(The MISSIONARY stops to one side of the stage, amidst the bent coffee. JOMORRA can go no further. One by one, the six stories weave themselves into a single song. Each line is numbered here, showing where they overlap.)
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(21) LAY ME DOWN, FRIEND. // -----
(22) IT HURTS TOO MUCH. // -----
(23) ----- // WE CAN GO FURTHER,
(24) ----- // LET ME BE YOUR CRUTCH.
(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?
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(34) ----- // I WON'T LET YOU DIE.
(35) ----- // YOU SAID SO YOURSELF:
(36) ----- // YOU'RE CONVERTED TONIGHT.
(37) ----- // YOU'RE A POWERFUL MAN.
(38) ----- // GOD NEEDS YOU, I NEED YOU.
(39) ----- // DEAR GOD, YOU CAN'T TAKE HIM NOW!
(40) WHO GIVES YOU THE RIGHT? // -----
(41) ----- // A FRIGHTENING WORLD OF RED,
(42) ----- // MY CLOTHES ARE STAINED
(43) ----- // WITH THE BLOOD OF YOU.
(44) THEN LET THEM BE RED // -----
(45) AND WASHED IN BLOODY RAIN. // -----
(46) TAKE MY WATCH, // -----
(47) FLY SOUTH TO FAKE MY DEATH. // -----
(48) JUST LET ME SLEEP NOW... // -----
(49) I'LL JUST... SLEEP THIS... OFF. // -----
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(JOMORRA has leaned back onto a suspended platform. His long legs arc down into the coffee. As he dies, his head falls back over the far edge of the platform and his arms, thrown back, hang limply from the platform's edge where it meets his shoulder blades. End of Act 1. Blackout and curtain.)
♩♫ ♬ MUSIC ♬ ♫♩
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Vocal Track (JOMORRA and the MISSIONARY, verse 1 and chorus) - composed by Rob Bartel, performed by robots:
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montepío - the musical
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