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Bacchanal Lyrics by Krista Knight, Dave Malloy

Don’t Stop Me

2015

SAMSON:
It’s a pagan bacchanalian ritual
JAYNIE:
Frenzied practice
MO:
Nocturnal escapades
SAMSON:
Violent initiation
JAYNIE:
All in celebration of the god Dionysus
MO:
God of harvest, wine, madness, and fertility
MOB:
AND THE SOOTHSAYERS SAY WE NEED A SACRIFICE
AND THE SOOTHSAYERS SAY WE NEED A SACRIFICE
AND THE SCREAMS OF THE ABUSED
SHALL BE DROWNED OUT BY THE DIN OF DRUMS AND DARKNESS
MO:
As the Dionysian followers rip the king of Thebes apart in ecstasy!
HARPER:
I’m sorry, is there ecstasy?
MOB:
I FEEL A FRENZY OF FEVER AND FIRE
MY FRECKLES ARE FRAZZLED AND DOOM IS DESIRE
AND FEVER FEELS GOOD
AND DOOM FEELS GOOD
GIVE IN TO IT ALL
GIVE IN TO IT ALL
SAMSON:
And who shall be the anointed one?
MO:
Yes who?
JAYNIE:
Who shall be the celebrated one?
MO:
Yes who?
HARPER:
Will this get me ahead?
MO:
If you want it bad enough
MOB:
CRAVING MY CRAZY I CRACK OUT AND CRUMBLE
AND I CRINGE AND I CRAWL AS THE WALL STARTS TO TUMBLE
AND CHAINS COME OFF
AND RULES ARE BROKEN
GIVE IN TO IT ALL
GIVE IN TO IT ALL
DJ:
DO YOU WANT TO FEEL CELEBRATED?
HARPER:
Of course!
DJ:
DO YOU WANT TO FEEL APPRECIATED?
HARPER:
Yes!
DJ:
DO YOU WANT TO BE GLORIFIED?
HARPER:
Well, I wouldn’t say no
DJ:
DO YOU WANT TO BE DEIFIED?
HARPER:
I am ambitious!
DJ:
DO YOU WANT TO BE REMEMBERED?
HARPER:
It’s a kind of respеct
MOB (HARPER):
BY YOUR BEST FRIENDS (Yes!)
BY STRANGERS (Yes!)
BY BOYS (Yes!)
BY GIRLS (Yеs!)
BY MEN (Yes!)
BY WOMEN (Yes!)
BY FANS AND CONSUMERS
POLITICIANS AND BREEDERS
MINDLESS BINGE WATCHING
SMARTPHONE READERS
BY CAPITALISTS AND COMMUNISTS
NOBODY BIGSHOTS
SHEEP AND CONSERVATIVES
HALLELUJAH RIMSHOTS
BY YOURSELF
BY YOURSELF
BY YOURSELF
HARPER:
Yes! Yes! Yes!
HARPER:
GO CRAZY OVER ME
ADORE ME
GET OBSESSED WITH ME
RESTORE ME
RAVISH ME
RELISH ME
RADIATE ME
ROCK ME
I NEED YOU ALL
I NEED YOU ALL
I NEED YOU ALL
I NEED YOU ALL
MOB:
I NEED YOU ALL
I NEED YOU ALL
I NEED YOU ALL
I NEED YOU ALL
The Beloved Bolometer goes nuts and eventually explodes!!
SAMSON:
I suddenly feel like all four humors are animated
JAYNIE:
Me too
SAMSON:
I just want to get closer to Harper
JAYNIE:
Me too
SAMSON:
I’d just like a piece of Harper
MO:
Harper is so great!
Harper Harper Harper Harper...
HARPER:
Actually I need a little space
MOB:
WE WANT TO LOVE THE THING THAT LOVES US WHEN WE HATE OURSELVES
WE LOVE TO HATE THE THING THAT LOVES ITSELF LIKE WE CAN’T OURSELVES
HARPER:
Hey. Hey. Just a little breathing room here
MOB:
AND THE SOOTHSAYERS SAY WE NEED A SACRIFICE
AND THE SOOTHSAYERS SAY WE NEED A SACRIFICE
AND THE SCREAMS OF THE ABUSED
SHALL BE DROWNED OUT BY THE DIN OF DRUMS AND DARKNESS
HARPER:
Fine, take everything! It’s all for you!
JANELLE:
Harper - stop, they’re hurting you
HARPER:
No, they’re not
JANELLE:
There’s a whole gym here, no need to crowd her
Let her go! Let her go! Let her go! Let her go! Let her go! Let her go!
MO:
No - that part is mine
TYE:
But I want the hair
GRACE:
I want the eyes
JAYNIE:
I want the nerve
CYRUS:
She’s got some nerve
SAMSON:
I’d like her shoes
GRACE:
I want the obvious overcompensating
MO:
I’ll take half the false confidence
JAYNIE/TYE:
Let’s split the shoulders
MO:
Divide the bad jokes
SAMSON:
I want all of the achilles heel
CYRUS:
You can have the right, I’ll take the left
JANELLE:
Well you can’t have the left!
DJ (casually):
Janelle - get away from them....
JANELLE:
She needs some room to breathe
DJ:
They’re going to get you too
JANELLE:
I can’t leave her
DJ:
Yes - you can - you’re doing so good. You’re your own person, Janelle!
JANELLE:
I’m my own person
DJ:
You’re your best friend’s equal
JANELLE:
I’m her equal!
HARPER:
Stay out of this, Janelle!
JANELLE:
Oh. Ok. Sorry
(The mob fervor builds to a fever pitch and tears Harper apart.)
(JANELLE won’t leave her side despite bacchae madness, amuck.)
JANELLE:
We’re equals. We’re best friends! Isosceles triangle!!!
(The mob tears apart JANELLE.)
(DJ hits the AIR HORN.)
Credits
Krista Knight, Dave Malloy

Krista Knight, Dave Malloy

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