In a lifetime

[[You may find yourself living in a shotgun shack->Shack]] [[You may find yourself in another part of the world->Another]] [[You may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile->Large automobile]] [[You may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife->Beautiful]]

(set: $lifetimes to $lifetimes + 1)(after: 1s)[Let the days go by, let the water hold me down (after: 3s)[Let the days go by, water flowing underground (after: 5s)[Into the blue again after the money's gone (after: 7s)[(nth: (min: 3, $lifetimes), "Once", "Twice", "$lifetimes times") in a lifetime, water flowing underground]]]]

You find yourself living in a shotgun shack. (display: "Chorus") (after: 9s)[(if: (visited: "Large automobile"))[[[You may ask yourself, “Where is that large automobile?”->Where Bridge]] ][[And you may ask yourself, “Well, how did I get here?”->How Bridge]]]

You find yourself in another part of the world. (display: "Chorus") (after: 9s)[(if: (visited: "Large automobile"))[[[You may ask yourself, “Where is that large automobile?”->Where Bridge]] ][[And you may ask yourself, “Well, how did I get here?”->How Bridge]]]

You find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile. (display: "Chorus") (after: 9s)[(nth: visit, "[[You may ask yourself, “How do I work this?”->Work]]", "[[You may ask yourself, “Where does that highway go to?”->Highway]]") [[And you may ask yourself, “Well, how did I get here?”->How Bridge]]]

You find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife. (display: "Chorus") (after: 9s)[(if: (visited: "Large automobile"))[[[You may ask yourself, “Where is that large automobile?”->Where Bridge]] ](nth: (min: 4, visit), "[[And you may tell yourself, “This is not my beautiful house”->Not House]]", "[[And you may tell yourself, “This is not my beautiful wife”->Not Wife]]", "[[You may ask yourself, “What is that beautiful house?”->What House]]", "[[And you may say to yourself, “My God! What have I done?”->What Done]]") [[And you may ask yourself, “Well, how did I get here?”->How Bridge]]]

(set: $lifetimes to $lifetimes + 1)Letting the days go by, let the (link-reveal: "water")[(set: $waters to $waters + 1)(show: ?water1)] hold me down |water1)[ (display: "Water")] Letting the days go by, (link-reveal: "water")[(set: $waters to $waters + 1)(show: ?water2)] flowing underground |water2)[ (display: "Water")](if: (history:) contains any of (a: "How Bridge", "Bridge"))[ Into the blue again, into the silent (link-reveal: "water")[(set: $waters to $waters + 1)(show: ?water3)] |water3)[ (display: "Water")] Under the rocks and stones, there is (link-reveal: "water")[(set: $waters to $waters + 1)(show: ?water4)] underground |water4)[ (display: "Water")] Letting the days go by, let the (link-reveal: "water")[(set: $waters to $waters + 1)(show: ?water5)] hold me down |water5)[ (display: "Water")] Letting the days go by, (link-reveal: "water")[(set: $waters to $waters + 1)(show: ?water6)] flowing underground |water6)[ (display: "Water")]] Into the blue again after the money's gone (nth: (min: 3,$lifetimes), "Once", "Twice", "$lifetimes times") in a lifetime, (link-reveal: "water")[(set: $waters to $waters + 1)(show: ?water7)] flowing underground |water7)[ (display: "Water")] [[Same as it ever was, same as it ever was->Hub]] (after: time + 2s)[[[Same as it ever was, same as it ever was->Hub]] (after: time + 2s)[[[Same as it ever was, same as it ever was->Hub]] (after: time + 2s)[[[Same as it ever was, same as it ever was->Hub]](after: time + 2s)[(if: $lifetimes > 4)[(for: each _i, ...(range: 1, $lifetimes - 4))[(after: ($lifetimes-_i)*2 + 1s)[ [[Same as it ever was, same as it ever was->Hub]]]]] (after: time + 2s)[(if: (history:) contains all of (a: "Another", "Beautiful", "Large automobile", "Shack"))[[[Time isn't holding up, time isn't after us->Outro]]]]]]]]

You ask yourself, “Where is that large automobile?” (display: "Bridge")

You ask yourself, “Well, how did I get here?” {(for: each _item, ...(history:))[ (if: _item is "Shack")[You found yourself in a shotgun shack. ] (if: _item is "Where Bridge")[You asked yourself, "Where is that large automobile?" ] (if: _item is "How Bridge")[You asked yourself how you got here. ] (if: _item is "Beautiful")[You found yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife. ] (if: _item is "Not House")[You told yourself, "This is not my beautiful house." ] (if: _item is "Not Wife")[You told yourself, "This is not me beautiful wife." ] (if: _item is "What House")[You asked yourself, "What is that beautiful house?" ] (if: _item is "What Done")[You asked God what you had done. ] (if: _item is "Another")[You found yourself in another part of the world. ] (if: _item is "Large automobile")[You found yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile. ] (if: _item is "Work")[You asked yourself, "How do I work this large automobile?" ] (if: _item is "Highway")[You asked yourself, "Where does that highway go to?" ] ]} (display: "Bridge")

You tell yourself, “This is not my beautiful house”. (display: "Bridge")

You tell yourself, “This is not my beautiful wife”. (display: "Bridge")

You ask yourself, “What is that beautiful house?” (display: "Bridge")

You say to yourself, “My God! What have I done?” (display: "Bridge")

You ask yourself, “How do I work this?” (display: "Bridge")

You ask yourself, “Where does that highway go to?” (display: "Bridge")

(text-colour:#0c8599)[(nth: $waters, "(Water dissolving and water removing)", "(There is water at the bottom of the ocean)", "(Under the water, carry the water)", "(Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean)", "(Water dissolving and water removing)")]

Same as it ever was, same as it ever was Same as it ever was and look where my hand was (link-reveal: "Time isn't holding up, time isn't after us")[ Same as it ever was, same as it ever was Same as it ever was, same as it ever was Same as it ever was, same as it ever was Letting the days go by, same as it ever was (link-reveal: "Here a twister comes, here comes the twister")[ Same as it ever was, same as it ever was (Letting the days go by) Same as it ever was, same as it ever was (Letting the days go by) Once in a lifetime (Let the water hold me down) Letting the days go by (Water flowing underground) (cycling-link: 2bind $end, "Into the blue again", "Out of the blue this time") (live: .2s)[(if: $end is "Into the blue again")[[[...->Hub]]](else-if: $end is "Out of the blue this time")[[[...->Credits]]]]]]

Inspired by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IsSpAOD6K8">Once in a Lifetime</a> by the Talking Heads. (lyrics referenced from genius.com) twine winding by <a target ="_blank" href="https://woolewekindly.itch.io">🐑</a>