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Can't Blame Me

from Origins by M-Opus

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We hear the sound of a quiet beach - we’re in Japan by the Pacific. A traditional Japanese song can be heard. A distant skyship advertisement, blasting out in Japanese on the wind, various futuristic flights overhead.

Narrator speaks:
“8 weeks and 6000 miles away in early morning Okinawa, it was starting to look like Miller McKee had indeed gotten away with it. But there was no getting away from himself.”

Miller singing:
“Waking up.
Coming to, on the golden sand Japan adorns its coast for you.
8 weeks gone from New Orleans,
no Vincent on my tail,
looks like I’m finally free.

You shouldn’t screw the mob,
you shouldn’t screw their wives,
You shouldn’t steal their dough,
if you don’t want to die.
You shouldn’t con a killer
right before his eyes,
But you can’t blame me.

Waking up, coming to,
On the golden sand Japan adorns its coast for you.
8 weeks gone from New Orleans,
No Vincent on my tail, looks like I'm finally free.
I celebrate every day. Can’t remember how I celebrated yesterday.
Eastern joy don’t come cheap and the cash I stole is running out,
Just like me.

You shouldn’t screw the mob, you shouldn’t screw their wives,
You shouldn’t steal their dough if you don’t want to die.
You shouldn’t con a killer right before his eyes,
But you can’t blame me.
My head it aches, can’t hardly breathe. I’ll take a little morning med hit, I won’t feel a thing.

An android waitress approaches and speaks in Japanese, looking for a Miller McKee.

Android:
“Sumimasen, anata no namae Miller McKee san?”

Miller:
“Yeah, I’m Miller McKee.”

Android:
“Arigato, anato ni hanashita gatte iru.”

She hands him a phone. Nervously, he takes it.

Miller:
“Oh of course I'll take an unexpected phone call for me in the middle of nowhere,” (To himself) “Who the fuck is this?”

Then we hear Miller’s Internal Voice; a dense cloud of whispered words and phrases in his mind, working out what’s happening at lightning speed. The Internal Voice reveals the extent of his vast knowledge and perceptive skills...

...*patterns *I can’t have been followed *how was I found *satellite pin *bio-trace *national security level *intelligence *not criminal investigation *not a threat *director Walcott Admiral Atlantic command *no link *urgency *my help urgently needed *not official - off the books *Violet’s cracked it

We also hear remembered echoes of screaming “Jonah!”, “Miller!”, the old teleport machine in overdrive.

Miller (smugly):
“Hey... Violet.”

Violet:
(Laughs) “Hello Miller.”


Miller:
“Seven years. You thought you could surprise me there, didn't ya? But I'm unsurprisable.”

Violet:
“Yeah, well when you’re done being unsurprisable, come over and talk to me – I’m sitting just 20 feet behind you.”

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from Origins, released May 1, 2020

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M-Opus Dublin, Ireland

M-Opus are a progressive rock band from Ireland.
(Jonathan Casey, Mark Grist, PJ O'Connell, Colin Sullivan, James Dunne).
They are a real band, but have a fictional history.
They record their albums today, but the albums have release dates in the past, featuring the sounds of music at that time.
"At The Mercy Of Manannán" (1972), "ORIGINS" (1978) and "1975 Triptych" (1975). ... more

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