Dave Malloy - Usher, Part 3 lyrics

[DAVE (Edgar)] DAYS AND NIGHTS OF BITTER GRIEF OUR SON HAD FLED TO NEW YORK CITY WITH HIS CELLO THE LADY AND I SLEPT IN SEPARATE CHAMBERS AS ROXIE LAY DEAD IN THE VAULT BENEATH US [BRITTAIN (Roxie)] THE DEAD CAN SING SLEEP WILL NOT COME THERE IS A STORM TONIGHT THERE IS A STORM TONIGHT THE DEAD CAN SING [DAVE] I GASPED AND STRUGGLED AND BOLTED UPRIGHT IN MY BED THE TERRIBLE WIND THE SONG OF THE DEAD THE STORM THE STORM MY WIFE RAPPED AT THE DOOR [GELSEY (Lady Usher)] CAN YOU HEAR HER? THROW OPEN THE WINDOWS LET THE STORM IN WE DON'T NEED MOONS OR STARS OR GOD WE HAVE THE WIND THE TERRIBLE WIND [DAVE] MY WIFE'S MADNESS HAD GROWN TO EPIC PROPORTIONS THE ONLY THINGS THAT SOOTHED HER WERE FICTIONS STORIES FROM OUR VAST LIBRARY LET ME READ YOU A STORY LET ME READ YOU A ROMANCE I WILL READ, YOU WILL LISTEN AND THIS TERRIBLE NIGHT WILL PASS [ALL] LET ME READ YOU A STORY LET ME READ YOU A ROMANCE I WILL READ, YOU WILL LISTEN AND THIS TERRIBLE NIGHT WILL PASS [DAVE] I OPENED THE BOOK READ THE TITLE Book Seven, Chapter Ten: The Tale of Pearl and the Pusher, and the Subway Driver, and the Photograph. [DAVE & BRENT] PEARL STOOD ON THE PLATFORM PLAYING A GAME ON HER PHONE TRYING TO BEAT THE BOSS AT THE END OF THE LEVEL AND THERE'S A MAN ON THE PLATFORM SCREAMING ABOUT THE APOCALYPSE [BRITTAIN & GELSEY] AND BEHIND HER UNDER THE RAVING SHE HEARD THE ECHO OF A FOOTSTEP [DAVE] AND BENEATH ME UNDER THE RAVING I HEARD A FOOTSTEP IN THE HOUSE [BRITTAIN & GELSEY] IN THE GAME ON THE PLATFORM [DAVE & BRENT] PEARL STOOD ON THE PLATFORM PLAYING A GAME ON HER PHONE TRYING TO BEAT THE BOSS AT THE END OF THE LEVEL AND THE BOSS WAS A BEAR A GRAET BIG BEAR [BRITTAIN & GELSEY] HOW WILL YOU DEFEAT HIM? [DAVE & BRENT] PEARL WENT TO THE OPTION MENU SELECTED THE SILVER SWORD [BRITTAIN & GELSEY] AND THERE'S A MAN ON THE PLATFORM SCREAMING ABOUT THE TRAIN COMING [DAVE & BRENT] PEARL RAISED THE SILVER SWORD STRUCK THE BEAR ON ITS SIDE AND THE BEAR SHRIEKED [BRITTAIN] A SHRIEK SO HARSH AND HORRID AND PIERCING [DAVE & GELSEY] AND BENEATH ME UNDER THE RAVING I HEARD A SHRIEKING MY LITTLE GIRL [ALL] THIS HAS ALL HAPPENED BEFORE [DAVE] DEEP WITHIN THE HOUSE OF USHER I HEARD A FLASHBULB RIP AND THE DEAD STOOD IN THE DOORWAY ROXIE [BRITTAIN] THERE IS BLOOD UPON MY ROBES [DAVE] AND THE DEAD GIRL LEAPT UPON HER MOTHER AND HER SISTER AND HER DAUGHTER AND HER LOVER WITH THE RAGE OF FOUR GENERATIONS AND LADY USHER'S HEART BURST EXPLODED WITHIN HER CHEST [DAVE & BRENT] PEARL STOOD ON THE PLATFORM BATTLING THE BEAR THE BEAR BREATHED FIRE THE BEAR HAD ACID IN HIS HONEYPOT [BRITTAIN & GELSEY] AND THE TRAIN WAS COMING AND THE TRAIN WAS COMING AND THE TRAIN WAS COMING AND THE TRAIN WAS COMING… [DAVE & BRENT] AND THE MAN ON THE PLATFORM SCREAMING ABOUT THE APOCALYPSE THE MAN WE KNOW AS THE PUSHER TOOK A LAST DRINK STEELED HIMSELF GOT BEHIND PEARL AND HE GOT BEHIND PEARL [BRENT (Pusher)] AND THE PUSHER COULDN'T HELP HIMSELF [ALL] AND THE PUSHER PUSHED PEARL ONTO THE SUBWAY TRACK [GELSEY (Pearl)] PUSHED ME INTO THE PATH OF THE SCREAMING TRAIN I fell onto the track And everything slowed down All the color got a little grey (Do you hear it? Do you hear it? Her footstep is on the stair) I saw the train Howling toward me Its light was dazzling Blinding I tried to climb out For just a moment But then I stopped I stopped and listened to the train (The heavy and horrible beating of her heart She shrieks I tell you she is outside the door! We have put her living in the tomb!) And then I looked up on the platform And saw Rose Back from the dead Standing there with her camera I lifted my head And smiled Smiled for the camera You know that moment right before you die Is such a gift Because you get to choose what goes through your head What your last song will be I thought of someone I love very much Smiling in bed Clutching a teddy bear And then I let the train rip through me