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Act III: This City Made Us, by The Protomen
2 track album
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THIS IS NOT A FUCKING DRILL.
But if your hands are willing,
THERE IS MORE TO THIS FIGHT.
THERE IS MORE TO THIS FIGHT.
November 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
But if your hands are willing,
THERE IS MORE TO THIS FIGHT.
THERE IS MORE TO THIS FIGHT.
(Liner: Smoke pours from the stacks high above the outer wall. The gates are open. A figure stands in the light before the entrance. Perfectly still, he waits. The crash of metal destroys the silence. One by one the Robots step forward, step into the light.)
November 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
(Liner: Smoke pours from the stacks high above the outer wall. The gates are open. A figure stands in the light before the entrance. Perfectly still, he waits. The crash of metal destroys the silence. One by one the Robots step forward, step into the light.)
They looked to me once,
Now they turn to you.
Do you understand now?
Do you see that the truth is
They don't want to change this.
They don't want a hero.
They just want a martyr,
A statue to raise.
Now they turn to you.
Do you understand now?
Do you see that the truth is
They don't want to change this.
They don't want a hero.
They just want a martyr,
A statue to raise.
November 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
They looked to me once,
Now they turn to you.
Do you understand now?
Do you see that the truth is
They don't want to change this.
They don't want a hero.
They just want a martyr,
A statue to raise.
Now they turn to you.
Do you understand now?
Do you see that the truth is
They don't want to change this.
They don't want a hero.
They just want a martyr,
A statue to raise.
Twenty floors above the dark streets of the city, Dr. Light lived in a run-down tenement.
An eccentric and brilliant man, Light was a loner. A thinker. A man of ideas.
An eccentric and brilliant man, Light was a loner. A thinker. A man of ideas.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Twenty floors above the dark streets of the city, Dr. Light lived in a run-down tenement.
An eccentric and brilliant man, Light was a loner. A thinker. A man of ideas.
An eccentric and brilliant man, Light was a loner. A thinker. A man of ideas.
But when you fight, you'll fight alone.
And in the end, you'll see there was no other way.
And in the end, you'll see there was no other way.
November 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
But when you fight, you'll fight alone.
And in the end, you'll see there was no other way.
And in the end, you'll see there was no other way.
IS THIS THE BEST YOU'VE GOT?
IS THIS YOUR STRONGEST MACHINE?
IS THIS YOUR STRONGEST MACHINE?
November 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
IS THIS THE BEST YOU'VE GOT?
IS THIS YOUR STRONGEST MACHINE?
IS THIS YOUR STRONGEST MACHINE?
DO NOT SAY THIS IS HOW IT HAS TO BE.
November 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
DO NOT SAY THIS IS HOW IT HAS TO BE.
And for a while, I let it go, it kept itself between the lines.
November 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
And for a while, I let it go, it kept itself between the lines.
(What was her name?)
Doesn't matter, now listen--
THE GOOD DOCTOR HAS TO PAY.
Doesn't matter, now listen--
THE GOOD DOCTOR HAS TO PAY.
November 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
(What was her name?)
Doesn't matter, now listen--
THE GOOD DOCTOR HAS TO PAY.
Doesn't matter, now listen--
THE GOOD DOCTOR HAS TO PAY.
I KNOW. (THIS CITY'S HEART'S STILL BEATING)
I KNOW. (I KNOW THE WEIGHT YOU'RE FEELING)
I KNOW. (I KNOW THE WEIGHT YOU'RE FEELING)
November 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I KNOW. (THIS CITY'S HEART'S STILL BEATING)
I KNOW. (I KNOW THE WEIGHT YOU'RE FEELING)
I KNOW. (I KNOW THE WEIGHT YOU'RE FEELING)
I FEEL A FEVER COMING ON ME,
BURNING OUT OF CONTROL.
BURNING OUT OF CONTROL.
November 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I FEEL A FEVER COMING ON ME,
BURNING OUT OF CONTROL.
BURNING OUT OF CONTROL.
BUT I KNOW A HERO WILL COME.
November 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
BUT I KNOW A HERO WILL COME.
You keep outrunning your past, until it hunts you down.
November 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
You keep outrunning your past, until it hunts you down.
I've been here before. I've stood where you stand.
They called me their hero.
They called me their hero.
November 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I've been here before. I've stood where you stand.
They called me their hero.
They called me their hero.
THIS CITY MADE US...
November 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
THIS CITY MADE US...
They don't deserve this. (When this is through,)
Now more than ever, (Mankind will fall.)
WE ARE THEIR HOPE!!
Now more than ever, (Mankind will fall.)
WE ARE THEIR HOPE!!
November 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
They don't deserve this. (When this is through,)
Now more than ever, (Mankind will fall.)
WE ARE THEIR HOPE!!
Now more than ever, (Mankind will fall.)
WE ARE THEIR HOPE!!
But if I stay here with you,
Then I will never know the truth.
Then I will never know the truth.
November 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
But if I stay here with you,
Then I will never know the truth.
Then I will never know the truth.
AND YOU WILL FIGHT.
November 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
AND YOU WILL FIGHT.
Break out.
November 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Break out.
All for naught if your heart stops beating, 'CAUSE YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT KEEPS IT ALIVE.
November 30, 2025 at 7:44 AM
All for naught if your heart stops beating, 'CAUSE YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT KEEPS IT ALIVE.
The crowd had gathered there to watch him fall, to watch their hopes destroyed.
November 30, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The crowd had gathered there to watch him fall, to watch their hopes destroyed.
You are our hero.
November 30, 2025 at 6:30 AM
You are our hero.
WHEN THE BLOOD WASHES OVER ME,
GOD I HOPE IT CAN
WASH THIS BLOOD FROM MY HANDS.
GOD I HOPE IT CAN
WASH THIS BLOOD FROM MY HANDS.
November 30, 2025 at 5:57 AM
WHEN THE BLOOD WASHES OVER ME,
GOD I HOPE IT CAN
WASH THIS BLOOD FROM MY HANDS.
GOD I HOPE IT CAN
WASH THIS BLOOD FROM MY HANDS.
YOU'RE PLAYING IT COOL, YOUR HAND ON THE TRIGGER.
I THINK WE BOTH KNOW HOW THIS TURNS OUT.
I THINK WE BOTH KNOW HOW THIS TURNS OUT.
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 AM
YOU'RE PLAYING IT COOL, YOUR HAND ON THE TRIGGER.
I THINK WE BOTH KNOW HOW THIS TURNS OUT.
I THINK WE BOTH KNOW HOW THIS TURNS OUT.
YOU WILL FALL FROM A HEIGHT
MOST MEN WILL NEVER REACH.
MOST MEN WILL NEVER REACH.
November 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM
YOU WILL FALL FROM A HEIGHT
MOST MEN WILL NEVER REACH.
MOST MEN WILL NEVER REACH.