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Part 12
GHOST IN A MACHINE

6 Years Ago

Derek drives off into the night, alone, leaving Sky back at his apartment.  Did he mean it when he threw his promise ring out the window, or was it just a desire to win the battle?  This, he does not yet know the answer to, and so he drives alone.  To where?  That too, he does not know, just anywhere but here.  He turns on the music.

And he sings, gazing at the road in front of him, and into the night¹:

Tell me where am I supposed to go?
And who am I supposed to believe?
If only you knew what I knew
Then you could see just what I see

So I grab my bags and go as far away as I can go
‘Cause everything ain’t what I used to know
And I try to hide, but I just can’t hide no more
There’s nothin’ worse than feelin’ like a ghost

You say I look fine, if only you knew what was on my mind
You’d see a whole different side, I couldn’t show you even if I tried
I must have got lost in time when I found out I was only free to be wherever I want to be

Some say I’m out of sight, how I run and that we’re all so blind
If you could open up your eyes, you could see what I couldn’t describe
And then, you’d see the signs, and then your soul would be set free, and then you’d be released

So I grab my bags and go as far away as I can go
‘Cause everything ain’t what I used to know
And I try to hide, but I just can’t hide no more
There’s nothin’ worse than feelin’ like a ghost

Tell me where am I supposed to go?
And who am I supposed to believe?
If only you knew what I knew
Then you could see

So I grab my bags and go, as far away as I can go
‘Cause everything ain’t what I used to know
And I try to hide, but I just can’t hide no more
There’s nothin’ worse than feelin’ like a ghost

And I’m terrified, like I’ve seen a UFO
‘Cause everything ain’t what I used to know
And I try to hide, but I just can’t hide no more
There’s nothin’ worse than feelin’ like a ghost

(I go)
(A UFO)
(And I’m so tired of hiding, I’ve been runnin’, I’ve been tryin’, to get away, get away)

So I grab my bags and go as far away as I can go
‘Cause everything ain’t what I used to know
And I try to hide, but I just can’t hide no more
There’s nothin’ worse than feelin’ like a ghost

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