human, silly human, silly human race
On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place
If the summer changed to winter, yours is no, yours is no disgrace
Yours is no disgrace
Yours is no disgrace

Battleships confide in me and tell me where you are
Shining, flying, purple wolfhound, show me where you are
Lost in summer, born in winter, travel very far
Lost in losing circumstances, that's just where you are

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Who am I but you and the sun

A sad reflection in everyone

Was it me who let you walk away

Were you the one

Or is it we're the same

 

What are we in time going by

The simple story of a younger life

Happy dreams and somehow through the day

We havent come so far to lose our way

 

Look at me, I believe it's true

You're a part of me

I'm a part of you

 

Love is only what we come to knew

The walking, breathing and all with you

A crystal passing reflected in our eyes

Eclipsing all the jealousy and lies

 

Look at me, cant you see its true

You're a part of me

I'm a part of you

 

Quiet as the voices in a dream

Without two shadows the things I've seen

Remember the evening I let you walk away

Were you the one

Or is it we're the same

 

Look at me, I believe it's true

You're a part of me

I'm a part of you

 

 

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Goodbye, little Robin-Marie,

Don't try, following me.

Don't cry, little Robin-Marie,

'Cause you know, I'm coming home soon.

 

My ship's, leaving on a three year tour,

Next tide, will take us from shore.

Wind-laced, gather in sail and spray,

On a search, for the mighty sperm whale.

 

Fly your willow branches,

Wrap your body 'round my soul,

Lay down your reeds and drums on my soft sheets,

There are years behind us reaching,

To the place where hearts are beating,

And I know you're the last true love I'll ever meet.

And I know you're the last true love I'll ever meet.

 

Starbuck's, sharpening his harpoon,

Black man's, playin' his tune,

An old salt's, sleeping his watch away,

He'll be drunk again, before noon.

 

Three years, sailing on bended knee,

We found, no whales in the sea,

Don't cry, little Robin-Marie,

'Cause we'll be, in sight of land soon.

 

Fly your willow branches,

Wrap your body 'round my soul,

Lay down your reeds and drums on my soft sheets,

There are years behind us reaching,

To the place where hearts are beating,

And I know you're the last true love I'll ever meet.

And I know you're the last true love I'll ever meet.

 

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QUOTE (Fridge @ Feb 18 2008, 06:35 PM)
QUOTE (Jaye @ Feb 18 2008, 06:00 PM)
Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face
Caesar's Palace, morning glory, silly human race
On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place
If the summer changed to winter, yours is no disgrace

Battleships confide in me and tell me where you are
Shining, flying, purple wolfhound, show me where you are
Lost in summer, born in winter, travel very far
Lost in losing circumstances, that's just where you are

Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face
Caesar's Palace, morning glory, silly human, silly human race
On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place
If the summer changed to winter, yours is no, yours is no disgrace
Yours is no disgrace
Yours is no disgrace

Death defying, mutilated armies scatter the earth
Crawling out of dirty holes, their morals, their morals disappear

Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face
Caesar's Palace, morning glory, silly human, silly human, silly human race
On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place
If the summer changed to winter, yours is no, yours is no disgrace
Yours is no disgrace
Yours is no disgrace

Battleships confide in me and tell me where you are
Shining, flying, purple wolfhound, show me where you are
Lost in summer, born in winter, travel very far
Lost in losing circumstances, that's just where you are

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It was my iPod's choice, wink.gif but I was happy when it came on. biggrin.gif (I haven't listened to it for a while ohmy.gif )

I was tapping the first parts on the handlebars of my bike. tongue.gif

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On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair

Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air

Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light

My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim

I had to stop for the night

 

There she stood in the doorway;

I heard the mission bell

And I was thinking to myself,

'This could be Heaven or this could be Hell'

Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way

There were voices down the corridor,

I thought I heard them say...

 

Welcome to the Hotel California

Such a lovely place

Such a lovely face

Plenty of room at the Hotel California

Any time of year, you can find it here

 

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends

She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends

How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.

Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

 

So I called up the Captain,

'Please bring me my wine'

He said,'We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine'

And still those voices are calling from far away,

Wake you up in the middle of the night

Just to hear them say...

 

Welcome to the Hotel California

Such a lovely place

Such a lovely face

They livin' it up at the Hotel California

What a nice surprise, bring your alibis

 

Mirrors on the ceiling,

The pink champagne on ice

And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device'

And in the master's chambers,

They gathered for the feast

The stab it with their steely knives,

But they just can't kill the beast

 

Last thing I remember, I was

Running for the door

I had to find the passage back

To the place I was before

'Relax,'said the night man,

We are programmed to receive.

You can checkout any time you like,

but you can never leave

"this o.k?"

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It went right by me-

At the time it went over my head

I was looking out the window

I should have looked at your face instead

 

It went right by me-

Just another wall

There should have been a moment

When we let our barriers fall

I never meant what you're thinking-

That is not what I meant at all...

 

Well I guess we all have these feelings

We can't leave unreconciled

Some of them burned on our ceilings

Some of them learned as a child

The things that we're concealing

Will never let us grow

Time will do its healing

You've got to let it go

 

Closed for my protection-

Open to your scorn

Between these two directions

My heart is sometimes torn

 

I lie awake with my secrets

spinning around my head

something that somehow escaped me-

Something you shouldn't have said

I was looking out the window

I should have looked at your face instead...

 

I find no absolution

In my rational point of view

Maybe some things are instinctive

But there's one thing you could do

You could try to understand me-

I could try to understand you...

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Sing with me!

 

There's a lady who's sure, all that glitters is gold

And she's buying a stairway to heaven

When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed

With a word she can get what she came for

Ooh ooh, and she's buying a stairway to heaven

 

There's a sign on the wall, but she wants to be sure

'cause you know sometimes words have two meanings

In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings

Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven

 

Ooh, it makes me wonder

 

There's a feeling I get when I look to the west

And my spirit is crying for leaving

In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees

And the voices of those who standing looking

 

Ooh, it makes me wonder

Ooh, it really makes me wonder

 

And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune

Then the piper will lead us to reason

And a new day will dawn for those who stand long

And the forests will echo with laughter

 

Does anyone remember icon_really_happy_guy.gif?

 

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now

It's just a spring clean for the May Queen

Yes there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run

There's still time to change the road you're on

 

And it makes me wonder

 

Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know

The piper's calling you to join him

Dear lady can you hear the wind blow, and did you know

Your stairway lies on the whispering wind

 

And as we wind on down the road

Our shadows taller than our soul

There walks a lady we all know

Who shines white light and wants to show

How ev'rything still turns to gold

And if you listen very hard

The tune will come to you at last

When all are one and one is all

To be a rock and not to roll

 

And she's buying a stairway to heaven

 

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Anyone know a song with the lyric "Here we go again" in it that I can post? laugh.gif

Here we go again,

Here we go again and again,

Wondrin how it all began,

Wondrin will it ever end.

 

Round and round we go,

Where its going, nobody knows.

Though I know weve been this place before,

Someone keeps on moving the door.

 

Here we go agai-ai-ai-ain,

Here we go agai-ain.

Here we go agai-ai-ai-ain,

Here we go agai-ain.

 

So I say hello again,

And nobody gives a damn,

And nobody wants to hold your hand,

Evryone is an also-ran.

 

Round and round we go,

Where its going, nobody knows.

Though I know weve seen this place before,

Someone keeps on moving the door.

 

Here we go agai-ai-ai-ain,

Here we go agai-ain.

Here we go agai-ai-ai-ain,

Here we go agai-ain.

 

Round and round we go-oh-oh-oh,

Round and round we go-oh.

 

Here we go agai-ai-ai-ain,

Here we go agai-ain.

 

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now you've got me in a yoko mood jaye tongue.gif

 

Walking on thin ice,

I'm paying the price

For throwing the dice in the air.

Why must we learn it the hard way

And play the game of life with your heart?

 

I gave you my knife,

You gave me my life

Like a gush of wind in my hair.

Why do we forget what's been said

And play the game of life with our hearts?

 

I may cry some day,

But the tears will dry whichever way.

And when our hearts return to ashes,

It'll be just a story,

It'll be just a story.

 

Ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai...

 

Ooh-ahooh...

 

"i knew a girl who tried to walk across the lake,

'course it was winter when all this was ice.

That's a hell of a thing to do, you know.

They say the lake is as big as the ocean.

I wonder if she knew about it?"

 

Ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai...

 

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On the edge of sleep, I awoke to a sun so bright

Rested and fearless, cheered by your nearness

I knew which direction was right

 

Was right...

 

The case had been tried by the jury inside

The choice between darkness and light...

The choice between darkness and light

 

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QUOTE (OriginalFan @ Feb 20 2008, 01:13 AM)
On the edge of sleep, I awoke to a sun so bright
Rested and fearless, cheered by your nearness
I knew which direction was right

Was right...

The case had been tried by the jury inside
The choice between darkness and light...
The choice between darkness and light

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