Streets of Hope

It's cliché and it's a braindead-easy association to make, but Sir Cubworth's Magical Dirt fits Horatio and the Circus - and now soon-to-be dime museum - to a tee.

I think the song Hollow by Cloudeater could fit Tom's ID, at least somewhat.

I wait in intermission
I remove inhibition
I don't speak, nobody's listenin'
It's not safe to seek the attention
I won't sink, I won't wallow
In this dream that I have borrowed
So don't lead, I won't follow
There's no sense in waiting for tomorrow

'Cause I'm hollow, hollow, hollow, hollow
Hollow, hollow, hollow, hollow

I move in all directions
I don't need any protection
And this beast is interjecting
And this soul can't help but connect it
And I'm ill with all that I know
'Cause it shows what little I know
I want sacred, I want final
And I'm seeking it wherever I go

'Cause I'm hollow, hollow, hollow, hollow
Hollow, hollow, hollow, hollow

I stay empty, I feel the hunger
So simple when I was younger
I awaken with the thunder
A bold statement to end my slumber
And this feeling has got a window
'Til I'm numb, 'til I am blissful
'Til the sum outweighs the mental
'Til the blood of both is my limbo

And I'm hollow, hollow, hollow, hollow
Hollow, hollow, hollow, hollow
And I'm hollow, hollow, hollow, hollow
And I'm hollow, hollow, hollow, hollow

I'd find an answer if I wanted to
I'd be a dancer of a different tune
I won't get entranced, I will be changing soon

I'd find an answer if I wanted to
I'd be a dancer of a different tune
I won't get entranced, I will be changing soon

I stay empty, I feel the hunger
So simple when I was younger
I awaken with the thunder
A bold statement to end my slumber
And this feeling has got a window
'Til I'm numb, 'til I am blissful
'Til the sum outweighs the mental
'Til the blood of both is my limbo

And I'm hollow, hollow, hollow, hollow
And I'm hollow, hollow, hollow, hollow
And I'm hollow, hollow, hollow, hollow
Hollow, hollow

I've been messing with Suno, a service that allows anyone to use AI generation to more or less whip up two to three-minute segments of custom music. It's interesting, the algo leans really hard into harmonics (using two voices at once) - but you can still get some fun stuff out of it - even instrumentally.

Captain Sam
https://suno.com/song/a752820f-d3a9-448 ... 4a34462a58

The Dragon's Lair
https://suno.com/song/562ff576-1c0a-4bb ... 1cdb37cf23

The Circus Welcomes You
https://suno.com/song/1b23fc2c-ba6a-464 ... 24e69dae1e

Horatio's Theme (Instrumental)
https://suno.com/song/dd876a3a-2e80-4c6 ... 96f89ed700

Shamus' Theme (Instrumental)
https://suno.com/song/395dca54-3a4b-408 ... 3749df3a95

Eiji Katsumoto's Theme (Instrumental)
https://suno.com/song/c0bd68b0-9678-42a ... bd7f3611ee

Griffin Industries' Hold Music (Instrumental)
https://suno.com/song/f653fd38-075e-407 ... cbbfbffa86

Wyvern Securities' Hold Music (Instrumental)
https://suno.com/song/1de4baa5-332c-47d ... 12605f60fb

You might need a Suno account, in which case your basic Google access would suffice. If a computer can shit out convincing Muzak in forty seconds with close to zero human input, greedier minds than Aldergard just might turn into AI Bros...