Audemus (Playlist: Act 1)

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"Being fungi living groundwork
Mycelium, mycelium

Growing lichen, stretching lifetimes (growing lichen, stretching lifetimes)
Dwelling places, more than one (dwelling places, more than one)

Becoming lichens of our own minds (becoming lichens of our own minds)
Co-creaturely, entangled life (co-creaturely, entangled life)
Becoming lichens of our own minds (becoming lichens of our own minds)

Entangled life (entangled life)
Entangled life (entangled life)
Entangled life"

Lyrics

"My head was warm, my skin was soaked
I called your name 'till the fever broke
When I awoke, the moon still hung
The night, so black that the darkness hums
I raised myself, my legs were weak
I prayed my mind be good to me
An awful noise filled the air
I head a scream in the woods somewhere.

[Chorus]
Oohh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

A woman's voice, I quickly ran
Into the trees with empty hands
A fox, it was, he shook afraid
I spoke no words, no sound he made
His bone exposed, his hind was lame
I raised a stone to end his pain
What caused the wound? How large, the teeth?
I sure knew eyes were watchin' me

[Chorus]
Oohh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

The creature lunged, I turned and ran
To save a life I didn't have
Dear, in the chase, there as I flew
Forgot all prayers of joining you
I clutched my life and wished it kept
My dearest love, I'm not done yet
How many years? I know I'll bear
I found something in the woods somewhere

[Chorus]
Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh"

Lyrics.

"Oh, sun sinks in the ocean again
Way down deep in his bay, he waits
Resting his head 'til day
But until then
But until then

[Chorus]
Full moon
Why don't you stay?
Full moon
Why don't you stay?
Why don't you stay?

Full moon
Stretching its arms to the sky
He climbs into the night
He flies wondering why he shines
Only tonight
Only tonight

[Chorus]
Full moon
Why don't you stay?
Full moon
Why don't you stay?
Why don't you stay?"

Lyrics.

"Could it be I was the one
That you held so deep in the night?
On the back staircase
You fell to your knees with tears in your eyes

[Refrain]
All that you suffered, all the disease
You couldn't hide it, hide it from me

[Verse 2]
All alone, scared in your room
Would you swear there's nobody home?
On the bed, laying awake
As you prayed he'd leave you alone

[Refrain]
I'll let the darkness swallow me whole
I need to find you, need you to know

[Chorus]
I'll be your friend in the daylight again
There we will be, like an old enemy
Like the salt and the sea

[Verse 3]
And they wrote all these prescriptions
They wrote me off like a heel
Yeah, the doctors with their medicine
Left me to rock in my filth

[Refrain]
From the destruction, out of the flame
You need a villain, give me a name

[Chorus]
I'll be your friend in the daylight again
There we will be, like an old enemy
I'll be your friend in the daylight again
There we will be, like an old enemy
Like the salt and the sea
Like the salt and the sea"

Lyrics.

"[Verse 1: LOKI]
Somewhere deep inside me fester memories and dreams
I try to pin them down, but I can't hear beyond the screams
All I recall with clarity is sunshine and is merry song
What are these thoughts so vague and dark beyond?
Deep inside my mind, what is there to find?

[Verse 2: LOKI]
Who is she that I see? Could it be? Is it me? Or just a dream?
Crying out, but without any way she can shout her silent scream
Is this rage at her cage or wars she cannot wage chained in my soul?
Can I find from my mind that which I left behind making me whole?

[Chorus 1: LOKI]
Flashes like camera bulbs fire in my brain
Is this truly me, am I going insane?
In faint bloody flashes I watch people die
And if that was me, then who am I?

[Verse 3: LOKI]
Locked away from the fray, lest they say what I may truly deserve
Though my tears, I can hear echoes of creeping fear whispering words
In my soul, taking hold, trying to make me whole, bringing me back
What I saw, came before, leads to a gaping maw, twisting the track

[Chorus 1: LOKI]
Flashes like camera bulbs fire in my brain
Is this truly me, am I going insane?
In faint bloody flashes I watch people die
And if that was me, then who am I?
[Bridge: LOKI]
Oohhh, you can’t erase me
Oohhh, you can't unmake me
Oohhh, you can't erase me
Oohhh, you can’t unmake me

[Chorus 1: LOKI]
Flashes like camera bulbs fire in my brain
Is this truly me, am I going insane?
In faint bloody flashes I watch people die
And if that was me, then who am I?
[Verse 4: THOR]
This cannot be, but here I see a face I know so well
Loki should be dead, but here she sits, a broken shell
Baldur died, and for that crime we watched her burn in bloody pain
Did Odin think to save her for her train?
If we were betrayed, there's a price to pay

[Chorus 2: THOR]
Fury like thunderbolts burns in my veins
If that's truly her then I know who's to blame
Odin passed judgement; we all watched her die
But if that is Loki she'll pay for her lies

[Chorus 1 & 2: LOKI & THOR]
Flashes like camera bulbs fire in my brain
(Fury like thunderbolts burns in my veins)
Is this truly me, am I going insane?
(If that's truly her then I know who's to blame)
In faint bloody flashes I watch people die
(Odin passed judgement; we all watched her die)
And if that was me, then who the fuck am I?
(But if that is Loki you'll pay for your lies)"

Lyrics.

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"[Verse 5]
thgir ti ta kool uoy fi gnimlaC
cirtcele rehtehw rednop yeht reveN
thgin eht hguorht ti edam gnivah levraM
ot trats selcitrap eht ,thgirb sworg ti nehW

[Bridge]
(?huh ,uoy toN) em ton m'I fi llet t'nac I, rotcoD
dnim ym edisni no gniog s'tahw dnatsrednU
em pleh enoemoS
a edisni eloh a edisni llaf uoy dnA
ees t'ndluoc uoy eloh a edisni llaf uoy dnA
(lennut [?]) dnuora syalp niarb eht woh eeS
(!ah ah ah aH)
(llaF) nwod er'uoy lit' tog ev'uoy lla ti evig uoy dnA
(llaF) tog ev'yeht lla ti evig yeht dnA
(llaF) tog ev'yeht lla ti evig yeht dnA
(llaf yeht woh eeS) dnuorg eht krow sfres eht woh eeS
(I too, [?] now, besides, you think I’m man enough to-t-t)

[Post-Chorus]
(I hate this) (hhO) em rof yhtapmys evah ,eeht fo daelp I
ees uoy ,yob a tsuj saw I
em no ycrem evah ,eeht fo geb I
ytsejam yht nwod gnilarips (hhO) oS

[Chorus]
(!etirdned noxa ,etirdned noxA) (!em pleh ,em pleH)
Os ytngierevos eniht tuo gnihcrocS
(etirdned noxa ,etirdned noxA) (em pleh ,em pleH) yllohw srebmahc enim gniyfirtcelE
(etirdned noxa ,etirdned noxA) (em pleh ,em pleH) suht selpmet enim sekirts gninthgiL
(etirdned noxa ,etirdned noxA) (em pleh ,em pleH) eht sa gnitnacni ecnemmoc snuN

[Verse 4]
([?]) yærp dna rewoc ot uoy redro I
drol ruoy ma I ,modgnik ym ni ereH
yawa em yrrac dna em revileD
ygrene thguoht fo skraps gnirettacS

[Chorus]
elbuort rof tsriht a setas suineg yhT
llul fo llah eht ni gnikeirhS
elbbur rednu gnipsag srewolf ehT
nwod elbmurc srewot enim llA

[Verse 3]
(They hopefully need no power for my mind-)
yramrifni eht ot mih nmednoC (You ought to be ashamed of yourself) (You ought to be)
enasni tiebla traeh doog a ev'I
em em revo yrolg sti demialc sah niarb yM
?nialpxe I yam ,ronoh ruoy ,rehtaF
[Verse 2]
(Oh, Suzy.) (Yes, a sloop!)
dnah thgir ruoy esiar won ,nos ,uoy pleh oS (And then they sail off and dump you on the beach at Timbuktu!)
hturt elohw eht llet ot raews ylnmeloS (They couldn't sail off and dump me on the beach at Timbuktu.)
(muf Why not?) (of if eef eht fo ecivreS) dnats eht no ynomitset ruoy deen ll'eW (Timbuktu happens to be in the middle of the Sahara Desert.) (Oh.)
?daelp uoy od woh ,ronim tnediseR (Yes, "oh". And please-)

[Verse 1]
(-tie an anchor to that imagination of yours.) lamiced ni etunim htaed sA (Okay, Mr. Holiday) (But by a sort of genius and inspiration)
(They are like diviners or soothsayers) htaerb siht gnidloh tnemom hcae fo knihT (But if you wind up on the other side of the world)
(Who also say many fine things) thgirf fo yrtiucric gnisolc gnisopxE (Please don't write me a letter about your voyage.) (No?)
(But do not understand the meaning of them) thgil sseltimil sa sthguoht eseht fo knihT (No. Just reading about the ocean makes me seasick.) (owt, enO)

[Verse 1]
Think of these thoughts as limitless light
Exposing closing circuitry of fright
Think of each moment holding this breath
As death minute in decimal

[Verse 2]
Resident minor, how do you plead?
We'll need your testimony on the stand (Service of the fee fi fo fum)
Solemnly swear to tell the whole truth
So help you, son, now raise your right hand

[Verse 3]
Father, your honor, may I explain?
My brain has claimed its glory over me, me
I've a good heart albeit enasni
Condemn him to the infirmary
(Service, service ,service, service, fee)
(A, [?], ohh)
[Chorus]
All mine towers crumble down
The flowers gasping under rubble
Shrieking in the hall of lull
Thy genius sates a thirst for trouble

[Verse 4]
Scattering sparks of thought energy
Deliver me and carry me away
Here in my kingdom, I am your lord
I order you to cower and præy

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[Chorus]
Nuns commence incanting (Axon, dendrite, axon, dendrite) (Help me, help me) (Axon dendrite, axon dendrite)
Lightning strikes mine temples thus (Axon, dendrite, axon, dendrite) (Help me, help me) (Axon dendrite, axon dendrite)
Elec- (Help me-) (A-) (Hehheheh, hehhehheh)
-trifying mine chambers wholly (Axon, dendrite, axon, dendrite) (Help me, help me)
Scorching out thine sovereignty (Axon, dendrite, axon, dendrite) (Help me, help me!) (Axon dendrite, axon dendrite!)

[Post-Chorus]
So, so, so, so, so, so
Spiraling down thy majesty
I beg of thee, have mercy on me
I was just a boy, you see
I plead of thee, have sympathy for me

[Bridge]
See how the serfs work the ground (See how they fall)
And they (Fall) give it all they've got
And they (Fall) give it all they've got
And you (Fall) give it all you've got till you're down (Ha ha ha ha!)
See how the brain plays around
And you fall inside a hole you couldn't see
And you fall inside a hole inside a
Someone help me
Understand what's going on inside my mind
Doctor, I can't tell if I'm not me

[Verse 5]
When it grows bright, the particles start to
Marvel having made it through the night
Never they ponder whether electric
Calming if you look at it right."

Lyrics.

"Everything's nice on the outside
There's vacancy in every nightmare
You run from the feeling, it finds you
You run from the feeling, can't hide

It tears you apart
It seems a bit darker
It tears you apart
It seems a bit darker

It seems a bit darker
It seems a bit darker
It tears you apart
It tears you apart

It seems a bit darker
It seems a bit darker
It tears you apart
It tears you apart

It seems a bit darker
It seems a bit darker
It tears you apart
It tears you apart

It tears you apart
It tears you apart
It seems a bit darker
It seems a bit darker
It tears you apart
It tears you apart

It seems a bit darker
It seems a bit darker
It tears you apart
It tears you apart"

Lyrics.

"The bird is in the birdcage
Oh, the cruelest fate
To take for your delight his gift of flight away

A lover with no love life
A groom kept from his bride
Just beyond the walls and prison bars that hold him tightly by and by
Is there ever any wonder why the caged bird cries?

He retreats like frost in sunlight
Melts like wax beneath a flame
A kindly dog, when cornered, bites

He must be caged if he can't be tamed
(If he can't, if he can't, if he can't be tamed)
If he can't, if he can't be tamed
(If he can't, if he can't, if he can't be tamed)
He must be caged if he can't be tamed
(If he can't, if he can't, if he can't be tamed)
If he can't, if he can't be tamed

The hatter's in the madhouse
Must you the beast arouse?
The mercury will rise and burn his mind, by his delusion he's confined
Who could ever know what oddities he holds inside?"

Lyrics.

"[Verse 1]
Algernon
You won’t need these flowers
They’ve revoked the horrors
Your tragedy
Now ends happily
And I’m sure that they won’t be done
Till they fenced off the ledges
And rounded the edges
Of all that goes wrong
For you, Algernon

[Verse 2]
Gone are the days where you’re endlessly racing towards
Pavlov’s reward
Now your maze
Is replaced
By the locked door
You asked for

[Chorus]
Lo
That’s the way that it goes
I’m sorry you’ll never be free
If all that you see is the danger the cage will relieve
Oh no
That’s the path that you chose
A true hedonist indeed
So don’t lift a finger, your warden provides all you'll need
But never a key
But never a key

[Verse 3]
Algernon
You’re wound up too tightly
So frayed and unsightly
Pulling on your own strings
You’re unraveling
How can a cure now be found?
With no outside threat
Just a fire in your chest
And you’re melting
All over everything

[Chorus]
Lo
That’s the way that it goes
I’m sorry you’ll never be free
If all that you see is the danger the cage will relieve

Oh no
That’s the path that you chose
A true hedonist indeed
So don’t lift a finger, your warden provides all you'll need
But never a key
But never a key
Oh
But never a key
Oh
But never a key
Oh
But never a key
Oh
But never a key
But never a... key"

Lyrics.

"[Verse 1]
There was blood in the air
I was on all fours, screaming life isn't fair
Break down these walls
As our marksmen hit their mark
And the cloaks of justice are only cloaks after all

[Chorus]
Born young and wild
Don't let them cut your tail
Just a pinch of salt in the wound, you'll be fine
One last lifeline, I'm hanging high

[Verse 2]
Stay awake, oh, from the wolves you run, barefoot
With their libellous, venomous words they shoot
Pulled and panicked, the door is locked
You're trapped inside of your own heart
It's a spectator's sport, just play your part
Just play your part

[Chorus]
Born young and wild
Don't let them cut your tail
Just a pinch of salt in the wound, you'll be fine
One last lifeline, I'm hanging high
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[Chorus]
Born young and wild
Don't let them cut your tail
Just a pinch of salt in the wound, you'll be fine
One last lifeline, I'm hanging high"

Lyrics.

"[Verse 1]
Each step I left behind
Each road you know is mine
Walking on a line ten stories high
Say you'll still be by my side

If I could take your hand, oh
If you could understand
That I can barely breathe the air is thin
I fear the fall and where we'll land

[Chorus]
We fight every night for something
When the sun sets we're both the same
Half in the shadows
Half burned in flames
We can't look back for nothing
Take what you need, say your goodbyes
I gave you everything
And it's a beautiful crime

[Verse 2]
Each breath I left behind
Each breath you take is mine
Walking on a line ten stories high
Fear a fall, you're asking why
Leaving the things we lost, oh
Leaving the ones we've crossed
I have to make an end so we begin
To save my soul at any cost

[Chorus]
We fight every night for something
When the sun sets we're both the same
Half in the shadows
Half burned in flames
We can't look back for nothing
Take what you need, say your goodbyes
I gave you everything

[Bridge]
This darkness is the light
This darkness is the light

[Chorus]
We fight every night for something
When the sun sets we're both the same
Half in the shadows
Half burned in flames
We can't look back for nothing
Take what you need, say your goodbyes
I gave you everything
And it's a beautiful crime"

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