(PADRE prays quietly in his small chapel, to one side of the stage. DIEGO stumbles through the door, gravely wounded. One by one, the six stories weave themselves into a single song. Each line is numbered here, showing where they overlap.)
PADRE: // DIEGO:
(01) ----- // -----
(02) ----- // -----
(03) ----- // -----
(04) ----- // -----
(05) ----- // -----
(06) ----- // -----
(07) ----- // -----
(08) ----- // -----
(09) ----- // -----
(10) ----- // -----
(11) ----- // -----
(12) ----- // -----
(13) DIEGO? // -----
(14) ----- // FATHER?
(15) LOOK AT YOU– // -----
(16) HOW DID YOU EVER...? // -----
(17) YOU'RE HOT WITH A FEVER // -----
(18) AND YOUR HANDS– // -----
(19) YOU'RE PALE, // -----
(20) YOU'RE LOSING BLOOD. // -----
(21) ----- // LAY ME DOWN, OLD FRIEND.
(22) ----- // IT HURTS SO MUCH.
(23) ----- // -----
(24) ----- // -----
(25) AND ON A NIGHT SO COLD, // AND ON A NIGHT SO COLD,
(26) SO FULL OF HOPES AND PAIN, // SO FULL OF HOPES AND PAIN,
(27) CAN OUR WORLD BE CHANGED? // CAN OUR WORLD BE CHANGED?
(28) CAN OUR WORLD BE CHANGED? // CAN OUR WORLD BE CHANGED?
(29) AND WITH A FIGHT SO BOLD, // AND WITH A FIGHT SO BOLD,
(30) HAS AN EMPTY SKY BROUGHT RAIN? // HAS AN EMPTY SKY BROUGHT RAIN?
(31) HAS OUR WORLD BEEN CHANGED? // HAS OUR WORLD BEEN CHANGED?
(32) HAS OUR WORLD BEEN CHANGED? // HAS OUR WORLD BEEN CHANGED?
(33) ----- // IMACULATA, HOLD ME NOW.
(34) ----- // I CAN FEEL YOUR WARM BREATH
(35) ----- // ACROSS MY COLD BROW
(36) ----- // AND BULLETS ARE KISSES
(37) ----- // LIKE THORNS ARE A CROWN.
(38) ----- // WE WON.
(39) ----- // IT'S LIKE A GAME.
(40) ----- // WE ARE CHILDREN PLAYING
(41) ----- // AMIDST THE INSANE.
(42) ----- // -----
(43) ----- // -----
(44) ----- // -----
(45) ----- // -----
(46) ----- // WE ARE WARRIORS DABBLING
(47) ----- // IN MANÁ'S DOMAIN
(48) ----- // AND HE BLESSES HIS VICTORS
(49) ----- // WITH NOTHING BUT PAIN.
(50) ----- // PADRE?
(51) ----- // ANSWER ME ONE QUESTION:
(52) I HAVE NO MORE ANSWERS // -----
(53) THAN YOU, MY SON. // -----
(54) ----- // IS GOD
(55) ----- // TRULY
(56) ----- // A GUN?
♩♫ ♬ MUSIC ♬ ♫♩
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Vocal Track (PADRE and DIEGO, verse 1 and chorus) - composed by Rob Bartel, performed by robots:
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