In the Hall of the Psycho Queen

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Prompt / Lyrics
[Four bars of solo cello playing the main "Mountain King" theme — slow, mournful, proper.]

[Aimee (spoken, barely a whisper, close to the mic):]
"The buzz axe clicks...
The runner hums...
The Psycho Queen has got a taste for..."


[Aimee (whispered, with a smile):]
"...thumbs."

[Cello stops. Band enters — walking bass, guitar upstrokes, horns playing the theme in ragged unison.]

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[Verse 1 Sung — nursery rhyme style]

[Aimee, high and sweet, like she's telling a bedtime story]

Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-DUN-DUN
Strip the flesh, now skip and run
Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-DUN-DUN
Salt the wound — that's half the fun

Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-DUN-DUN
Wear his face, now greet his mum
Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-DUN-DUN
The Psycho Queen has just begun

[Horns play the main riff — triumphant, brassy]

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[Chorus Full band — theatrical, dramatic]

[Aimee:] IN THE HALL OF THE PSYCHO QUEEN
[Dollies:] (PSYCHO QUEEN!)
[Aimee:] HER CROWN IS A RIBCAGE
[Dollies:] (RIBCAGE!)
[Aimee:] HER SCEPTER'S OBSCENE
[Dollies:] (OBSCENE!)

[Aimee:] IN THE HALL OF THE PSYCHO QUEEN
[Dollies:] (PSYCHO QUEEN!)
[Aimee:] SHE OFFERED ME A TACO
[Dollies:] (A TACO?)
[Aimee:] IT WAS FULL OF SPLEEN

[Horns hit one massive, dramatic chord — hold it]

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[Verse 2 Faster — tempo kicks up]

[Aimee, more urgent, skipping syllables]

Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-DUN-DUN
She's laughing in the cavern, she's wearing someone's skin
Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-DUN-DUN
The vault hunters are running — but nobody gets in

Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-DUN-DUN
She's got a throne of femurs and a carpet made of chins
Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-DUN-DUN
The Psycho Queen is hungry — and the buffet's about to begin

[Drum fill — snare roll into the chorus]

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[Chorus (Repeats faster]

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[Bridge The Queen speaks — spoken word, no music]

[Just Aimee, dry, no reverb, but pitched slightly down — like she's possessed]

"You come into my hall.
You dance my dance.
You eat my spleen taco.
And you think you can leave?"

[Aimee (normal voice, giggling):]
"Oh, sweetheart.
The only way out is through my..."

[Band explodes — full ska-punk frenzy]

[Aimee (screaming):]
"THRONE ROOM!"

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[Instrumental Break The acceleration]

[The band plays the main theme, but it's speeding up — each repeat is faster than the last]

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[Final Chorus [200 BPM — unhinged, glorious]

[Aimee:] IN THE HALL OF THE PSYCHO QUEEN!
[Everyone (screaming):] PSYCHO QUEEN!
[Aimee:] HER CROWN IS A RIBCAGE — HER SCEPTER'S OBSCENE!
[Everyone:] OBSCENE!
[Aimee:] IN THE HALL OF THE PSYCHO QUEEN!
[Everyone:] PSYCHO QUEEN!
[Aimee:] SHE OFFERED ME A TACO — IT WAS FULL OF —

[Aimee (spoken, calm, like she just remembered something):]
"...wait, was that your spleen?"

[Pause.]

[Aimee (giggling):]
"Doesn't matter. Tasted fine."

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[Outro Collapse to solo cello]

[Band drops out. Just the solo cello from the intro, playing the main theme one last time — slow, mournful, proper.]

[The cello plays four bars. Then stops.]