3.22: THE DAY WE DIED - The Fringemunks
Parody of "American Pie" by Don McLean & "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" by Billy Joel
All Parody Lyrics, Instruments, Production & Vocals by David Wu

POV: Peter
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When we triggered the machine
That's the day we died
The two worlds were inextricable
We needed both sides
With their world destroyed
Our future was denied
Oh yes, that was the day that we died
Yes, that was the day we died
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Pain on my right, puncture of red
From vortex shrapnel in a fringe event
Blood was transfused into me
But now I’m right back on my feet
Thanks to today’s technology, oh
Forget what I said right after the blast
About the machine and being from the past
Yes I admit my bell was rung
But I am doing better now
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I’m married to Olivia these days
A future Bishop tribe is on my mind
If not for the damn End of Dayers
2026 would be fine
Oh - lost track of Moreau
What to do next? I did not know!
That’s why I retrieved Walter from prison after so much time…

….‘Cause if we can understand the End of Dayers’ technologies
I guarantee we can prevent future casualties
Oh ‘cause what we lost in Detroit brought us to our knees
Harvard lab!
Late night!
Walter ran tests on a failed Electrilight!
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Walter he phoned with a grim overtone
They are splitting atoms, he contends
Not as an outcome goal, but more as a means to an end
Diagnostics showed the findings
Residual traces of strontium-90
Radiation maps will show the strontium spikes
Oh! These crumbs should lead us to those who made the device

Oh, Oh, Oh, Whoa
Oh, Oh, Whoa

Olivia took me to a camp in the trees
Where they measured a strontium spike
But nothing was there to indicate sinister play or the like
Somebody gave me a key case
I secretly drove off to Reiden Lake
I entered the cabin not knowing just what I would get
Oh! But there I was face-to-face with Walternate 

Oh, Oh, Oh, Whoa

He had come to our side
With a heart bona fide
On a mission to save his world
He was more than annoyed 
When his world was destroyed
His maniacal side was unfurled
He has been on the loose
As a bitter recluse
And his anger continues to swirl

oh oh
He’s out of control!

So I looked in his eyes
And apologized
‘Cause destroying his world was my gaffe
But that’s no excuse
For the murderous views
Of Walternate and his staff
I was going to cuff him
But my hand passed through him
Because he was in a hologram!

Oh oh, oh oh

Later that day, several miles away
Walternate shot Liv in the head
And that puts our effort in jeopardy now that Olivia’s dead
I spoke at Olivia’s funeral
Some people tried to seal the Centrql Park wormhole
Back at my home, I had a few drinks and I cried

Oh!
Then Walter showed up in the morning and said
That he knows that we were the ones who will send
The machine parts through the wormhole back in time

Oh, Oh, we were the First People
Oh, Oh, it’s a time paradox
Oh, Oh, oh
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I woke up in the machine in 2011
(Olivia, you’re alive!)
I’m walking down to talk to both sides

I know now what the Machine does
And I’m here to testify
If one side dies, we all will die

Oh… so I’ve torn holes in both universes
And they lead here to this room … a bridge …
So that we can begin to work together to fix—

The Fringemunks | 3.22: The Day We Died (parody: "American Pie"/"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant")

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The Fringemunks | 3.22: The Day We Died (parody: "American Pie"/"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant")

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