Lempicka - Perfection Lyrics |
2024 Broadway Lempicka the Musical - Perfection Lyrics
(Performer - George Abud)
MARINETTI: (spoken) We fought a war that broke the world in two The world has irrevocably changed
STUDENT 1: (spoken) Yes
STUDENT 2: (spoken) Yes
STUDENT 3: (spoken) Yes
MARINETTI: (spoken) We can't go back
(sung) Our innocence is gone We are sober, broken creatures And we need art that speaks where we live now With the knowledge of the knife's edge
(spoken) But look at this Trees! The river! And... trees!
(sung) A streetlamp glowing down on wet cobblestones How very Parisian! It would make some bourgeois housewife happy When she hangs it behind her couch
(spoken) And speaking of couch... Ah, here we go! A nude reclining Why do we ever need To see another goddamn naked woman?! There's a new beauty in the world today: The beauty of speed And power racing towards a glorious future!
(sung) This is the age of the machine Man now can dream of perfection
STUDENTS: Ooohh
MARINETTI: With speed and steel Flame-spitting engine of the automobile Machine perfection!
STUDENTS: Oooh
MARINETTI: Destroy the past Destroy convention Everything that hinders our ascension To perfection
STUDENTS: Beauty, speed, the machine
MARINETTI: (spoke-sung) No more paintings of ballerinas No more paintings of sad musicians No more paintings of naked women Or bowls of fucking fruit
All must be smashed Rules are meant to be broken Glorious destruction — Pave the way for truth! Imperfections left behind Sleek and powerful can stay
STUDENT 4: (spoken) It's brutal!
MARINETTI: (spoken) No, it's kind
STUDENTS: Straight and perfection lead the way
MARINETTI: Weakness is not kindness Weakness is a mess
STUDENTS: (spoken) Yes!
BARONESS: (spoken) But what is imperfect? Who decides?
MARINETTI: (spoke-sung) Ah, Baroness, you're looking lovely Dressed as always to a tee You've a soft heart It's part of your charm
BARONESS: (spoken) Who decides?
MARINETTI: (spoke-sung) Him, him, him, and me! We must decide there isn't room for everyone It's about expedience Europe will be overrun with imbeciles, criminals And deviants
STUDENT: (spoken) ...Deviants?
BARONESS: (spoken) Come now Marinetti, I disagree Isn't perfection the enemy? True beauty lies in humanity Imperfections and all
MARINETTI: (spoke-sung) Sentimental woman Next you'll tell me "Beauty is truth and truth is beauty" When you and I both know Truth is often... ugly
MARINETTI: In this new age of the machine Man now can dream of perfection
STUDENTS: Oooh
[MARINETTI, MALE STUDENTS] With speed and steel Flame-spitting engine of the automobile Machine perfection (Machine perfection) (Oooh)
Destroy the past (the speed, the machine) Destroy convention Everything that hinders our ascension
In this new age of the machine Man now can dream of perfection (Oooh)
MARINETTI: (spoke-sung) Beauty, speed, the machine The future is barrelling down on us Feel the rush
Feel the beauty of speed, the machine The future's careening like a drunken thing Hear it sing!
Feel the rush of the wind While the pistons push Hear the whoosh of the engines that pass you by
See the sky filling up With machines Each silver plane, a bird on the wing
The future's upon us! What a glorious thing! Can you feel it? This minute? The future is here! It's tomorrow now!
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