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Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9)

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Posts lyrics from The Protomen: Acts I and II (Plus Liner notes and bonus tracks) every thirty minutes. Not affiliated with the band. Enjoy!

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Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 9d

THIS IS NOT A FUCKING DRILL.

Act III: This City Made Us, by The Protomen

2 track album

theprotomen.bandcamp.com

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Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 3m

You can try and deny, but your heart knows the sound:
YOU CAN HEAR HIM CALLING OUT.

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 36m

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO BETTER THAN FEAR.

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 1h

There was not a man among them who would let himself be heard.
But from the crowd, from their collective fear, arose these broken words:
WE ARE THE DEAD.

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 1h

I'M SO TIRED OF GIVING UP.
I'M SO TIRED OF GIVING IN.

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 2h

There's a storm blowing in, now.

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 2h

I'VE SEEN YOUR FACE IN THE SHADOWS.

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 3h

(The man knelt down - his face inches from the machine's - and spoke, his voice gruff and trembling:
''I built this. It's mine to destroy.'')

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 4h

(The door at the top of the stairs was cracked open. She called out to Tom as she entered the darkened room. A man was bent over the desk rummaging through the drawers frantically.
It was Albert Wily.)

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 4h

HE COULD NEVER CAGE THE WORLD.
IT'S TOO BIG FOR ANYONE.

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 5h

SO LET THEM WATCH AS WE DECIDE,
THE VERY FATE OF ALL MANKIND.

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 5h

(In the meantime, please be careful. This world is getting darker all the time. I weep at the thought of something terrible happening to you. I could not bear it...
All my love, Tom.)

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 6h

I have seen this city a thousand times.

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 6h

You have heard me tell this story
Many times before you sleep.

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 7h

(With eyes full of rage, Megaman looked over the whole of Mankind, turned his eyes back to the robot army and lowered his head. Slowly, he loosened his grip on his battle-scarred helmet, letting it drop from his hand to the ground.)

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 8h

What have I done?
Though I did not pull the trigger, I built the gun.

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 8h

The hope of man is no machine,
IT'S THERE IN HANDS OF SKIN AND BONE.

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 9h

TOM, LISTEN TO YOURSELF,
THEN LISTEN CAREFULLY TO ME.

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 9h

I'VE HEARD THEM WHISPER ABOUT YOU.
I'VE SEEN THE MEN IN THE BARS,I'VE SEEN THE WOMEN LOCK THEIR DOORS AT NIGHT,
LOCK YOUR DOORS TONIGHT.

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 10h

There's a fear, can't be seen, it surrounds me.
As afraid of the dark as the light.
Was a time, long ago, these were safe streets
NOW I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO KEEPS ME ALIVE.

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 10h

NO ONE WILL COME.

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 11h

Light was a loner. A thinker. A man of ideas.
Ideas forbidden in Wily's society.
The society for which he worked.
The society in which he lived.
The society that he would set free.

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 12h

CAN I TAKE IT BACK?
CAN I TURN OFF THIS MACHINE
BEFORE IT DESTROYS EVERYTHING THAT I'VE LOVED?

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 12h

I hear nothing but the static.

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 13h

There's a chance, though I know it's a long shot,
And the city is out of time.
All for naught if your heart stops beating, 'CAUSE YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT KEEPS IT ALIVE.

Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9) @hoperidesalone.bsky.social · 13h

BUT I KNOW THE FIGHT IS ALREADY DONE.