The Philolexian Society
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by Edward rueda
| First Rictus | Second Rictus |
|---|---|
| Balloon boy's flying | Balloon boy's flying |
| Balloon boy's flying | Balloon boy's flying |
| First a rumor | Balloon boy's flying |
| Then a picture | |
| Glimpse of sliver | |
| Strange and silver | |
| Slowly turning | Balloon boy's flying |
| Is it burning? | |
| There's a child stuck inside it. | |
| First a rumor | Balloon boy's flying |
| Then a picture | |
| Glimpse of sliver | |
| Strange and silver | |
| Slowly turning | Balloon boy's flying |
| Is it burning? | |
| There's a child stuck inside it. | |
| First no one could believe it | Balloon boy's flying |
| Then no one couldn't believe it | |
| How could we know | Balloon boy's flying |
| That there was not a child stuck in a balloon? | |
| First no one could believe it | Balloon boy's flying |
| Then no one couldn't believe it | |
| How could we know | Balloon boy's flying |
| That there was not a child stuck inside it? | |
| Ft. Collins boy missing | Rumor, rumor |
| Six-year-old boy missing | Rumor, rumor |
| Ft. Collins boy missing | Rumor, rumor |
| Six-year-old boy missing | Rumor, rumor |
| White little boy missing | Rumor, rumor |
| Six-year-old boy missing | Rumor, rumor |
| White little boy missing | Rumor, rumor |
| Gone in balloon? | Rumor, rumor |
| Gone in balloon missing | Stranger, stranger |
| Boy in balloon missing | Stranger, stranger |
| Gone in balloon missing | Stranger, stranger |
| Boy in balloon missing | Stranger, stranger |
| Gone in balloon missing | Stranger, stranger |
| Boy in balloon missing | Stranger, stranger |
| Gone in balloon missing | Stranger, stranger |
| Wait, there's footage? | Stranger, stranger |
| Look at the live footage | Picture, picture |
| Latest balloon footage | Picture, picture |
| Look at the live footage | Picture, picture |
| Latest balloon footage | Picture, picture |
| Look at the live footage | Picture, picture |
| Latest balloon footage | Picture, picture |
| Look at the live footage | Picture, picture |
| He's gonna die? | Picture, picture |
| Boy in balloon to die | Danger, danger |
| Lack of oxygen | Danger, danger |
| Boy in balloon to die | Danger, danger |
| Lack of oxygen | Danger, danger |
| Boy in balloon to die | Danger, danger |
| Lack of oxygen | Danger, danger |
| Boy in balloon to die | Danger, danger |
| He's gonna crash? | Danger, danger |
| Boy in balloon falling | Worst fear, worst fear |
| Clear the airspace | Worst fear, worst fear |
| Boy in balloon falling | Worst fear, worst fear |
| Clear the airspace | Worst fear, worst fear |
| Boy in balloon falling | Worst fear, worst fear |
| Clear the airspace | Worst fear, worst fear |
| Boy in balloon falling - | Worst fear, worst fear |
| Wait, it's empty? | Worst fear, worst fear |
| (pause) | Not true, not true, not true, not true |
| I am a news channel | Not true, not true, not true, not true |
| I need a dead child | Not true, not true, not true, not true |
| I am a news channel | Not true, not true, not true, not true |
| I need a dead child | Not true, not true, not true, not true |
| I am a news channel | Not true, not true, not true, not true |
| I need a dead child | Not true, not true, not true, not true |
| I am a news channel | Not true, not true, not true, not true |
| Who is to blame? | Not true, not true, not true, not true |
| Is this a hoax? | Outrage, outrage, outrage |
| Answer the charges | Outrage, outrage, outrage |
| Is this a hoax? | Outrage, outrage, outrage |
| Answer the charges | Outrage, outrage, outrage |
| Is this a hoax? | Outrage, outrage, outrage |
| Answer the charges | Outrage, outrage, outrage |
| Is this a hoax? | Outrage, outrage, outrage |
| All for a show? | Outrage, outrage, outrage |
| Lock up the family | Scapegoat, scapegoat, scapegoat |
| How could you do this t'us? | Scapegoat, scapegoat, scapegoat |
| Lock up the family | Scapegoat, scapegoat, scapegoat |
| How could you do this t'us? | Scapegoat, scapegoat, scapegoat |
| Lock up the family | Scapegoat, scapegoat, scapegoat |
| How could you do this t'us? | Scapegoat, scapegoat, scapegoat |
| Lock up the family | Scapegoat, scapegoat, scapegoat |
| How could you do this t'us? | Scapegoat, scapegoat, scapegoat |
| (pause) | BARF! |
| 1, 2, 3 hours | |
| 4, 5, 6 hours | |
| 7, 8, 19, 10, 'leven, 12 hours' coverage | |
| My dear boy Falcon, as I go to pris'n | 13, 14, 15 hours |
| You may be asking why this has aris'n | 16, 17, 18 hours |
| As ancient Egypt once built pyr'mids tall, | 19, 20, 21, 22 hours' coverage |
| So media cov'rage dulls Obscurity's pall | |
| 23, 24, 25 hours | |
| As carv'd ob'lisks praised Pharaoh in Thebes, | 26, 27, 28 hours |
| Our nation dwell'd upon your cur'ous deeds | 29, 30, 31, 32 hours' coverage |
| You scarr'd our psyches as a Great Obsess'n | |
| 'Midst two wars and rav'nous Great Recess'n | 33, 34, 35 hours |
| 36, 37, 38 hours | |
| And should you live to ripe old Nin'ty-Fo'r | 39, 40, 41, 42 hours' coverage |
| Th' nation shall proclaim yo'r name once mor' | |
| I see your Times obit, st'rk bl'ck and gray: | 43, 44, 45 hours |
| "Th' boy in th' balloon has died today." | 46, 47, 48 hours |
| 49, 50, 51, 52 hours' coverage | |
| S' view Jon-Kate and Octomom as kin, | 53, 54, 55 hours |
| Go pursue fame and help our fam'ly win. | 56, 57, 58 hours |
| 59, 60, 61, 62 hours' coverage | |
| First no one could believe it | First no one could believe it |
| Then no one couldn't believe it | Then no one couldn't believe it |
| How could we know | How could we know |
| That there was not a child stuck inside a | That there was not a child stuck inside a |