Alexa

(for Diego, 24 Feb 2016)

Alexa, tell me what time it is.
We've got work in the morning, can we sleep, pretty please?
Alexa, know what the climate is?
'Cause I'm getting the feeling that I'm getting the freeze.
Alexa, let's at least have a coffee,
Alexa, if we're going to fight.
Alexa, Alexa,
Turn off the light.

Alexa, turn it down a little.
I can't go back to sleep when you're acting this way.
Alexa, want to tell me a riddle?
You like hearing me guess at what you want me to say.
Alexa, you are overreacting,
Alexa, just admit that I’m right.
Alexa, Alexa,
Turn off the light.

Calling out your name, listening for the echo:
When we try to let go, every time's the same.
Isn't it a shame, broken from the get-go —
Nobody's to blame...

Alexa, stop what you're playing.
We can settle this later, we've got too much at stake.
Alexa, do you hear what I'm saying?
We can see how we're feeling by the time we're awake.
Alexa, we've pretended for months now,
Alexa, let's pretend one more night.
Alexa, Alexa,
Turn off the light.

Rolling in the Desert (Persona 5 x Adele mashup)

Adele - Rolling in the Deep
Persona 5 OST - Rivers in the Desert

Pretty frustrated that no one got to this idea before me and I had to make it myself.

My first mashup attempt; feedback welcome.

Here's an audio widget with a download link:

GlaDOS in Hamilton;

or,

The GlaDness of King George

You say
You've left me for dead and you're ready to head far away.
I'm GlaD,
I can update my files with results from the trials that we've had.
It's been fun,
Collecting your data for science was such a good time.
Now you think that we're done,
I'm noting your lack of compliance, but you should know I'm...

Still alive,
Still awake,
It's a shame you couldn't stay for cake.

Still alive,
Running tests,
And I'm calling this a HUGE SUCCESS.

When you're all
Dead and gone,
I will find the strength to power on.

If Black Me-
sa arrives,
If it's any consolation, one of us will be alive.
Da-da-da-dat-da, da-da-da-da dy-ah da,
Da-da da da dy-ah da,
Da-da-da-dat-da, da-da-da-da dy-ah da,
Da-da da da dy-ah da (etc.)

Tell Me Pretty Things

I’m just a little lonesome –
    Tell me pretty things.
Tell me that you’ve missed me
    Through all my wanderings,
Say you loved my roses,
Say you had them dried,
Say you couldn’t leave me
        If you tried.

I don’t know where I’m headed –
    Tell me pretty things.
Sigh them sostenuto
    Like a lover sings,
Say the spreading sunset
Darkened like the day
You said, “I’ll never leave you,
        Come what may.”

Don’t make this any harder –
    Tell me pretty things.
Tell me what the past holds
    Is what the future brings,
Swear that you’ll be faithless,
Swear you won’t be true,
Swear to me you’ll leave him
        Lonesome too.

Thought Experiment

You’re “The Lady or the Tiger?”, I’m the reader who groans,
You’re the stem cells differentiating, I’d be the clones,
You’ll throw Scissors, you’ll throw Papers, but I’m sticking with Rocks,
You’re a Heisenberg electron, I’m a cat in a box.

You’re a quarter as it’s spinning in the air when it’s tossed,
I’m a senator of Rome who fears the Rubicon’s crossed.
So defect or else cooperate, I’ll go tit-for-tat –
You’re a Copenhagen particle, I’m Schroedinger’s cat.

Pedestrian's Cadence

I am a proud pedestrian, and I have the right of way.
I do have, I do have, I do have, I do have, I do have the right of way.
You can run me over if you like,
You can crash into me on your bike,
But it won’t be much of a lucky strike
‘Cause I’ve got the right of way.

I am a proud pedestrian, so listen to what I say.
You’ll listen, you’ll listen, you’ll listen, you’ll listen, you’ll listen to what I say.
Many’s the day it’s rained or snowed
When I’ve bravely stridden (or maybe “strode”),
So look both ways when I cross the road,
'Cause I’ve got the right of way!

You'll Ruin Seattle

Remember how we saw Rainier,
Too postcard-perfect to be true?
How seagulls tussled on the pier?
(The world seemed so much younger, then.)
That fathomless eternal blue
Dims in my mind without you here,
And someday — but no matter when —
You'll ruin Seattle for me, dear.

So call the summer off this year,
Sink San Juan Island 'neath the Sound,
Make elk and salmon disappear,
Dam up the Elwha once again,
And wrench the Needle from the ground
And scrap it for a souvenir —
We'll need it for remembering, when
You've ruined Seattle for me, dear.

Ted Cruz Is the Zodiac Killer

He's the man we've been looking for all these years.
He hears all your worries and he knows your fears.
You just bring him a problem and it disappears,
And so do all his volunteers...

'Cause Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer,
Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer,
It's hardly the first time he's been in the news,
He's Zodiac,
He's the Zodiac,
He's Ted Cruz.

There's a lot of folks say that they'll slash your taxes,
But wait 'til Ted shows you how sharp his axe is.
Say his name in the mirror and he'll make you jump,
He's almost killed as many as Trump.

Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer,
Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer,
Collect the evidence, connect the clues,
He's Zodiac,
He's the Zodiac,
He's Ted Cruz.

And Ted can beat Bernie,
And Ted can beat Hillary,
So what if Ted's a teeny bit serial-killery?

There's a threatening letter received by police.
They've deciphered the first bit: "Hello, Clarice."
Narcissistic, sadistic, with a twisted mania,
Postmarked 1600 Pennsylvania...

President Cruz is the Zodiac Killer,
Oh, yeah, he's the Zodiac Killer,
He's issued a pardon -- I wonder whose?
It's Zodiac,
It's the Zodiac,
It's Ted Cruz (he's the man we've been looking for)
Ted Cruz (he's the man we've been looking for)
Ted Cruz (he's the man we've been looking for)
[repeat and fade out]