In CAP 21, they liked to encourage us to find new and interesting "premises" to frame our songs. Here are some premises I thought of:

"Mister Cellophane" as sung by a person about to go on a shooting spree. You'd take out the gun on "You know who," and load it on the first chorus. On the second verse, you'd take aim, and the chorus would be you going fucking nuts with a Tommy gun. The song would most likely end in your own suicide.

"They Can't Take That Away From Me" as sung by the character of Winston Smith in 1984 as he's being tortured in The Ministry of Love. He is singing the song about Julia, and the elusive "they" is, of course, the ministry and Big Brother. The song would end when his face is about to get eaten by rats.

"A Little More Mascara" as sung by a male drag queen astronaut as his spaceship is hurtling towards the sun. The spaces in the music ("When life is a real...bitch again") would be punctuated with more and more flames soaring past the outside window. The song would end when his face explodes.

"You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me" as sung by someone on LSD thinking that they're the character of Dorothy Brock singing "You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me."

"Tradition" as sung by a flock of sheep. The song would end with the Tevye sheep being shorn.