Music by Jed Whedon
Lyrics by Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon, and Joss Whedon
Performed by Neil Patrick Harris and Felicia Day
Guitar by Nick Gusikoff


Any dolt with half a brain
Can see that humankind has gone insane
To the point where I don’t know
If I’ll upset the status quo
If I throw poison in the water main

Listen close to everybody’s heart
And hear that breaking sound
Hopes and dreams are shattering apart
And crashing to the ground

I cannot believe my eyes
How the world’s filled with filth and lies
But it’s plain to see
Evil inside of me is on the rise



Look around
We’re living with the lost and found
Just when you feel you’ve almost drowned
You find yourself on solid ground
And you believe

There’s good in everybody’s heart
Keep it safe and sound
With hope, you can do your part
To turn a life around

I cannot believe my eyes
Is the world finally growing wise
‘Cause it seems to me
Some kind of harmony
Is on the rise



Anyone with half a brain
Take it slow
Could spend their whole life howling in pain
He looks at me and seems to know
‘Cause the dark is everywhere
The things that I’m afraid to show
And Penny doesn’t seem to care
And suddenly I feel this glow
That soon the dark in me is all that will remain
And I believe

Listen close to everybody’s heart
There’s good in everybody’s heart
And hear that breaking sound
Keep it safe and sound
Hopes and dreams are shattering apart
With hope, you can do your part
And crashing to the ground
To turn a life around

I cannot believe my eyes
I cannot believe my eyes
How the world’s filled with filth and lies
How the world’s finally growing wise
But it’s plain to see
And it’s plain to see
Evil inside of me...
Rapture inside of me...

is on the rise...

It seems that my interest for finding my interest and making myself happy has died. From now on I'll focus on other people instead of myself.

Yes Sir, Yes Boss. You no longer have to care whether we're suffering or being severely inconvenienced. We'll go through it anyway and emerge as the infallible ones while you bosses continue to make noise and grumble about employee inefficiency.

Mwahahahahahaha!

____________________

I've decided to shut up and move on. For a good reason.

I always realize, too late, that whatever I stood for in the past no longer matters.

So what if too much is expected from us? So what if your boss isn't educated in the ways of the working class? So what if everyone's only interested in releasing their own hot gas? So what if you're the only one doing something? So what if you can't find time for your personal commitments?

If we allow ourselves to drown in all the questions above, we'll just die out from stress being under the forever increasing workload. I drowned in them for the past month and a few weeks. Screwed up plenty of stuff in the progress. Angered a dozen officers. Silently, to myself, threatened to kill a few more.

I was lucky to have awesome co-workers to go all the way out to cover for my duties. You might not have the similar, ungodly luck that I possessed.

What I should have done was CHILL. Calm down and tackle the problems one by one. Magically some of the problems will solve themselves. It was so easy and yet I did not see it.

(With regard to the above paragraph: Alderic, you have inspired me again and again, but I have always failed to catch your hints and learn your ways.)

To some of my friends, you might find yourselves in a more difficult situation than I am in. I understand and appreciate the fact. But also the fact that you guys are still surviving! It only goes to show that you guys are more capable than me and I aspire to be like you. Rock on and keep those complaints coming! I want to hear your success stories-in-the-making.

This moment of enlightenment is bliss. It's only a matter of time before I fall back into the same pit again. I want to take a snapshot of now and remind myself. But how? It'll get corrupted along with my brain anyway when the time comes. Write it down somewhere? Perhaps if I do so, I might be able to push myself harder.

Maybe, just maybe, I can stay longer in this state the next time it happens. And I look forward to it. Hiya new problems! Hey there 100% more complainin' and bitchin'! See you in a while, punishments! (And it's a well known fact that punishments will interfere our lives less when we're out of the Army. So hurray, ORD!)

Keep on surviving!

Nothing good comes out from my mouth. Screw myself. What a big whoop.

SUMIMASSEEEEEEEEEEEEN!

Chuusa, you rock! You're the best Chuusa in the world! I'm speechless!

I don't care whether you are a Ch**sa or not. I seriously don't give a damn what you have achieved beforehand and how you climbed to your current position. I hate your frickin' guts, sir. No reason. I want to k*ll you. I want to smuggle a kn*fe into c*mp and pl*nge it into your inn*rds. But sir, if I really do that I'll get sent to D**B. Your very existence is the antimatter of my sanity. It's either I k*ll you or I risk losing myself forever. Rest assured. I don't usually do what I type here... I'm a coward, like that.

A coward will take rev*nge... in other, cowardly but more convincing ways...

(Actually, my plan is to control your mind and make you send me to the mental hospital! You know, I love those fluffy fluffy walls... and the restraints... ahhh)

From: CPL Komori Hizuki, "R-EXTEND" MS OPR PL3 'A' COY, 45MSC
on behalf of 2LT Neo Armstrong, COMD PL3 'A' COY, 45MSC
To: LCP Reiko Ayumu, MS OPR PL1 'M' COY, 21RECON
Cc: LCP Kurosa, "R-EXTEND" MS OPR PL3 'A' COY, 45MSC
Subject: yo

Dear Reiko-chan,

How have you been? I hope you have been eating and resting well.

China is really cold. I know you hate to wear a huge bundle of wool and risk looking like a blob, but you really have to wear it. Besides, weren't we talking happily about that wool coat your sister gave you when you were young?

Anyway I heard that Kei was posted to 21st Force Recon too... I don't really like that guy. Keep an eye on him and make sure he does nothing stupid. He can be too smart for his own good sometimes.

Oh, and... Ms Alpha... she keeps talking about you. She appears rather worried. Or more like... anxious and excited. I think she misses you a lot. Or "will start to miss you a lot", quoting from her own words.

Please take care of yourself and Kei, and we all look forward to your return. Rengeki Extend is forever extending her arms to you, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, be it part-time or full-time, no commitments required.

Only for you.

Yours Sincerely,
CPL Komori Hizuki
RX-77-2 Guncannon Operator/IC/CQMS
Rengeki Extend
Platoon 3
Anaheim Company
45th Squadron, EFSF Mobile Suit Corps

on behalf of

2LT Neo Armstrong
Commander
Platoon 3
Anaheim Company
45th Squadron, EFSF Mobile Suit Corps