Flash's Dream (the Final Elbow) — The Kinks

Scene:

After a long day's campaigning Flash, having overindulged The alcohol, has fallen asleep in his den.

Voice: Cooee. Cooee. Flash. Flash

Flash:

Voice: Wake up Flash. Can you hear me Flash?

Flash:

Voice: Need I announce myself? Am I such a stranger to you?

Flash:

Voice: I am your soul.

Flash:

Voice: I have come to show you who you are.

Flash:

Dare you intrude.

Voice: You lied and schemed and took over a simple village and Turned it into a vulgar playground for your own money- Making ends. Before you came people lived simple lives. This was a happy place. Then you ploughed up the fields, Sold off the land and lined your own pockets with the profits.

Flash:

Voice: You did it for your own preservation!

Flash:

Voice: Prepare yourself Flash, there are many who suffered at your Hands. They are craving for vengeance. Time is running out.

Flash:

Elbow? I will not go. The people need me.

Voice: Men like you will always come and go, but the people will go On forever. Take one final look at the past Flash. Enjoy it, Because you have no future.

Flash:

Trumpets herald the final confrontation between Flash and himself.