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SUM'S NOTES: This track I absolutely feared, but had no way to avoid writing. A fight scene? Really? But this ended up being one of the funnest songs I've ever written, and was quite an emotional rollercoaster for me. This is the most characters from the story in one scene at a time.

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The Bone Castle nears
The Fallship Flies
A Killer smells fear
For now all is quiet
A battle comes forth
Black magic and knives
The beginning of war
And a Nobody dies


hunched over the wheel the old man steered
smokin on his pipe a sweet aroma filled the air (bu-bump)
his blood raced with the excitement of flight
born to be a pilot, or what's the point of life
(right?)

jaquelanterned danced in a corner hummin
somethin of a spectre, light raven feather
she almost felt her pulse again thumpin but any sign of life from her is closer to a supernatural gesture (bump-bump)

paul smiled for the first time teeth uneven as
dyin blades of grass
wondrin if its all a dream and if he'll wake up to a bell ringing sleepin in his class

chin propped up on elbows, whistlin at the window, breath steamed on the glass
the bone castle loomed ahead like a giant among gods, frightened by no gods,

so high in the dark fog, .......
the titan dwarfed geechi's tiny fallship like a mountain next to a dragonfly it was so large
that pauls heart skipped a beat when they flew into its shadow
that's when he heard a rattle
(bump) he turned around baffled
(bump) a sliver of a silver glimmer sent a shiver in his spine to the center of his gut
(bump) his heart (bump)
skipped (bump) a beat (bump-bump)

manda ran into the room expressionless the mask
threw the jagged dagger jaquelantern acted fast
right before the knife stabbed paul in his place
she teleported inbetween and caught it in her face

thump!
the handle vibrated as it stuck
smilin while she pulled it out like apple stems pluck!
geechi turned around astonished widda scowl as The Howl rolled beneath em like the hellish version of a rug

manda didn't miss a beat he saw the witch and swung
the witch became mist
the panda man missed
she popped up behind him tryna creep
but he peeped just in time and caught her with a savage fist

bam!
landed to the deck, the knife skitters close
manda picked it up maybe pygmy paul is toast
geechi tryna concentrate on landin cus they at the foot of bone castle now and if he leave the wheel its over...

wham! the killer slashed paul across the chest
a little off his mark cus all these pieces of a dress
wrapped around his throat at the last second a thousand magic strands choked and yanked him by his neck

pow!! the ship landed widda crash, old man geechi screamed loud and opened up the hatch
handed paul the sketchbook, told him get out while can, jaquelantern looked into his eyes and screamed "fast!"

paul ran into the cold evening while the tall
castle made of bones stood above him and he bawled
after climbin a high hill of human skulls he finally felt safe enough to look back at the brawl

ice knives flew from the pumpin witch's fingers
manda took em all like he never even felt em
old man geechis corn pipe grew into a hammer yellin to the heavens like a grizzly when he swing it

thunder clapped boom! lightnin bolts flashed above
manda stabbed geechi in his chest, his body slumped
ripped off his arm like a flimsy piece of paper faced the witch while geechis blood gushed from the stump

exhausted from the magic spells, swayin in the wind
rain started pourin and she looked up at the kid
too tired to fight what a pitiful sight, drenched and sad the little candle in her face went dim

manda grabbed her head she said "run paul NOW!!!"
frozen in place he couldn't move one inch
the killer held her limp body over the howl
chopped her head off widda growl and threw it deep in the abyss

credits

from The Nobody Hole [A Sci​-​fi Hip​-​Hop Opera], track released October 29, 2010
Produced by Badtouch. Written by Sum. Narrated by Nzinga Kadalie. Illustration by Jared Rogness.

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Sum Los Angeles, California

House of the Red Solar Sky (LP) coming in 2023.

Two-time Indie Music Award nominated songwriter, with music all over your favorite TV shows and videogames. Almost 20 yrs deep, always getting better, virtually unknown but constantly collaborating with legends, go figure. My space-funk band is called The Milky Way, we are currently hibernating. See my website for the full story. ... more

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