An Utopian Journey Through Song With One T. Byers

The year is 2012.

It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empir-....er, ...oh fuck and shit, wrong intro! Let's try again:

The year is 2012.

A group of young (very fashionable, also, excellent) Prescott College students take on the challenge of queering utopia. Long story short, their collective studious and imaginative natures pay off. They are successful. They queer the hell out of utopia! Utopia never saw it coming!! The oppressive state is brought down, its plastic neon-colored rumble surrounding them in all directions. "Where to go from here?", they all ask. The answer comes in one swift Original Broadway Cast of Rent style choreographed collection of song and dance.

What they are singing together after they collectively defuckingstroy the neoliberal capitalist state:

"SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE

I CAN BREATHE FOR THE FIRST TIME

I'M SO MOVING ON YEAH, YEAH.

THANKS TO YOU NOW I GET WHAT I WANT."

Also relevant:

"I JUST CAN'T TAKE IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN."

What they are singing together as they collectively rebuild:

"The touch and feeling of free is

untangible technically
something you’ve got to believe in
connect the cause and effect
one foot in front of the next
this is the start of a journey.
and my mind is already gone
and though there are other unknowns
somehow this doesn’t concern me

and you can stand right there if you want

but I'm going on."

Also:

"Anyone that needs what they want,

and doesn’t want what they need
I want nothing to do with
And to do what I want
And to do what I please
Is first of my to-do list"

What they are BELTING together when building is done and Utopia finally is upon them:

"Finally you've come along

The way I feel about you,
It just can't be wrong
If you only knew the way I feel about you
I just can't describe it
Finally it has happened to me right in front of my face
My feelings can't describe it
Finally it has happened to me right in front of my face and
I just cannot hide it"

And with those fateful words, history ends.

Ta ta.