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Read by: Lilibell and Doid
I see the bad moon arising
I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lightnin'
I see bad times today
– Credence Clearwater Revival
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Read by: lily, HollyBlue2
A new precedent in pain, a new precedent in pain
Mankind is blown to dust, mankind is blown to dust
An explosion of the brain, an explosion of the brain
Spontaneously combust, spontaneously combust
– Rainbow
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Read by: sunlit and Wookiee Cookie
Everywhere I go, your face I see
Every step I take, you take with me, yeah
– Martha and the Vandellas
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Read by: Hannah and fey
You know the first time I traveled
Out in the rain and snow
In the rain and snow
I didn't have no payroll
Not even no place to go
– Canned Heat
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Chapter 5: Communication Breakdown
Read by: Lotte and Dinos
Communication breakdown, it's always the same
Havin' a nervous breakdown, a-drive me insane
– Led Zeppelin
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Chapter 6: Crash Course in Brain Surgery
Read by: Suru, Hannah, MalicMalic, Briston, and fey
Look inside and you will see
The words are cutting deep inside my brain
Thunder burning, quickly burning
Knife of words is driving me insane
– Budgie
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Read by: Lotte, irash, Moose, Doid, noloveforclowns, Suru, and Lilibell
I can't help about the shape I'm in
I can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer that you want me to
– Fleetwood Mac
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Read by: Sue, LadyLucifer, sunlit, Lilibell, Marinia, and fey
You think you're innocent, you've nothing to fear
You don't know me you say, but isn't it clear?
You turn to me in all your worldly greed and pride
But will you turn to me when it's your turn to die?
– Black Sabbath
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Read by: irash, Finn, Marinia, and Moose
Oh lordy me and oh lordy my
See when you haven’t got a dime
When your trouble's are so deep
You can't eat nor sleep
See when your troubles are like mine
- Anna & Elizabeth
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Read by: Hannah, Doid, and Lilibell
Yeah sometimes you wanna get higher
And sometimes you gotta start low
Some people think they gonna die someday
I got news, I've got to go
- Ted Nugent
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Chapter 11: Man in the Wilderness
Read by: Suru, LadyLucifer, Briston, Lotte, Dark Unicorn, and Emmevic
Ten thousand people look my way
But they can't see the way that I feel
Nobody even cares to try
I spend my life and sell my soul on the road
And I'm still in the dark
'Cause I can't seem to find the light alone
– Styx
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Read by: Megonagall410, Dinos, and lily
Mmm, I'm telling you now
The greatest thing you ever can do now
Is trade a smile with someone who's blue now
- Led Zeppelin
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Read by: Lotte, Dinos, and Dark Unicorn
But you got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can't hold out forever
Even walls fall down
- Tom Petty
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Chapter 14: Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)
Read by: InspiredNachos, Naomi, Rak, and Megonagall410
I'll take those (long nights, impossible odds)
Keeping my eye to the keyhole
If it takes (all that to be just what I am)
– Styx
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Read by: fey, lily, Moose, and Finn
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who's there
– Martin Gore
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Read by: Dinos, Doid, Finn, and noloveforclowns
Well, I'm so above you
And it's plain to see
But I came to love you anyway
So you pulled my heart out
And I don't mind bleedin'
– The Black Keys
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Read by: lily, Naomi, Hannah, and Dark Unicorn
Believe I'll ride, believe I'll go back home
Or down the road as far as I can go
And that'll be the way to get along
– The Rolling Stones
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Chapter 18: He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother
Read by: Dinos, Zero, and Megonagall410
The road is long
With many a winding turn
That leads us to who knows where
Who knows where
But I'm strong
Strong enough to carry him
He ain't heavy, he's my brother
- The Hollies
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Chapter 19: The Things We Do For Love
Read by: sunlit, LadyLucifer, Marinia, Doid, and Naomi
Too many broken hearts have fallen in the river
Too many lonely souls have drifted out to sea
You lay your bets and then you pay the price
The things we do for love, the things we do for love
- 10cc
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Read by: Megonagall410, Zero, lily, Naomi, InspiredNachos, Doid, and lilibell
You have tamed me
Now you must take me
How am I supposed to be
I don't have my thorns now
- Regina Spektor
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notes & acknowledgements:
thank you so much to everyone who was involved in this project — you all made it far easier than I had any right to expect. Thank you for your tireless commitment to celebrating CN, for struggling your way through technical difficulties, labouring through the fearless leader's affinity for alliteration, and, of course, lending your voice to these wonderful characters to bring them to life. You are all so very much loved and appreciated.
additional thanks to our stage crew team, HesitateDisintergrate, NaomiLeyers, and UppercaseCharlie for organising and executing the groundwork for the first group project in the history of ever to reach completion without any meltdowns or blowups. Thirty-five people, and we still did the damn thing... I'm proud of us!
extra special thanks to HesitateDisintergrate for tackling the giant that was hours upon hours of editing over 79 audio files into a cohesive final product — this would have literally been impossible without you, and I am in awe of your skill and dedication.
lastly, thank you to leaf for organising the blooper/birthday reels for the boss's big day — they were most definitely the cherry atop our favourite expression, more cake, and moth for reading all twenty chapter headers for us like a boss, even if we were denied her musical talent singing the beginning lyrics.
💜 lily
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contributor credits:
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reader credits as follows (in alphabetical order):
noloveforclowns