TERMINATOR 3.1: PARKING GARAGE CAT AND MOUSE
(C. DECRACKEN)
[m.b. The Running Man] “It’s showtime”
It’s the present day
[b/g vocals] and Arnold is a scientist
who’s new program
[b/g vocals] and own body scan
[lead and b/g vocals] will design the model 101 Terminators
But now comes
[b/g vocals] the first prototype Terminator
to hunt him down
[b/g vocals] Seek your shelter
[lead and b/g vocals] Run to the parking garage
A Terminator
[sung] like no other
[b/g vocals (sung)] Endoskeleton
with no organic tissue
[b/g vocals] Long slicked-back
jagged blades
[b/g vocals (sung)] for hair
[sung] Eight inch needles
[b/g vocals] on every finger
[sung] used to shred
[b/g vocals (sung)] open your stomach
[lead and b/g vocals] as you hang tied to the ceiling
[b/g vocals (sung)] A Terminator
like no other
[b/g vocals] Endoskeleton
[sung] with no organic tissue
[b/g vocals] Long slicked-back
[sung] jagged blades
[b/g vocals] for hair
[sung] Eight inch needles
[b/g vocals (sung)] on every finger
[sung] used to shred
[b/g vocals] open your stomach
[lead and b/g vocals] as you hang tied to the ceiling
The parking gargabe entrance opens
[m.b. Predator] “This is the only way in”
Enter: the parking garage
First floor: ground level
The exit in sight
[m.b. Terminator] “I’ll be back”
Run up ramps to next floor
Car coming your way
[m.b. Predator] “Does he always travel on the wrong side of the border?”
at five mile per hour
Dodge and run
Run to the second floor,
third floor, fourth floor
Terminator sighted on third floor
Arnold proceeds to the fifth floor
sixth floor, seventh floor
[b/g vocals (spoken through static)] There he is, sixth floor
Take the stairs
proceed down,
down, down
1st floor, ground level
The exit is ahead
an easy exit
[m.b. Predator] “We’re not going yet”
[m.b. Terminator] “I’ll be back”
[m.b. T2] “Get down”
Taking elevator to sub-floor 1
[m.b. The Running Man] “Here is Sub-Zero. Now, plain zero”
Now in sub-floor 1
[m.b. T2] “Go!”
[m.b. Predator] “Go!”
Running back up to the first floor
Do you wish to exit?
[m.b. Commando]
“You said you wouldn’t go away again”
“I’m not going anywhere”
“Promise?”
“I promise”
At end of the hall is the Terminator
[m.b. T2] “You’re not supposed to be in here”
Quick, the elevator
Push button, push, push, push
[m.b. Predator] “Stick around”
It’s coming quick
Out of order!?
[m.b. The Prophecy] “Do you have any idea how hard it is to get one of those!?”
The Terminator coming much closer
A second elevator in sight
moving, moving down, opens
enter, doors close
One candy bar on the floor,
Eat for energy
[m.b. Commando] “And right now I’m very hungry”
Take elevator to third floor
On exit he sees
this garage is just one big prison
concrete cage, steel beams
coordinated colors for no independent thought
and only one exit
[The Running Man] “People like you took this country and turned it into a jail”
[frantic screaming] no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-
life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life-no-life
In sight, Terminator on second floor
[m.b. Commando] “I remember you scumbag”
Quick to the fourth floor
[m.b. Predator] “We move”
then to fifth floor
Terminator spotted on fourth floor
No matter how high you run
it will follow you
[m.b. Commando] “We were going to make a normal life here”
To the stairs as heart pounds
and sweat stings
tripping over the sleeping homeless guy
[m.b. T2] “I wouldn’t worry about him”
Stop for a nap in the stairway
[m.b. Commando] “Could I have a blanket and a pillow please?”
Tough it out
Day at its end
first floor reached
exit in sight
[m.b. The Running Man]
“No, don’t you understand it!? They’ll never let us out of here alive. They can’t afford it. They get the police, the army, and hunt us down like dogs... off camera of course.”
[s.b. MST 3K Future War] “ ‘Us’ being me and the lamp”
Plan, you need a plan
Wait for the Terminator
then run up again
Again through the prison
[frantic screaming]
death-search-death-search-death-search-death-search-death-search-death-search-death-search-death-search-death- search-death-search-death-search-death-search-death-search-death-search-death-search-death-search-death-search
[m.b. Predator (using turntable)] “Go, move, move, move, go, go, move, go, go, go, move, move, go, move”
[m.b. Predator] “Come on, let’s go!”
Endless grey walls
coming closer, closer
Countless parking lanes
demanding conformity
...And the Terminator
[frantic screaming]
lies-of-the-flesh-lies-of-the-flesh-lies-of-the-flesh-lies-of-the-flesh-lies-of-the-flesh-lies-of-the-flesh-lies-of-the-flesh-lies-of-the-flesh-lies-of-the-flesh-lies-of-the-flesh-lies-of-the-flesh-lies-of-the-flesh-lies-of-the-flesh-lies-of-the- flesh-lies-of-the-flesh-lies-of-the-flesh-lies-of-the-flesh
Taking the mid-ramps
running to the first floor
[m.b. The Running Man] “I told Killian I’d be back. I wouldn’t want to be a liar.”
First floor achieved
Preparing to exit
[m.b. Commando]
“This was the last time”
“Until the next time”
“No chance”
[m.b. The Running Man] “Now I’m going to give the people what I think they want”
Arnold walks through the exit
Arnold got away
Judment Day: terminated
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