2013 West End The Light Princess Musical - The Whistleblower Lyrics
Song was written by Tori Amos and Samuel Adamson.
Piper: Because she’s a girl, because she is “light,” You think you can deny her what’s right: Decency, kindness, fairness, grace, Not a trace – She is your daughter.
King Darius: Daughters may be unwilling, and Daughters kick out at the world: When they choose the wrong thing Then the choosing is down to the King. One day she’ll thank me –
Piper: There is blood on your hands And you know it, sir. It’s Althea’s – I swear on my life that he tortured her! And though your wife’s not here You will listen as if she were: She’d say, “You’ve lost your right to be King”.
King Darius: I am King.
Piper: Yes, Darius, King of them all. Thank God for him For bringing her down. God, what a man – He saved the crown. Althea’s down. All hail the fairy-tale King. I would never live like you. Treason to say he’s notto be blamed? Treason to say you crippled and maimed? Bolted her to an iron brace, The disgrace. You don’t deserve children.
King Darius: Children may be ungrateful, and Children know naught of the world. When they scream, “This is me!” Then it’s time that they change, don’t you see My father changed me –
Piper: See him rub at his hands: They will “ne’er be clean” – Althea’s blood – I swear on my life I saw things obscene! And since his wife’s not here Then the pauper will play the Queen And say, you have no right to be King.
King Darius: I am King!
Piper: Yes, Darius, King of them all. Thank God for him For tearing her down. God, what a man – He saved the crown. Man of renown! –
King Darius: I am King! King of you all! I am King! I, I, I, I was the child Of Lagobel’s King, As the King’s only child I yearned for only one thing: For the King to read me A bedtime story, One gesture of love – One special day, One thing to say Family ...
Serjeant-at-Arms: Though our land’s in thrall to drought How our tears fall –
Piper: How our tears flow –
Lagobellans: Oh, the sorrow, Oh, the woe ...
Other Songs: The Light Princess the Musical Lyrics The Whistleblower lyrics The Light Princess the Musical
The Light Princess Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS Prologue: Once Upon a Time My Own Land My Fairy Story Queen Material Sealand Supremacy Zephyrus Call & Levity Althea Scandal The Gauntlet Better Than Good The Solution Highness in the Sky Proverbs & Let the Bells Ring & God, the Horror No H2O Darkest Hour After Darkest Hour Amphibiava Tinkle, Drizzle, Bubble and Gush Nothing More Than This, Part One Part Two: Queen of the Lake Drought The Whistleblower My Little Girl s Smile Bitter Fate The Wedding Crash in the Universe Tears Coronation Gravity & Epilogue: Once Upon A Time
|