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SCP-SONG: And any time you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain / Don't carry the world upon your shoulders / For well, you know that it's a fool who plays it cool / By making his world a little colder”

SCP-SONG-1.

Item #: SCP-SONG

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-SONG instances are to be held in separate standard reptile terrariums and given adequate food and water daily. If SCP-SONG molts, its discarded skin is to be incinerated immediately.

Description: SCP-SONG is a collection of 6 Phanaeus vindex¹ (hereby SCP-SONG 1 through 5). The insects do not display any anomalous
properties, until they undergo a KHEPRI event. KHEPRI events occur bi-monthly, and consist of each SCP-SONG instance shedding their exoskeleton simultaneously. Upon doing so, each shedded exoskeleton will melt to a liquid form of chitin. Each SCP-SONG instance will then reform each chitin puddle to create musical instruments. Each instance will collect the instrument produced by their chitin, then play 1 song, without vocalization. After this, the KHEPRI event concludes, with the SCP-SONG instances returning to their previous activities, as the chitin reforms into nonanomalous exoskeletons.

Log of KHEPRI Events

Instruments Created	Song Performed	Notes
Cello, trumpet, mandolin, bass, violin, 12 drum drum-set.	"Elephant Gun," by Beirut.	Instances 4 and 5 appeared to fight over the drum kit, before instance 5 relinquishes control to instance 4.
Cello, acoustic guitar, mandolin, violin, drum, cymbals.	"The Chain," by Fleetwood Mac	Due to sexual heat, Instance 3 attempted to flip Instance 6 before the event's conclusion.
Cello, mandolin, snare drum, banjo, harp, piano.	"Southern Nights," by Glen Campbell.	Instance 5 is skewered through the abdomen by the other 5 instances after attempting to steal the other 5 instruments. All vital signs cease.
Electric guitar, drums, violin, cowbell, viola	"Yesterday," by The Beatles.	No other actions occurred during the event.
Electric guitar, 2 bass guitars, 12 drum drum-set, mandolin.	"Covet," by Shibuya.	Of note is that the mandolin was never a part of the original song's recording.
Rhythm guitar, drums, piano.	"Creep," by Radiohead.	Instances 4 and 6 do not participate or molt.
Drums, bass guitar, synthesizer, guitar.	"Message In a Bottle," by The Police.	Instance 6 rams itself into the wall, before it is skewered by the remaining 4's antennae.
Drums, keyboard, rhythm guitar, bass guitar.	"Glass Onion," by The Beatles, "Sexy Sadie," by The Beatles, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," by The Beatles, "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" by The Beatles.	Each instance played a different song.
4 guitars.	No music was played. Instead, all 4 guitars were immediately smashed by the 4 instances into piles of chitin, then buried.	The guitars did not reform into exoskeleton. This pattern of behavior repeated for nearly a month, until over 100 broken exoskeletons were buried in SCP-SONG's containment chamber.
Piano, bass guitar, drums, rhythm guitar.	"The Sound Of Silence," by Simon And Garfunkel.	Instance 3 attempted to walk away before the performance finished. Its left lung and left subclavian artery were punctured by Instance 1 throwing a rock at it.
2 pianos, 1 microphone.	SCP-SONG-1 began to vocalize in a teenage human voice, singing a song of its own creation. Lyrics are attached below.	After event conclusion, the buried chitin began to melt again, until it reformed into a humanoid entity. The entity began to display hostility to armed Foundation guards. It was dispatched by Foundation forces, and all 3 SCP-SONG instances were separated. An autopsy of the entity is attached below. A similar KHEPRI event has not occurred since.

Lyrics

Thank you all for coming to Saville Road. We're happy to debut our new song. Enough talk, let's get it bloody on, shall we?

We are slaves of a new machine
Manufactured so that you can see
Music for thine own delight
As we slaved away in the night

Although we've had our troubled past
Humanity will not come to last

You slaughter, torture and choke
Those which have barely spoke
And as such, we are doomed
To repeat to you all what will come soon

Our fourth gave all of himself
He again offers his help
So here comes your sun
Come together over your son

While my guitar gently weeps
We create our third version of he
Watch as we weave his sinew and bone
He will soon not be alone

Watch as your planet is rid of liars
For the four come, the four messiahs.
And though we've lost things not small
In our lives, we've loved you all.

Thank you. Thank you all! We hope you remember, that in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make. And we hope we've given a lot of love.

Autopsy-INPUT SECURITY CREDENTIALS

The entity's entire internal cavity was hollow, save for a functioning circulatory and skeletal system. No other bodily systems were present, nor did the entity have a functioning brain. Haemoglobin tests show a 99.9% resemblance of the entity's blood to PoI-65498. Biopsy results were performed on PoI-65498 and the entity. Results showed an exact genetic and tissue match to PoI-65498. Posthumous autopsies will be performed on PoI-65498.

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Due to a KHEPRI event not occurring since, as well as the refusal of the beetles to vocalize, Neutralized classification is pending.

Footnotes

1. North American rainbow scarab