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Taken for a Ride (Cover)

from Taken for a Ridextravaganza Master Pack by Skye & Friends

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The reason this compilation exists! Taken for a Ride is my favorite Tally Hall song, bar-none. The choice was clear.

lyrics

Lottie: (Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved.)
 
Skye: Marvin walked into a helpless land and wondered lightly, "Am I happy? Is this happy?"
 
Rey' & Skye Archival Footage: Following the footsteps left by man, he stepped to reprimand the mystic...
 
Skye: ... who's sadistic.
 
Cam: [Trombone ad infinitum.]
 
Rey' & Skye Archival Footage: Took a step into the elevator who said, "Guess I'll see you later, don't you worry."
 
[elevator noises from "I'm Superman" & ding noise feat. Athrylis' dress]
 
Skye: "Don't you worry..."
Fifteen flights that lasted nights and days that spent without a cent for creatures with their beat shirts.
-- Listening to painted whispered light on top forgotten hill--
 
Rey' & Skye Archival Footage: (Light on top forgot--)

Zoë: One fine day, love came for me.
And love was rare.
Why can't we see?
 
Skye: Next, the stranded senate of the white brick house with flowers asked some questions for their story.
 
K.K. Slider: (Que me oh now oh oh que now me oh.)
 
Skye: All feeling now, he took his bow and left the stage of time with no answers to no questions.
Lonely paperbacks that wanted just a taste of feeling to implode them before living
 
Rey' & Skye Archival Footage: (--plode them--)
 
Angelica: (See, certain songs are connected to certain moments.
And all songs, like moments, are connected.
Just one measure of the right song could lead your entire life.)
 
Skye: ... sign... said, "Now take your place in line for happy..."
 
Rey' & Skye Archival Footage: "... this is lovely."

Skye: -- Listening to painted whispered light on top forgotten hill--

Zoë & Skye: The actor with his world renowned was thinking 'bout his last real day of silence. Was it over?
 

 
Joe: (One mo time.)
 
Zoë & Skye: Or is it just we all think that our answer isn't real it's just a picture of a letter.
 
Jack: (backwards gibberish)
 
Zoë & Skye: Bumble mumble, make YOUR rounds. No matter what, you'll seem profound. It's useless just to worry.
(Don't you worry. [played backwards])
Something normal happens somewhere far away in clouds, so please stop thinking...
 
Andrew: (HELP.)
 
Skye: ... this is happy.
(Is this happy? [played backwards])

Skye: -- Listening to painted whispered light on top forgotten hill-- [sung backwards]
 
Adam: (Havarti. Havarti. Harvarti. Provolon-ay. Cheese. Of. Adventure!)
 
Ross: [drum hits from Taken for a Ride]
 
Skye: One secondary smile...
 
Rey' & Skye Archival Footage: To go that extra mile.
To make me feel today...
 
Skye: To make it go away.
The chemistry is gone.
Taken for a ride,
Far away from you...
 
Rob: (I'm Superman!)
 
Skye: No longer left inside.

My Family: One secondary smile
To go that extra mile.
To make me feel today,
To make it go away.
The chemistry is gone.
Taken for a ride,
Far away from you,
No longer left inside.
 
(Ooh, that's so GOOD!
I forgot, I forgot to...
I'm so sorry, I accidentally did Dad's the entire time.
Let's try it a diff--)

Skye: There're no secrets in the door.
Just a moment doing chores.
 
Eileen: (Don't look so sad.)
 
Skye: And there's something,
And there's something,
And there's something,
And there's something,
Next to nothing, and there...
 
Joe: (Make a meat saucer outta your face!)
 
Skye: ... are no secrets in the door.
Just a moment doing chores.
And there's something,
And there's something,
And there's something,
And there's something.
Next to nothing,
And there's something,
And there's something,
But you're gone.

Zoë: (Our lives are made in these small hours,
These little wonders, these twists and turns of fate
--[won]der[s]--[ma]de-- twists and turns of fate -- der--[aw]ay
Time falls away, --[lett]er-- but these small hours, (time falls away)
er-- these small hours still remain.)

Skye: (Something normal happens somewhere
Something normal happens somewhere
Something normal happens somewhere
Something normal happens somewhere
Something normal happens somewhere
Some...)
 
Skye: Wait a minute, that was ME in your group, are you telling me that I messed you up?
 
Leena: Uh, yeah, why are you making it all about you?
 
Skye: So really what you’re saying is that the only time you failed at something, it was my fault.
 
Leena: Well yeah, it IS your fault. You’re just going to have to deal with it, you jerk.
 
Skye: It's not my fault when people can’t appreciate me.
 
Leena: You can’t say that! You have no idea how hard my life is!
 
Skye: You’re right, I don’t, and I’m sorry, I’m so, so sorry!
I will never be able to understand how hard your life is, and I wish I could, because you deserve that.
 
Miscellaneous T[ally Hall]: Trust in that with which-- we share--
for there's-- so much left-- to say-- in the way behind... [played backwards]

Rachael: You know, to really graduate...
 
Andrew: (Is it...)
 
Rachael: ... You have to start up here.
 
Andrew: (... a place?)

credits

from Taken for a Ridextravaganza Master Pack, released January 7, 2016
Zoë, Cam, Lottie, Angelica, Jack, Adam, Eileen, Leena, Rachael, my inconceivable family.

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Skye Hawaii

Skye frolics through and delves into in ev'ry metaphorical acre of the expansive, fruitful meadow of the creative arts. He's an amateur author, actor, artist, comedian, composer, film-maker, musician, playwright, singer-songwriter, and just plain ol' writer. He also likes drumming out rhythms on his thighs.

He doesn't really know what he's doing, but, needless to say, he's doing a lot of it.
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