Announcer:
And so… I can’t narrate this. Come on, Jackie, you mean to tell me Constance just sings another song and it dispels the first?
Jackie:
Yes, how else were we going to…
Announcer:
That’s stupid.
Jackie:
Well what were we supposed to do?
Announcer:
You’re supposed to not change the narrative.
Jackie:
Lloyd, the entire city was going to fall, people were going to
Announcer:
That’s the point. It’s supposed to be an epic tragedy.
Jackie:
Well we don’t want an epic tragedy. Jesus, Lloyd, what’s with the bloodthirsty…
Announcer:
It’s the beauty of the story. The story would be told for generations
Jackie:
For heaven’s sakes, Lloyd, we’re not interested in your epic tragedy. Besides, the most striking tragedies are always the most intimate ones. (pause) Lloyd?
Announcer:
Okay. Okay, Jackie, i actually see your point.
Jackie:
Oh thank Gd…
Announcer:
The intimate ones do work quite well. It’s no Fall of New Albion but…. If Constance dies…
Jackie:
NO. Not Constance.
Announcer:
It would be beautifully heart wrenching
Jackie:
Lloyd!
Announcer:
We’ll do it your way.
Jackie:
You can’t do that. You are not the story. You are just the bloody Narrator.
Announcer:
Watch and learn, Jackie.
And so, as the government forces slowly regain their senses they find Constance O’Brien, the most hunted thief in the city standing right before them.
Jackie:
John! John, protect Constance! These soldiers, when they snap out fo it they’re going to kill her!
John:
No. They’re not.
John:
It’s time you all go, i’ll keep them away
I promise you’ll be safe today
And here as your father it’s my job to
Die if need be for you
We stole a day so sweet
We talked just you and me
It’s more than i had ever dreamed
The Blood Red Dogs:
Lock and load, let it go,
the loathsome side show
is coming on down the town
barker in your hand
it’s a bedlam jam
we’ll be tearing it up all around
fire in the hole
it’s a breezy stroll
we’ll have tea in hell today
when the Blood Red Dogs
come to do a job
and send you on your way
Thomas:
The thief is a lady, but now we both must get to safety
All along i’ve tried to keep you safe
Please let me help get you somewhere safe, secure then
If you wish i’ll turn and go away
Constance:
I’m giving it up, i’m giving a try
I’ll find a new way to fight the same fight
And i’m giving a chance, i’ll give you a try
I’ll give you tonight…
The Blood Red Dogs:
Lock and load, let it go,
the loathsome side show
is coming on down the town
barker in your hand
it’s a bedlam jam
we’ll be tearing it up all around
Jackie:
I always hated birthdays
John:
Why’d you not get to safety?
Jackie:
I’m staying, staying by your side
You’re my blood, i won’t leave you i won’t run
We’re not alone, not here, not you and i
And besides
I never call on birthdays
John:
Jackie!
Jackie:
I wish for your forgiveness
I wish the past was different
I wish i would have known…
John:
I wish for stars and sails
Pipe dreams and fairy tales
But atonement time has flown
In the fire
In the fire
In the fire
Bathe in the fire
Run or taste my rage
Run or this is your last day
Run run away
Run and on the day you come
You are done i say
Run run away
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