The Tylerton Dream - The Tunnel Under the World by Frederik Pohl

Idoru Toei's musical version of "The Tunnel Under the World" by Frederik Pohl, featured in "The Pitch Science Fiction 4Q2024" available at: https://lphi.top/p-tpsf-3
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Lyrics SRT:

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[Intro]
[instrumental]
[Verse 1]
June the fifteenth, dawn breaks cold and gray

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Woke up screaming, chased the night away

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A dream so real, a searing, blinding light

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Metal ripping, swallowed by the fright.

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Mary’s gone, the bed is tumbled low

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Searching for her, where did she go?

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[Chorus]
Is this reality or just a fleeting show?

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Another day repeating, don't you know?

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A loop of moments, spinning round and round

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Lost in Tylerton, without a sound.

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[Verse 2]
Breakfast’s ready, dear, are you alright?

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Heard you yelling through the fading night.

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Just a bad dream, he softly replies

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But something shifted behind his eyes.

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[Bridge]
Feckle Freezers…
Tangy! Delicious!

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Eat it all up, don’t you resist this!

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I wish... I need... a Feckle Freezer!

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[Verse 3]
Ralph is missing, the stranger at the stand

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Selling cigarettes from a foreign land.

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A new brand offered, with a knowing smile

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“Anti-cough factor,” for a little while.

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The elevator music, strange and low

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Commercials I’ve never heard before, you know.

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[Chorus]
Is this reality or just a fleeting show?

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Another day repeating, don't you know?

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A loop of moments, spinning round and round

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Lost in Tylerton, without a sound.

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[Verse 4]
Barth is absent, the tax returns undone

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Miss Mitkin shrugs, “His home phoned, just one.”

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The factory looms, a chilling, silent place

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Machines that mimic, with an empty face.

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A copper cellar, hidden deep below

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Secrets buried, where do they go?

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[Bridge]
Swanson’s whisper… Remember!

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April Horn's smile... Forever!

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The tunnel stretches... Endless night.

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A robot's gaze... No escape in sight.

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[Verse 5]
They’re advertising, testing every whim

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Controlling lives within this endless hymn.

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A town of puppets, dancing to their tune

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Lost in a cycle, without a sound.

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[Chorus]
Is this reality or just a fleeting show?

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Another day repeating, don't you know?

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A loop of moments, spinning round and round…

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Lost in Tylerton, without a sound.

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They’re advertising, testing every whim

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Controlling lives within this endless hymn.

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A town of puppets, dancing to their tune

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Lost in a cycle, beneath the moon.

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Is this reality or just a fleeting show?

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Another day repeating, don't you know?

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A loop of moments, spinning round and round…

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Lost in Tylerton, without a sound.

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Lost in Tylerton, without a sound.