stick season ( we’ll all be here forever ) - noah kahan
change tenses/pronouns as needed !! some lines have been edited for clarity / length / ease of roleplaying
tw ; mental heath , alcoholism , death , suicidal references , language
‘if I get too close and I’m not how you hoped, forgive my northern attitude.’
‘oh, I was raised out in the cold.’
‘as you promised me that I was more than all the miles combined, you must have had yourself a change of heart like halfway through the drive.’
‘now i’m stuck between my anger and the blame that I can’t face.’
‘I am terrified of weather ‘cause I see you when it rains.’
‘I saw your mom she forgot that I existed.’
‘it’s half my fault, but I just like to play the victim.’
‘i’ll dream each night of some version of you that I might not have, but I did not lose.’
‘now you’re tire tracks and one pair of shoes and I’m split in half, but that’ll have to do.’
‘so I thought that if I piled something good on all my bad that I could cancel out the darkness I inherited from dad.’
‘I am no longer funny ‘cause I miss the way you laugh.’
‘you once called me ‘forever’ now you still can’t call me back.’
‘I hope this pain’s just passing through, but I doubt it.’
‘I’m saying too much, but you know how it gets out here.’
‘no winter coat could keep out all the cold of your atmosphere.’
‘now I know your name but not who you are.’
‘it’s all okay, there ain’t a drop of bad blood.’
‘you got all my love.’
‘if you need me, dear, I’m the same as I was.’
‘write me a list of how it is, of how it was, of how it has to be.’
‘you burrowed in, under my skin, what I’d give to have you out from me.’
‘but I still recall how the leather in your car feels.’
‘at the end of it all, I just hope that your scars heal.’
‘I swear I was scared to death.’
‘I’ll never let you go.’
‘everything’s alright when she calls me back.’
‘for bullshit, I do not have time.’
‘I don’t get much sleep most nights.’
‘I’ll love you when the oceans dry. I’ll love you when the rivers freeze.’
‘do you lie awake restless?’
‘oh, there was heaven in your eyes.’
‘I was too afraid of living life in your footsteps.’
‘i’m in the business of losing your interest and I turn a profit each time that we speak.’
‘come over.’
‘I was taking the wrong meds, feels good to be sad.’
‘my mouth was designed for my foot to fit in it.’
‘the dow jones keeps falling, but I promise you, with the view in the morning, you won’t ever go back.’
‘someday I’m gonna be somebody people want.’
‘you gave me your word, and now I can’t pronounce it.’
‘would we survive in a horror movie? I doubt it, we’re too slow moving. we trust everyone one we meet.’
‘we didn’t know that the sun was collapsing.’
‘I wanna love you ‘til we’re food for the worms to eat.’
‘til our fingers decompose, keep my hand in yours.’
‘it’s been a long year.’
‘come over, the party’s gone slower. and no one will tempt you, we know you got sober.’
‘there’s orange juice in the kitchen. it’s yours if you want it.’
‘feels like i’ve been ready for you to come home for so long that I didn’t think to ask you where you’d gone.’
‘why’d you go?’
‘I haven’t drank in six months on the dot.’
‘it made you a stranger and it filled you with anger.’
‘don’t you find it strange that you just went ahead and carried on?’
‘are we all just pulling you down?’
‘remember telling me that you thought you were cursed?’
‘I’m in love with every song you’ve ever heard.’
‘if I could lose you, I would.’
‘those things I miss, but know are never coming back.’
‘no thing defines a man like love that makes him soft and sentimental like a stranger in the park.’
‘if I was empty space, and you were a formless shape, we’d fit.’
‘I’m still angry at my parents, for what their parents did to them.’
‘I ignore things, and I move sideways ‘til I forget what I felt in the first place.’
‘at the end of the day, I know there are worse ways to stay alive.’
‘I’m terrified that I might never have met me.’
‘if my engine works perfect on empty, I guess I’ll drive.’
‘why is pain so damn impatient? ain’t like it’s got a place to be, keeps rushing me.’
‘if all my life was wasted, I don’t mind, I’ll watch it go.’
‘it’s better to die numb than to feel it all.’
‘I drink ‘til I drown, and I smoke ‘til I’m burning.’
��I worry for you, you worry for me. and it’s fine if we know we won’t change.’
‘the wreckage of you, I no longer reside in. the bridges have long since been burnt.’
‘it’s not halloween but the ghost you dressed up as sure knows how to haunt.’
‘I know that you fear that I’m wicked and weary.’
‘I know that you’re fearing the end.’
‘I only tell truth when I’m sure that I’m lying.’
‘the weather ain’t been bad if you’re into masochistic bullshit.’
‘time moves so damn slow, I swear I feel my organs failing.’
‘I stopped caring ‘bout a month ago, since then it’s been smooth sailing.’
‘I would leave if only I could find a reason.’
‘I got dreams, but I can’t make myself believe them.’
‘spend the rest of my life with what could’ve been.’
‘I will die in the house that I grew up in.’
‘I don’t wanna say goodbye.’
‘it only falls into place when you’re falling to pieces.’
‘it’s like i’m still here with you.’
‘the past is coming back with the light in the morning.’
‘can I fix what is broken?’
‘for a minute, the world seems so simple.’
‘I am not scared of death, I’ve got dreams again.’
‘it’s all washing over me, I’m angry again.’
‘who was I to watch you wilt?’
‘you’ll always be a flower on my skin.’
‘I promise to be there this time, alright?’
‘I’m naming the stars in the sky after you.’
‘I spiral out, try and float.’
‘i’m remembering I promised to forget you now.’
‘it’s raining and I’m calling drunk.’
‘am I honest still?’
‘am I half the man I used to be? I doubt it, forget about it.’
‘I ain’t proud of all the punches that I’ve thrown, in the name of someone I no longer know.’
‘I’ll die for you.’
‘I’m untethering from the part of me you’d recognize.’
‘I’ll let the pain metastasize.’
‘I gave your name as my emergency phone call. it rang and rang, even the cops thought you were wrong for hanging up.’
‘it just ain’t that simple, it never was.’
‘I’m not from around here.’
‘i’ll turn up the music and I’ll forget until it ends, that I’m not ready to let go yet.’
‘it’s typical, I fear. folks just disappear.’
‘if I could leave, I would’ve already left.’
‘I pull no punches, then I feel bad for months.’
‘I finally got sewed up, set a time, then I showed up. now the weight of the world ain’t so bad.’
‘I saw the end, it looks just like the middle.’
‘I filled the hole in my head with prescription medications and I forgot how to cry.’
‘who am I to complain?’
‘now the pain’s different, it still exists, it just escapes different.’
‘I can finally eat and I can fall asleep, it’s fine.’
‘oh, you’re spiraling again.’
‘don’t let this darkness fool you. all lights turned off can be turned on.’
‘I’ll drive all night. I’ll call your mom.’
‘don’t be discouraged. I’ve been exactly where you are.’
‘if you could see yourself like this, you’d have never tried it.’
‘don’t want to drive another mile wondering if you’re breathing.’
‘won’t you stay with me?’
‘this is good land, or at least it was.’
‘it makes me smile to know when things get hard, you’ll be far from here.’
‘you’re the greatest thing I’ve lost.’
‘we ain’t angry at you, we’ll be waiting for you.’
we’ll all be here forever.’
‘we’re overdue for a revival. we spent so long just getting by.’
‘that’s the thing about survival. who the hell likes living just to die?’
🐝 * ― 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑷𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑻𝑶𝑴 𝑶𝑭 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑶𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑨 𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺. ( all of these are taken from the song lyrics from the musical of the same name. feel free to change pronouns and adjust to your needs! )
❛ remember me once in a while — please promise me you'll try. ❜
❛ where in the world have you been hiding? ❜
❛ stories like this can't come true. ❜
❛ close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams. ❜
❛ and you'll live as you've never lived before. ❜
❛ let your darker side give in. ❜
❛ who was that shape in the shadows? ❜
❛ is this what you wanted to see? ❜
❛ now you cannot ever be free! ❜
❛ fear can turn to love, you'll learn to see. ❜
❛ i shall give you one last chance. ❜
❛ it's useless trying to appease me. ❜
❛ you're only saying this to please me. ❜
❛ if he knew the truth, he'd never, ever go. ❜
❛ it was an accident ... simply an accident. ❜
❛ why have you brought me here? ❜
❛ what you heard was a dream and nothing more. ❜
❛ i'm here, nothing can harm you. ❜
❛ i'm here with you, beside you, to guard you and to guide you. ❜
❛ promise me that all you say is true, that's all i ask of you. ❜
❛ you're safe, no one will find you. ❜
❛ all i want is freedom, a world with no more night, and you, always beside me, to hold me and to hide me. ❜
❛ all our fears are in the past. ❜
❛ why is it secret? what have we to hide? ❜
❛ [name], what are you afraid of? ❜
❛ you were once my companion, you were all that mattered. ❜
❛ why can't the past just die? ❜
❛ don't make me do this. it scares me. ❜
❛ we'll be parted forever, he won't let me go. ❜
❛ am i to risk my life to win the chance to live? ❜
❛ do i have any choice? ❜
❛ i know i can't refuse, and yet i wish i could. ❜
❛ don't think that i don't care, but every hope and every prayer rests on you now. ❜
❛ you! why did you let this happen? ❜
❛ but can i trust you? ❜
❛ i love her! does that mean nothing? ❜
❛ the world showed no compassion to me! ❜
❛ did you think that i would harm her? ❜
❛ why should i make her pay for the sins which are yours? ❜
❛ this is the choice — this is the point of no return. ❜
🪦 EPIC: The Musical: Act One: The Underworld Saga sentence starters. Going by the exact lyrics for the most part unless I'm making it less lyric and more dialogue. Definitely change things to fit your muse's situation<3
The Underworld
"No matter what we hear: full speed ahead"
"Full speed ahead until we find the prophet."
"This land confuses your mind"
"All I hear are screams every time I dare to close my eyes"
"I no longer dream, only nightmares of those who've died"
"Nothing's what it seems"
"The past seems close behind"
"Five-hundred fifty-eight men who died under your command"
"Why would you let the cyclops live when ruthlessness is mercy?"
"I keep thinking of the infant from that night"
"That voice, it can't be!"
"When you come home I'll be waiting"
"Even if you're the last thing I see, I'll be waiting"
"I'm right here, mom. Can't you see?"
"I took too long, and ventured too far."
"I'll always love you, I'll stay in your heart"
"Your past is always close behind down in the Underworld"
No Longer You
"I am the prophet with the answers you seek"
"I see past and future running free"
"There is a world where I help you get home, but that's not a world I know"
"I see the sacrifice of man"
"I see portrayals of betrayal and a brother's final stand"
"I see you on the brink of death. I see you draw your final breath"
"I see a man who gets to make it home alive, but it's no longer you"
"This can't be!"
"We've suffered and sailed through the toughest of hells, now you tell us our effort's for nothing?"
"I see your palace covered in red."
"I see your wife with a man who is haunting, a man with a trail of bodies..."
"Sell your soul to your gods."
Monster
"How has everything been turned against us?"
"How did suffering become so endless?"
"Do I need to change?"
"I'm surrounded by the souls of those I've lost."
"I'm the only one whose line I haven't crossed."
"What if the greatest threat we'll find across the sea... is me?"
"What if I'm the monster?"
"What if I'm in the wrong?"
"What if I'm the problem that's been hiding all along?"
"What if I'm the one who killed you every time I caved to guilt?"
"What if I've been far too kind to foes but a monster to ourselves?"
"If I became the monster and threw that guilt away, would that make us stronger?"
"And now no one dares to piss him off"
"Who would care if we're unjust?"
"Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves, and deep down I know this well."
"I lost my best friend. I lost my mentor, my mom."
"If we must sail through dangerous oceans and beaches, I'll go where Poseidon won't reach us"
"I'll become the monster. I will deal the blow"
"I'll become the monster like none they've ever known"
"So what if I'm the monster lurking deep below?"
"I must become the monster, and then we'll make it home"
❛ if we changed back then, we could change again. ❜
❛ what can i say? i'm a sucker for happy endings. ❜
❛ i'm sorry, are you talking to me? ❜
❛ i would give anything to be like that. ❜
❛ are we gonna have a problem? ❜
❛ you've come so far, why now are you pulling on my dick? ❜
❛ time for you to prove you're not a loser anymore. ❜
❛ you can join the team or you can bitch and moan. ❜
❛ mr. no-name kid, say who might you be? ❜
❛ it's fine if you don't agree, but i would fight for you if you would fight for me. ❜
❛ happiness comes when everything numbs. ❜
❛ does your mommy know you eat all this crap? ❜
❛ i learned to cook pasta, i learned to pay rent; i learned the world doesn't owe you a cent. ❜
❛ you heard it man, it's time to rage! ❜
❛ so wait, it's lime, then salt, then shot? ❜
❛ you're doing it wrong! ❜
❛ really? 'cause i feel great. ❜
❛ dreams are coming true when people laugh but not at you! ❜
❛ i didn't need your help. ❜
❛ i can't believe you actually came. ❜
❛ why d'you gotta be so weird all the time? people wouldn't hate you so much if you acted normal. ❜
❛ thirty hours to live - how shall i spend them? ❜
❛ sorry, but i really had to wake you. ❜
❛ let's go you know the drill; i'm hot and pissed and on the pill. ❜
❛ you say you're numb inside but i can't agree. ❜
❛ how'd you find my address? ❜
❛ no sleep tonight for you, better chug that mountain dew. ❜
❛ no one sees the me inside of me. ❜
❛ keep going. this has to be good enough to fool the cops. ❜
❛ i never knew about her pain. ❜
❛ don't talk mean like that. ❜
❛ what did they do to you that you hate them so? ❜
❛ you are the only thing that's right about this broken world. ❜
❛ they'll die because we say they must. ❜
❛ what the fuck have you done?! ❜
❛ let's be normal. see bad movies, sneak a beer, and watch tv. ❜
❛ don't you want a life with me? ❜
❛ if you could let me in, i could be good with you. ❜
❛ so what's it gonna be? i wanna be with you. ❜
❛ but your love's too good to lose. ❜
❛ you're the one i choose. ❜
❛ there's nowhere to hide if i say the wrong thing. ❜
❛ but i believe any dream worth having is a dream that should not have to end. ❜
❛ no, you wouldn't understand! ❜
❛ try me! i've experienced everything you're going through right now. ❜
❛ you don't know what my world looks like! ❜
❛ they made you blind, messed up your mind but i can set you free. ❜
❛ i was meant to be yours! ❜
❛ don't give up on me now. ❜
❛ i can't make this alone! finish what we've begun. ❜
❛ i am all that you need. ❜
❛ please don't leave me alone. you were all i could trust, i can't do this alone. ❜
❛ no one here deserves to die except for me and the monster i created. ❜
❛ i wish we met before they convinced you life is war. ❜
❛ i wish you'd come with me ... ❜
❛ i am damaged, far too damaged, but you're not beyond repair. ❜
❛ hope you'll miss me, wish you'd kiss me. ❜
❛ i'd be honored if you'd let me be your friend. ❜
👁️ EPIC: The Musical: Act One, The Cyclops Saga sentence starters. Because the lines are just That Good. Going by the exact lyrics, definitely change things to fit your muse's situation<3
Polyphemus
"I've gotta hand it to you both, this is quite the treat."
''It's almost too perfect, too good to be true."
"Why would the lotus eaters pass up on all this food?"
"We're just travelers, we come in peace."
"What gives you the right to deal a pain so deep?"
"Don't you know that pain you sow is pain you reap?"
"Your life now is in my hand."
"Before I'm done, you will learn that it's not so fun to take."
"You came to my home to steal."
"A trade, you see? Take from you like you took from me."
"There's been a misunderstanding!"
"Now that I see we've done some damage, maybe you and I can make a deal?"
"I'll give you our finest treasure so long as we leave alive."
"A trade, you see? A gift from you, and a gift from me."
"I'd like to thank you. Stranger, what's your name?"
"My name is Nobody."
"I'm so glad we see eye to eye."
"You shall be the final man to die.
Survive
"If we're defeated, they're good as dead."
"No backup, no chance for support."
"Show me, how great is your will to survive?"
"Six hundred lives at stake."
"It's just one life to take."
"No dying on me now, defeat is not allowed!"
"We must live through this day!"
"Show him that we're deadly!"
"Don't let him get close!"
"He can't land a blow if we're out of reach."
"Stand up and fight for your lives!"
"He's got a club!"
"You've hurt me enough."
"You're dying here and now, escape is not allowed."
"You won't live through this day, now die."
Remember Them
"We must move quickly, we don't have much time."
"He didn't notice I mixed lotus in his wine."
"Mark my words now, this is not the end."
"What'll we do with our fallen friends?"
"We are not to let them die in vain."
"We're the ones who carry on the flames of those who've gone."
"This is how we're getting out of here."
"Let's kill him!"
"Who hurts you?"
"There are more of them?"
"Captain, we should run!"
"If nobody hurts you, be silent."
"He's still a threat until he's dead! Finish it."
"What good would killing do when mercy is a skill more of this world could learn to use?"
"The blood we shed, it never dries."
"Is this what it means to be a warrior of the mind?"
"When we met I led with peace."
"Remember them the next time that you dare choose not to spare!"
"Remember them, remember us... remember me!"
"I am neither man nor mythical."
"I am your darkest moment!"
My Goodbye
You were reckless, sentimental at best."
"That's not a teaching of mine."
"You've grown soft, your dead friends can attest."
"Put your emotions aside."
"You're a warrior meant to lead the rest."
"I don't know where I went wrong!"
"I warned you, and you failed the test"
"This way you'll know what your place is."
"This way when all is over you'll keep yours and I'll keep mine."
"This way you won't disappoint me."
"Unlike you, every time someone dies I'm left to deal with the strain."
"What a title that a goddess could lend if I'll never sleep at night?"
"I'll remind you I saw you as a friend, but now we're done."
"This way you won't plague my life."
"You're out of sight and out of mind!"
"This way, you close the door and have your damn goodbye!"
"You're not looking for a mentor, I'm not looking for a friend."
"I mistook you for a General. What a waste of effort spent."
"At least I know what I'm fighting for while you're fighting to be known."
"Since you claim you're so much wiser, why's your life spent all alone? You're alone!"
"One day you'll hear what I'm saying. One day you might understand. One day, but not day."