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The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us! Lyrics by Elijah Lyons

Illinoise: A New Musical (Original Cast Recording)

2024

[ARCTIINI]
Thinking outrageously, I write in cursive
I hide in my bed with the lights on the floor
Wearing three layers of coats and leg warmers
I see my own breath on the face of the door
[ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA]
Oh
[ARCTIINI]
I am not quite sleeping
[ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA]
Oh
[ARCTIINI]
I am fast in bed
[BARSINE & NACNA]
Oh
[ARCTIINI]
There on the wall in the bedroom, creeping
[BARSINE & NACNA]
Oh
[ARCTIINI]
I see the wasp with her wings outstretched
North of Savanna we swim in the Palisades
I come out wearing my brother's red hat
There on his shoulder my best friend is bit seven times
He runs washing his face in his hands
[ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA]
Oh
[ARCTIINI]
How I meant to tease him
[ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA]
Oh
[ARCTIINI]
How I meant no harm
[BARSINE & NACNA]
Oh
[ARCTIINI]
Touching his back with my hand I kiss him
[BARSINE & NACNA]
Oh
[ARCTIINI]
I see the wasp on the length of my arm
[ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA]
Oh, great sights upon this state
Hallelujah
Wonders bright and rivers, lake
Hallelujah
[ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA, ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA]
We were in love, we were in love (Oh, great sights upon this state)
Palisades, Palisades
I can wait
Hallelujah
We were in love, we were in love (Wonders bright and rivers, lake)
Palisades, Palisades
I can wait
Hallelu—
[ARCTIINI]
We were in love, we were in love
Palisades, Palisades
I can wait, I can wait
[ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA]
We were in love, we were in love
Palisades, Palisades
I can wait, I can wait
We were in love, we were in love
Palisades, Palisades
I can wait, I can wait
[ARCTIINI]
I can't explain
The state that I'm in
The state of my heart
He was my best friend
Into the car
From the backseat
Oh, admiration
And falling asleep
[ARCTIINI, BARSINE, & NACNA]
All of my powers
Day after day
I can tell you
We swaggered and swayed
Deep in the tower
The prairies below
I can tell you
The telling gets old
[ARCTIINI, BARSINE & NACNA, NACNA]
Terrible sting and terrible storm (Great sights upon this state)
I can tell you the day we were born (Hallelujah)
My friend is gone, he ran away (Wonders bright and rivers, lake)
I can tell you, I love him each day (Hallelujah)
Though we have sparred, wrestled and raged (Great sights upon this state)
I can tell you, I love him each day (Hallelujah)
Terrible sting and terrible storm (We were in love, we were in love)
I can tell you (Palisades, Palisades, I can wait, I can wait)
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Elijah Lyons

Elijah Lyons

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