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The Thief of Hearts (Civil War)
By Alex Ottenstein |
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Presenting a one act play, with lyrics specifically written to be read in unison to the music ’Runaway’ by Beats Antique found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcvlgCHpCaU or by pushing play on the video screen to the right.
Cast of Characters: I (Narrator) - Someone I am. . The Thief of Hearts - Someone I am not.
Set over a lifetime of anguish and confusion.
[Narrator, alone on stage - addressing audience]
(0:03) Have... (0:06) Have you ever fell... (0:10) Fallen down so hard, that... (0:14) You truly believed your whole world would... (0:17) come crashing down beneath the crushing weight of the teasing lure of eternal love? (0:22) Just to one day discover (0:25) the entire thing was made up in your mind..?
[Narrator - aside to self]
(0:30) So...Why... (0:33) Is it always the same damn thing? (0:36) Bringing me to my knees... (0:38) Ever since that first fateful day when I spied my lost eyes reflect deep in the light that was yours...
(0:43) Now I can't face my fears (0:46) no matter how they appear (0:48) because I'm so afraid of (0:50) losing what I never seemed to have that (0:53) I am quietly and silently and even wildly (0:55) slowly going and becoming not so slightly so insane (0:58) a redundant, repeating, retreating, defeating refrain (1:01) where every single day is the same, is the same
(Enter Thief of Hearts in background, unseen)
[The Thief of Hearts - addressing audience]
(1:03) I'm the Thief of Hearts (1:06) hiding in the dark (1:08) I said (1:09) I'm the Thief of Hearts (1:11) waiting in the dark (1:13) WATCH OUT!
(1:14) I'm...Stealing all over this world, from both rich and poor, (1:18) I don't discriminate, where I seek out love (1:21) in the bleak black middle of the night or out, in broad day light. (1:25) It...Doesn't matter who you are - no one's safe from me (1:29) it's just they don't see (1:31) that I'm heartless and...Unrelenting and also brutal as one can be.
(1:35) I'm the Thief of Hearts (1:38) reigning in the dark (1:40) I said (1:41) I'm the Thief of Hearts (1:43) lurking in the dark (1:45) WATCH OUT!
(Exit Thief of Hearts, still unseen)
[Narrator - aside]
(1:46) It...It seems everywhere I (1:49) turn I find my mind has just (1:52) obsessed and regressed from the stress of (1:54) self-coerced inevitable remorse
(Re-enter Thief of Hearts in background, unseen)
[The Thief of Hearts - addressing Narrator to himself]
(1:57) I am a Thief of Broken Hearts (1:59) and I will break up everything I want (2:02) I am a Thief of Bleeding Hearts, (2:04) you better watch out for...ME...
(2:07) I am a Thief of Lonely Hearts (2:09) and I will lure out anything I want. (2:13) I am a Thief of Misplaced Hearts (2:15) and I will steal away whatever I want
(Exit Thief of Hearts)
[Narrator - addressing audience]
(2:19) So then I screamed out loud - (2:21) 'I can't keep on doing this same old stupid thing, (2:24) Expecting some different things to start happening...'
[Narrator - aside]
(2:28) Now...I'm (2:29) raging through the scene, trying to hide the (2:32) fear that seems to arise when I try to (2:34) speak the truth that is lingering on my mind (2:36) when I find that I'm always and forever longing for you
(2:39) Why do you haunt me? (2:42) Just because you know you can? (2:45) Will you ever cut me loose, (2:46) or will I be dragged down, (2:47) drowned down in the mud just like all of the rest (2:50) as I stick my lost head deep in the burning sand (2:53) and grab fistfuls with scorched, clenching hands (2:55) throwing land into the air, (2:57) in full despair, (2:58) burying all of myself... (2:59) well beyond repair
(Enter Thief of Hearts)
[The Thief of Hearts, confronting Narrator]
(3:01) I am the Thief of Misled Hearts (3:03) and I will break up anything I want! (3:06) I am the Thief of Broken Hearts (3:08) and I will take whatever I want!
[Narrator - screaming]
(3:11) I ---------- I (3:14) Wanna RUN way AWAY (3:16) and hide out where ever I can (3:19) I don't care if anything will even happen to me (3:22) as long as there's no more pain in store to endlessly implore someone for answers for (3:25) Oh wait, here I go again, (3:27) falling into the same old trap, into the same old trap (3:30) I've managed to fall into every other time before and before and...
(3:33) Then... (3:35) Clarity... (3:38) What...If... (3:40) I tried in vain... (3:43) to become alive again (3:47) to strive and to thrive (3:48) progress, not regress and take control of my soul (3:50) and for once command, and withstand being damned (3:52) thing would go as planned, maybe then, just maybe then I'll finally understand - (3:56) I can beat that Thief of Hearts! (3:58) I am positive I can!
(Exit Thief of Hearts)
[Narrator - addressing audience]
(4:00) Where's that Thief of Hearts (4:02) hiding in the dark? (4:04) I said (4:05) Where's that Thief of Hearts (4:07) hiding in the dark? (4:09) COME OUT!
(4:11) I'm...Taking back over my life, from the Thief of Hearts (4:15) because I'm over that (4:16) backstabbing bastard who brings only wrong things, (4:18) when I'm only...looking for right. (4:21) It...Doesn't matter who you are - you're not safe from me (4:25) unless that you can see (4:28) that I've got a heart that is...Unrelenting and also loving as one can be.
[Exit Narrator] Fin.
(4:33) Thank you Beats Antique, (4:36) for giving me (4:38) a way to finally see (4:41) what things really do mean (4:44) with extreme clarity (4:46) and hopes to forsee... |
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‘Runaway’ by Beats Antique off the album Blind Threshold (2010) Click HERE for their webpage. |