NIMH Pie

Or, allusions to TSON scenes in the lyrics of American Pie.

Eight miles high and falling fast...
Landed foul in the grass,
The players tried for a forward pass
with the jester on the sidelines in a cast. -Jenner cutting the ropes to make the block fall.


I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride,
But something touched me deep inside...
-Jonathan

Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune.
We all got up to dance,
Oh, but we never got the chance!
`cause the players tried to take the field;
The marching band refused to yield.
Do you recall what was revealed?
-The rats being captured by NIMH


Oh, and there we were all in one place,
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again.
-The rats at NIMH

And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite,
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died
-Jenner after Nicodemus is killed