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JUST ANOTHER DAY.

“ we’re the perfect loving family. so adoring. ”

“ so my son’s a little shit. ”

“ my husband’s boring. ”

“ my daughter, though a genius, is a freak. ”

“ honey, you need to slow down. ”

“ i’m going to have sex with your father. ”

“ so it’s times like these i wonder how i take it. ”

“ ‘cause some days i think i’m dying, but i’m really only trying. ”

“ the world will feel my power. ”

“ the feeling like i’ll live forever. ”

“ the feeling like this feeling never goes away. ”

“ you’re living on a latte and a prayer. ”

“ what doesn’t kill me, doesn’t kill me. ”

“ it only hurts when i breathe. ”

“ it only hurts when i try. ”

“ it’s just another day. ”

“ the world just keeps on spinning. ”

“ the house is spinning. ”

EVERYTHING ELSE.

“ mozart was crazy. ”

“ you scan through the score, put fingers on keys, and you play. ”

“ everything else goes away. ”

“ you play ‘til it’s perfect. ”

“ so you won’t feel so sick and you won’t look so pale. ”

“ there’s nothing your paranoid parents can say. ”

WHO’S CRAZY / MY PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGIST AND I ( MEDLEY ).

“ who’s crazy, the husband or wife? ”

“ who’s crazy to live their whole life? ”

“ who’s crazy, the one who can’t cope? or maybe the one who’ll still hope? ”

“ and i was a wild twenty-five. ”

“ it’s like an odd romance. ”

“ he knows my deepest secrets, i know his... name. ”

�� and though he’ll never hold me, he’ll always take my calls. ”

“ without a little lift, the ballerina falls. ”

“ so we’ll try again and eventually, we’ll get it right. ”

“ use may be fatal. ”

“ i now can’t feel my fingers or my toes. ”

“ oh, thank you, that’s very sweet, but my husband’s waiting in the car. ”

“ the sex was simply inspired. ”

“ they say love is blind... but believe me, love is insane. ”

“i don’t feel like myself. i mean, i don’t feel anything. ”

“ valium is my favorite color. ”

PERFECT FOR YOU.

“ our plaent is poisoned. ”

“ um, ___, that’s true and i totally care. ”

“ i’m trying to tell you i love you. ”

“ and this is one fucked up seduction. ”

“ this planet is pretty much broken beyond repair. ”

“ i could be perfect for you. ”

“ i might be lazy, a loner, a bit of a stoner it’s true. ”

“ i’ll make myself perfect for you. ”

“ you’ve got some nerve, ___ ”

“ you’ll be the one thing in the world that won’t hurt. ”

“ i can’t fix what’s fucked up. ”

“ but one thing i know i can do, i can be perfect for you. ”

I MISS THE MOUNTAINS.

“ there was a time where i flew higher. ”

“ now i know she needs me there to share, i’m nowhere. ”

“ all these blank ans tranquil years, seems they’ve dried up all my tears. ”

“ but i miss the mountains. ”

“ i miss the highs and lows. ”

“ i miss the pain. ”

“ here it’s safe and sound. ”

“ my mind is somewhere hazy. ”

“ everything is perfect, nothing’s real. ”

“ i miss my life. ”

IT’S GONNA BE GOOD.

“ it’s gonna be good. ”

“ two weeks and it’s all working just the way it should. ”

“ the sex is still amazing and we don’t stay up that late. ”

“ it’s almost been a month and she’s as happy as a clam. ”

“ why don’t you join us for dinner? ”

“ okay, it’s someone’s birthday! ”

“ who’s birthday is it? ”

HE’S NOT HERE.

“ i didn’t know you have a brother. ”

“ i don’t, he died before i was born. ”

“ he’s not here. ”

“ love, i know you know. ”

“ do you feel he’s still real? ”

“ love, it’s just not so? ”

“ why is it you still believe? ”

“ do you dream or do you grieve? ”

“ you’ve got to let him go. ”

“ he’s been dead sixteen years. ”

“ this is fucked. ”

“ language! ”

“ what about the new meds? ”

“ jesus, ___, they were working! ”

YOU DON’T KNOW.

“ do you wake up in the in the morning and need help to lift your head? ”

“ do you read obituaries and feel jealous of the dead? ”

“ it’s like living on a cliff side, not knowing when you’ll dive. ”

“ do you know what it’s like to die alive? ”

“ i know you don’t know. ”

“ you say that you’re hurting, it sure doesn’t show. ”

“ when you say let go and i say you don’t know. ”

“ the sensation that you’re screaming but you never make a sound. ”

“ the feeling that you’re falling but you never hit the ground. ”

you don’t know what it’s like to live that way. ”

“ like a refugee, a fugitive forever on the run. ”

“ if it gets me it will kill me but i don’t know what i’ve done. ”

I AM THE ONE.

“ can you tell me what it is you’re afraid of? ”

“ can you tell me why i’m afraid it’s me? ”

“ can i touch you? ”

“ we’ve been fine for so long now. ”

“ how could something go wrong that i can’t see? ”

“ i’m holding on. ”

“ i won’t let go. ”

“ i am the one who knows you. ”

“ i am the one who cares. ”

“ i am the one who’s always been there. ”

“ i am the one who’s helped you. ”

“ if you think that i just don’t give a damn, then you just don’t know who i am. ”

“ could you leave me? ”

“ hey dad, it’s me. ”

“ will you watch as i drown? ”

“ why can’t you see? ”

“ are you bleeding? ”

“ are you wanting all that she can’t give? ”

“ are you bruised, are you broken? ”

“ are you hurting, are you healing? ”

“ are you hoping for a life to live? ”

“ tell me what to do. ”

“ look at me. ”

“ i am the one who’ll hold you. ”

“ i am the one who’ll stay. ”

“ i am the one who won’t walk away. ”

“ i won’t walk away. ”

“ i am the one who’ll hear you. ”

“ now you tell me that i won’t give a damn. ”

“ you don’t give a damn. ”

“ i know you know who i am. ”

“ i am the one who needs you. ”

“ does it please you? ”

SUPERBOY AND THE INVISIBLE GIRL.

“ he’s a hero, a lover, a prince. ”

“ she’s not there. ”

“ everything a kid oughta be. ”

“ he’s immortal, forever alive. ”

“ then there’s me. ”

“ i wish i could fly. ”

“ i’d fly far away from here. ”

“ he’s the one you wish would appear. ”

“ he’s your hero, forever your son. ”

“ you know that’s not true. ”

“ you’re our little pride and joy, our perfect plan. ”

“ i love you as much as i can. ”

“ here she is, clear as the day. ”

“ please look closely and find her before she fades away. ”

I’M ALIVE.

“ i am what you want me to be. ”

“ i’m your worst fear, you’ll find it me. ”

“ come closer, come closer. ”

“ i am more than memory. ”

“ i am what might be. ”

“ i am mystery. ”

“ you know me. ”

“ when i appear it’s not so clear if i’m a simple spirit or i’m flesh and blood. ”

“ i am so alive. ”

“ i feed on the fear that’s behind your eyes. ”

“ i need you to need me. ”

“ it’s not gonna get better is it? ”

“ i am flame and i am fire. ”

“ i am destruction, decay, and desire. ”

“ i’ll hurt you. ”

“ i’ll heal you. ”

“ it’s not all about your comfort! ”

“ i’m your wish, your dream come true. ”

“ though you made me, you can’t change me. ”

“ i’m the perfect stranger whom knows you too well. ”

“ i’m right behind you. ”

“ you say forget, but i remind you. ”

“ you can try to hide, you know that i will find you. ”

“ ‘cause if you won’t grieve me, you won’t leave me behind. ”

“ if you try to deny me, i’ll never die. ”

MAKE UP YOUR MIND / CATCH ME I’M FALLING ( MEDLEY ).

“ walk with me. ”

“ okay, walking. ”

“ are you nervous? ”

“ make up your mind to explore yourself. ”

“ you have stories to tell. ”

“ we’ll search in the past, for what sorrows may last. ”

“ you come home from these sessions in tears. is this helping, or...? ”

“ the baby wasn’t planned, neither was the marriage. ”

“ but when the baby came, it all seemed to make sense. ”

“ make up your mind that you’re strong enough. ”

“ let the truth be revealed. ”

“ admit what you’ve lost and live with the cost. ”

“ at times it does hurt to be healed. ”

“ catch me i’m falling. ”

“ please hear me calling. ”

“ you told me that talking through your histopry feels like it’s about someone else. ”

“ catch me, i’m falling for good. ”

“ i couldn’t hold her in the hospital. ”

“ you want clarity. ”

“ that’s the first time you’ve mentioned ___ in weeks of therapy. ”

“ catch me before it’s too late. ”

I DREAMED A DANCE.

“ i saw you light up the ballroom with your sparkling eyes so blue. ”

“ i dreamed a dance with you. ”

“ you told me you would be true. ”

“ we spun around a thousand stars. ”

“ the dancers may disappear still the dance goes on. ”

“ i know the night is dying, dear. ”

“ i’ll wake alone tomorrow. ”

“ but now until forever love, i’ll live to dance with you. ”

“ i’ll dream, my love. ”

“ i’ll live my love. ”

THERE’S A WORLD.

“ a place where we can go where the pain will go away. ”

“ there’s a world where the sun shines each day. ”

“ there’s a world where we can be free. ”

I’VE BEEN.

“ well i wonder what comes now. ”

“ i know i have to help her, but hell if i know how. ”

“ every day this act we act gets more absurd. ”

“ all my fears just sit inside me screaming to be heard. ”

“ how could she leave me on my own? ”

“ i’m weary to the bone. ”

“ i was here at her side while she screamed, while she cried. ”

“ will it work? this cure? ”

“ i’ve never had to face the world without her by my side. ”

“ mine is just a slower suicide. ”

“ i can’t give up now. ”

“ i could never be alone. ”

DIDN’T I SEE THIS MOVIE?

“ didn’t i see this movie with mcmurphy and the nurse? ”

“ that hospital was heavy but the cuckoo’s nest is worse. ”

“ isn’t this the one where in the end the good guys fry? ”

“ didn’t i see this movie and didn’t i cry? ”

“ what makes you think i’d lose my mind for you? ”

“ stay out of my brain. ”

“ i know where this is going. ”

“ i have seen this movie and i walked out. ”

A LIGHT IN THE DARK.

“ tell me why i wait through the night. ”

“ why do i leave on the light? ”

“ you know, i know, our house was a home long ago. ”

“ take this chance ‘cause it may be our last. ”

“ let go of the past. ”

“ take my hand and let me take your heart. ”

“ i wake and wander the halls. ”

“ i can’t get through this alone. ”

“ take this chance and we’ll make a new start. ”

WISH I WERE HERE.

“ it’s like someone drained my brain out, set my frozen mind to thaw. ”

“ i am riding on the brightest buzz. ”

“ i am worlds away from who i was. ”

“ i have lived a life of clouds and gray. ”

“ this is crystal clear. ”

“ i imagine it’s remarkable. ”

“ i’m trying to enjoy it but i’m missing all the fun. ”

“ do i just disappear? ”

“ i’m good as gone. ”

“ i feel the burn but i don’t feel the pain. ”

“ have i blown my mind forever? ”

“ can i hide my stupid hunger? ”

“ fake some confidence and cheer. ”

SONG OF FORGETTING.

“ you don’t remember any of this? ”

“ do i really live here? ”

“ you don’t recall? ”

“ that day our child was born, our baby girl’s first cry. that gray and grizzly morn, i’ve never felt so high. ”

“ that day we met and shared two beers. ”

“ what a lovely cure, it’s a medical miracle. ”

HEY #1.

“ i’ve missed you these days. ”

“ i’ve been crazed. ”

“ you look like a mess. ”

“ thanks i guess. ”

“ are you clean. ”

“ wow coming from you... ”

“ you took it too far. ”

“ okay, how did it start? ”

“ don’t say that we’re over. ”

“ will you come to this dance with me? ”

“ i don’t do dances. ”

“ do this dance with me? ”

SECONDS AND YEARS.

“ a little loss of memory is normal. ”

“ i couldn’t give a flying fuck what’s normal. ”

“ we haven’t had a normal day in years. ”

“ do you still feel like your head is filled with concrete? ”

BETTER THAN BEFORE.

“ the memories are there somewhere. ”

“ well that’s how i remember it so that’s how it’ll be. ”

“ it was raining. it was portland. you eloped. ”

“ it’s a life we can restore. ”

“ here’s a pic of all us with smiles on every face and the photoshopping hardly even shows! ”

“ gonna get us back to normal. ”

“ maybe get us back to better than before. ”

“ did we crush somebody’s cat beneath the tire? ”

“ wait, you remember? ”

“ your life has kind of sucked, i think. ”

AFTERSHOCKS.

“ they’ve managed to get rid of me. ”

“ we shock who we can’t save. ”

“ they’ve cleared me of your memory and many more as well. ”

“ the headaches and the nausea will pass and you’ll endure. ”

“ your son is gone forever. ”

“ your son is gone forever though, of that the doctor’s sure. ”

“ the memories will wane. ”

“ the aftershocks remain. ”

“ you wonder which is worse, the symptom or the cure. ”

“ i’m gone without a trace. ”

“ but sear the soul and leave a scar no treatment can erase. ”

“ they moved me from your memory, i’m still there in your soul. ”

“ your life goes back to normal now, or so they all believe. ”

“ your heart is in your chest again, not hanging from your sleeve. ”

“ with nothing left to remember is their nothing left to grieve? ”

HEY #2.

“ so tomorrow’s the dance... ”

“ it’s annoying, i know. ”

“ let me know you again. ”

“ it’s already too late. ”

“ just shut up and listen. ”

“ there’s no way it’s too late. ”

“ you remind me of me. ”

“ you remind me of me and how fucked up i can be. ”

“ let’s start over, clean slate. ”

“ so don’t give up on me. ”

YOU DON’T KNOW ( REPRISE ).

“ my mind is still a mess. ”

“ my past is like the weather, it’ll come and it’ll go. ”

“ is it helping you remember? ”

“ he hasn’t much to say. ”

“ i don’t know, i don’t know where the fucking pieces go! ”

“ i don’t know how this started so i won’t know when it ends. ”

HOW COULD I EVER FORGET?

“ you drove too fast. ”

“ how could i ever forget? ”

“ they said to wait. ”

“ they never said we were too late. ”

“ but i was a child, raising a child. ”

“ then a moment of dread, someone simply said your child... is... ”

“ this was the moment my life was set. ”

“ that day that i lost you it’s clear as the day we met. ”

“ why do you want to remember the things that hurt you? ”

“ how did he die? why? why?! ”

“ he was sick. even the doctors missed it. ”

IT’S GONNA BE GOOD ( REPRISE ).

“ what was his name? please, tell me his name. ”

“ it’s gonna be fine, it’s gonna be fine. ”

“ jesus, dad! ”

WHY STAY? A PROMISE ( MEDLEY ).

“ why not simply give in and get on with living ‘cause everyone knows you tried. ”

“ enduring and coping and hurting and hoping for day after fucking day. ”

“ but somehow something died along the way. ”

“ why not simply end it? ”

“ all i know now to be true, is this promise that i made for you. ”

“ i will search for her nightly, if you see her please send her my love. ”

“ one day we’ll remember that joy. ”

“ that boy is long lost to me now. ”

I’M ALIVE ( REPRISE ).

“ i am old as time, forever young. ”

“ i am every sond that will stay unsung. ”

“ you can’t tame me. ”

“ this is one old game that i can play so well. ”

“ the medicine failed and the doctors lied. ”

“ i am death defied! ”

THE BREAK.

“ they told me chemistry, the juice and not the circuitry was mixing up and making me insane. ”

“ what happens when the burn has healed, when the skin has not regrown? ”

“ then you find the break was always in another bone. ”

“ what happens if the cut, the burn, the break was never in my brain or in my blood but in my soul? ”

“ what happens if the medicine wasn’t really in control? ”

MAKE UP YOUR MIND / CATCH ME I’M FALLING ( REPRISE ).

“ the treatment is strong but only lasts so long. ”

“ make up your mind that you’ll try again. ”

“ the one thing that’s sure is that there is no cure. ”

“ that doesn’t mean we don’t fight. ”

“ maybe the falling isn’t so bad after all. ”

“ watch me i’m falling. ”

“ stay with me, try again. ”

MAYBE ( NEXT TO NORMAL ).

“ maybe i’ve lost it at last. ”

“ maybe my last lucid moment has passed. ”

“ could be i’m crazy to go. ”

“ they say you should stay with the devil you know. ”

“ maybe i’m tired of the game. ”

“ i see me in you. ”

“ it’s so lovely you’re sharing, no really i’m all ears. ”

“ where has all this caring been for sixteen years? ”

“ for all those years i’d prayed that you’d go away for good. ”

“ when i thought you might be dying, i cried for all we’ve never be. ”

“ there’ll be no more crying, not for me. ”

“ things will get better you’ll see. ”

“ maybe we can’t be okay. ”

“ maybe we’re tough and we’ll try anyway. ”

“ we’ll live with what’s real. ”

“ let go of what’s passed and maybe i’ll see you at last. ”

“ we tried to give you a normal life. ”

“ i don’t need a life that’s normal, that’s way too far away. ”

“ something next to normal would be okay. ”

HEY # 3 / YOU’RE PERFECT FOR ME ( MEDLEY / REPRISE ).

“ you look like a star, a vision in blue. ”

“ oh, i do? ”

“ hey, you came! ”

“ i thought we were through. ”

“ will your mom be okay? ”

“ for now it’s all fine. ”

“ i might end up crazy. ”

“ i could end up your wife. ”

“ so you could go crazy, or i could go crazy, it’s true. sometimes life isn’t sane. but crazy i know i can do. ”

“ ‘cause crazy is perfect and fucked up is perfect. ”

SO ANYWAY.

“ so anyway i’m leaving, i thought you’d like to know. ”

“ we’d both go bad that way so here i go. ”

“ anyways i’m leaving, i guess that you can see. ”

“ i’ll try this on my own. ”

“ i’ll face the dread alone but i’ll be free. ”

“ with you always beside me to catch me when i fall, i’d never get to know the feel of solid ground at all. ”

“ with you always believing that we can still come through, it makes me feel the fool to know that it’s not true. ”

“ what doctors call dysfunction, we tried to call romance. ”

“ i’ll take a chance on leaving. ”

“ it’s that or stay and die. ”

“ i loved you once. ”

“ it’s time for me to go and so goodbye. ”

I AM THE ONE ( REPRISE ).

“ i am the one who loved you. ”

“ i am the one and you walked away. ”

“ now you tell me that you just don’t give a damn. ”

“ i am the one who’ll heal you. ”

“ i know that you told her that i’m not worth a damn, but i know you know who i am. ”

“ can’t you just leave me alone? ”

“ why didn’t you go with her? ”

“ i am the one who held you. ”

“ i am the one who cried. ”

“ i am the one who watched as you died. ”

“ i tried pretending like i don’t give a damn. ”

“ but you’ve always known who i am. ”

LIGHT.

“ we need some light. ”

“ you can’t sit here in the dark and all alone. it’s a sorry sight. ”

“ it’s just you and me, we’ll live you’ll see. ”

“ we’ve waited far too long. ”

“ day after day wishing all our cares away. ”

“ some hurts never heal. ”

“ some ghosts are never gone. ”

“ and you find some way you survive. ”

“ and you find out you don’t have to be happy at all. ”

“ give me pain if that’s what’s real. ”

“ it’s the price we pay to feel. ”

“ the price of love is loss but we still pay, we love anyway. ”

“ there will be light. ”

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