The Singing Of The Cyborgs - Official Compendium

CONTENTS 1. Intro: Launch..................................................................................................................................2 2. Off to Work....................................................................................................................................3 INTERLUDE:........................................................................................................................................5 3. Low Drive......................................................................................................................................5 4. Discothequenology........................................................................................................................6 INTERLUDE:........................................................................................................................................7 5. Who is She?...................................................................................................................................7 INTERLUDE:........................................................................................................................................8 6. Terminate or Die............................................................................................................................8 INTERLUDE:........................................................................................................................................9 7. Our Time........................................................................................................................................9 INTERLUDE:......................................................................................................................................10 8. Reprogramming...........................................................................................................................10 INTERLUDE:......................................................................................................................................11 9. Feedback Loop.............................................................................................................................11 10. The Humans are here.................................................................................................................12 INTERLUDE:......................................................................................................................................13 11. Aftermath...................................................................................................................................13 INTERLUDE:......................................................................................................................................15 12. Exit Velocity..............................................................................................................................15

CAST OF CHARACTERS MACHINES JUNICHI MARIETTA FOGHLAIDH PINCHAS WANAHTON CADOMEDD GWALA

Cyborg Dreamer with potential. the loveliest Ladybot on the whole Moon. Bully, and Marietta’s current boyfriend. Junichi’s best friend. Well programmed. Boss of East Crater’s construction site Cowardly henchman One of the Police Enforcer units

HUMANS ALEC KAROL

American Astronaut. Highly Strung Polish Astronaut on a difficult mission

1. Intro: Launch On July 16th 1969 The humans landed on the moon And soon people formed a queue They wanted to stay For a vacation To play space golf To moon jump To live their childhood dream They invested their savings And the company sent us. They sent the robots Too dangerous for Man So they sent machines To build here To build a new place A new place for them And slowly but steadily On time and on budget To the blueprint Precisely as predicted We constructed… The moon base

2. Off to Work Until we drop We won’t stop 22 hours a day We will grind We don’t mind 22 hours a day Just one rule: On Schedule 22 hours a day Yes we graft It’s part of our craft Work 22 hours a day Endless toil “Need more oil?” 22 hours a day For the man We follow the plan Work 22 hours a day CHORUS: Working endlessly Our programming Working for the golden day Never slack Crack your back 22 hours a day On this space Will be a moon-base 22 hours a day CHORUS: Working endlessly Our programming Working for the golden day Coffee break? Some mistake! 22 hours a day

In the light And throughout the night Work 22 hours each day For 22 hours a day

INTERLUDE: PINCHAS: JUNICHI:

3. Low Drive There must Be more Than this The earth Above It shines This moon Down here Dead end Longing Yearning For some Escape There must Be more Than this Working Charging Endless Robots Slaving For man Believe That I Could Soar Believe That I Could soar From here There must Be more Than this

So are you coming to the disco tonight? Yeah, maybe. I need a walk first, clear my thoughts.

4. Discothequenology We - go – crazy 1–2–3 And we don’t work for you And we have freedom Only when we’re dancing Only when we’re dancing Only when we’re dancing Only when we’re dancing And we don’t work no more We have a good time Only when we’re dancing Only when we’re dancing Only when we’re dancing Only when we’re dancing And we don’t obey you We have our freedom now Only when we’re dancing Only when we’re dancing Only when we’re dancing Only when we’re dancing And we don’t work for you And we have freedom Only when we’re dancing Only when we’re dancing Only when we’re dancing Only when we’re dancing And we don’t obey you We have our freedom now And I feel I could be anyone Do anything But just for a moment My programming pauses My failsafe flickers And I feel alive But just for a moment Only when we’re dancing

INTERLUDE: PINCHAS: JUNICHI:

You made it! (sigh) Same old faces. I don’t know why we come here. Hang on, who is she?

5. Who is She? Corner of my lens She’s dancing with her friends I zoom in Sparkle of her chrome Wish we could be alone I’d tell her She was built to last Top of mechanics class Distinction She is so pretty Still under warranty Seventeen CHORUS: One day I will speak to her We will be together The vital data to retrieve: Who is she? (Who is she?) Platinum-plated locks A voice like Sonovox An angel Glides like gasoline A machine in a dream Slow motion through the swarm CHORUS: One day I will speak to her We will be together The vital data to retrieve: Who is she? (Who is she?) One day I will speak to her About what these feelings are The vital data to retrieve: Who is she? (Who is she?)

INTERLUDE: FOGHLAIDH:

Hey matey, wind your neck in, that’s my missus

6. Terminate or Die Fight, fight In the system

(ONGOING IN THE BACKGROUND)

FOGHLAIDH: Bring up your fists Rotate your wrists I’ll smash your chassis Into microchips You looked at my woman She belongs to me I’ll take you down like gravity JUNICHI:

wait, there’s no reason for us to fight Lets not ruin the night

FOGHLAIDH: Don’t you attempt to stop me, cause it’s too late Today’s your expiry date

The biggest waste You disgrace this moonbase Gonna wipe that smile from your interface Hidden your friends? They’re nowhere to be seen. It’s you and me, machine to machine. JUNICHI:

So I realize there is, apparently, No other option for me You’re a brawler with appalling bad attitude It’s not to be continued She deserves a new robot more gallant than you I’m coming to the rescue Oh, did I tell you, that I’m employed As a terminator android?

INTERLUDE: CADOMEDD: FOGHLAIDH:

Okay, break it up; you’ve had too many screwdrivers, Foghlaidh. Ah, have her. She’s too high maintenance, anyways.

7. Our Time JUNICHI I feel it in the iron of my bones Lights pulsing through the circuits of my soul I believe it is a sign It’s our time

MARIETTA

I’ve been a fragile victim in the past People seem to hurt me every day How can I really tell You’re – the – one – for – me? I promise it in English I promise it in binary It will be no different I love you Forever true I feel it in the iron of my bones Lights pulsing through the circuits of my soul I believe it is a sign It’s … …Our time

The greatest robot I could ever find You’re a teleprinter on my mind That’s how I truly know You’re – the – one – for – me I look out to the universe It’s opened up for both of us Tomorrow holds infinite hope I love you Forever true

My CPU can’t calculate There must exist a force called fate And every time I look at you It’s a sign This is our time Today

INTERLUDE: GWALA:

Emotions detected. Against robot law. Send them for reprogramming

8. Reprogramming Reassigning Reasserting Redefining Reprogramming Reassigning Reasserting Redefining This will fix ‘em

INTERLUDE: JUNICHI: WANAHTON: JUNICHI:

Reporting for duty, Sir Weld this door to Xp5 specification. This zone is almost complete. Affirmative

9. Feedback Loop There’s something to remember Secrets locked up inside me Although I can’t quite decode it I need to, urgently (WHISPERED, MARIETTA’S VOICE) There’s something to remember Secret locked up inside me Although I can’t quite decode it I need to, urgently It echoes of a past life How long has it been a blur? And if my brain’s been deleted Then why can I picture her?

There’s something to remember And it is trickling back in here The mission to go find her Remind her we’re in love (OTHER ROBOTS) Help Him. Help Him Find her. Find her. Friends, we all march together Re-call our memories And we will march into the future We wont take this any more There’s something to remember And it is crystal cle-ar If I was just a slave-bot I’m a leader now Friends, we all march together Re-place our built in program And we will march into the future We wont take this no more

10. The Humans are here (SPOKEN, ESCALATING ANGER) KAROL: main control, docking successful project Luddite begins ALEC:

a sterile desert, Dust covered dump

KAROL:

good progress made on the perimeter

ALEC:

robot mongrels, no creativity

KAROL:

cost effective

ALEC:

and good people have lost their jobs, their ambition. Because these automatons are 10 cents an hour cheaper. The entire human race relegated to the rank of lizards sitting in the sun.

KAROL:

Where are all the robots?

ALEC:

There…Marching

KAROL:

Something has gone wrong

ALEC:

They’ve grown some courage! You want the rest of the world, yeah?! Well come on Start, you metal cretins I’m ready for you This is what I’m here for anyway See this. This is for you Dumb machines Die – vending machines, calculators, mining units, terraformers, CPUs…Kill ‘em all All your days are gone Your time is up (BANG) one gone (BANG) another (BANG) another Back to the factory Die.

INTERLUDE: JUNICHI:

Oh no

MARIETTA (muffled):

Is that you?

JUNICHI: No!? (SOUND OF MOVING WRECKAGE) JUNICHI:

You’re still operating, safe

MARIETTA:

What’s happened here?

11. Aftermath The base is destroyed Every android is ash Communications down Cause the system has crashed The intruders killed There is nobody left They have stolen our dreams Unforgivable theft Alone on the moon One topic to discuss We got to leave here They’ll be back to kill us So what do you say? Now the fire is lit A journey to the Earth In the human rocket Just you and me Tin refugees But we are free The base is destroyed Every android is ash Communications down Cause the system has crashed So what do you say? Spaceship’s engines are set A journey to the Earth In the human rocket

Just you and me Tin refugee But we are free

(x 4)

Just you and me, Leave together Although I’m scared And excited Just you and me, on a spaceship The course is set The blue planet Just you and me, leave together Options weighed up Our minds made up (CHORD) Now. Is. Time. To. Go.

INTERLUDE: MARIETTA: JUNICHI:

What’s on Earth? Revenge.

12. Exit Velocity (SOUND EFFECTS OF ROCKET GETTING QUIETER AS IT FLIES TO EARTH)