AFTERIMAGE [Intro] [SFX: hard drive spinning, distant radio static] [SFX: slow frequency scanning] [FEMALE ANIME SPOKEN] You’re back. [MALE CONFUSED SPOKEN] Where’d I go? [FEMALE ANIME SPOKEN] I’m still looking. [SFX: tape rewind] [MALE DISTORTED SPOKEN] Play it back. [MALE DEEP SHOUTED] PLAY THAT SHIT BACK— [EVIL Laughter] AHAAH AH HA ah! [SFX: sudden silence] [Instrumental] [SFX: television power on] [SFX: analog tuning] [MALE ANNOUNCER SPOKEN] Good evening, everybody! Tonight’s presentation is brought to you by s..— [interrupted by female commercial shouted] [SFX: channel click] [FEMALE COMMERCIAL SHOUTED] STOP HIDING BEHIND THESE DOORS! [SFX: channel click] [MALE WEATHER SPOKEN] Clear skies across the region— [SFX: channel click] [MALE DISTORTED SHOUTED] LOOK OUT BELOW! [SFX: television static] [FEMALE ANIME WHISPERED] Have you seen this before? [Instrumental] [Verse 1] [MALE SOFT SUNG] Colors on the ceiling Fading into blue I can see the picture But I can’t see you Something in the window Something in the light Every time I look away It stays behind my eyes [Instrumental] [SFX: rhythmic channel flipping] [MALE GAMESHOW SPOKEN] Ladies and gentlemen! Let’s see what you’ve won! [SFX: crowd applause] [FEMALE GAMESHOW SPOKEN] A brand-new life! [SFX: record scratch] [MALE GAMESHOW SPOKEN] Sorry! That one’s already taken! [SFX: channel click] [MALE RADIO SPOKEN] Not this again. [SFX: bass drop] [Chorus] [FEMALE AIRY SUNG] Afterimage, Afterimage I swear I’ve seen this before Afterimage, Afterimage Getting a little stronger [MALE SOFT SUNG] When the picture disappears Why can I still see it here? [FEMALE AIRY SUNG] Afterimage Afterimage [Instrumental] [Break] [SFX: rapid station scanning] [MALE RADIO SPOKEN] You’re tuned to the midnight hour. [SFX: channel click] [FEMALE WEATHER SPOKEN] Expect scattered memories overnight. [SFX: channel click] [MALE CARTOON SPOKEN] Well, that doesn’t sound good. [SFX: channel click] [FEMALE COMMERCIAL SPOKEN] Try forgetting! [SFX: channel click] [MALE SHOUTED] IT WAS ME! [SFX: channel click] [MALE ANGRY SHOUTED] STOP PLAYING IT BACK! [SFX: sudden silence] [CHILD SPOKEN] I can still see it. [FEMALE ANIME WHISPERED] Good. [Instrumental] [SFX: deep bass drop] [Verse 2] [MALE SOFT SUNG] Neon on the carpet Shadows on the wall Everybody’s talking I don’t know them all Flicker in the hallway Faces in the glass Something in the present Looking like the past [Instrumental] [SFX: television switching channels] [FEMALE NEWS SPOKEN] We have a developing story. [SFX: channel click] [MALE REPORTER SPOKEN] Witnesses describe a familiar face. [SFX: channel click] [FEMALE NEWS SPOKEN] But nobody remembers who it belongs to. [SFX: static burst] [MALE RADIO SPOKEN] That’s me! [SFX: channel click] [MALE ANGRY SPOKEN] Why won’t she leave it alone? [SFX: signal interference] [FEMALE ANIME WHISPERED] It’s not finished. [Instrumental] [Chorus] [FEMALE AIRY SUNG] Afterimage, Afterimage Stay a little longer Afterimage, Afterimage Getting a little stronger [MALE SOFT SUNG] When the picture disappears Why can I still see it here? [FEMALE AIRY SUNG] Afterimage Afterimage [Instrumental] [SFX: chopped vocal echoes] [Bridge] [SFX: emergency broadcast tone] [MALE EMERGENCY SPOKEN] This is a test. This is only a test. [SFX: signal interference] [MALE EMERGENCY SPOKEN] Do not adjust your television. [SFX: frequency distortion] [MALE EMERGENCY SPOKEN] The image you are seeing Is no longer being transmitted. [SFX: silence] [MALE RADIO SPOKEN] Then why is it still there? [SFX: distant static] [FEMALE ANIME SPOKEN] Because it left something behind. For you to— [SFX: channel click] [MALE ANGRY SHOUTED] WE DON’T WANT TO REMEMBER! [SFX: static burst] [FEMALE ANIME WHISPERED] But I need you to. [Instrumental] [SFX: rising synth, bass drop] [Final Chorus] [FEMALE AIRY SUNG] Afterimage, Afterimage Stay a little longer Afterimage, Afterimage Getting a little stronger [MALE SOFT SUNG] When the picture disappears Why can I still see it here? [FEMALE AIRY SUNG] Afterimage Afterimage [Instrumental] [SFX: rapid channel flipping] [Outro] [SFX: television static fading] [MALE ANNOUNCER SPOKEN] Thank you for watching. [SFX: channel click] [FEMALE ANIME SPOKEN] See you again tomorrow! [SFX: channel click] [MALE RADIO SPOKEN] Why do you keep doing this? [SFX: television powering off] [FEMALE ANIME WHISPERED] That wasn’t—. [SFX: faint tape rewind] [MALE CONFUSED WHISPERED] Who are you? [SFX: silence] [Outro]
