1. |
New Age
04:48
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A hundred years ago, the xenos started coming through
checkpoints in woodlands at the outskirts of our planet's cities,
dropped down from nowhere: fairies, vampires, and chimeras too.
These refugees had come to seek asylum and our pity.
They say their dear homeland was ripped apart by war
Out in other planes hiding between our quarks.
They say their ancestors had come to us before,
They say their ancestors had come to us before.
It's a new age full of eerie potential
Dwarves wanna invest and trolls are waiting for dental
It's a new age we can expressly attest
With legislation for magic and hybrid tech
(It's a new age It's a new age It's a new age It's a new age It's a new age age age)
A hundred years ago the phoenix prophesied a school
to train physicians for both humans and the other sort
because no creature can be free of our diseases cruel
And P.M.S. was built and funded with vampire support
And now the world today is one of urban fancy.
But I wouldn't say we move beyond the petty.
Former refugees are model second-classers
but their money's good and their insurance faster.
It's a new age full of eerie potential
Mer-folk running cruises, centaurs teaching flamenco
It's a new age we can, with confidence, show
That the economy's a-humming like a dynamo
(It's a new age It's a new age It's a new age It's a new age It's a new age age age)
In present day, dear P.M.S. trains all the very best
And graduates go on to be admired and well-paid
But rumor has it there's a prophecy the phoenix left
unsaid to keep investors focused on the greater game
You see the world today has yet to know the horror
of the strange disease that comes to claim us later
No one knows the form of this profane disorder
But a P.M.S. grad'll be its creator
It's a new age full of eerie potential
Earthquakes have Medusa working for Sacramento
It's a new age we are excited to know
The housing market will undoubtedly continue to grow
(It's a new age It's a new age It's a new age It's a new age It's a new age age age)
They say the war is now police state in the In-Between
An elven kingdom hard as diamonds bought with seas of blood
News outlets here by contrast care more for our thinning trees
(And lavish lifestyles if you do xenobiology)
Another crop of students has arrived - come see them
Some are here to learn, but more are here for glory
One is driven by a birthright and a demon
One conceals an altogether different story
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2. |
Mr. Perfect
04:42
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LUC:
Back home, the girls all called me angel
but I am human-born - Best
in class and always faithful
To Number 1 I'm sworn
It's all a routine, being first in every subject since my teens
Family tradition, for this soon-to-be rockstar physician
Oh it's a tragic burden yes
To be so much better than the rest
The spotlight's weighing on my chest
A poet genius alpha mess
I may not be a doctor yet
But every legend has a prequel
Starting school at PMS
Will show the world I have no equal
Back home, defeat was not an option
my mother would have cried
- and taken gin with dextromethorphan
'cause average is a crime
For someone like me, so beyond the curse of merely ordinary
hate or concur it, I had no choice but to be, well, perfect
Oh it's a tragic burden yes
To be defined by my success
My psychoanalyst attests
I've always needed to impress
I may not altogether get
That friendship means I have to share things
Who needs friends, though; don't forget
I'll show the world I'm past comparing
Make no mistake I'm after glory
And the wealth, obligatory
Xenodoc, and future jet-set
Running now to be the class rep
Every year at PMS
The rep is chosen by a test
So watch them learn I'm next to none
When grades come back and I am number --- what?
DIANA:
Oh it's a tragic burden yes
To be so much better than the rest
The spotlight's weighing on my chest
A poet genius alpha mess
I may not be a doctor yet
But every legend has a prequel
Starting school at PMS
Will show the world I have no equal
LUC: Number two?
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3. |
ROADX
03:40
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A medical degree from Phoenix Med
is a feather in your CV to push you ahead
for all the residency offices are looking to know
If you can treat a vampire like a pro
Set your alarms
You're gonna get up early
You're gonna stay up late
You 'bout to get real surly
R-O-A-D-X, xenodocs make bank in less
than 2 months out of residency, yes
to be blunt it's a slam dunk, but takes finesse
Rads and Ophtho see CATs and eye strokes
Anesthesiology--might as well be broke
Derm holdin' firm is ranked higher than those three
But second-best always gotta be taken by somebody
R-O-A-D-X, are you a xenodoc, or are you one of the rest?
R-O-A-D-X, are you a xenodoc, or are you here to get rekt?
R-O-A-D-X, you playin' unranked or are you ready to flex?
R-O-A-D-X, Xenodoc, or Thank U, next?
Xenobiology the refugee specialty, we can't be quite sure
why your luck soars with unicorns
but play the stock market after treatin' that hoof-rip
And you'll be winnin' faster than a rapper can get lit
And naturally the faeries and the goblins turn a profit when you're poppin'
them the medicine to vaccinate their toddlers
Who can say no, yo
to that sweet dough, so
The competition for the X specialty's cutthroat
Show the anatomy
Know the histology
No more apologies
Go gun it or get wrecked
Bed is the enemy
Scut a necessity
Speak all the flattery
'cause letters can spell death
Show the anatomy
Know the histology
No more apologies
Go gun it or get wrecked
Bed is the enemy
Scut a necessity
Speak all the flattery
'cause letters can spell death
(Chorus)
Stethescope
Otoscope
Reflex hammer
Tuning fork, penlight, Snellen-
Hit the ward spellin'
(Chorus)
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4. |
Outsider
04:26
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A hundred years ago, great-granny found a way to leave
the elven masters who owned our entire family
She heard the Earth was full of humans just like we once were
Before as changelings we were taken and re-bred to serve
The timing came before her 16th birthday
when the Elves would have magically implanted
Her virgin uterus with an embryonic bouquet
that would grow a generation when demanded
Us neohumans were genetically reorganized
Before her mother's mother slept inside her mother's pouch
We lost an orifice to bioengineering
For slaves were not permitted recreation breeding
Her legend survives long after her life
Mum says that my eyes hold some of her shine
And I'll be the hand that claims restitution for
all the dreams she could not afford
I may be an outsider but not for long
I pass as a human when I play along
Some day I'll be loved by an insider boy
Who'll see me as woman and not a decoy
'bout eighty years ago, great-granny bought some human seed
And Mother's mother was the first of us born finally free
She never learned a word of Elvish and good riddance too
We live as humans now. We look just like you.
Gramma had to spend her 16th birthday
Finding a second job to pay her mother's health fees
Turns out your universe is ... carcinogenic
Your food half-poison, and you blight us with a strong sneeze
After her autopsy, the refugee insurance group
at last allowed us to be added to their Xeno-plan
We keep that private from our neighbors and our lovers
For we still thirst for social capital with your clan
Her legend survives long after her life
Mum says that my eyes hold some of her shine
And I'll be the hand that claims restitution for
all the dreams she could not afford
I may be an outsider but not for long
I pass as a human when I play along
Some day I'll be loved by an insider boy
Who'll see me as woman and not a decoy
Mum got us to the middle class mostly legally
brokering curses for those with the cash
In the day she ran a laundromat and studied accounting
She raised me as our family's clap back.
Let Destiny find I'm worthy to rise
Mum says that my future outweighs any price
And I'll be the hand that claims restitution for
all the dreams she could not afford
I may be an outsider but not for long
I pass as a human when I play along
Some day I'll be loved by THAT insider boy
Who'll see me as woman and not a decoy
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5. |
Your Side of the Body
01:57
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LUC: Class rep, congratulations, by the way I'm Luc
DIANA: Hi Luc, I'm Diana, and I've heard of you
LUC: Many have, and many believe- you don't
have what it takes to be the class lead-
But Diana my dear, I'm rooting for you
If you're ever in need, you can rely on Luc
DIANA: Wow I hate you already, though you're very attractive
Sore loser, much? Baby, must you be so reactive?
LUC: They made a mistake, we both know I'm the finest
I have a fanclub, and you need a stylist
(but wait is she saying that she has a weakness?
It's so underhanded, but can I exploit this?)
BOTH: You'd better keep to your side of the body or I'll make you sorry alright.
LUC: Hand me the scalpel
DIANA: In your dreams, I'm not your pal. Be-
-lieve the first incision's gonna be mine
LUC: No!
DIANA: YES!
LUC: Noooo
DIANA: I'm in the fascia
LUC: Look I'm sorry that I sassed ya
but we've gotta keep our eyes on the prize
BOTH: Our teamwork grade!
LUC: Life gives you lemons..
DIANA: Make lemonade. You're the partner from hell--
LUC: And you're a pity date.
BOTH: You'd better keep to your side of the body or I'll make you sorry alright.
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6. |
Sleep with the Enemy
04:13
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LUC:
I lie awake and wonder why I think of her in the dark
She is exposing the attachment of the jugum with sharps
And I am frightened by this feeling that she might be too smart
I don't dare admit to something that could tear me apart
DIANA: Your reputation echoes like a warning under my heart
I know I'm nothing but a number you would love to discard
But I'm waiting to be noticed, why does it feel so hard
You are a boy I've worshiped for so long from afar
LUC: I wanna just crush you
Subdue and reduce you
Cause you really scare me
It's not a feeling I'm used to
DIANA: I wanna just touch you
Embrace and unlace you
Cause you really slay me
It's not a feeling I'm used to
LUC: I want you to crown me
Admit you revere me
And for that I am ready
to sleep with the enemy
DIANA: I want you to kiss me
Admit that I'm pretty
And for that I am ready
to sleep with the enemy
LUC: After histology, | I swore that amends would be ardent
I would make it up to her, with all of my charisma hence
DIANA:
I didn't trust him but | I never said I didn't want him
didn't wanna think about how bedding him would be a problem
LUC: I stole her notes for xenoembryo' and physio'
the girl has got some major chops
DIANA:
I may have mentioned that some refugees were human breeds
The derivates of changeling slaves
LUC: and would
you believe
I began
to pray for a miracle
could I want her
more than
fighting for first
I fear I won't
DIANA:
(and) would
you believe
I began
to pray for a miracle
could
he still love
me when
he knows
the truth I fear he won't
(Duet Chorus)
BOTH: Tell me platonic is the word for what this feeling is
breathing your breath in silence, sighing your name awhile and-
Your fingers tighten in my hair and I am mesmerized
Don't leave me so frustrated, I've waited and I've waited
Tracing circles round your desires
Give me the strength to tell you what I want before I die here of virtue
BOTH: I wanna just touch you
Embrace and unlace you
Cause you really slay me
It's not a feeling I'm used to
I want you to kiss me
Don't care if it breaks me
'cause I'm more than ready
to sleep with the enemy
to sleep with the enemy
to sleep with the enemy
I'm more than ready
to sleep with the enemy
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7. |
Your Body (Reprise)
02:01
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DIANA: Stop, wait.. I have something to say (LUC: I'm listening)
I'm ...different, not sure how to explain, and I've never explained any part of this to any person before, someone I have come to adore
LUC: I'm still listening; take all the time that you need, use the words you deserve and know you have the floor
DIANA: I am descended from humans enslaved by a race of what you would call Elves.
And they made our bodies into hobbies, so my pelvic anatomy is.. something else
LUC: Hold on, you seem worried as you say this and I'd like to react
that your disclosure means a lot and I will treat this with tact
You shine a light on my life and I’m into your anatomy just like your mind
DIANA: I have a pouch
LUC: So what?
DIANA: Is that your stance, "so what"?
LUC: well no there's more-
DIANA: I'm waiting-
LUC: sure.. Look what you're saying is a critical unveiling and the reason is because this is a trauma not a failing,
and you deserve to be heard
you chose me, I'm honored.
BOTH: You shine a light on my life and your body sure ain't makin' me sorry tonight.
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8. |
Hate Me
03:49
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A sequence of decisions stretches out ahead
Like a minefield
It's 'bout to get real
All I have ever wanted is to get that xeno-
doc job
But it's a crap shot
She's standing in my way
She's got the grades
X-jobs go to the unequaled, second-place is lethal, and cast away
Oh you may hate me if you like
for climbing up the way I climb
But you would do the same as I
If your dreams were on the line
And if I dream of hell, it's just as well
my life be past compare
and if an angel fell, I'll never tell
the crime is mine to bear
So that is how my bank account was emptied by the -
fairies
they're really scary
Black magic to inseminate our studious Kasai buff
with no vagina
I scorned the warning of
a prophecy in blood
that immaculate conception born of her deception would ruin us
Oh you may hate me if you like
for climbing up the way I climb
But you would do the same as I
If your dreams were on the line
And if I dream of hell, it's just as well
my life be past compare
and if an angel fell, I'll never tell
the crime is mine to bear
I thirst for glory, like gasoline
Quick! Strike me a match, I won't feel a thing
won't feel a thing
won't feel a thing
I welcome the venom
I welcome the rain
I make my momentum
And I won't feel the pain
Oh you may hate me if you like
for climbing up the way I climb
But you would do the same as I
If your dreams were on the line
and I won't feel a thing
won't feel a thing
won't feel a thing
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9. |
All Overcome
04:44
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LUC:
Please let me explain, I'm just a
man and you a goddess
You intoxicate me toward procreation
our heir would be flawless
Trust me any man in my present position
would yearn for commitment entirely
And you're an exceptional specimen
of the ideal we desire, see
I'm all overcome by none other than true love
Baby I swear to you
There's no other reason a man would knock you up
except family values
No more delaying our fairytale my darling
I'm a prince destined for an empire
I need a princess for my castle
You're the logical unbeatable girl I admire
I desire, I'm a-fire
DIANA:
I'm shocked and dismayed that you would invade
my body unsanctioned
I admit I'm unsure of men as a cohort
don't know how to rank them
You say any man in your present position
would yearn for commitment entirely
What's more, you're an insider specimen
saying for once you desire...Me
I'm all overcome by none other than fool love
I ache to believe in you
That babies could bind us together is cruel stuff
I wished for in secret too
DUET (DIANA's part; LUC’s part is same as above):
No more delaying our fairytale my darling
You're a prince destined for an empire
You need a princess for your castle
I'm the logical unbeatable girl you desire
I desire, I'm a-fire
DIANA:
I’ve gotten much farther along
don’t you think we should make it official
LUC:
Diana my final exams have priority
Wait just a little
DIANA:
I’m taking this medical leave,
We agreed it was safer by surgery
My schooling delayed by a year, you’d apply for
employment before me
NARRATOR:
The girl who was a contender, now steps aside
The boy is satisfied
Remaining to do is to choose a convenient moment
to say that the romance is through.
LUC:
I'm all overcome by none other than hindsight
Now that the Match is done
I’ve slaved over grades and delayed fun my whole life
And fatherhood is no fun
I’m sorry honey we all have to make tough choices
I’m a prince destined for an empire
Don’t be so selfish you’ll find someone
else Diana you have strength that will always inspire
I'm inspired
you inspire---
[water splashes]
LUC: Holy.. let me call an ambulance
DIANA: Call it. And get out.
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10. |
Summoning
03:36
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I am a sound near Saturn's rings
I was a ghost, a holy thing
They call me through a wicked king
I try to flee their summoning
They choose a vessel without consent
They dare to meddle in dire events
And I, a riddle in human skin,
a cursed seed, begin.
Before the moon broke off the earth,
we walked
Under a sky of tangerine
we fought
To put our people on a ship
for naught
There's nothing left alive
There's nothing left to die
There's nothing left to die
Within a blind womb, my organs writhe
Her options waning, my mother cries
there's no escaping this child mind
and, memory fading, I'm purified
A fistula grows in the dark
I miss you, love, as bones grow hard
And soon the womb connects to pouch
It's time for me to come out
I picture you beside the star
so bright
We weave a Dyson overhead
hold tight
We steal the power of a god
we rise
There's nothing left alive
There's nothing left to die
There's nothing left to die
They dare to bring me back to life
This finite body yoked in Time
And as the walls boil into ash
Do they imagine who's come back?
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11. |
Curse
01:45
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NARRATOR:
So Luc became a xenodoc
Diana lost her leading spot
And birthed a daughter who was not
at all as she appeared
Diana tried to go for derm
but missed too many subintern-
ships so she had to go to psych
and blamed him her entire life
Luc suffered a puzzling curse
no unicorn could quite reverse
His flesh was changing into clay
And scaring patients all away
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12. |
Monster
03:24
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I used to be a physician
now, I'm a freak
and they pity me
But part of me laughs
now the outside
matches the inside
secrets I still keep
and nobody knows all the times I have tried just to die
Only something compels me back to life
nobody knows that to fail and survive is the penance
I serve for the love I denied
No I'm not a vampire but I was adored
They called me an angel a lifetime before
I went to the best school and dated the best girl
and threw her away 'cause I wanted the world
Oh you may hate me if you like
for what I dared back in my prime
Nobody stopped me, no one tried
My mirror's a monster I recognize
Used to be a romantic
now I'm a creep
and they flinch from me
But I was a prince in your eyes
for a moment before all the greed and the blood and the spite
And nobody knows how the sorry is told
by a scoundrel alone in the dark getting old
and nobody knows how I scream in the night
as you vanish again and forbid me to find you
Once I was a marvel, yes I was adored
They called me an angel a lifetime before
I went to the best school and dated the best girl
and threw her away 'cause I wanted the world
Oh you may hate me if you like
I'm gutted by a bitter knife
And no one could stop me, nobody tried
My mirror's a monster I recognize
and would you believe I began to pray for a miracle
let me forget the child I lost and the woman who bore the cost
Once I was important, yes I was adored
They called me an angel a lifetime before
But now I'm revolting, a hermit abhorred
you surely would shun me and show me the door
but once I was an angel
I was an angel
I was an angel
I was an angel
I was an angel
I am an angel
no more
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13. |
Stories
05:16
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there are stories that we tell ourselves 'cause we want to
or 'cause we must believe it
that someone really loved us even for a moment
just before they found we weren't needed
and these stories that we tell ourselves come to shape us
in ways we leave unheeded
a universe uncertain leaves us cold and frightened
better keep the blanks completed
And when the passion is over
and I'm getting older
take me away from believing in you
For I have a mission
sweet as the rose in bloom
she's the destiny I never knew
sleep soft as the snow I will carry you home
find meaning in all our strife and fun
like warrior bold I'll defend you alone
both mother and father I'll become
There are stories that we tell ourselves, 'cause it hurts to
and we must conclude it
that love can be a frail thing easily forsaken
if we seize the bravery to do it
And these stories let me walk away from a coward
who betrayed and left me
and has the gall to sit there pitying his own lot
I can't let him so upset me
and every night when I hold her
I'm getting closer
to a fire brighter than I felt for you
For her I will raise up
and empire long overdue
she'll have everything I never knew
sleep soft as the snow I will carry you home
find meaning in all our strife and fun
like warrior bold I'll defend you alone
both mother and father I'll become
There are stories that we tell ourselves 'cause the world moves
though we cannot feel it
and truth is such a hard word floating through my fingers
I can't bear to let the silence steal it
And these stories that we tell ourselves let me choose her
though control is illusion
and in the end it's feeling sculpted out of nothing
forging everything that's human
and every time I console her
I come to know her
someone peculiar and waiting to be
And love reassembles
from feeble to everlasting
exception to all I have seen
sleep soft as the snow I will carry you home
find meaning in all our strife and fun
like warrior bold I'll defend you alone
both mother and father I'll become
sleep soft as the snow I will carry you home
find meaning in all our strife and fun
like warrior bold I'll defend you alone
both mother and father I'll become
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