A post submitted by CGI member Morgan.

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♫Like a Point Guard in The Paint♫ by Les Visible

Well, yeah... I do run right off the rails at times, but... by The Grace of God I always find my way back during closing time, and so Mussolini ain't the only one who got the trains to run on time.

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PAINT IT BLACK (Rolling Stones) but it's a DARK GOTHIC RITUAL (Symphonic AI Music)

Based on the original, but the tune isn't loyal to all of it. Love the altered lyrics, of course. It's pretty epic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqEpj_XCUFE&list=RDEqEpj_XCUFE&start_radio=1

Ahhh... Ahhh...

I see the golden sun and I want it turned to black
No colors anymore, I want them to turn to black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes

I have to turn my head until my darkness grows

I see a line of cars and they are all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens every day

I see the dying light and I want it turned to black!
No colors in my sight, I want them to turn to black!
I see the shadows rise and take the sun away
I cast the spell of doom upon the light of day!

I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door, I must have it turned to black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black

I look inside my soul and see the void is black
I see the crimson door and I push the colors back
Maybe then I'll rule the night and make the shadows stay
It is easy to destroy the burning light of day!

I see the dying light and I want it turned to black!
No colors in my sight, I want them to turn to black!
Turn it black!
Turn it black!

No more green sea...
No more blue sky...
Turn it black...
Let it die...

I want to see it painted, painted, painted...
Turn it black!
Black as night!

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ORINOCO FLOW (Enya) but it's a Dark Voyage to the Underworld (Symphonic AI Music)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpWwKhE0D2A

[Verse 1]
Let me sail, let me sail
Let the dark waters flow
Let me reach, let me reach
On the shores down below
Let me sail, let me sail
Where the lost spirits go
Let me steer, let me steer
To the deep vertigo

[Chorus]
Sail away, sail away, sail away!
(Into the night!)
Sail away, sail away, sail away!
(Out of the light!)
Sail away, sail away, sail away!
(The end is in sight!)
Sail away, sail away, sail away!

[Verse 2]
From the grave to the cave
In the shadow of bone
From the north to the south
Where the beast sits on throne
From the Rain of the Pain
To the Sea of the Dead
I can hear, I can hear
What the Ferryman said!

[Bridge]
Carry on...
To the void...
Carry on...
To the void...

[Chorus]
Sail away, sail away, sail away!
(Into the night!)
Sail away, sail away, sail away!
(Out of the light!)
Sail away, sail away, sail away!

[Outro]
Sail away...

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Only the instrumental parts are true to the original, but I love those lyrical changes more than the original. Go figure.