The context: Bixby, the dashing British spy is tied up on the roof of the theater. Kishka, the lascivious Russian spy steals the super-secret experimental pill from him. Will she kill him? Is she as devious as she seems? They argue, and end up realizing that they have more in common than they thought.
A little about the creation of this song: I love sci-fi music, and the chorus of this song is based on the type of chords and intervals often used in genre sci-fi movie scores. I love this moment for these two characters, rivals to the death... or are they? I like songs where people are arguing back and forth. They're so much fun to perform and/or watch. (And the rhyme scheme in the verse is so tight, it took forever to write, and I just realized that it only lasts ten seconds per verse!)
A little about the creation of this song: I love sci-fi music, and the chorus of this song is based on the type of chords and intervals often used in genre sci-fi movie scores. I love this moment for these two characters, rivals to the death... or are they? I like songs where people are arguing back and forth. They're so much fun to perform and/or watch. (And the rhyme scheme in the verse is so tight, it took forever to write, and I just realized that it only lasts ten seconds per verse!)
In Another Universe
Music & Lyrics by David Rackoff
Music & Lyrics by David Rackoff
KISHKA
ANOTHER KILL,
IT’S JUST ANOTHER SPLAT.
ANOTHER PILL.
A THING TO THRILL
MY HAND’LER IN A HAT.
ONE MORE POLITICAL GOVERNMENT BEAUREAUCRAT ENEMY
DEAD FROM THE--
BIXBY
ANOTHER PAWN,
YOU’RE JUST ANOTHER GOON.
ANOTHER CON.
WHEN I AM GONE,
YOU’LL KILL ANOTHER SOON.
YOU’RE A POLITICAL GOVERNMENT BEAUREAUCRAT MURDEROUS
THEIF IN THE NIGHT.
KISHKA
IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE…
WE CLICK.
BIXBY
IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE…
WE’RE THICK.
MY LOVE COULD MAKE YOU NOT
A TRAITOR.
KISHKA
MY LOVE COULD MAKE YOU HOT,
BUT STRAIGHTER.
STILL, THAT DAY
IS AT LEAST A UNIVERSE AWAY.
BIXBY
ANOTHER THOUGHT:
HOW ‘BOUT YOU JOIN MY SIDE?
I BLEED A LOT,
AND I AM NOT
AS BRAVE AS I IMPLIED.
YOU’RE A DEFECTABLE RATIONAL AFFABLE, DARE I SAY
MAYBE A FR--
KISHKA
ANOTHER FIB,
GO PULL ANOTHER LEG.
YOU NEED A BIB?
HOW ‘BOUT A CRIB?
HOW ‘BOUT IT, BABY, BEG?
I’M NO DEFECTABLE AFFABLE GULLIBLE PATSY, SO
LET’S NOT PRETEND.
BIXBY
ONE VOICE
AND ITS RIVAL
SING
FOR SURVIVAL.
BEAT BY BEAT
SING AS
ONE.
ANOTHER KILL,
IT’S JUST ANOTHER SPLAT.
ANOTHER PILL.
A THING TO THRILL
MY HAND’LER IN A HAT.
ONE MORE POLITICAL GOVERNMENT BEAUREAUCRAT ENEMY
DEAD FROM THE--
BIXBY
ANOTHER PAWN,
YOU’RE JUST ANOTHER GOON.
ANOTHER CON.
WHEN I AM GONE,
YOU’LL KILL ANOTHER SOON.
YOU’RE A POLITICAL GOVERNMENT BEAUREAUCRAT MURDEROUS
THEIF IN THE NIGHT.
KISHKA
IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE…
WE CLICK.
BIXBY
IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE…
WE’RE THICK.
MY LOVE COULD MAKE YOU NOT
A TRAITOR.
KISHKA
MY LOVE COULD MAKE YOU HOT,
BUT STRAIGHTER.
STILL, THAT DAY
IS AT LEAST A UNIVERSE AWAY.
BIXBY
ANOTHER THOUGHT:
HOW ‘BOUT YOU JOIN MY SIDE?
I BLEED A LOT,
AND I AM NOT
AS BRAVE AS I IMPLIED.
YOU’RE A DEFECTABLE RATIONAL AFFABLE, DARE I SAY
MAYBE A FR--
KISHKA
ANOTHER FIB,
GO PULL ANOTHER LEG.
YOU NEED A BIB?
HOW ‘BOUT A CRIB?
HOW ‘BOUT IT, BABY, BEG?
I’M NO DEFECTABLE AFFABLE GULLIBLE PATSY, SO
LET’S NOT PRETEND.
BIXBY
ONE VOICE
AND ITS RIVAL
SING
FOR SURVIVAL.
BEAT BY BEAT
SING AS
ONE.
|
BIXBY
VOICE, AND ITS RIVAL FOR SURVIVAL. BEAT BY BEAT AS ONE. |
KISHKA
ONE VOICE AND ITS RIVAL SING FOR SURVIVAL. BEAT BY BEAT SING AS ONE. |
BIXBY
ANOTHER SWORD.
THIS PILL’S ANOTHER KNIFE.
FOR SOME REWARD,
A POINT YOU’VE SCORED
TO TAKE ANOTHER LIFE.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEAPON, A WORLD-WIDE TRAGEDY.
HEAR WHAT I S-
KISHKA
ANOTHER CHOICE,
ANOTHER DO OR DIE.
WHY NOT REJOICE?
BUT WHAT A VOICE!
AND WHAT A PRETTY GUY.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEAPON, HE’S RIGHT, SO I SECRETLY
THROW IT AWAY!
BIXBY
IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE…
KISHKA/BIXBY
WE KISS.
THAT’S ANOTHER UNIVERSE.
KISHKA
NOT THIS.
LET’S NO MORE HAVE THIS VEX-Y
QUIBBLING.
KISHKA/BIXBY
YOU’RE SORT OF LIKE A SEXY
SIBLING.
IF WE CLOSE OUR EYES, WE’LL FIND
SOMEWHERE PARALLEL, BUT KIND.
THAT WOULD BE…
A UNIVERSE I’D LIKE TO SEE.
ANOTHER SWORD.
THIS PILL’S ANOTHER KNIFE.
FOR SOME REWARD,
A POINT YOU’VE SCORED
TO TAKE ANOTHER LIFE.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEAPON, A WORLD-WIDE TRAGEDY.
HEAR WHAT I S-
KISHKA
ANOTHER CHOICE,
ANOTHER DO OR DIE.
WHY NOT REJOICE?
BUT WHAT A VOICE!
AND WHAT A PRETTY GUY.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEAPON, HE’S RIGHT, SO I SECRETLY
THROW IT AWAY!
BIXBY
IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE…
KISHKA/BIXBY
WE KISS.
THAT’S ANOTHER UNIVERSE.
KISHKA
NOT THIS.
LET’S NO MORE HAVE THIS VEX-Y
QUIBBLING.
KISHKA/BIXBY
YOU’RE SORT OF LIKE A SEXY
SIBLING.
IF WE CLOSE OUR EYES, WE’LL FIND
SOMEWHERE PARALLEL, BUT KIND.
THAT WOULD BE…
A UNIVERSE I’D LIKE TO SEE.
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