Words and Music © 2004 Jeffrey L. Sponsler
"Cyber-Soldier" © 2004 Peter Eccles
Thalia:
His name was Isolier and he approached the stage
he told us of a war - where many died in rage
he cued the band - he raised his hand
and took us to a world ...
1
I was flying through the wilderness - an unknown star
I needed fresh provisions - and to breathe some air
so I rode the bigger waves of a magnetic field
to the surface - of the planet I could see it was real
I stood there all alone in an eerie zone
there was gunfire and I felt that I should get out fast
then a soldier with a rifle and coat made of rags
ran up and said: hey man you better hit the pad
- 2 -
there's a fight on and the Council is seeing red
so move for that cave or you’re gonna be dead
cause now you with the rebels you're a human like us
if you were a Shape Changer I could not discuss
because you would have killed me in a terrible way
but now I live to fight them - I will make them pay
a Changer may be hiding as rock or a tree
but I vow to remove them - wont you listen to me
Chorus:
and then we will be
living life in peace
but for now you see
we got nothin’ but heat
we crawled into the darkness - water running cold
and the cavern was filled with the aroma of mold
there was a crowd of people living there in the black
The Leader said to me - I am known as the Fox
cause we live in this hole and we run when it’s night
and we raid on the castle - Council calls us blight
they are creatures unholy - from a faraway place and they have
governed these people for a very long time
- 4 -
they may appear human but that is only a shape
not like us at all - not descended from apes
though they have not harmed us they have stolen our will
they control our every action - it’s a bitter pill
but we have taken steps to overthrow them now
we've got some new weapons and the will to survive
so will you now join us become part of our war
to help regain our freedom - open up that door
and when we are done
the sun will rise
the day will dawn
and blind our eyes
- 5 -
I stopped him short - I said: now why should I fight
I’m here for rest - not for revolution
this is your war I don’t know what's at stake
for all I know - you’re the son of the devil
who is the Council? what is a Shape Changer?
Could they be here now - am I in some danger?
Could you start at the top give me more information?
Hey what is that noise - what is that vibration?
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and a column of stone reaching up to the ceiling
turned into a man - a man with no feeling
cause he started to kill any rebel in sight
but we took him out - with our guns and our knives
as he lay there and bled - you know his blood was white
he said: if the Council dies you will not see the future
we protected this rock and your people for years
and you pay us back with anger and fear
and then he died
and lying there cold
the column of stone
an ore - it was gold
- 7 -
are you convinced now - the Fox said to me?
that were justified in fighting - won’t you join our war?
you see he killed my men and they must know of the Cave?
and soon there will be more - our situation is grave.
We must strike tonight - and we will finish them off
then we begin to live and be the kings of this world
We run along the river that has formed this room
it branches into darkness several miles away
- 8 -
a feeder stream is born inside the walls of the Realm
the Castle of the Changers we can enter unseen
you rebels take these weapons they will finish the task
And are you with us Space Traveler - then put on this mask
But wait - I said - these weapons they're an alien make
high energy lasers - these are not bows and arrows
where did you get these guns - you don't manufacture
these tools of despair - who is funding you there?
Chorus:
so then the Fox said
oh yes we have friends
they believe in the truth
of our rebellion
- 9 -
so we moved through the Cavern - torches burning bright
and creatures quite blind fleeing out of our light
and then we arrived - crawled through a break in the wall
basement room of the Castle - and we entered the Hall
there was no person there but birds of great size
and they circled the room the Fox said - aim for their eyes
The rebels they shot - pteranodons from the wind
till each was lying on the floor in a pool
- 10 -
a pool of white blood and the Council was gone
the weapons were lethal and the rebels had won
the rebels rejoiced - the women embraced the men
they had taken their land and they raised up a song
then the Castle was filled with machines of great size
the robot allies who had given them guns
the Fox stood tall and he greeted them all
we will live our lives now and rebuild our world
- 11 -
these were deadly Machines and they began to kill
but why screamed the Fox - have you betrayed me this way?
we could not stop the Council - said the Cyberpunk King
The Changers were able to track us too well
But you simple humans are not made of steel
and so you could slip into the Castle at will
and take out the Council with the weapons we gave
and now the planet is ours and the iron we crave
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well this was too much for me so I ran for the wall
and I fled through the Cave to the Room to my plane.
And I fired up her rockets and was soon in the sky
I really felt bad leaving the Fox there to die
but the machines were on top - they were sure in control
and it wasn't my world - not my world after all
what happened after that I really don't want to know
I had to survive - so I could come to The Show
Chorus:
he fox is a memory
is story lives on
e humans learn slowly
rust nothing, no one
and when we are done
the sun will rise
the day will dawn
and blind our eyes
"Under the Castle" © 2004 Jeffrey L. Sponsler