Terminal Reign

Terminal Reign

Grizzly: Dark Raspy

Ezra: Robotic

(Heavy, distorted kick drum; pulsing saw-tooth synths)

(A low, vibrating sub-drone. The sound of a heart monitor beeping in a rhythmic techno pulse.)

GrizzlyJones: "Say my name... GrizzlyJones. Yeah, dats me."…

Ezra: "Cipher locked."….

GrizzlyJones: "Bringing the [ledd] ledd to the [fy-er]fire."

(A distorted, driving synth bass slams in)

In the silence of the [li-ve] li-ve wire I hear your signal, a ghost in the fire You’re the sequence I can’t rewrite A neon flicker in the dead of night One glance and the stars go cold A digital story that’s never been told With every beat, the pressure climbs I’m breaking the code of a thousand lifetimes.

(Snare drum builds up—sounds like a hammer hitting metal)

Hold my hand, don’t drop the link We’re standing on the circuit’s brink In this dance of fate, we play I’ll burn the old world all away!…(Hey!)

(Maximum techno-distortion. Aggressive, "stabbing" synth leads.)

Grizzly: To win your heart, I’ll start the war!…

Ezra: Start the war!…

Grizzly: Through the shadows, through the core!…

Ezra: Through the core!…

Grizzly: With every vow, with every breath A beautiful life or a beautiful death! Win your heart, let the engine reign!…

Ezra: let it reign!…

(The beat gets "crunchier"—industrial clanking)

Grizzly: In a world where the dreams collide There’s no more place for us to hide Every moment, every sigh Is a data-stream across the sky I’ll stand by your side in the wreckage and rain The Alchemist’s debt is the Alchemist’s gain.

(Everything drops to a haunting, ethereal synth pad. Very dark and cinematic.)

When thunder [rores] rores and the shadows creep In the arms of the machine, I’ll leap A symphony of static, cold and pure With you, my heart will always endure….

Ezra: System stabilized.

(The heaviest drop yet—strobe light energy)

Grizzly: To win your heart, I’ll start the war! Through the shadows, through the core! With every vow, with every breath A beautiful life or a beautiful death! Win your heart, let the engine reign!

(The beat slows down into a heavy, rhythmic thud)

So let our journey now unfold Your heart is the only [ledd] ledd I’ll hold In this trance, we’ve found the flame Win your heart...

Ezra: Termination sequence... complete.

Ezra: "Harmonic [seel]... seel applied."

(The sound of a power generator shutting down—a long, descending whir.)