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Conspiracy
04:48
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It's all connected.
Just look around.
If you can't see it, baby,
then you're just another frown.
They've got the number.
They'll make the call.
But there ain't nobody home,
and there never ever was at all.
Hey!
Conspiracy!
Hey!
Conspiracy?
It's a delusion,
but alarms do sound.
And if you cry wolf out baby,
then you'll shoot the doggy down.
Don't be afraid, then.
Or maybe do.
You never know, they might be
coming after you.
Hey!
Conspiracy!
Hey!
Conspiracy?
It's never-ending.
Everything's game.
If you believe it, baby,
then you only fan the flame.
They'll never get it.
Fear is the thing.
They're busy watching over
shoulders held in slings.
Hey!
Conspiracy!
Hey!
Conspiracy?
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2. |
Time on the Take
07:50
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Say—
that's the same
as doing it.
Wait—
the delays
assuage it.
Time
on the take
to ruin it.
“Stay,”
that's the way,
to sell 'em it.
* * *
Waste
all the days
believing it.
Smile
as the hands
are threading it.
Time
on the take
a-keepin' it.
Right
back to re-
beginning it.
* * *
Say—
that's the same
as doing it.
Wait—
the delays
assuage it.
Time
on the take—
and seeing it—
wake
more each time
you notice it.
* * *
Braced
now to throw
the wrench in it.
Wait-
ed enough
to give 'em it.
Time
on the take—
relinquish it.
Now
come apart
from getting it!
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3. |
Birdie
06:52
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Flying circles,
taking charge of the sky.
Chasing biplanes,
boasting, daring a try.
Little birdie,
only just passing by?
All the sky now,
just a glare in his eye.
Old crow in the sky,
walked up on the air and then
joined in the flight.
Port and starboard,
crow's a-circling below.
Keeping close now,
wings a-gliding, but slow.
Make a break and
birdie widens his throw.
Bearing down now,
flyers risking a blow.
Old crow in the sky,
walked up on the air and then
joined in the flight.
Old crow in the sky.
Joining in the flight.
Walked up on the air.
Boasting and a dare.
Crowing all about!
Planes eat crow and shout!
Port, starboard he glides!
Joining in the flight!
Bored of playing,
birdie sails away.
Little biplanes,
sigh relief newly gray.
From a distance,
birdie turns to foray...
On the clouds now,
big jetliners at play.
Old crow in the sky,
walked up on the air and then
joined in the flight.
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4. |
At the Movies
08:09
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CONTESTANT ONE
Let's start a revolution.
CONTESTANT TWO
Just wanna see the lights.
And from THE AUDIENCE (in destitution)
Sometimes it seems like we don't have no rights.
- - -
Cut to THE HERO
through the smoke and mirrors.
(shots ring) he dies
THE AUDIENCE (aghast)
We'd put our faith in something we could see, oh
but now that he's gone the end has come at last!
- - -
(At the movies,
waiting beneath the screen.)
VILLAIN (be-knowing-smiled)
I've got you where I need.
HERO (a memory;
a flashback of a victory)
Don't waiting be beguiled
by that which you cannot see.
- - -
MONTAGE
A face twisted in realization.
Arms raised in anger, ready for the fight.
Now all amassed—finally retribution.
END MONTAGE (as distractions crush their might)
- - -
(At the movies,
waiting beneath the screen.)
VILLAIN (be-knowing-smiled)
I've got you where I need.
CONTESTANTS (eyes a-glazed,
in unison, hypno-fazed,
speechless but for a word)
Amazed, amazed, amazed.
--SOLO--
(At the movies,
waiting beneath the screen.)
VILLAIN (be-knowing-smiled)
I've got you where I need.
HERO (a memory;
a flashback of a victory)
Don't waiting be beguiled
by that which you cannot see.
--INTERLUDE--
CONTESTANT ONE
About that revolution...
CONTESTANT TWO
Nobody knows my plight.
And from THE AUDIENCE (in opposition)
Don't tread on me—you'll never have the right.
- - -
Cut to THE HERO,
zoom out for the distance
(frowning, he chides)
THE AUDIENCE
At last!
We've seen it all, and we know it could be-o
but we'd rather stay in chains of future's past.
- - -
(At the movies,
waiting beneath the screen.)
VILLAIN (be-knowing-smiled)
I've got you where I need.
AUDIENCE (synchronized,
readied for the knowing eyes.
But no plan to be on attack,
just holding back the cries.
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5. |
Signs
05:29
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I've seen all
these signs before!
- - -
Staring back
all the time.
Posted up,
pay no mind.
Give directions,
mark the land.
Giant letters,
lines in sand.
Had to see it,
always there.
Blind before,
now ya gotta stare.
I've seen all
these signs before
but noticed them
just now for sure.
- - -
Now suspicious.
What'd ya miss?
Look around and you'll
catch the drift.
Looking over
what you see
dulls the colors
and sharpens teeth.
It's a journey—
enjoy the ride.
Along the roadway,
catch the signs.
I've seen all
these signs before,
but noticed them
just now for sure.
What stood right there
(and all along)
might just appear
after this song.
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Alex Hall's Figurehead Ohio
Alex Hall's Figurehead is a guitar-driven, progressive rock band drawing from progressive mainstays and rock 'n' roll royalty. Now the front for the music of its sole member—Alex Hall—it features the first studio-specific project from the band, entitled "Johnny." With its classic and modern progressive rock fusion sound, the music is sure to captivate even the most discerning listeners. ... more
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