Paul Shapera
Rachael Returns
[Mascot 3000]
The portal to Elysium opens for a flash
The first time in two decades, and Rachael and I pass
Through to where a ragged group awaits us with surprise
Their leader, Yasser Latef, greets us with a smile

[Yasser Latef]
Adrian, we heard that you would now return
After years, and it turns out you're Rachael now
Through Connor’s how we knew, I don’t know how he got you through
They always die, but you are welcome anyhow

My god you’ve changed, last time I saw you, eighteen years gone by
You were Adrian then and you werе the last
To send back that we triеd, you hit that portal, and you died
We stopped trying, how Lee cried, and now you’re back

[Soldier]
Incoming, we’ve got to go!

[Yasser]
Rachael, you must go now, underground where you belong

[Rachael]
How have you survived here for so long?
[Blood Red Dogs]
Lock and load, let it go, the loathsome sideshow
Is comin’ on down the town
Barker in your hand, it’s a bedlam jam
We’ll be tearing it up all around
Fire in the hole, it’s a breezy stroll
We’ll have tea in hell today
When the Blood Red Dogs come and do a job
And send you on your way

[Yasser]
Twenty years here, dug in hard
Where the party’s at and just getting started
Thousands came, now a hundred left
Who just can’t be talked into being dead
We came along for the dream they dreamed
To watch their backs and keep the peace
But guess some bastards can’t resist
The Blood Red Dogs’ sweet blood red kiss

[Blood Red Dogs]
Lock and load, let it go, the loathsome sideshow
Is comin’ on down the town
Barker in your hand, it’s a bedlam jam
We’ll be tearing it up all around
Fire in the hole, it’s a breezy stroll
We’ll have tea in hell today
When the Blood Red Dogs come and do a job
And send you on your way
[Mascot 3000]
Yasser says that we must go
To the bunkers far below where Lee awaits
He knows the two of you were close
Although you've changed now, so much so since you went away

A thin breath away
And all that is true
Rivers and words, pages all turn
And so too do you

[Rachael]
I heard your voice, I heard your song
A world away, a lifetime gone
I’ve come to a far and foreign place
I crossed a world and heard the cries
Of lifetimes past and came to find
If it’s true, love finds a way