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Dancing Plague Lyrics by Krista Knight, Dave Malloy

Don’t Stop Me

2015

CONTESTANTS:
DANCING PLAGUE
DANCING PLAGUE
POST-MEDIEVAL RATS
AND HILARIOUS FRENCH HATS
AND ALSO CERTAIN DEATH
(The commentators town cry.)
(MO bends over with head in the stocks. Perpendicular angle.)
SAMSON:
Anon Noble Lords, Noble Ladies of Strasbourg!
MO:
Bourg bourg bourg bourg—
SAMSON:
How fairest thee all?
(Collective groans/boos/hisses from the contestants/dancers.)
JAYNIE:
That means “good” in feudal French!
CONTESTANTS:
IF I WAS SIXTEEN
IN 1518
I’D ALREADY BE HALF DEAD
SO DANCE ME TO DEATH
I’M READY
(ELLIE & ZANDER are on a positive feedback loop of motion and
Adrenaline.)
ELLIE & ZANDER:
THIS IS INCREDIBLE
I’VE NEVER FELT SO ALIVE
ELLIE:
I FEEL GOOD
ZANDER:
YOU FEEL GOOD?
ELLIE:
YES I DO
ZANDER:
SO DO I
ELLIE:
THAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD
JAYNIE:
Historical Fact: In 1518, a mass hysteria swept Strasbourg, France
MO:
A dancing plague
SAMSON:
The Strasbourg Municipal Council did, for the sake of the common justice, make guildhalls so the afflicted souls might caper then to music!
JAYNIE:
And thus not suffer idly writhing awkwardly
MO:
Silently so silently silently
SAMSON:
If they by dance must march towards their demise, 'tis fitting to set their end to song
JAYNIE:
ATTEND as the afflicted in their adrenaline-addled madness dance their hearts out!
SAMSON:
Tis no crime to stare!
MO:
I would stare too
CONTESTANTS:
DANCING PLAGUE
DANCING PLAGUE
ELLIE & ZANDER:
WHY DO THEY COMPLAIN
THIS IS BETTER THAN COCAINE
CONTESTANTS:
DANCING TO OUR DEATH
SAMSON:
Poor abused Europe just stricken by the Plague of Bubonic
JAYNIE:
The Black Death
SAMSON:
Twas one rough “Dark Ages.”
JAYNIE:
At least this plague has fewer rats
(As the rats nibble at MO’s feet.)
MO:
Fewer rats doesn’t mean no rats!
JAYNIE:
Don’t squirm
CONTESTANTS:
IF I WAS SIXTEEN
IN 1518
I’D ALREADY BE HALF DEAD
SO DANCE ME TO DEATH
I’M READY
GRACE:
HOW DID YOU GET IT?
TYE:
I GOT IT FROM MY MOM
FA LA LA LA LA
HOW DID YOU GET IT?
HARPER:
I GOT IT FROM THE MEAT
FA LA LA LA LA
JANELLE:
YOU LOOK SO SWEET
WHEN YOU DANCE MEDIEVALLY
FA LA LA LA LA
HARPER:
FA LA LA LA LA...
Not here Janelle!
JANELLE:
Sorry
SAMSON:
Tis no crime to throw rotten vegetables!
JAYNIE:
Yet your aim must be precise and your arm quick, for those stricken by dance shall never
Stop nor rest they in a single fixèd place
SAMSON:
Wherefore be it not right to throw rocks?
DAKOTA:
HOW DID YOU GET IT?
JANELLE:
MAYBE FROM A FRIEND
OH MY GOD CYRUS
DID I GET THIS FROM YOU?
CYRUS:
HOW DID YOU GET IT?
ROYSHANNA:
MAYBE FROM THE WEED
FA LA LA LA LA
DAKOTA, ROYSHANNA & NICKI:
GIVE ME A PIE
AND A FLAGON OF MEAD
FA LA LA LA LA
FA LA LA LA LA
FA LA LA LA LA
(SAMSON ducks a rotten tomato.)
SAMSON:
Soft you now, what was that?
JAYNIE:
A rotten tomato?
SAMSON:
Nay not at us. Tis not us whom you should catapult with rotten vegetables!
JAYNIE:
Tarry Nave! Cans't thou do no better than a rotten tomato?!
MO:
How about throwing a goose? A succulent goose!
(SAMSON ducks a rock.)
SAMSON:
Was that a rock?
ELLIE & ZANDER:
THIS IS INCREDIBLE
I’VE NEVER FELT SO ALIVE
MY BRAIN CHEMICALS
ARE COOKING IN OVERDRIVE
(SPRINT SIREN and strobe light)
JAYNIE
Hold fast, and hark! We entereth a sprint!
ELLIE & ZANDER:
KEEP GOING KEEP GOING GOING
I’LL NEVER SLEEP AGAIN
KEEP GOING KEEP GOING GOING
I’M USING LIKE 98% OF MY BRAIN
KEEP GOING KEEP GOING GOING
MY MIND IS UNSTUCK IN TIME
CONTESTANTS:
MY ARM HAS A MIND OF IT’S OWN
MY LEG IS DOING THINGS I DON’T THINK A LEG SHOULD DO
I KEEP TELLING MY HIPS TO STOP BUT THEY DON’T STOP
THEY WON’T STOP
I DON’T WANNA BE A ZOMBIE ZOMBIE
I DON’T WANNA TEAR MYSELF APART
WHAT IF THERE’S HAIR
WHAT IF THERE’S BLOOD
WHAT IF THERE’S ALL SORTS OF GOOEY STUFF I DON’T RECOGNIZE
(ELLIE and ZANDER are dancing themselves nearly to heart attacks.)
SAMSON:
Why act they thus?
JAYNIE:
I understand not what they do...
MO:
Yeah what are they doing? No really – someone tell me - I can’t see anything bent over at this angle
CONTESTANTS:
THEY’RE SPEEDING UP
ELLIE & ZANDER:
EXCELLENCE
CONTESTANTS:
THEY’RE GOING NUTS
ELLIE & ZANDER:
ACCELERATED
CONTESTANTS:
THEY’RE SPAZZING OUT
THEY’RE BLACKING OUT
ELLIE & ZANDER:
ACCELERATED EXCELLENCE
DJ:
THE METAPHOR COULDN’T BE CLEARER!
(DJ hits the AIR HORN.)
Credits
Krista Knight, Dave Malloy

Krista Knight, Dave Malloy

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