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Troubled Minds

from Origins by M-Opus

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Mount Izador Mental Hospital - FX, doctors being paged, trolleys pushed, medical tech, doors closing.
A battered Jonah with no memories stares out a window.

Narrator speaks:
“Mount Izador Mental Hospital, just outside Wilmington, Delaware. On a bench by a sunlit security window, a patient with a scarred face stared out through unoccupied eyes.”

Patient Jonah:
Out on the lawn there’s a hologram that represents orbits and satellites.
Corridor shuffling, I stop and stare through windows with bars till the day is night.
My origins somewhere outside this place, My memory something that I’m denied.

Miller is at reception.

Miller sings:
I’m looking for someone you might have here. A patient called Ephgrave, a scientist.
Prob’ly confused, been through hell and back. If I told you, you’d fit me a strait jacket.
If I could just find him, we’ll keep him safe and trace his way back home through all of this.

Patient Jonah:
We've severed connections in this haven for troubled minds,
Together we’re strangers to ourselves.
The panic is silent in this haven for troubled minds.
Maybe the world outside is strangers just like me.

Changes are raging ahead of me, moments to come rush before my eyes.
The meds that they feed me are wearing off, writhing I drown in a sea of time.
Somebody is reaching to rescue me, someone that shines in the empty night.

Someone approaches.
It is another patient - he calls himself Krown.

Patient Krown:
Hey. Yeah - you. The patient with no name.
You look like shit, what happened to you? You’re mangled pretty good.
These quacks hear you babble, but only I listen, gods speak through you.
Only I, your guide, will help you find the truth.

Trapped, lost within your skull, visions grind your mind?
‘Mad’, that’s all they can see, but only I know best.
Deep in your whispering, futures you can tell.
Gods are buried in your head, but only I know best.

A doctor greets Miller.

Dr. Phelps speaks:
Mr. McKee? I’m Dr. Phelps. I believe I do know something about your missing person. Always wondered would somebody show up looking for our mysterious resident. A patient of ours: amnesiac, intelligence off-the-scale, extremely troubled… but it’s been a very long time. I have sad news. There was an oxy-fire here 13 years ago, a number of wards devastated, including your colleagues’. I’m sorry, but nothing was left behind.

Miller:
Ok. Thank you.

Narrator speaks:
“Miller was devastated at the news. Without a second thought, he located the nearest bookies and hit the shots hard. Eventually he got the inevitable call.”

Miller:
“Hey Laser Legs. How’s your ringularity?”

Violet:
“Miller, where’ve you been?!”

Miller:
“Good news is I found him. Bad news is he died 13 years ago.”

Violet:
“Are you partying?”

Miller:
“Yes, thank you.”

Violet:
“You sonofabitch, you promised! What about Jonah?”

Miller:
“Nah he’s not partying, he’s dead, keep up will ya? So this is me coping, so... cheers.”

Violet hangs up.

Miller:
(speaking to himself): “Alright, alright. Way to ruin the buzz. I’ve no money left anyway, so give over. (Sighs) Ok, ok, enough already, I guess I can look a little closer, whatever you say.”

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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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