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Old Boy

by Shady Bliss

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Journalist: The time is 6:32pm, third of January, 2016. This is session two of An Interview With The Old Boy. You made some extraordinary claims in our previous session, can you empathise with people’s skepticism? Old Boy: Yeah, I empathise with the skeptics. In a lot of ways, I’m skeptical myself. I don’t know who I am or what’s real, you know? but it’s not so different to you or anyone else. Prove to me that your not locked up in a looney bin like this, dreaming out your entire existence. Prove to me that this universe we live in isn’t just a silly simulation, you know? A creation. A young alien who’s just trying to pass their fifth grade science project or something. You can’t prove anything, no one can, you know? All I know is I.. I think therefore I am, and so on some level I know I exist. I could fall asleep tonight and I could wake up as someone else. Journalist: Start the story from the beginning. Can you describe the events leading up to the first.. Incident? Old Boy: It was like, 3 months ago.. in your time. A friend from church had gotten a hold of a vial of LSD. We were pretty stupid and naive. We hadn’t even touched alcohol, you know? We had this like, romantic idea that we were about to flip reality on its head and change our lives for ever. After about five hours, I feel asleep listening to Maggot Brain by Funkadelic. That was when I had the first dream.
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*Somewhat inaudible excerpts from the interview with the Old Boy*
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He’s wide awake with his eyes on the ceiling And he’s feeling like he’s never gonna be the same He locked up his door and smoked till the evening He ain’t facin’ Mum and Dad today, no, not today He’s got nothing to say and he can’t look them in the eye ‘Cause he’s still too far gone and won’t be back any time soon His mind is a puzzle and he’s lost all the pieces And he’s feeling like he’s never gonna be the same Faith fading away He’s building resentment He can’t figure out, why would they lie? Everything’s changed, just one night in the looney bin And he’s feeling like he’s never gonna be the same
4.
Tainted soul Empty bowl He’s so young No control He will fight Yeah, he’ll fight all night To get what he Thinks he needs There’s a gaping black hole Where his faith used to be There’s no escaping at all Nothing to see Suddenly hurled Into a whole new world No more abuse The beast has been cut loose But he was too loud ‘Cause the old man found out And the old lady too Said, “God is watching you, God is watching you, And everything you do Always an eye on you And everything you do.” The old man said, “You will burn in hell for what you’ve done, What have you become? What have you become?” He said, “Free of all your lies And evermore the wise And its only just begun,  Its time to have some fun I wish somehow I could make you see We’re all just birds on a branch  On a man-made tree.” He went straight for the door And said nothing more With a smile on his face He put the pedal to the floor He will drive Into the city life No cash or clue And nothing to do
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Free Freedom at last I don’t see Myself ever turning back Northbound by the sea Maggot Brain on repeat I got my wallet and keys And a full tank I don’t know where I’m going Just as far as I can From The Old Lady And The Old Man They planted the seed But I hacked down the tree I ripped out the roots And now I’m free Up ahead in the distance A shadow walks through the night Left thumb in the air And a guitar to her right I pulled to the side And offered a ride The door opened to her smile And she asked for a light And she said, “I’m going to the big city Thanks for the ride.” We smoked out the van And sang all night “Why don’t you come with me? Be my partner in crime!” With her hand on my thigh I was lost in her eyes So I told her I’d stay For just a few days She told me her story And I told her mine We laughed and we cried  And we bonded over lines Northbound by the sea Maggot Brain on repeat I got my wallet and keys And a girl who digs me
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Dirty Brain 03:48
I found the truth And it ain’t fucking pretty I wish it was a lie I can’t hide my cry They gave me the boot And I’m fucking mad ‘Cause all of these lies, I realize They believe that there true Oooooo I got a dirty brain! Oooooo I got a dirty brain! They have no proof No logic or reason As long as they’ve got their faith I guess I was the same And I shared their view But what could I do?  My brain was scrubbed clean I guess theirs was too Oooooo I got a dirty brain! Oooooo I got a dirty brain! Oooooo I got a dirty brain! Oooooo I got a dirty brain!
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Old Boy: So in this dream, I was running up a stairway. This like crisp, shining, white stairway. The stairway never ends though, you know? Behind me are my parents who were chasing me desperately. And ahead of me are these tumbling crucifixes, some as tall as men, made of solid gold. There are these tree branches and roots made of scrap metal growing towards me and They’re snapping at my ankles. Everything's chasing me. At the point where these stairs disappear into infinity, waves of these flaming arrows come crashing all around me and setting everything around me ablaze, you know? Then all at once, these metal branches, they wrap around my ankles and pulled me to the ground and this shining, glaring crucifix burst through the flames, crushing me. In a flash, I’m awake, you know? And all I could ask myself was “What was at the top o..*Tape Is Stopped*

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Old Boy is the life story of a young man in a mental institution, as told by himself during an interview with a curious journalist

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released October 11, 2016

All music, lyrics and concepts written by Shady Bliss
Recorded at Bedlam Records
Produced and mixed by Steve Kempnich
Mastered by Mell Dettmer
Artwork by Brayden Doig

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