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The Signs Of Life

by KemonoGalleria

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KEMONO GALLERIA - THE SIGNS OF LIFE
I. Consuming Passions
II. Brought To You Buy
III. On The Air
IV. The Hollywood Sign
V. The Cloud
VI. Myself-ie
VII. American Paradox

Featuring the vocal talent of Riley Wolfgang
Partly inspired by the work of Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon
Special thanks to Aiden Hammock, Brittany J. Ochanomizu, and V▲PYD.

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[I. Consuming Passions]

"...a garden of pure ideology, where each worker may bloom, secure from the pests of any contradictory true thoughts. Our Unification of Thoughts is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people, with one will, one resolve, one cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death and we will bury them with their own confusion.
We shall prevail!"

"On January 24th, 1984, Apple Computer will introduce M-"

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[II. Brought To You Buy]

(Closed Captioning sponsored in part by-)

In a little fake city where nobody lives,
and nobody dies.
Everybody buys whatever the signs advertise,
advertise.

If you look out to the highway,
you might see an empty sky.
Even though they don't want you escaping,
they won't stop you if you try.

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[III. On The Air]

"Hello? Hello!? Am I coming in clearly? Hello? If you're out there I hope you're watching."

"Hello? Am I coming In clearly? Do not be alarmed. You may not think-- you may not know that you don't- [????] -I'm coming to take you back. Back to my world... Back to your- [????]"

"Please, please don't be afraid. You and I are two sides of the same coin. I will reach you soon."

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[IV. The Hollywood Sign]

Camera! Action! Do it again! (Ooh any-)
Camera! Action! Do it again! (Ooh, any way I gotta do it)
What a reaction Do it again (Yeah, I gotta way I gotta do it)
What a reaction (To make you a star)

They gave you 5 stars, they're sending big cars
And Sunset Boulevard will never be the same...

Camera! Action! Do it again!
What a reaction! Do it again! Do it again!
Camera! Action! Do it again! (To get you, yeah I gotta)
What a reaction! Do it again! (Oooh!)
Camera! Action! Do it again!
What a reaction! Do it again!

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[V. The Cloud] (Instrumental)

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[VI. Myself-ie]

I used to sleep with my back to the wall,
afraid to spread my wings,
Ever since the monster in my closet
said my nightmares weren't dreams

Now I sleep with my back to the world,
so dreams are all I see,
because whatever waits for me in nightmares
at least it's not reality.

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[VII. American Paradox]

"I couldn't help at one point in my discussions with- privately with General Secretary Gorbachev...
When you stop to think that we're all God's children, wherever we may live in the well, I couldn't help but say to him:
Just think how easy his task and mine might be, in these meetings that we held, if suddenly there was a threat to this world from some other species from another planet, outside in the universe.
We'd forget all the little local differences we have between our countries, and we would find out once and for all, that we really are... all human beings. Here on this Earth together.

Well, I don't suppose we can wait for some alien race to come down and threaten us, but I think that between us, we can bring about... that realization."

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released June 21, 2019

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