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𝙻𝙾𝙾𝙺 𝚆𝙷𝙾'𝚂 𝙸𝙽𝚂𝙸𝙳𝙴 𝙰𝙶𝙰𝙸𝙽  //  prompts from bo burnham’s netflix special: INSIDE.

“ there isn’t much more to say about it. ”

“ you’ll do any old shit to get out of it. ”

“ well, well, look who’s inside again. ”

“ well, well, buddy you found it. ”

“ tonight i’m thinking of taking it slow. ”

“ in my head i’m in your bed and getting through to you. ”

“ the coffee is free, just like me. ”

“ um, what the fuck is going on? ”

“ it’s like everything happen all at once. ”

“ the more i look around the more is see nothing to joke about. ”

“ should i be joking at a time like this? ”

“ i want to leave this world better than i found it. ”

“ the world is so fucked up. ”

“ maybe i should just shut the fuck up. ”

“ i don’t wanna do that. ”

“ interesting. now leave me alone. ”

“ sorry that i look like a mess. ”

“ it’s a beautiful day to stay inside. ”

“ don’t you know? the world is built with blood. ”

“ that’s pretty intense. ”

“ my bed is empty and i’m getting cold. ”

“ i used to wake up with a smile. ”

“ are you tired of it? never mind i don’t want to know. ”

“ i’m asking but don’t answer because i don’t want to know. ”

“ do i have your attention? ”

“ are you feeling what i’m feeling? ”

“ well, i feel like shit. ”

“ there’s no need to panic. ”

“ apathy’s a tragedy and boredom is a crime. ”

“ there it is again, that funny feeling. ”

“ hey, what can you say? we were overdue. ”

“ but it’ll be over soon. you wait. ”

“ get your fucking hands up. ”

“ are you feeling nervous? are you having fun? ”

“ it’s almost over. it’s just begun. ”

“ don’t overthink this. ”

“ look in my eye. don’t be scared. don’t shy. ”

“ you say the whole world’s ending, honey it already did. ”

“ you can’t slow it, heaven knows you already tried. ”

“ got it? good. now get inside. ”

“ i’m talking to you, get the fuck up. ”

“ i’ll see you when i see you. ”

“ so this is how it ends. ”

“ am i going crazy? would i even know? ”

“ you’re really joking at a time like this? ”

“ it’ll stop any day now. ”

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VARIOUS LYRIC STARTERS  //  flowers for vases.

FIRST THING TO GO.

i heard what i wanted until i couldn’t.

i’m scared to lose what’s left of you.

i just talk to myself.

the first thing to go was the sound of his voice.

was it gentle or cold? maybe just noise.

MY LIMB.

you wish that i would run away

you always were the gentle one.

i guess we were collateral damage.

don’t let go.

let go.

do i wanna survive?

ASYSTOLE.

i don’t live for you, i live for me.

if only that were true.

if only i could prove that on my own i am worthy.

i want to forget.

it isn’t only me that i’m holding back.

TRIGGER.

all i ever had to say about love is a sad song.

i get off on telling everybody what went wrong.

it makes me feel like the pain had a purpose.

the truth is all i really want is someone who wants me

at first it seems easy.

maybe it’s worth it.

FIND ME HERE.

now through the delicate darkness you go.

as long as i’m loving you, you’ll never be alone.

this is one trip you’ll have to take alone.

when you come back you’ll find me here.

HYD.

are you fucking kidding me?

i wonder how you’re doing.

i never thought i’d see the day you would choose your fear over me.

i know it’s hard for you to take a compliment. 

i wonder how you view me.

my life began the day you came in it.

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BLOOD // WATER lyric starter meme.

feel free to change things as you see fit!

“ look me in my eyes. ”

“ the price of your greed is your son & your daughter. ”

“ tell me everything’s not fine. ”

“ you thought you could go free. ”

“ we’ll never get free. ”

“ beg me for forgiveness. ”

“ beg me for mercy. ”

“ admit you were toxic. ”

“ now i am the violence. i am the sickness. ”

“ won’t accept your silence. ”

“ you poisoned me just for another dollar in your pocket. ”

“ lamb to the slaughter. ”

“ i am the storm. ”

“ i am the riot. ”

“ i am the people. ”

“ i am the swarm. ”

“ the system is done for. ”

“ money won’t solve it. ”

“ what’s your alibi? ”

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K.FLAY LIFE AS A DOG SENTENCE MEME.

feel free to change things as you please!

EVERYONE I KNOW.

everyone i know is sad.

everyone i know's got plans.

call my phone if you're feeling lonely.

i'm not anyone's one and only.

write me back if you're feeling empty.

i like the rules, i don't like pretending i'm bad.

come around if you're feeling frightened.

MAKE ME FADE.

don't think i've been this nervous with a cold drink in my two hands.

all I think about is you constantly, that's the hard part.

static on the line, i hear it all the time.

found myself waking in the same clothes.

waiting for the call to come, who could say it was easy.

sad about the bad i've done, on my grave, please believe me.

CAN’T SLEEP.

please calm the fuck down.

my mother told me that the world has got its plans. i wanna hold ‘em ‘til they burn right through my hands.

don't ask me questions cause i'm tired of confessing.

maybe I've been freaking out, moving quick, burning the wick at both ends.

screaming loud, stupid shit, scaring all of my old friends.

i love you so much, i'm staying here all night.

WISHING IT WAS YOU.

i've got something on my mind

but all i do is miss you.

i can't move, i can't eat or sleep.

i'm doomed, it's not fun for me.

maybe i'm just selfish.

look me in the eyes and say you never felt it.

i don't need a wedding, let's stay home instead.

FEVER.

i doubt that this is love.

messages that i'll never get, pitfalls of a broken life.

i'm just afraid that my cynical ways might mean that i won't be ending the sentence.

feeling more like suffering.

might be why i feel so fucked up like any time of day.

BAD THINGS.

drink ‘til i'm dead, toast to my life.

tell me that i'm fucked up.

tell me that i lost touch.

tell me that i’m like him.

would anybody care if i woke up?

thought it might be real, but it isn't.

my mind it goes to the darkest places.

i've got so much to love, sometimes i fucking hate it.

i've been doing bad things.

i've been having bad dreams.

tell me that i'm worthless.

tell me that i'm hype, that i'll blow up.

tell me i'm a fucked up person.

i can’t deal with the stress of the lifestyle.

i wanna get away from it all but i’m drawn right back, moth to the flame.

i want it two ways, like to kill all of my pain with the same shot.

I’M GOOD.

you know i'm focused, so i'll never fade away.

see i'm hopeless, but i'm hoping that you'll stay.

so here's a toast to all the friends i made today. probably stab me in my back, but it's still too soon to say.

won't stop ‘til i catch that buzz, i'm good

i've been avoiding a call from someone i once knew.

i don't know if i can face it all.

i guess i don't know not to break.

TURN IT AROUND.

lately, i've been on a bender.

just because you sin, shit that don't make you a sinner.

smoke i'd like to bum one, won't be feeling nothing.

what i gotta figure, if it hurts is it worth it.

say i'm too impulsive, need to slow my tempo.

even at my worst, well, kinda like the best though.

yeah, i got visions of us getting in trouble.

drive me far enough and i'll admit i love you

know that i know better, tomorrow i could turn it around.

said too much and i went too far.

THICKER THAN DUST.

thinking about when i felt lovesick, doesn't really sound like a life at all.

money's overrated, sex ain't hard to find.

we're not in love, since when is that a crime?

i'm in the mood for a plot twist, never cared what i'm supposed to be.

all my life been a good kid.

TIME FOR YOU.

you got drunk and said you loved me.

i’ve got options, trust me, yeah i know other guys.

sometimes you’re just so awful and all my friends agree.

you look good when you’ve been mean.

you disappear for weeks at least.

i don’t know why but recently it feels like i’m choking on exhaust.

i’ve got time for you.

you make me wanna die without trying to.

be careful i’m easy to crush.

please stop saying that you’re changing.

i need someone else who every night remembers that i exist.

GET IT RIGHT.

i wanna be the best.

i wanna wake up like i fucking slept. 

i wanna prove you wrong.

i wanna turn back the clock, tell my father to be strong ‘cause he missed me growing up.

don't lose hope, just be brave, things get better soon.

and i don't care about success, i just wanna make you proud.

so now i wanna do stupid shit, i wanna get fucking plastered.

i wanna go somewhere else, i wanna get super high.

want you to know that i wanna be better, but it feels like it's going to take forever.

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IMAGINE DRAGONS EVOLVE SENTENCE STARTERS.

feel free to change things as you please!

we couldn’t be closer if we tried.

your love is always dangerous.

tell me that you love me.

i was born for this.

‘cause i love the adrenaline in my veins.

i’m ready for whatever it takes.

i’m fired up and tired of the way that things have been. 

i was broken from a young age.

you made me a believer. 

you’re the face of the future, the blood in my veins.

do you feel the same when i’m away from you?

do you know the line that i’d walk for you?

we could turn around or we could give it up.

we’ll take what comes.

oh, the storm is raging against us now.

if you’re afraid of falling, then don’t look down.

there’s tears we’ll cry but those tears will fade.

it’s the price we pay when it comes to love. 

i’ll take your hand when thunder roars.

i’ll hold you close, i’ll stay the course.

i was always up for making changes.

i wanna see it all, give me more. 

i’m broken in the prime of my life.

i took your heart, took your hand. promised you all that i had.

it seemed like we’re going nowhere.

baby, i know it’s not fair.

lay with me for one more night. 

and in your eyes i could see the places you’d rather be.

here’s to my future, here’s to my yesterday.

but in all this trouble i’ve met i haven’t got one single regret.

i’m a hopeless crash collision.

i wanna live a life like that.

i was living life, living just to please.

i’m overboard, i’m self destructive. 

i was dreaming of bigger things.

wanna leave my old life behind.

who do you think you are?

they say you’re basic, they say you’re easy.

i never did you right, i know that.

can we start over?

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K.FLAY EVERY WHERE IS SOME WHERE SENTENCE MEME. various lyrics from various albums. 

feel free to change things as you please!

DREAMERS.

nobody showed you how to live? me either.

get a steady job, couple kids.

like, what would i do different if i hit rewind and did it again?

remembered all my mistakes, but the memories made me smile.

this life is only what you want it to be.

i want more.

you go to heaven when you die, i’m betting.

you still with me on the line? just checking.

i came to in a cold sweat with a nosebleed feeling hopeless.

suddenly i felt fine inside a mind so full of ghosts.

the darkest nights mean you see the stars the most.

i used to knock on wood, i used to never curse.

i shouted to the sky don’t let my family disappear.

i used to feel alone.

i used to not belong.

GIVER.

i fell in love and then fell out.

i let a stranger in my bed.

i pretended you were him, ‘cause i need it to feel wanted.

i gotta find another way.

i’m learning to live, i’m trying to be better. 

i’m learning to give, but i don’t know if i’m a giver.

every day’s another shot but all i do is fuck it up.

screaming ‘cause i’ve got it too good to cry. 

girl, it takes guts just to survive. 

i got so much soul in my body but no one keeping me honest.

whole days turn into holes in my mind.

i got high hopes, lots of potential. 

i will not let go of what is mine.

BLOOD IN THE CUT.

the boy i love’s got another girl.

i don’t have an apartment.

thought if i was smart i’d make it far, but i’m still at the start. 

guess i’m contagious it’d be safest if you ran, fuck that’s what they all just end up doing in the end.

say something, do it soon.

it’s too quiet in the room.

i need noise.

all i do is pretend to be ok so my friends can’t see my heart in the blender.

and lately, i’ve been killing all my time reading through your messages my favorite way to die.

take my head and kick it in.

break some bread for all my sins.

CHAMPAGNE.

i got the devil in my head but angels swimming in my blood.

and my sister who’s been living for a saint for so damn long.

but everybody bleeds right?

but everybody’s got pieces missing.

i wanna find a boy who smells like sweet cinnamon.

i’m looking for something to make me feel nothing.

verbalize the hurt inside, make me wanna burn alive.

HIGH ENOUGH.

i don’t like anyone better than you, it’s true.

i used to like liquor to get me inspired. 

i used to like smoking to stop all the thinking.

the world is a curse, it’ll kill if you let it.

i know they got pills that can help you forget it. they bottle it, call it medicine but i don’t need drugs.

you got me good.

oh you’re phenomenal, feel like a domino, fall to my knees.

don’t try to give me cold water, i don’t wanna sober up.

oh, the stars were made for us.

i only got eyes for you.

BLACK WAVE.

i can taste the fear, yeah, it’s written on my lips.

woke up with an omen tatted on my wrist.

who you gonna trust when the killer is the cop?

i swear to god you don’t wanna test me.

baby when you go down ain’t no coming up.

how did a girl like me end up in a world so mean?

MEAN IT.

i was born next to my mother, she sang me to sleep.

i grew to adore my father, as he drowned in a drink.

i know that i should be grateful.

i was raised to be so damn faithful, i didn’t need a god.

when i say i love you i wanna mean it, ‘cause i say a lot of things that i don’t mean.

when i say i want to i wanna mean it, ‘cause i know not to say yes to just anything.

when you’re low and you’re deep underwater stay faithful, remember what you love.

when the world gets painful, you become your own god.

HOLLYWOOD FOREVER.

in the dark everything it looks better.

in the dark everything it feel better.

i’m scared i’m a loser.

my father was a user and i’m afraid i’m just the same.

i used to be so confident.

i never thought to act.

all i wanted was to never get old.

all i wanted was to never be seen.

in the dark i’m alive, i’m a legend.

THE PRESIDENT HAS A SEX TAPE.

the government sold you drugs.

i’m just trying to get paid.

yeah everybody’s got a disguise.

don’t tell me i can live off love.

i got a feeling that my body is owned.

easy to smile when you’re pointing the gun.

IT’S JUST A LOT.

i never knew a smile could turn us into enemies instead.

oh, the never-ending bliss of moments that you missed.

it’s just a lot, i want to hold onto the innocence that i got.

i wanna care for all the little things i got.

i should have seen the signs.

does it matter in the end?

i saw a film a cried ‘cause beauty has a way of crushing me.

i’ve done things against which i believe.

oh, i think of you night.

my mond won’t stay quiet and i’ve got someone sleeping peacefully at home.

but peace don’t reach my bones.

the sadness still remains.

YOU FELT RIGHT.

i guess i might have laughed.

my heart it skipped a beat and that was that.

i’m always in the wrong place at the wrong time.

i don’t really know why but you felt right to me.

i hadn’t had a good thing in a long time.

sometimes it feels like you just used me for my mind and innocence.

SLOW MARCH.

nothing changed at all, especially me.

lately i’ve been afraid of myself.

who can tell anymore how you’re supposed to be you?

so i wrote out my life as a list thinking is this shit all there is?

but lust had soon enough turned to regret.

you’ll never know what you’ll miss ‘till the moment that you’re leaving it.

i’m hoping that i’ll make it to june.

i know i could be somebody new.

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next to normal starters.

feel free to change anything as you see fit!  mentions of suicide, drugs, death, child death, and mental illness. 

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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hamilton starters. pt 4.

feel free to change anything as you see fit!

“ i was younger than you are now when i was given my first command. ”

“ i witnessed their deaths first hand. ”

“ i made every mistake and felt the shame rise in me. ”

“ let me tell you what i wish i’d known, when i was young a dreamed of glory. ”

“ even now i lie awake, knowing history has it’s eyes on me. ”

“ you have no control, who lives, who dies, and who tells your story. ”

“ pride is not the word i’m looking for. ”

“ you cried and it broke my heart. ”

“ domestic life was never quite my style. ”

“ are you aware we’re making history? ”

“ i know that greatness lies in you. ”

“ i never thought i’d live past twenty. ”

“ i saved ever letter you wrote me. ”

“ be careful with that one, love, he will do what it takes to survive. ”

you built me palaces out of paragraphs. ”

“ i’m re-reading the letters you wrote me. i’m searching and scanning for answers. ”

“ you told the whole world. ”

“ and you are paranoid in every paragraph, how the perceive you. ”

“ let historians wonder how __ reacted. ”

“ you have torn it all apart. ”

“ i thought you were mine. ”

“ can i see him please? ”

“ he lost a lot of blood on the way over. ”

“ i’m doing everything i can. ”

“ i did exactly as you said, i held my head up high. ”

“ i know i don’t deserve you, ___, but hear me out. that would be enough. ”

“ you would smile and that would be enough. ”

“ i look back on where i failed. ”

“ i am not the reason no one trusts you. ”

“ careful how you proceed, good man. ”

“ ___, come back to sleep. ”

“ come back to bed, that would be enough. ”

“ this meeting’s at dawn. ”

“ summon all the courage you require. ”

“ it’s him or me, the world will never be the same. ”

“ there is no beat, no melody. ”

“ what if this bullet is my legacy. ”

“ i’m running out of time. ”

“ my love, take your time. ”

[frankpritch]

hamilton starters. pt 3.

change pronouns as you see fit!

“ the world will never be the same. ”

“ what’s your name, man? ”

“ i’m getting nervous. ”

“ can i buy you a drink? ”

“ don’t let them know what you’re against or what you’re for. ”

“ we’ll never be truly free. ”

“ sometimes i get over excited, shoot off at the mouth. ”

“ they’ll tell the story of tonight. ”

“ chaos and bloodshed are not a solution. ”

“ chaos and bloodshed already haunts us. ”

“ now you’re making me mad. ”

“ we can’t afford another slip. ”

“ close the door on your way out. ”

“ watch this obnoxious, arrogant, loudmouth bother. ”

 “ they left no instructions, just a legacy to protect. ”

“ if there’s a reason i’m still alive when everyone who loves me has died, i’m willing to wait for it. ”

“ provoke outrage. ”

“ i’m not sorry. ”

“ just stay alive, that would be enough. ”

“ if you could let me inside your heart ... ”

“ i knew you’d fight until the war was won. ”

“ the war’s not done. ”

“ you deserve a chance to meet your son. ”

“ if this is the end of me, at least i have a friend with me. ”

“ take the bullets out your gun. ”

“ we’ll bleed and fight for you. ”

“ when you smile, you knock me out, i fall apart. ”

“ i’ll make the world safe and sound for you. ”

“ and i thought i was so smart. ”

“ why do you always say what you believe? ”

“ we’re gonna teach them how to say goodbye. ”

“ be careful with that one, love, he will do what it takes to survive. ”

“ when you were mine, the world seemed to burn. ”

“ you’ve married an icarus, he’s flown too close to the sun. ”

“ you forfeit all rights to my heart. ”

“ i held my head up high. ”

“ the moments when you’re in so deep, it feels easier to just swim down. ”

“ i’m not afraid. ”

“ i am not the reason no one trusts you. ”

“ come back to sleep. ”

“ you’d better hide. ”

“ i was too young and blind to see. ”

“ who tells your story? ”

[frankpritch]

hamilton starters. pt 2.

change pronouns as you see fit!  /  part one.

“ no one really knows how the game is played. ”

“ we just assume that is happens. ”

“ i have no where else to turn. ”

“ i wanna be in the room where it happens. ”

“ hold your nose and close your eyes. ”

“ but we dream in the dark for the most part. ”

“ the ink hasn’t dried. ”

“ see how he lies. ”

“ i wanna give you a word of warning. ”

“ a moment alone in the shade. ”

“ all alone, watch them run. ”

“ they will tear each other into pieces. ”

“ i don’t have anything to tell you at all. ”

“ she courted me, escorted me to bed. ” 

“ in the eye of a hurricane, there is quiet. ”

“ i couldn’t seem to die. ”

“ you said you were mine. ”

“ the world has no right to my heart. ”

“ he will do what it takes to survive. ”

“ i hope that you burn. ”

“ you don’t want this young man’s blood on your conscience. ”

“ you did everything just right. ”

“ there is suffering too terrible to name. ”

“ that never used to happen before. ”

“ he is working through the unimaginable. ”

“ i don’t pretend to know the challenges we’re facing. ”

“ forgiveness, can you imagine? ”

“ don’t laugh. ”

“ shake hands with him. ”

“ charm her. ”

“ i am slow to anger. ”

“i don’t wanna fight, but i won’t apologize for doing what’s right. ”

“ come back to bed, that would be enough. ”

“ look him in the eye, aim no higher. ”

“ it’s him or me, the world will never be the same! ”

“ i hear wailing in the streets. ”

“ now i’m the villain in your history. ”

“ and when you’re gone, who remembers your name? ”

“ have i done enough? ”

[frankpritch]

hamilton starters. pt 1.

change pronouns as you see fit!  /  part two.

“  there’s a million things i haven’t done. ” 

“ you gotta fend for yourself. ”

“ just you wait. ”

“ i may have punched him -- ”

“ talk less. smile more. ”

“ he looked at me like i was stupid. i’m not stupid. ”

“ fools who run their mouth off wind up dead. ”

“ i am not throwing away my shot! ”

“ i will lay down my life if it sets us free. ”

“ i imagine death so much it’s like a memory. ”

“ oh, am i talking too loud? ”

“ i may not live to see our glory. ”

“ i’m looking for a mind at work. ”

“ oh my god. tear this dude apart. ”

“ oceans rise, empires fall. ”

“ when you’re gone, i’ll go mad. ”

“ we are out gunned, out manned, out numbered, out planned. ”

“ you look back at me and suddenly i’m helpless. ”

“ where are you taking me? ”

“ i’m about to change your life. ”

“ i’m just saying if you really loved me you would share him. ”

“ i’m never satisfied. ”

“ when you said ‘hi’ i forgot my dang name. ”

“ love doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints. ”

“ death doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints. ”

“ my mother was a genius, my father commanded respect. ”

“ dying is easy, living is harder. ”

“ pick a place to die where it’s high and dry. ”

“ you shot him in the side! ”

“ don’t call me son. ”

“ look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now. ”

“ let me be a part of the narrative. ”

“ history has it’s eyes on you. ”

“ you have no control. ”

“ history has it’s eyes on me. ”

“ it’s much harder when it’s all your call. ”

“ you’re on your own. ”

“ you knock me out, i fall apart. ”

“ why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room? ”

“ soon that attitude may be your doom. ”

“ why do you write like you’re running out of time? ”

“ take a break. ”

“ they think me macbeth, ambition is my folly. ”

" i don’t have the means to go on. ”

“ stop crying, goddammit, get up! ”