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The Science of Fiction

by Fiction

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Quentin did a magic trick and nobody noticed, it wasn’t important just some loose change in his hand And he became lonely by her side it grew worse when she went away gave up her body before he could say... I’m sorry There was an accident then his bones mended wooden, his hair grew white but was he chivalrous before the fight? She died on another world it wasn’t the first time, it happened before now it will never happen again The Beast is dead. Packed a ship and crew to create some distance between himself and the shore silhouettes of trees with clocks faded And he was granted three wishes due to an arrow after a change of course but he couldn’t wish away the rules Quentin did a magic trick and it was impressive, but he was depressed maybe magic isn’t happiness So he goes to work now he sits in an office, he goes to get bored wonders if old friends remember him... There was a note he kept it said: I thought I didn’t need family, but my family was you and you were right there all along They shattered his window, the wind carried sounds the wind carried traffic and showering glass and he was remembered after all It’s long over due to fly out of view to our new home Where it all began he had followed a letter, a Fillory book through the garden where the seasons changed So he took his seat and answered the questions, shuffled the cards Fifty-three fell with the Queen of Horns All different suits Queens no one new / would ever know You’ve gotta pick up yourself, man what’s happened has happened, what’s done is done lift your chin up and move on We’re leaving this world behind now won’t you come with us, don’t say your goodbyes you could be king
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Brakebills 00:42
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Feast your eyes on radiant screens a handmade reality is here for you to view Feed your hunger with the poison feed poison with lament for the young If this skin just doesn’t fit right - it’s designed for desire these days you’re so desirable - so why don’t we have some fun? look at where we came from, take a look at what we’ve done why don’t we have some fun? We are The Walking Dead As I age time reverses, ‘till it’s back to blights and curses on The View and if life is but a book tour, I’ll just smile and nod, be cordial - but what’s the point? We are stain on the sleeve of evolution we’re piss in the pants of progress we are the wretched ones look at where came from, take another look at what we’ve done and see what we’ve become… what have we become? We are The Walking Dead Look at where we came from, look at what we’ve done The Beast is our reflection, thought we had it perfect took it to the island, sang This Land is My Land we’re hungry like children, we’re wild as villains We are The Walking Dead
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Seven maids, seven mothers who got too close to seven brothers don’t you know, now they’re alone their lust for life was bloated, only living for the moment that’s how it goes Older now and so worn out, the night has lost it’s hue since they drained the honey from the moon Now Tokyo sounds distracting, and New York looks wracked with traffic but these small towns… they’re drying out seven lives resigned to gossip, searching for a human connection in the telephone wires Well home is where your shit is after childhood’s enchantment has run out with the water and they know what’s in store for their seven daughters It’s all about when they look down on those seven lovely girls they’ve got all the time in world Don’t be so serious: you’ve got all the time in the world Life’s so mysterious: preserve it for the girls Don’t be so serious: you’ve got all the time in the world Life’s so mysterious: don’t ruin it for the girls Seven maids now seven mothers who got too close to seven brothers don’t you know, now they’re alone if their lust for life was bloated, only living for the moment it goes to show... that’s how it goes
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If these are end times… it’s all right, ‘cause I’m by your side but someone saw a sign… that matched a line in a book of lies did one mention a man missing a hand? who’d appear next door ‘cause it’s so awful how… I feel let down by our poor design that’s from the mouth of god… but full of rocks and muffled vowels So there’ll be Borderlines and Boundary Signs to divide us all Walking through the park… I found initials in a heart carved into a bench… and wondered if the heart’s still in it now I realize I… will one day die and time will erase… my face this place and this song is that so wrong? I call it fair enough our bones will fill the ground for miles down eventually… but that’s eventually
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Providence 03:35
All astride the lighted rows, aligned with all the fireflies and milk, adorning the most beautiful place you’ve ever been it’s everywhere I wish I could have lived Call it worthless, call it real call it whatever you will on your word I’d swear it’s anything I’m so sorry for you Move on Bobby, burn the clothes remove all features from the road while the warblers sing their melody touch me gently, I’ll pick your brain as a duo in a way, we’ve transcended our humanity We planned for better out of sight a perfect crime from perfect minds a perfect find made sure this wasn’t one I’m so sorry for you Ask my doctor, I see fine nothing you found there was mine we were together with the girls in our incandescent world Now you’re on the shower floor that’s Darrow’s gift that you adored was it better there for you? was it better there? I’m so sorry for you
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Like we are cosmonauts, whole new worlds are opening up to us but exploration loses luster once it’s been done static curve and cling, what I want is everything I need fall right into me, mindless movement faking it out Back in Hollywood, little starlet learned it’s all been scripted designs reside in the eyes set it up, I’ll knock it out of here this is where we live, we pretend it doesn’t exist with the Physical Kids, just for kicks we’re burning it down Your finger and the glowing button prove that this world moves just for you and I hope that you find what you need in there the arrival of an unexpected guest counters your previous conclusion though you wouldn’t dare admit it’s true Paired off in the snow with glowing light I still dream about it know don’t look so surprised when your eyes confused what it was Where’s your floodlight, your holy shroud if you’re a temple, what keeps the intruders out? doors are hanging wide open try to stop shy of a brutal test you will enter this place at your own risk it’s plain to see you’re the risk now Such a sweet tooth, a voracious appetite for lust now only a lush looking for a dizzy eye to swerve your way comb it out straight, slip on something more tight powder to hide the dark of your eyes but the desperation drips from your lips it’s something you can’t hide, so you don’t even try If you’re headed down, there’s only so far that you can go with these devices, it’s so easy to change direction what will you find? counting out your gains and and loses you lost this time
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Tracing lines, buying time some thoughts you can’t resist, unarmed consciousness, harboring some thoughts you can’t resist, so I’m... It’s just one insatiable urge Even in your weakest moment you could be king
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Arctic 05:22
In slumber fever, dream, sleep, hide or hibernate I’ll just burrow away in the earth head is down but my ears hear the sounds as animals sing their songs of summer This winter books stacked up like ladders out to planets that avalanche and shake where I am skies may fall but I’ll stand unaware with my blank sickly stare for your words granting all that unwavering power it lasts but an hour it’s been weeks now my once healthy resolution is fading this season will claim me So shiver now my breath appears just to remember I carry covers everywhere I go my hands are out all cracked and blue becoming a ghost of my summer self these books are a pyre and piling higher I sit, I think, and I sink toward the bottom It’s outlined punctuation is making making me numb grab a coffee when I’m up so boredom frozen on my face can dissipate when it’s shielded with fingers stiff to the bone from the constant barrage of motion and the keying of clauses while Elliott repeats all of his albums for hours as daylight just wastes away
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Left your shit for good through the clock and to the woods with a map leading to maps to take you anywhere but here thinking you might make yourself the center of the universe but I know you know, that I know you know that I know: it’s not your fault But if there was a cure I’d sort it out take my resentment back Practicing your craft as the walls, they change to red what’s this taste on the tip of your tongue and bloodstains ‘round your mouth I can’t help but think how wrong it was, the touch before you ran away but all this destructive, unrestricted rage leaves only the stains If there was a cure I’d sort it out take my resentment back for you to snap out of it... It takes some civilized words

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The Science of Fiction is an album inspired by The Magicians, written by Lev Grossman. It is our first album. You might like it.

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released October 11, 2011

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We are a band named Fiction. We write novel-centric concept albums and make them available for free. Our first album was inspired by Lev Grossman’s The Magicians. Our sophomore effort focuses on Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace. The new record is called (At Least) Three Cheers for Cause and Effect and will be released 7/29/14. ... more

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