newton's second law - pulp musicals lyrics
narrator:
margaret rises to her feet
and points upriver
a ship approaches
samuel:
who’s that?
margaret:
i can’t tell
narrator:
looking down the coast
anna squints her eyes
a ship approaches
anna:
there are a lot of people on that boat
narrator:
coming into focus
slicing upriver
a ship approaches
samuel:
i don’t like this
margaret:
neither do i
narrator:
margaret yells to her friends
anna, rose, and john
a ship approaches
(guns volley in the distance)
rose:
they’re shooting at us!
herschel:
we’re under attack!
narrator:
bullets rip through the jungle
leaving devastation all around
chorus:
bracing, bracing
narrator:
people flеd township number nine
leaving it a ghost town
chorus:
racing, racing
narrator:
running for covеr
hiding back behind the sphere
narrator, chorus:
they’ll destroy the satellite if they get here
anna:
we have to launch
herschel:
we have no chance
rose:
then how do we defend her
herschel:
we have to leave
anna:
this can’t end now, not like this
charles:
surrender
(beat. bullets continue to fire and crash.)
narrator:
charles has a gun in his hand
charles:
anna, are you speechless? this is a first
narrator:
this has gone exactly as he planned
charles:
these mercenaries have orders to destroy the
sphere and the flywheels as soon as they dock
herschel:
you b*st*rd
charles:
here
i think i’ll level every inch of land
and have a harvest planted by the spring
here
rows and rows of sugarcane
soon i will be living like a king
here
a place that’s worthy of my work
appropriately titled…
‘charlestown’
here
with no sign of the scientists
it’s a shame that their remains were never found
anna:
you’re doing this for sugarcane?
charles:
not just for sugarcane. i’m also doing this because
i don’t like you. sir john, miss hanover * you will
be mourned. what a tragic accident
anna:
we had a good run, hershey
herschel:
it’s been a privilege, nova. and rose, i* (beat)
where’d she go?
(clank)
narrator:
rose stratford knocked charles out
with her printing press plate
herschel:
you actually brought the plate with you?
rose:
never underestimate the power of the press
narrator:
the bricks halt every bullet
but the enemy has arrived
they’ve landed at the dock
and now there’s no place left to hide
herschel:
we cannot make the treeline
anna:
we’ve run out of time
margaret:
anna!
samuel:
rose!
margaret:
herschel!
margaret, samuel:
climb!!
narrator:
a ladder to the top of the satellite
two hundred feet high
the sagitta was a fortress
they could take shelter inside
herschel:
but we’ll be trapped*
rose:
i’ll take my chances. come on!
narrator:
rose takes herschel’s hand
rose:
aren’t you glad you asked me to come to south
america with you?
herschel:
yes
rose:
good. then move your ass!
narrator:
rose leads the way
up the side of the satellite
chorus:
bracing, bracing
narrator:
bullets sprayed from below
barely missing their marks
chorus:
bracing, bracing
narrator:
they reached the summit
narrator, chorus:
racing, racing
they jumped inside
closed the hatch, then dark
(bullets ricochet dully off of the sagitta)
samuel:
i just locked the hatch, we’re safe
rose:
i can’t see you, samuel
anna:
maybe we can wait them out, someone will
get help*
herschel:
we’re hundreds of miles from the nearest
township. i’m afraid we’re on our own
samuel
margaret? (beat) margaret, are you alright?
i can’t see you!
(margaret begins to radiate)
narrator:
margaret started to glow
margaret started to cry
margaret closed her fists
margaret closed her eyes
margaret:
don’t be scared of the dark…
narrator:
the sphere began to shake
the ramp began to quake
then, a heavy thud
anna
the satellite is free!
narrator:
the earth began to rumble
the sphere began to tumble
rolling down the ramp
herschel:
hold onto something!
narrator:
the flywheels ran steady
the slingshot was ready
now nothing could make them yield
rose, samuel:
each word we write sets a brick
and we built a satellite
narrator, chorus:
four, three, two, one
the satellite hit the wheels, then*
all:
ahhh!
(the flywheels slingshot the sagitta towards the
heavens. the screams fade into the distance
leaving nothing but air.)
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