Trio: Any second now
The countdown progresses to 4. And we hear an aria from Alice "From the holes in the earth".
- VOICE
- Ten seconds to launch.
- Begin countdown.
- CHARLIE
- Let's go fishing...
- VOICE
- Nine.
- CHARLIE
- ...when we get out of here.
- VOICE
- Eight.
- JENNA
- Yes...
- VOICE
- Seven.
- JENNA
- ...we'll take my kid.
- VOICE
- Six.
- JENNA & CHARLIE
- Any second now...
- VOICE
- Five.
- JENNA & CHARLIE
- ...they'll reverse the order.
- VOICE
- Four.
- JENNA & CHARLIE
- Any second now.
* * *
- ALICE ( = VOICE)
- From the holes in the earth.
- From truck, from silo, from brilliance,
- Heat-wind, ribbon, flow,
- We feed the machine.
- We stock the earth.
- Missiles on belts, on cranes, on coveys.
- Down, we stockpile.
- We feed the line.
- We eat, sleep, bail missiles from our dreams.
- We drown, faint, rest, rage, love.
- Feeding the line, industry, machine,
- Ourselves, from the earth.
Playback Tips: The sound files are in mono format. I am using Sound Machine as a "Helper Application" to play these au format files back on the Macintosh. I have noticed on my system (which is optimized for stereo playback) that unless the volume of the empty channel is disabled or turned all the way down, the empty channel will add hiss to the channel with the sound. If you experience hiss during playback, you should try to disable playback of the empty channel. If you are listening through external amplification as I am, this may merely require panning your balance control all the way to one side.
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