COLD COMFORT - Brin
It's no comfort to me to know that you still live:
A life in that place is no life at all.
We had to let you go though,
Give you a chance at life,
It was what you wanted,
But even Zack shed tears for you.
Leaving you was as hard as anything I've ever done.
"Kendra!" I called,
but Kendra wasn't home – just a note:
"Mr Multiples is back in town."
Then I saw the broken window…
A high kick - and Zack –
A broken and damaged Zack -
But Zack all the same.
Zack – the quintessential soldier…
He thought he could control me.
But Logan put him right -
He knows me too well:
"You've got two choices - back off or pitch in."
The two of them bristled like bulldogs:
I would have laughed any other time.
Zack hadn't thought it through,
but Logan knew:
A military escort out would leave a trail;
And nothing had left Seattle:
There was no trace,
no "bus" to Manticore…
You must still be here.
Logan and his computer magic…
If anyone can find Brin, it's him
He resents Zack: "Oh, another Manticore wit"
but he always comes through:
A way to find Lydecker –
That man has such a record…
A career solder…but then his wife was murdered…
Just the one blot on Lydecker's copybook,
But it just might be enough:
"My name is Don, I'm an alcoholic…"
Our mission: "all the black coffee we can drink."
We shall see where this trail leads us.
Zack called it mission creep
But Deck could be our only lead in this.
Lydecker tried to bluff us
But we knew him of old
The old game of pin the name on the barcode
He spouted old rules at us –
Long unheard - never forgotten
I believe him – he knows nothing
I send Zack back to Logan… what can he shake loose?
Logan comes through again -
Fort Xavier and Jake Sanders
Lydecker knows the name, knows the place
He can get us in…
I knew all along he'd try to trick us:
There was never any doubt…
But at least he got us past the door.
And then we're in,
and we're with Brin.
"What's wrong with her?"
I can see how sick she is:
She's like an old woman –
shriveled and weak…
"It's a form of progeria"
We're behind bars -
Brin, Zack, me -
And Lydecker lectures the troops…
But really, they had no chance:
I already had a plan…
I fake my own hanging:
Piece of cake!
The troops want the money:
Follow the dollars, not the orders.
These guys never had a chance:
We're away…
But Brin is so sick -
"I don't want to die…"
We have to let her go…
In the end, it was your choice…
It's no comfort to me to know that you still live:
A life in that place is no life at all…
But at least it is a life…