Jill:
So hope begins to dawn, a brand era wakes and yawns
The boys take Marjolein under their jaded wing
The caravan comes to a close, on down the road, another show
As they try to teach her strange and baffling things
And the dream my friends, begins again
Oh, the lights ascend upon the stage again
Lloyd: You coax the narrative
Marjolein: Is it alive?
Raven: We ask ourselves that all the time
Lloyd: Is the universe conscious, or a god, or time...
Raven: We met Odin once
Lloyd: Oh, he was nice
Perhaps there’s minds above that we
Cannot comprehend or conceive
Raven: Is the universe a clockwork dance?
Lloyd: Yes, is it--
Raven: With fire boiling in its pants
Lloyd: What?
Lloyd: Think of life as all a play
Raven: Where plots don’t resolve and the playwrights insane
Lloyd: Can we just?
Raven: Sorry
Marjolein: So I should act
Lloyd: You need to be
Raven: To be’s the task
Lloyd: To seem is not to be
Raven: Excuse me, cryptic much?
Marjolein: Yeah, honestly
Lloyd: I see. So, how do we express the trick?
Raven: It’s like you can doctor up the script
Raven, Lloyd & Marjolein:
Let, let a new seed go, let a new dream grow
Let a new era usher in
Let all the sadness, be in the past let, love and a dream grow here again
Jill:
While our little crew attempt their task here someone new
Is even now appearing on our sordid stage
Sarah doesn’t know that she has flowered even though
She has begun with powers new and strange to play
And the dream my friends, begins again
Oh, the lights ascend upon the stage again
Sarah:
You’re fabulous and fine and those eyes so super sweet
There’s no chance a girl would have, not some poor old girl like me
And you take, and you take, and you take my breath away
How silly I must sound you must think me such a fool
I’m a deer caught in your light, I’m so nervous truth be told
And you take, and you take, and you take my breath away
And nobody’s been kind since my parents died you see
And that horse you’ve got right there oh my lord it’d be a dream
If you gave, if you gave, if you gave it now to me
And I know what you’ll do, what you wish you could want, what you want what you’ll choose
And I know it’s no use, what you just wanna do, cause I know what you’ll choose
You seem a bit dazed, let me take this horse here away
You’ll be okay, walk away... oh, I got a horse! ...Yay!
Marjolein: No offense but this is confusing
Lloyd: We’ve never taught this before
Raven: We have no idea what we’re doing
Lloyd: Through trial and error we did it when we
Raven: Lived the days of our lives
Lloyd: We had love and a dream
Raven: Artistry
Lloyd: Subtlety
Raven: Some flair
Lloyd: But finesse
It’s not about you
Raven: It’s a little like sex
Lloyd: A careful waltz with worlds just so
Raven: It’s all about the manipulation of tropes
Sarah:
So dashing and so smart and so strong but oh so sweet
There’s no chance a girl would have, not some poor old girl like me
And you take and you take and you take my breath away
I’m speechless next to you you must think me such a fool
And my mom has fallen ill, she’s not doing very good
And you take, and you take, and you t... hm, I see you’re resisting, alright let’s dial it up
This apartment that you see it’s a thing I really need
And your will is caving in so you’ll give it here to me
And you’ll give, and you’ll give, and you’ll give it now to me
And I know what you’ll do, what you wish you could want what you want what you’ll choose
And I know its no use, what you just wanna do, cause I know what you’ll choose
You seem dazed there my dear, take this pen and just sign right here
You’ll be ok, walk away... woah, nice apartment... Yay!
Lloyd:
What is it you do after the dream has come and gone
Raven:
When the person that you were has packed their bags and moved along
Lloyd & Raven:
When family isn't something that you ever knew much of
We've only got each other
Lloyd:
And I wonder
Lloyd & Raven:
Can love be enough
Raven: Can love, can love, can love
Lloyd & Raven: Can love be enough
Can love
Raven: Can love, can love
Lloyd & Raven: Can love be enough
Lloyd:
I used to feel so innocent, but now I feel so cold
An anger I can't recognize sometimes takes its hold
Raven:
I run in desperation from the person that I was
The one who yearned and never lived and never knew of love
Lloyd: Can love, can love, can love
Lloyd & Raven: Can love be enough?
Raven: Can love be enough?
Lloyd: Can love, can love, can love
Lloyd & Raven: Can love be enough?
Lloyd:
Perhaps the time will come for me to follow William's way
Raven:
Perhaps the past I'm running from will someday fade away
Lloyd & Raven:
It feels like we both stagger on a chasm dark and crude
And the only thing that keeps me here from falling is you
Can love be enough
Raven:
Can love, can love, can love
Lloyd & Raven:
Can love be enough?
Raven:
Come on everybody, we should go out for ice cream! Come on!
Ice cream, we should get ice cream
I know of a place a ways away,
Lloyd: A ways?
Raven: A quaint cafe
Marjolein: I’m game
Raven: Ice cream, this special ice cream
Oh, it’s just delish
Marjolein: In cone or dish
Raven: Whatever you wish
Lloyd: Well, if you insist
Raven: Ice cream, we’re getting ice cream
Marjolein: Well we’ve worked all day
Lloyd: We could use a break
Raven: So whattaya say
Let’s be on our way!
Sarah: Ice cream, I should get ice cream. That’d be pretty neat. Oh, and there’s that guy just
down the street...
....
Raven: So sir Tristan takes the sheep
Lloyd: Oh this part is disgusting
Raven: He takes out a knife the size of your head
Lloyd: I told him I really don’t need to try raw haggis that badly
Raven: Wait, what’s going on over there?
Guy: Lady, I’m telling ya, I don’t give away free ice cream.
Sarah: I see you’re resisting.
Guy: Resisting? Resisting what?
Sarah: Let’s dial it up
Sarah:
That ice cream there you see is a thing I really need
And I know you wanna give it, wanna give it here to me
And I know, and I know that you’ll give it here to me
Guy: Lady what’re ya talking about I’m not giving you nothing
Sarah:
Oh your will is just a sin you can feel it caving in
And it’s breaking, and it's breaking, and your will is giving in
Guy: No it’s not!
Sarah:
And you'll give and you give and you’ll give it here to... how is this not working?!
And I know what you’ll do, what you wish you could want, what you want what you’ll choose
And I know its no use, what you just wanna do, cause I know what you’ll choose
I know what you’ll do, what you wish you could want, what you want what you’ll choose
And I know its no use, what you just wanna do, cause I know what you’ll choose
Sarah: What’s that sound?
Raven: The narrative's tearing!
Sarah: What’s a narrative?
Lloyd: Here quickly, I’ll pay her bill and we’ll be on our way
Everything back in its place
You can’t force a narrative
Sarah: Who are you, what going on?
Marjolein: Hi, I’m Marjolein
Raven: We’re posties like you
Lloyd: Do you know what you are?
Sarah: So wait, you’ve got the power too?
I thought it was just me
Lloyd: We’re trying to build a place to teach people like you
Sarah: So what can you teach?
Raven: There are worlds beyond
Marjolein: You can jump to them and play
Lloyd: Join us, we‘d love to have you
Sarah: This is the start of a brand new day
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