Metropolis, Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory

1 ContributorAct I: Scene One: Regression LyricsHypnotherapist:

"Close your eyes and begin to relax. Take a deep breath, and let it out slowly. Concentrate on your breathing. With each breath you become more relaxed. Imagine a brilliant white light above you, focusing on this light as it flows through your body. Allow yourself to drift off as you fall deeper and deeper into a more relaxed state of mind. Now as I count back from ten to one, you will feel more peaceful, and calm. Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven. Six. You will enter a safe place where nothing can harm you. Five. Four. Three. Two. If at any time you need to come back, all you must do is open your eyes. One."

Nicholas:

(Present)

Safe in the light that surrounds me

Free of the fear and the pain

My subconscious mind

Starts spinning through time

To rejoin the past once again

Nothing seems real

I'm starting to feel

Lost in the haze of a dream

And as I draw near

The scene becomes clear

Like watching my life on a screen

Hello Victoria so glad to see you

My friend

1 ContributorAct II: Scene Nine: Finally Free LyricsHypnotherapist:

"You are once again surrounded by a brilliant white light. Allow the light to lead you away from your past and into this lifetime. As the light dissipates you will slowly fade back into consciousness, remembering all you have learned. When I tell you to open your eyes you will return to the present, feeling peaceful and refreshed

Open your eyes, Nicholas."

The Miracle:

(Past)

Friday evening

The blood still on my hands

To think that she would leave me now

For that ungrateful man

Sole survivor

No witness to the crime

I must act fast to cover up

I think that there's still time

He'd seem hopeless and lost with this note

They'll buy into the words that I wrote

"This feeling inside me

Finally found my love, I've finally broke free

No longer torn in two

I'd take my own life before losing you"

Victoria:

(Past)

Feeling good this Friday afternoon

I ran into Julian

Said we'd get together soon

He always had my heart

He needs to know

I'll break free of the Miracle

It's time for him to go

This feeling inside me

Finally found my love, I've finally broke free

No longer torn in two

He'd kill his brother if he only knew

Their love renewed

They'd rendezvous

In a pathway out of view

They thought no one knew

Then came a shot out of the night

"Open your eyes, Victoria"

The Sleeper:

(Past)

One last time

We'll lay down today

One last time

Until we fade away

One last time

We'll lay down today

One last time

We fade away

As their bodies lie still

And the ending draws near

Spirits rise through the air

All their fears disappear, it all becomes clear

A blinding light comes into view

An old soul exchanged for a new

A familiar voice comes shining through...

Nicholas:

(Present)

This feeling inside me

Finally found my life, I'm finally free

No longer torn in two

I learned about my life by living through you

This feeling inside me

Finally found my life, I'm finally free

No longer torn in two

Living my own life by learning from you

We'll meet again my friend someday soon...

CNN Report:

"... their lead story, all anticipating the outcome of the man considered to be a member of American nobility. And as you can imagine, as the skies have grown darker here over Washington, the mood has grown darker as well and people here are beginning to resign themselves to the possibility that they are witnessing yet another tragedy in a long string of misfortunes. Reaction from everywhere, from Washington and certainly from around the world has guess..."

Hypnotherapist:

"Open your eyes, Nicholas."

Nicholas:

"AAAH!"