I. Numbers

Sitting high above, unseen to all

Aim is true

In the limelight

This will be your nighti

The players take their places

Cast in their unlikely roles

Awaiting activation

Unaware of what’s to come

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You were a hero

Or so you thought

They were preparing you for more

They were preparing you for war

Purged your conscience with a word

A solitary note

That left you with no choice

You swear you heard a voice…

It was a whisper

Just a whisper

Was it a whisper?

Shhhhh…

Ii. Queen of Diamonds

Queen of Diamonds in your hand

Sent to kill the sons of man

Guilt of crimes you can’t confess

Living blind obedience

Iii. 1954

1954

Pinned down on a ridge

Soil and sulfur

The smell of gasoline

You fought with dignity

They said you saved their lives

Medal of honor. Hero of stolen valor

Memories of a room

In a place you can’t recall

Little old ladies

Your back against the wall

Circle of terror

Revolutionary soldier

Was it all just a dream?

Iv. Fever Dream

Voice 1: Spinning around, turning over, dream repeating, faithful soldier. Never ending, lucid slumber, stand for nothing, stand for no one. Spinning around, turning over, dream repeating, faithful soldier.

Voice 2: Spiraling down and spinning around and up again

Voice 3: Voices in your head

V. Louder Than Bombs

Louder than the bombs they sent for you

Voices in your head demand the truth

Don’t know who to trust and who to kill

Satisfying lust with cheaper thrills

But it was only a whisper

Could’ve sworn it was a whisper

Or wasn’t it a dream?

A whisper to a scream.

Vi. Mommy Dearest

Mommy loves you, she’d never let you down

You can tell her anything

Mommy needs you, to do this one thing for her

Do what mommy says; you know she’d never lie to

You

She’d never lie to you.

In this light, You look just like your father did

Come lay with Mother

You’d never hurt her (would you?)

Vii. Revelation

Instrumental

Viii. Glory

In the waning moments

Of the day

The deed is all but done

Arrange the sacrifice

You are the chosen one

Prepare the way of the Lord

For you are on your way to

Glory.

You’ve finally arrived.

And now you’ve found the answers

And now your soul can sleep

And now the scores are settled

And no one else shall weep

And now you’ve cleared your conscience

There’s nothing left to say

And as you pull the trigger

You’re going

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