(1914, planet Earth. Three voices sound in the distance. One is burning in solitude, another one is drowning in guilt and the last one is slowly fading away. The message is stark: what could’ve been and never was.) The Friend: I took shelter in my insecurities, sinking in my thoughts. The Girl: I thought I could avoid the obscurity By loving and being loved The Aerial: I wish there is a way to go all the way back The Friend, The Girl & The Aerial: To when the sky did shine at night

(One year earlier, in 1913, a man walks on his own by the street, even though it’s prohibited for him to do so. He’s not human, but an ‘Aerial’, the ancestral race. Even such an advanced subject can long for affection and suffer its absence. This is his story.) The Aerial: These empty streets are always the same Static winds and blackened waves I want to run away and leave these lifeless nights behind Then I turned around and saw your face Since that day we started talking every night you told me about your earthly life We laughed, we played and cried and comfort each other Then I turned around and saw your face I’ll show you my world if you show me yours The Friend: I’m glad you found Someone to love but never forget your oldest friend! The Aerial: You won’t get rid Of me this easy! The Friend: Hush! And tell me How far you guys gone? The Aerial: I don’t wanna brag But I think this gon’ last And when she talks Something inside burns! The Friend: Is it your pants? The Aerial: Stop being a douchebag! The Friend: Really though, I’m glad The Friend, The Girl & The Aerial: I hope this lasts! The Aerial: Months went by and we’ve shorten distances Helplessly I fell for you… The Order: Let me remind you fellow aerials, we are not allowed to feel Neither to engage in dialogue with humans, we have to let them thrive or die The Aerial: Will it hurt them to establish relationships? Or mingle with the crowd? I’m sick of locking myself up when the sun comes up and only at night go out The Friend: It’s alright I’m by your side But you have to understand There are rules we can’t break up I’ll help you out every night I won’t let you down my friend But promise me you won’t take it far The Aerial: Will you keep this a secret? I trust in you You are the only friend I have I promise I won’t give you any trouble Would you help me out? The Friend: I’m here for you As you were for me But you gotta think through Is it worth it? The Aerial: I never loved Anyone more Or like this before Yeah, it is worth it

(A woman walks on her own by the street. She’s alone and afraid and has no one to rely on. She’s human and, like everyone else, she longs for company and affection.) The Girl: Look at the sky, see the stars collide, as long as we can fly I'm not afraid of life We’re not alone, face the world and you will know we all deserve to be loved These empty streets are all the same Static winds and blackened waves I want to run away and leave these nights behind Then I turned around and saw your face I think you know the rest… I’ll show you my world I’ll show you my world if you show me yours Look at the sky, see the stars collide, as long as we can fly I'm not afraid of life We’re not alone, face the world and you will know we all deserve to be loved You cured my loneliness You made me feel love again Everytime I see your face I couldn’t care less of what they say I just can’t wait to meet the day You take my hand I dream with a life in which we can embrace the sky And count all the stars at night I wish for a night in which we can erase the lights That keeps us from finding a way out of this moon-jail

Part 1. Interrogation (The Order suspects The Aerial might be breaking the rules by interacting with humans, so they decided to question him in order to deal with this struggle.) The Order: You’ve been out at night several times this past few months We need to remind you there are some rules you can’t just ignore You know how dangerous is to be noticed by the human kind for long So stop your little excursions, remain indoors The Aerial: No! I won’t I found a reason to live There’s nothing you can say to change my mind I’ll show her my world and she’ll show me hers Your rules are numb So cold and sharp I own my nights So step aside The Order: Silence! Outrageous! How dare you disobey! Since the moment we gave life to human kind We all agree to not to interfere, out of their sight But still you refuse to understand You are out of The Order Part 2. Mad (After the leader of The Order’s declaration, The Aerial has lost it. He is deeply in love with The Girl and he won’t let anyone tell him otherwise. The emotions have owned him and he is burning in anger, which may get him in trouble.) The Aerial: So that’s the way things are gonna go You targeted your prey and you keep expecting it to take your load I’m not alone, not anymore, my home doesn’t belong to none of you So now that you openly declared a war don’t you think I’ll run and hide I’ll get you out of my life I’ll sever every distance, do what it takes to make you say goodbye Kick me you say? Was it easy to say? You constantly censor our ways and you pale? I’m surprised no one did what I’ll do after all of those years we’ve been buried alive The Order: You have crossed the line This shall end tonight The Aerial: What did you say? I’m the one being left out Don’t you act like you are the one who’s paying for a price this high Decay! The time is now! You’ll see, you’ll feel the steel get in your ribs and then live up to see the day we are free Suddenly I hear a voice It says I should've changed my choice That all I’m doing is just noise not a chance, not a glimpse of poise The Friend: how can you say such things? The Aerial: You said that you’d help me out, you’re turning back now? What is this all about? You’re leaving me here all alone after all we’ve been through? Please I need you more than ever, now that my world has turned into this forever nightmare The Friend: You crossed the line The Aerial: What did you say? I’m the one being left out Don’t you act like you are the one who’s paying for a price this high Decay! The time is now! I see, I feel the steel get in my ribs may I live up to see the day (we are free) The Friend: If there’s a way out of this hell I’ll help you out For now escape and hide away right now! Ensemble: Run! Run! Run! Run! The Order: Don’t let him escape Go! Run! Get him! The Aerial: I, I, I, I I gotta tell her

(The night after the expulsion, The Aerial met The Girl at the same time and place than always. He’s ready to tell her about The Order and its dictate and, as the situation requires it, leave her for her sake.) The Aerial: My love there’s something you need to know For as you know, I’m not like you There’s a price on my head You gotta run from me before it spreads I want you to be safe although My love for you will never end That’s the truth So go and hide before we’re through The Girl: I won’t leave you alone, no matter what the risks are You were on your own but now you have me by your side The Aerial: Listen, you don’t deserve this The Girl: This is the least I can do The Aerial: Doom and despair is around the corner The Aerial & The Girl: But we are together The Aerial: I’ll show you my world The Girl: I’ll show you my world The Aerial: I’ll show you my world The Girl: I’ll show you my world The Aerial & The Girl: If you show me yours The Aerial: You are the best thing that had happened in my entire life The Girl: We’ll get through this, you and I We’ll show them our love will never die You showed me your world so I’ll show you mine The Aerial: Let’s go to the abandoned farm We’ll hide in the barn till the storm goes by And while the last drops fall I’ll love you even more I hear them coming, we gotta run They’re moving fast, the race’d begun We’ll make it in no time So please move faster, run! Run! (The Girl is shot in her back by an aerial.) No… this can’t be… Hold tight, we’re almost there You’ll be fine, I swear Don’t leave me now

(The Aerial is running while he holds The Girl in his arms. She’s unconscious, dreaming about all that’s been going on in her life lately, losing innocence and gaining maturity in the process. Goodbye halcyon days.) The Girl: Am I alive? Am I a goner? All I see are visions of the life I’ve chosen Is this where our paths divide? Have I done anything right? I was hoping We could run away in summer, share some moments Only you and I lying down I dream with a life in which we can embrace the sky And count the stars I wish for a night in which we can erase the lights That keeps us in this moon-jail Are you okay? Are you lonely? I can feel your arms, I think you may be holding me I don’t wanna be a burden Can we go back to when We were hoping We could run away in winter, share some moments Shooting stars across the skies I dream with a life in which we can embrace the sky And count the stars I wish for a night in which we can erase the lights That keeps us in this moon-jail Day and night Shooting stars Waiting patiently to die I dream with a life in which we can embrace the sight Of a brand new day And we could run away before the sun turns off its light But we’re just shooting stars

(The Aerial and The Girl, who remains unconscious, finally made it to the farm. The Aerial still can’t believe what has happened and doesn’t know why his friend didn’t help them on their escape.) The Aerial: We made it to the barn This bad dream will turn alright As long as you’re by my side It all will turn alright I want to see your face under the light of day I want to embrace your eyes without the veil Of the night, and create a brand new fate In which we erase their light… What are you doing here? The Friend: We meet again The Aerial: Why would you do this? The Friend: The order goes first The Aerial: What did you say? The Friend: This is the end The Aerial: How could I’ve been so foolish? The Friend: You’ve gone astray The Aerial & The Friend: You’re a disgrace! The Friend: You crossed the line You said you won’t take it far The Aerial: Screw the designs You made in your mind! The Friend: You’re coming with me And then we will see The Aerial: You must be ill If you think that’ll be it (The Aerial put on a fight knowing that his friend is much better than him when it comes to strength. Meanwhile, The Girl is waking up, still too weak to do a thing.) The Aerial: I knew this would happen I knew someday this will end My friend, my only friend Kept me from her I’ll never understand Life’s so unfair… The Girl: How could this happen? Is this how it all ends? The moments that we spent All that we have planned Life’s so unfair… Am I alive? Am I a goner? All I see are visions of the life I’ve chosen Is this where our paths divide? The Friend: This is the end The Aerial: Finish it then The Friend: I’m sorry my friend The Aerial: You only pretend The Friend: The order goes first… The Aerial: You can go to hell The Friend: well then farewell! The Aerial: C’mon man! Shoot me! The Friend: I will, don’t push me! The Aerial: Shoot me “friend”! The Friend: Shut up! I’ll do it! The Aerial: Shoot me! The Friend: Say your prayers! The Girl: No! The Aerial & The Friend: Wait! (The Girl hugged The Aerial, receiving the bullet and giving her life for his.) The Girl: This is the end, I would love to stay, but I will not regret the time that we have spent The Aerial: Why did you save me? The Friend: What have I done? The Friend, The Girl & The Aerial: We’re all alone, face this world and you will know we all deserve to be loved The Aerial: No! Please don’t leave me alone, on my own You are my home The only place I can go (The end of Take My Hand)

(The Aerial is dreaming about what happened. He can hear some voices in the distance.) The Aerial: I lost everything that I needed Now I’m all alone The Friend: Longing for belonging, feeling I’ve done everything wrong The Girl: I wish there is a way to go all the way back The Friend, The Girl & The Aerial: To when the sky did shine at night (Back to reality)

(The Aerial is lying down in a sunflower garden. He’s still too hurt to move and too tired to do so, so he instead thinks about his life and about the path he walked through.) The Aerial: The sun came out, it hurts my eyes No more stars, no more blue skies The knotted rope, the dead of hope The inner child dies Goodbye halcyon days You’ll miss them when they are gone Never feel at home When the dirges start to play And the casket sinks away You won’t fear this old song And we’ll sing along What the voices say: Goodbye halcyon days You’ll never see them grow Never felt so down The world will never be the same Never found your way Will you ever know? Can you live on your own? We will never be safe Goodbye…

(Years later, the Earth meets an obscure fate filled with wars and crisis. Was it because humankind itself ended up failing as living entities? Or did something else happened?) The Aerial: Year 2075 and rising, high life expectancy, an ageing population in a world of fantasy leads humankind to fantasize about a whole new galaxy they can live on The economy is dying, everyone and everything is buried under millionaire debts, a terrifying bet, an ominous approach dictates sentence over primitive expenses, a deliberate misstatement: "What if we nullify all that's left to pay? A brand new start, building everything up again. Erase all this pain, detain this insane brain called stock-in-trade, all companies are now liberated!" It goes without saying that the system collapsed libe-libe-liberated (1914. The Aerial is longing for revenge and he’s decided to confront the one who took him out of The Order.) Since The Order convicted me ‘cause I adored her and I’ve had feel I’ve been kicked of their insanity, their disorder, their fantasy I’ve been roaming, I’ve been lonely, a zombie, desperate, no need To feel guilty, would be really pretty to see pity in his face! So I went out and kill him He went by the name of Archduke Franz Ferdinand I have fulfilled a world demand God it made me feel so libe-libe-liberated Year 2076, unsurprising, how could a private corporation, manufacturer of beverage, handle inflation and rise up to leverage its development in such situation? Well, easy Absorbing every company, creating debt out of poverty, lowering properly the feeling of sovereignty, honest robbery. “Please don’t bother me, I’m making this country shine again, you’ll see”. You know its name: PopSic!: PopSic! We’re taking power; overthrow this lower form of government, and establish our dictatorship, you’re gonna love it. The European Union and Asia are against us, bombing us, losing our trust, so get your payback! Now this war is killing the environment, time to build some domes in a moment Don’t even think of talking back You gotta know your place Things will never be the same These walls are all you need The Aerial: I was the sin of man all along I am the one to blame but god do I feel so libe-libe-liberated Oh libe-libe-liberated god I feel so liberated

(It’s the year 2107. The war is over and PopSic! is the only country in the world. Humanity is at the verge of extinction and their survival depends on the domes built by the company. The Friend found love and had one daughter. The Aerial is still lost and hurt, but he realized something…) The Aerial: I finally understand what this is all about The reason why we all stand in this battleground We all are one, a portion of the same cake We all know what we want, but do we know why? We lived inside a greater soul what resonates, what's keeping me awake the sound of an ominous symphony what resonates, what's keeping me awake your sound, your sound, your sound, your sound I’m lost in my own shadows I drove humankind to death Now all that remains are shallow memories Of the darkest time on earth What have I done? I’m lost in my own shadows Now all that remains are hollow voices Inside my head The Friend: This is the end I’m sorry my friend The Aerial: You couldn't have done it worst The Order: You have crossed the line The Aerial: Get out of my head! The Girl: You left me to die! Did you ever cared for me? The Aerial: You are the best thing that had happened in my entire life the rite of odds, the flawed claws, you the cry of gods, the morning falls, you (The Aerial and The Friend meet again) The Friend: I know you hate me But listen to me I have something to say Give me this chance The Aerial: Then, what is it? Talk and be quick The Friend: I know how you feel I’ve left love behind The Aerial: What? The Friend: We must leave Earth Dive into space Find a new way To fix our mistakes The Aerial: Leave humankind I’m sure they will thrive Without our guide And shine their own light The Friend: My dearest, my only daughter, I’ve got to go, take care of mom But remember: there is love buried in the chest of those who fight alone

(The Aerial, his friend and their crew depart to Planet Red, a brand new world to conquer and start all over and leave behind the humans so they can sort their problems out without the aerials’ advice.) The Friend & The Crew: Off we go! Planet Red! A brand new world! Off we go! We’re alive! Alive! The Aerial: I was thinking ‘bout that time when we were young and free It’s been million years ago and see, we’re lost at sea I’ve never thought I’d feel so alone and weak, did I relived this over and over again? over and over again? Back home we were whole before the energy ran out, a drought that drove us apart, blackout And the last of us went mad, we were trapped, he attacked, many of our brothers died We escaped fast And now here we are, I stand by the side of the one who killed her, the one who lied and survived, the one who’s happier The one who can look in the mirror and do it over and over again over and over again And yes, I know I’m not any better, but read her letters and try to forget her, never ever Would you do the effort? Will you judge and decide who did lose, who will die? Of course you will, no surprise Roll the dice (The Crew is excited with The Friend’s proposal) The Crew: Have you heard? Did you know? Listen We will go yonder Our new friend Wants to go Conquer A brand new planet The Friend: Have you ever heard about the end of the world? Listen to the fleeting waves of time, somewhere in space I knew a good friend, he’d want us to go conquer this brand new planet The Aerial: I can’t forget You were my friend and I still miss you For I am no saint too I can’t forgive Any of those things that you did do How could we undo this? (The ship arrived to Planet Red and The Aerial suffers a sudden epiphany) I can see this new world Suddenly I remember his words He said humankind was my legacy He gave his life for us He was like a father to me Back in the galaxy I was born He said humankind was my legacy I have some work to do… The Friend, The Aerial & The Crew: Off we go! Planet Red! A brand new land of hopes! Off we go! We're alive! We'll live among the stars on Planet Red

(As soon as the ship landed, The Aerial locked himself in his cabin and started working on a very special task: “The Hivemind Project”. He remembers an old friend who commended him to take care of the humans, for their emotions can stain the Hivemind, but he still can’t forget The Girl, and that messes with his head. Will he be able to achieve his goal?) The Aerial: I know, I screwed it all up But still there’s something I can do As long as there’s a sun I live up to mend what blew up I’ll see humanity stand up The greater soul is cleansed When the time comes this Machine will lead them through DG-76: DG-76 The Aerial: I’ll send some messages to different years To avoid this fate, to vanquish fear I hope this works, through the atmosphere Will it reach them? Will we see them again? The Aerial & DG-76: Who wants to live forever? Close your eyes Who wants to see the end of all that we have known? Who wants to die alone? Set me free I see a light worth holding The light won't come alone The Aerial: Will you make it without me? I won’t live forever I’m sorry The Aerial & DG-76: I remember the time we spent I remember the things we did And I will never forget That one time I was with you DG-76: In the end of the world

Part 1. Rupture Part 3 (The project has failed. The Aerial couldn’t save the humankind from themselves and they went extinct since 2130. The last of the aerials back in his original galaxy, arrived to Planet Red in search of energy, so he devoured everyone except The Aerial, who’s still locked in in its cabin full of guilt and regret. He’s the last man alive.) The Aerial: Even though I’ve done everything wrong I won’t try no more I hear a roar, something opened the door Oh it’s you, we meet again! Will you take me away and end with this at once? I wanna see the sky at night (The Aerial is consumed by the last of them and dies. Now all the energy in the universe remains in one single being, drifting in an empty space. No color, no shapes, no life. Only one soul in which is gathered the conscious of every living being in universe: The Hivemind.) Part 2. We meet again. (There’s no distance in the greater soul, no intimacy. Everyone share the same room, there’s no lies, no deceit. But at the same time, the Hivemind is contaminated by the bad thoughts of the living beings who suffered a horrible life. The Hivemind is poisoned by emotions. The Aerial roams through this spiritual ride in confusion.) The Aerial: I lived in a city Far away from this galaxy And when there was no energy we flee The Friend: You’ve forsaken your father The Aerial: We flew away Into the Milky Way And when men lead astray we flee The Order: You’ve forsaken your legacy The Aerial: We went ahead Into Planet Red And when ‘it’ appeared, we ceased The People: We’ve forsaken our fleeting time A brand new land of hopes! Oh, who will you rely on now? Oh, who will you rely on now? Oh, who will you rely on now? Oh, who will you rely on now? On her… The Girl: We meet again, my love, this time forevermore I got to know your world, and mine is yours So stop your crying, no more worrying, this is not the time for thinking if you were right or wrong, for now let’s move on now The People: We must be strong, we will meet an age of horror We’re not alone, face the world and you will know The Girl: I dream with a life in which we can embrace the sky The Friend: This is the end The Aerial: I know my friend Everyone: We all deserve to be loved DG-76: End of stream. Sent to 2020 Have a nice day! We will meet again soon.