9fm-Twilight Zone Reference Guide

Based on "A Game of Pool"Season 3 Episode 5Well we all want to know nowWhen matched up with greatsjust where our names can be foundWell, Is it pride or self doubtthat leads the wayto lifelong crusades to find out?I can never rest ’til i know the scoreNo matter costI will wager what I must to knowWhere do I standon the list of greatest known to man?I’ll bet my pride & my life to knowThe goal was clear from day onePerfect the gamesharing first place with no oneAll angles force mapped outSleep in the hallNo time at all for love nowA legend or a tin godI risked my lifefor just one try to dethroneWell in the end, I did winbest of all timenot worth my time, you keep it, you can keep itBased on "The Comedian"Season 1 Episode 1 of "The Twilight Zone" by Jordan PeeleSo long, to any name I'd ever knownTo trade up, I'd leave them all behind meWith more gone, this dream is getting rather coldFold up into the wind, rejoin the names I've cast asideThe sound of the siren voice, as sweet as is coldWe're taking in half of just what we're toldHelplessly we disregard the darker of sidesWe'll learn it all on our own timeBefore I make things worseI'll use my curse to saySo long, to any name I'd ever knownTo trade up, I'd leave them all behind meWith more gone, this dream is getting rather coldFold up into the wind, rejoin the names I've cast asideThe price at the end of the road gets all but ignoredWe skim & we sign & we just move forwardEvery red flag that we see, we're brushing asideLearn to live the deal we signedBased on "The Lonely"Season 1 Episode 7Me, I'm an emperor watching over dustShe is a lovely distraction from my work.But is the product greater than her parts? (Maybe)An aberration, sent to me, to be solvedSo what if I am snakebit?So what if she's my savior?We'll pioneer a new erawhere the bones & the steel are one.Legend will spread across the planetsForsaken off in a desertthen she came & the walls would fallA savage surface without one grain of faithBefore she landed here , my throne was just a cage &My mind's caved, cause I'm alive & you're a fake. (Maybe)Liberation couldn't save me. Can I trade it for the lie?So what if I am snakebit?So what if she's my savior?We'll pioneer a new erawhere the bones & the steel are one.Legend will spread across the planetsForsaken off in a desertthen she came & the walls would fallBased on "The Shelter"Season 3 Episode 3Nobody here can keep hold of all their fearsThey all fight when the bombs are still in flightThe radio sent us all a nooseWe pass it around ’til it’s rightThe power of numbers can drive good people badLeft no choice but to fightPut in the time & all the workJust trying to keep us alivebut power of numbers can drive good people badThey’ll all kill to surviveYears upon years go aboutwithout ever having to just shout“Oh, who are these people & what are they really inside?”Never ever again will makethat mistake so I’ll say, goodbyeBased on "The Long Morrow"Season 5 Episode 15Trading in all of the green & blue for blacknessAll alone, all of the cities start to lose their glowFrozen stiff, my black orb hangs in vastnessLiving for a long dinner & a short danceThe way that you'll beThe way I am nowThe way my speck gets smaller, smaller & smaller stillPlay & replay the grainy clips in disarrayTrying to keep a disappearing face & a voice aliveUp here alone , I feel my wrinkles stretching longer& down below, she stays suspended in a smooth young glowBlue & green come into focus much more slowlyThe sudden heat, feeling the earth beneath my feet& don't you know, it doesn't feel a thing like home& all is lost, back in the blackness is where I belongPlay & replay the grainy clips in disarrayTrying to keep a disappearing face & a voice aliveBased on "Execution"Season 1 Episode 26Lower all the lights and soundFeeling overwhelmed here and nowStatic from an urban scenecan drive a simple man to his kneesBut desolation yields a different warThe quiet of a frozen plaincan drive a man insane just the sameBut, some people just don't have any placeBut, some people just don't have a placeWe love curl up in a comfortable fear we knowBut exposed to an unknown infinite world, we foldThe need to understand everythingIt's dangerous, so dangerousTaunted by a rope in a breezeInsulted by the simplest machineBased on "Long Live Walter Jameson"Season 1 Episode 24To sum up our lives hereto kill time til the endSome of who we lovedseemed right then pass onMost will never seeso many yearsI’ve been cursed to live in a rowI tried & tried & tried to break freebut all I’ve learned is I’m a coward &Things feel differentlythis go aroundDon’t go growing old all aloneI’ll try & try & try to break freebut I’m afraid I’ll fail at this againIf only someone warned meI’d take back my old wishJust take me sooner than laterEnd this charade & bring me closer to a blissful endBased on "Two"Season 3 Episode 1Walking outsideTo your straight-faced gazeOh, where do we go from here?First a quick drawThen we lower our armsReaching for each other’s handOn a lifeless planeWe relearn to trustIn a brand new wayWe relearn loveIn a barren landwithout a flag in sightis the only placeour love can survive.The killer instinctLeaving just us twoA chance to start up anewIt’s only logicalthat we settle our feudLive as the remaining twoWeary eyes arelooking lost in wastelandfearing any sign of lifeThen then met mine& without one sound litthe four lights of this townOver time theygrew so brightthe only needed source of lightSo we’ll stay hereup until they burn outLeave behind this old townBased on "Nick of Time"Season 2 Episode 7Answer me yes or noGrown tired of deciphering the codesDo we put our lives on hold?Or do we just leave and learn the answers on our own?Should we all just wait?Beggin for a signShould we give more change up& ask another time?Do we wait inside for someone to tell us whyto fear outside?Get up, get outwe learn by leavingPack up, skip outKeep your fears unsaidStart up, peel out &learn by livingHold your questionsAnswers are all the sameAll open ended, incomplete & vagueDo we fail to see the change?Or do we just waste away our time with acts of faith?Based on "Changing of the Guard"Season 3 Episode 37Looked as if the river wouldn't dry when you were mine'Til circumstances damned up all that I was worthWhat was it all for?Drown into Messiah, sink into what's historyNo one needs what you would love to givePlease understand that you're not what you once were to usWe would like to thank you for your workWell, all of them just come & go like ghostsWell, I've lost them allI have won no victories in time at allWhat a shameful showDrown into Messiah, sink into what's historyNo one needs what you would love to givePlease understand that you're not what you once were to usWe would like to thank you for your workBased on "I Sing the Body Electric"Season 3 Episode 35Listen Annie, give me any name.I don't come with one.Please don't be afraid because I am what you need.Thin or sturdy, build me as you please.I can love you & I can never leave.I swear that I can feel.As the years go byThese circuits, they turn into something you love.Cave in & make believeYou don't know that I don't even bleed.My veins are simply empty tunnels, we ignore.Until I break you down& you send me on back hometo tell them all I've learned& you, learning to feel love.(sing the body)Cave in & make believeYou don't know that I don't even bleed.Just cave in & make believeYou don't know that I don't even bleed.All songs are available for download at https://ninthfloormannequin.bandcamp.com/Based on San JuniperoSeason 3, Episode 4 of Black MirrorA life in a place & time, we didn’t chooseAbide by the rules we find, oh ’ til we’re throughThen I decide on a place in a time to reside that I wished were trueBut who we are we can’t escape, so I wrecked that tooAt first blushI came on way too strongI’d never known someone like youSo I knew first, the path that I would chooseI’d trade that life for one with youPlease see it throughYou’re all i have to loseA place in a time designed for our own useA place we can feel alive, in health & youthSo I decide on a place in a time to reside that I wished were trueSo now here we are now free to stay, until we’re throughWithout a doubt, the lies we learn to lead die out, & then, leaving us onlyto find out, the lives we’re meant to lead are found, not with, but without, stable groundBased on NosediveSeason 3 Episode 1 of Black MirrorRepaint our lives til they look just rightWe purge the weak hunt the prizeWe hide out fears behind those pearly whitesRehearse a speech filled with liesLies & smiles are all we areI think that I can’t keep up. Allow meTo let looseto scream it allIt feels so good toYell out all the truth& the hate that we holdall the hate we holdOh the sweet relief of defeatMake sure they know that you’re the first to showthat you love their drinks & kids & clothesSo your numbers grow but they’re sure to slowOut in the cold is where you'll goLies & smiles are all we areI think that I can’t keep up. Allow meTo let looseto scream it allIt feels so good toYell out all the truth& the hate that we holdall the hate we holdOh the sweet relief of defeatBring light to friendship rewritesLet it be knownWe were close &then sold to those who do holdthe power to pull me upBased on White BearSeason 2, Episode 2 of Black MirrorHow you feeling today?Always so lost.Keep on wanderingdifferent paths that always seem to end the same.So they’re filming your strifeHow does that feel?Keep on wonderingwho they are why they do not care to help.Always the foolFeed into the fearRun into the mazearound in a circle & living scaredChaos every nightConfusion every morningWhat a wonderful cageOne without barsMade up only ofyour own fear & what you did to someone elseAlways the foolFeed into the fearRun into the mazearound in a circle & living scaredChaos every nightConfusion every morningWake up & just give them what they all want day after day. (on repeat)Let them see the justice that you deserve day after day.How so perfectly fairLiving out your daysin a steady stateunending fear. An endless fog with no way out