Heavenly Hoax A Foreboding Fugue In Five Parts by Jason Slajchert © 2019 1. Overture: Peregrination and Disorientation Oooh... (Cm, G, Cm, G - Cm, G, Cm, G-Gm) Cm G Cm A# Moving through time, caught in the light G/G# F G Figuring I’m going home Cm G Cm A# Memories wiped, all but a slight G/G# F G Feeling that something’s not right G(2) Gm(2) A#(1) Carry me through-ooh winds of change F(1) Cm(2) Dm Is this really what happens when you say goodbye Cm (2) F (1) All my feelings rearranged Cm (2) Dm (2) D7 (2) G Have I really lost access to what I called my life 2. Departure and Reception G C It all happened so fast A# A#/A Dm/F One minute I was in it, and the next one I was G falling G Cm Down, into, a hole A# A#/A Dm A place where every shadow has been chased G away G C A feast, to wel-come me A# A#/A F G Another fresh injection into the neighborhood G Cm But first, let’s sanitize A# A#/A Dm G Reorient the body, manipulate the mind D# G# Fm A# Golden streets, if that’s what you require Gm Cm D# G# A#sus High vibrations, to keep you feeling safe D# G# Fm A# Digging deep, it’s so-oh difficult to stray-ee-ten Gm F7 out my thoughts G# G7 Cm Am I dreaming, or am I now awake G# Fm Now here’s how they get you G#m E7 Now here’s how they get you 3. Machination and Exploitation (Staccato organ on beat 2) G#m D#7 G#m You’re empty, no concept of time G#m D#7 G#m An infant who’s finally unblind G#m D#7 G#m You’re impotent, you’re chasing a rabbit G#m D#7 G#m To go, to go into that magNET G#m D#7 G#m Don’t go—don’t go into that magNET! G#m D#7 G#m The light is the darkest of illusions G#m D#7 G#m Most everyone goes in without a riot G#m G# A/A# A#7 Your grandmother, Maud—the apostle Paul D#7 F# G#m It all matters not, just as long as you buy it D#7 G7 “Welcome home, my son!” B(diss) G(diss) Gm, C#7 “You may now rest, dear one” B(diss) G(diss) Gm “Welcome home, my son” G#m D#7 G#m D#7 Exactly what you have been expecting G#m F#/G F#7 E/F Exactly what you’ve been expecting G#m D#7 G#m D#7 Rewarded according to ancient traditions G#m D#7 G#m D#7 The path seems a bit like a movie G#m G#/A A#7 A bad one, where nothing and everything’s A#/B moving D#7 G# (C#7?) The characters flat and amusing G#6 G/G# Gm C#7 This is how they get you in... G#7+6 G/G# Gm E7 This is how they trap your soul (REPEAT) G#m G#/A G#m, F#/G “Welcome home, my son!” (REPEAT) Final: G#6, D#7, G#m (Overture repeat and develop) C#m, G# C#m, G#-G#6 C#m, G#m E, B “Oooh...” 3.5. Synchronicity and Illumination G# Just then it hit me like whirlwind F# G#m B She’s not my mother, and you’re not my friend F#/G Bm-A#/B I won’t be going into paradise F#7 D#7 G# If you agree, then we’ll play nice G# My “mother’s” eyes blinked sideways F# G#m B Turning into marbles, like the morning sun F#/G Bm-A#/B There was no need for this charade F#/G Bm I won’t be watching this parade F#7 C#m B I won’t be watching this parade G#m C#m Hey man, this is where I get off B7 B/C D#7 Em G#m Trust me, I get it, trapping Consciousness and all C#m So that your batteries might stay charged G#m So that your factories might stay farmed G# F#/G This is how they get you in (small) D#7 G#m This is how they get you in (big) F#/G E This is how they get you in (bigger) F# G#m It’s just that I have been anticipating B D#m G#m Such an elaborate display, and so G#7 C#m This is exactly what it is F#/G G#m So, step the fuck away from my soul! F# G#m That lizard’s eyes blinked happily B D#m G#m As he tried to play it off so carefully G#7 C#m He said, “Oh, I think you’re right F#/G G#m It seems your paperwork wasn’t done right” E I was taken by force to a courtroom F# Allowed the show to continue on F#/G I pretended to comply G#m To surrender, and to cry C#m When it was finally time for me B7 B/C D#7 Em G#m To speak, I stood and silently C#m Gm D#7 Reminded them Who I Am C#m E And that their trial was a goddamned sham E I didn’t have to even act the part F#7 (open) I just blasted them with fire from my holy Heart C#m I’d never held any beliefs B D#7 Em Except that all beings should live free F#7 E This is how they get you in F#7 B D#m E This is probably how they trapped your kin E This is how they get you in F#7 B D#7 E This is probably how they trapped your kin 4. Liberation and Recreation E B C#m F# Free to be, whatever I wish to be E B C#m F# Free to go, wherever I wish to go E B C#m F# Free to be, whatever I wish to be E B C#m F# Free to go, wherever I wish to go E B C#m-E Maybe I’ll go back in, but now I’m... (repeat “Free to be...”) E Maybe I’ll go back in Imagine what I might do differently Or travel far away Or, maybe I’ll create my own world 5. Peroration and Contemplation (Evolving Prelude) G#m D#7 G#m Guides lining up to assist me G#m D#7 G#m “No thank you, I’m good, don’t insist please” G#m. G#7 C#m f#7 “You’re coming with me, don’t resist me... D#7 I’m fucking with you, please continue on!” [3/4] E B To... be... Love, is there anything higher E C#m G#m-F# Aren’t we all in the guts of the devil E B Begging our selves to know better F#/G G#m Making pure gold from base metals E B Mining the floor underneath me E G#m-F#m Biting my teeth just to See Me E B Experiencing experience E B Just for the sake of experience E G#m The good and the bad, just experience E G#m The taster just tasting experience E B Delicious, invaluable experience E/F (Fdiss) So easy to see C#m D#7 That Home, all along G# Was in... Me