Introduction number2

This next post is a very short script because its intended to be the script for our show for our senior project, it didnt take long to write after the songs were finalized, id really love to eventually expand this and make it better, but seeing as it has to be short to get done in the limited time and it cant use any profanity, i think i did pretty well on it

BIG TOP

BIG TOP

[The curtain opens on the stage populated with idol dancers and characters in all types of positions as to be decided by the choreographer the ring leader stands in the middle, the stage is lit in a red wash and as the spotlight comes up the music starts for the first number “circus” by Britney Spears and the lights flash]

-Lyrics-

There's only two types of people in the world
The ones that entertain and the ones that observe
Well baby, I'm a put-on-a-show kind of girl
Don't like the backseat, gotta be first

I'm a like the ringleader, I call the shots
(Call the shots)
I'm like a firecracker I make it hot
When I put on a show

I feel the adrenaline moving through my veins
Spotlight on me and I'm ready to break
I'm like a performer, the dancefloor is my stage
Better be ready, hope that you feel the same

All eyes on me in the center of the ring just like a circus
When I crack that whip, everybody gon' trip just like a circus
Don't stand there watching me, follow me, show me what you can do
Everybody let go, we can make a dancefloor just like a circus

There's only two types of guys out there
Ones that can hang with me and ones that are scared
So baby, I hope that you came prepared
I run a tight ship so beware

I'm a like the ringleader, I call the shots
(Call the shots)
I'm like a firecracker, I make it hot
When I put on a show

I feel the adrenaline moving through my veins
Spotlight on me and I'm ready to break
I'm like a performer, the dancefloor is my stage
Better be ready, hope that you feel the same

All eyes on me in the center of the ring just like a circus
When I crack that whip, everybody gon' trip just like a circus
Don't stand there watching me, follow me, show me what you can do
Everybody let go, we can make a dancefloor just like a circus

Let's go
Let me see what you can do
I'm runnin' this like-like-like a circus
Yeah, like a what? Like-like-like a circus

All eyes on me in the center of the ring just like a circus
When I crack that whip, everybody gon' trip just like a circus
Don't stand there watching me, follow me, show me what you can do
Everybody let go, we can make a dancefloor just like a circus

All eyes on me in the center of the ring just like a circus
When I crack that whip, everybody gon' trip just like a circus
Don't stand there watching me, follow me, show me what you can do
Everybody let go, we can make a dancefloor just like a circus

[the song ends and the dancers exit the stage and the ring leader leaves as well after first welcoming everyone to the show and giving them a list of the performers that will be entertaining tonight, after which the lion-tamer and a tight rope walker stay on the stage, another tight rope walker is watching inconspicuously from upstage hiding behind a set piece]

Leo: sounds like theres a huge crowd out there tonight

Sarah: Yeah I know I hope I don’t lose my balance or anything im so nervous

Leo: nah you’ve done this a thousand times, it cant be any more intimidating than my job

Sarah: well you know I’ll be watching you during your act I hope it goes well for you

Leo: yes I hope so too, itd be a shame if the lions got out of control

Sarah: you know what they say lions are like rumors once theyre out of their cage they cant be controlled

Leo: ( under his breath) oh you of all people should know that

[ Sarah leans in to kiss him but he refuses it and pulls away]

whoa what are you doing

Sarah: a kiss for luck, silly

Leo: no no no I gotta focus, your throwing me off ive got to be centered and prepared for my act

Sarah: oh , Im sorry, you know I love you

Leo: yeah about that, you know I don’t really do relationships im much more the friends with benefits type, I enjoy casual dating

Sarah: who knows you may change for me, I always get what I want

Leo: well im not that simple

Sarah: shhh

[ she starts to sing as everytime we touch by cascada begins to play]

-Lyrics-

I still hear your voice, when you sleep next to me.
I still feel your touch in my dreams.
Forgive me my weakness, but I don't know why
Without you it's hard to survive.

'Cause everytime we touch, I get this feeling.
And everytime we kiss I swear I could fly.
Can't you feel my heart beat fast, I want this to last.
Need you by my side.
'Cause everytime we touch, I feel the static.
And everytime we kiss, I reach for the sky.
Can't you hear my heart beat so...
I can't let you go.
Want you in my life.

Your arms are my castle, your heart is my sky.
They wipe away tears that I cry.
The good and the bad times, we've been through them all.
You make me rise when I fall.

'Cause everytime we touch, I get this feeling.
And everytime we kiss I swear I could fly.
Can't you feel my heart beat fast, I want this to last.
Need you by my side.
'Cause everytime we touch, I feel the static.
And everytime we kiss, I reach for the sky.
Can't you hear my heart beat so...
I can't let you go.
Want you in my life.

'Cause everytime we touch, I get this feeling.
And everytime we kiss I swear I could fly.
Can't you feel my heart beat fast, I want this to last.
Need you by my side

[the music ends and Leo is unmoved]

Leo: wow, that was theatrical, and techno-tastic but we had a small thing, it meant nothing to me whatsoever im sorry, look we can discuss this later if you want but right now Ive gotta show, so if you’ll excuse me

[she walks away and he walks from center to left as the new girl Claire walks in]

Claire: excuse me do you know where the prop shed is , im supposed to go get my outfit for tonight from there and I have no clue where it is

Leo: say your that new girl right, whats your name and whats your specialty

Claire: Claire Cleary, im a tightrope walker and a trapeze artist

Leo: oh they finally got another one

Claire: what do you mean?

Leo: oh you don’t want to know

Claire: well are you gonna show me that prop shed

Leo: yeah its down to the left take a right actually , ill take you myself

Claire: thanks

Leo: ( stopping) hey you know you have something in your eye

[he turns in to kiss her as Sarah is walking back on from stage left with flowers, she stops and peeks in on him]

Claire: what are you trying to pull

Leo: look im a big deal around here, it couldn’t hurt for you to be seen with me to fit in

Claire: I think I can do okay by myself thanks

Leo: you don’t know what your missing

[he forces a kiss on her, she storms off, meanwhile Sarah takes the whip sitting on his stool while he’s still off to stage right and cuts the strings ]

Leo: god I love a fighter

Ringleader: [offstage] And now for your personal enjoyment and viewing pleasure. The Big Top circus proudly presents, Leo Rinaldo and his fearsome , ferocious Lions

[the music starts for “Love me chase me” by Carney ]

Leo:

            -Lyrics-

I don't want you, Baby
I don't need you lately
Love is ever-changing
And I think you're crazy

Oooh, Girl, I've got to
Let you, let you, let you go

Let me touch your daisy
Give me what I can't be
Let tomorrow face me
Love me, kill me, change me

Oooh, Girl, I've got to
Let you, let you, let you go

(Oooooh ooooh)
I'm a jumper, Baby
Mama don't forsake me
Madness can't contain me
If you love me, chase me

Oooh, Girl, I've got to
Let you, let you, let you go
Girl, I've got to
Let you, let you, let you go!

Oooh, Girl, I've got to
Let you, let you, let you go

[during the scene while hes singing the dancers come in dressed and acting as lions, and hes going through the act, soon the way through, one of the “lions” grabs the whip with her teeth, at the end of the song the lions maul him]

Ringmaster: that’s, or that was, the Late great Leo Rinaldo, and his famous , lion taming , we will continue in a moment, with another act so just sit tight. [going back onstage] what Was that!, what happened out there,

Sarah: oh quit your boo hoo-ing , he had it coming and you know it, he was supposed to be with me, or at least that’s what I thought after all the time we spent together, then I catch him locking lips with the new girl , that little tart is here for five minutes, and he forgets all about me, what would you have me do

Ringmaster: Claire , your insane, normally I love that about you, and you keep me involved, but let me tell you something , first of all, your not the star of the show, that would be me, secondly you cant go around sabotaging all the acts, its bad for business

[Sarah makes her exit as the clowns come onstage]

Bozo: bonjour good sir we hear your in need of a new headliner seeing as how good sir leo bit the dust

Barnum: I say bozo , what ever will we do

Bailey: good question barnum

Barnum: why thank you bailey

All three: Sounds like someone needs a new headliner

Ringmaster: Absolutely not, we have tightrope walkers and trapeze artists, besides, your about as entertaining as an empty bottle of beer

Barnum: well that’s not fair besides, from what im hearing lately you haven’t been able to keep tightrope walkers here, seeing as they keep running away from your little protégé

Bailey: yes as I do recall, a certain someone was once a tightrope walker their self, until they made a deal with that red haired devil and now like magic the circus is under new management

Ringmaster: your all gonna be under unemployment if you don’t get out of my sight , after all I think we all know ive made it so everything works out nicely in everyones favor if they just keep their mouths shut and their acts in shape, now I have to go pull together an act to close out the show.

Bozo: I bid you adue my liege

[the ring leader exits as Claire comes on stage and crosses over to the tightrope area to rehearse, the clowns whistle]

Claire: wow people here sure are eh…friendly

Urie: your like the shiny new toy

Claire: not sure I follow

Urie: have you met the wicked witch of the east yet

Claire: im not sure all I know is that the first person I met just got mauled by his own lions, how bizarre was that

Urie: Oh so you’re the new target

Claire: huh?

Urie: if your half as good as they say you are, you should probably watch out for your safety, Sarah isn’t too kind to people stealing her spotlight, neither is the ringleader for that matter, for a while I was the one that got all the abuse, im glad you’re here to relieve some of it but then again some things never change

[the clowns walk up taunting]

Bozo: well if it isn’t my little ballerina

Barnum: yes those tights are awfully stunning, tell me do they come in mens sizes

Bianca: just let it go Urie its not worth it

Urie: Hate all you want at least I have talent

Barnum: who needs talent when your funny

Urie: exactly so you should probably start looking for a routine soon

Bozo: hey hey hey , I wouldn’t be so mouthy if I was you, besides my fair lady this tent isn’t big enough for your ego, keep your talking and you may go home on crutches

Urie: im not the one starting problems where there need not be, now go before I drop a sandbag on your head

Barnum: you aint seen the last of us, you hear me pretty boy

[the clowns exit]

Claire: what was all of that about

Urie: lets just say being a male tightrope walker isn’t exactly a way to earn the respect of your peers, its looked down upon, like just because im a guy im supposed to be a generic loon with a washed up slapstick routine, well unfortunately I wasn’t born that way, and I refuse to be an idiot, im an individual and they can get used to it because im not going anywhere, I left home because I was mistreated, and I don’t take any nonsense

Claire: sounds intense

Bianca: so whats your story

Claire: I just kind of fell into it

Urie: no seriously whats your story its like the island of misfit toys around here everyone has their little nitch but we all came here for a reason

Claire: I just had issues lets leave it at that

Urie: fair enough, im not telling you about my personal life either so I can only expect the same reserve from the new kid

Claire: so whats the deal with this sarah person

Urie: shes thinks shes god, and around her its pretty much agreed with, no one disagrees with her because shes crazy, trust me you don’t want to cross her, she has humiliated me numerous times and were supposedly best friends, not someone you want to give a reason to make life miserable for you, or worse

[Sarah walks in again]

Claire: Hi im Claire nice to meet you

Sarah: did I give you the false impression that I care, because believe me I don’t, I know all about you, just stay out of my way and don’t get hurt

Claire: noted

Sarah: Urie, go work on your balance with Bianca , were gonna need it soon we go on in five minutes, get ready

Claire: I was told im going to have a spotlight number tonight

Sarah: pardon me

Claire: what?

Sarah: Noone gets the spotlight but me, that’s mine and mine alone

Claire: well that’s what I was told anyway

Sarah: let me explain something to you, Im the star, your just my back up dancer, I say jump you say how high, I say I want your head on a plate you break out the china understand

[The ringmaster goes back offstage and introduces the next act to the audience]

Ringmaster: and without further delay I bring you the death defying tightrope walkers and their terrifying game of Hide and seek

[the music to hide and seek by Imogene heap begins to play and the group begins their routine, when Claire decides to take over the solo, and does an amazing move that steals the show. The ringleader goes back onstage afterward and they begin to talk]

Ringmaster: you new girl what was that business out there

Claire: just wanted to give the audience a good show

Ringmaster: well know your place

Claire: I don’t really have a place I figured it was a good move on my part

Sarah: that solo was mine and you stole it from me

Ringmaster: please Sarah ive got this

Sarah: you’ve got this , you’ve got this, it looks to me like someone needs to learn their place

Claire: give me a break im new,

Sarah: doesn’t cut it , don’t expect any sympathy from me you wont get it

Ringmaster : you both need to sit down shut up and realize , im running things here

[the music to Panic At the Disco’s “ theres a good reason these tables are numbered..” begins to play]

Ringmaster:  

Please, leave all overcoats, canes and top hats with the doorman.
From that moment you'll be out of place and underdressed.
I'm wrecking this evening already and loving every minute of it.
Ruining this banquet for the mildly inspiring and...

Please, leave all overcoats, canes and top hats with the doorman.
From that moment you'll be out of place and underdressed.
I'm wrecking this evening already and loving every minute of it.
Ruining this banquet for the mildly inspiring and...

When you're in black slacks with accentuating, off-white, pinstripes
Whoa, everything goes according to plan.

I'm the new cancer, never looked better, you can't stand it.
Because you say so under your breath.
You're reading lips "When did he get all confident?"

Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer?
Never looked better, and you can't stand it

Next is a trip to the, the ladies room in vain, and
I bet you just can't keep up with, (keep up) with these fashionistas, and
Tonight, tonight you are, you are a whispering campaign.
I bet to them your name is "Cheap", I bet to them you look like shh...

Talk to the mirror, oh, choke back tears.
And keep telling yourself that "I'm a diva!"
Oh and the smokes in that cigarette box on the table,
they just so happen to be laced with nitroglycerin.

I'm the new cancer, never looked better, you can't stand it.
Because you say so under your breath.
You're reading lips "When did he get all confident?"

Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer?
Never looked better, and you can't stand it

Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer?
I've never looked better, and you can't stand it

Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer?
I've never looked better, and you can't stand it

And I know, and I know, it just doesn't feel like a night out with no one sizing you up.
I've never been so surreptitious, so of course you'll be distracted when I spike the punch.

And I know, and I know, it just doesn't feel like a night out with no one sizing you up.
I've never been so surreptitious, so of course you'll be distracted when I spike the punch.

And I know, and I know, it just doesn't feel like a night out with no one sizing you up.
I've never been so surreptitious, so of course you'll be distracted when I spike the punch.

[the ring leader exits and the bickering continues as the two carry on ]

Claire: you’re a fake and a phony and I wish id never met you,

Sarah: well who asked you to join up

Claire: well you know at least im not pretending to be something that im not

Sarah: oh no , you started pretending the moment you walked into here, pretending to be something but your not anything

Claire: if im not anything then why are you so intimidated by me , you’ve been hostile towards me the moment I walked in

Sarha: because I don’t need you, no one does we got along just fine before, im perfectly content being the only tightrope walker here

[urie walks in as she’s saying this line]

Urie: the only tightrope walker, awfully bold there sarah, thinking about getting rid of me like you got rid of Natalie

Sarah: she had it coming

Urie: they always do, you know you remember our first night, when you fell and I pulled your sorry tail up and saved your life and made it look like it was part of the act, and you said we’d be best friends forever because I do, you’ve changed sarah , you used to be a nice person but you’ve changed, your so wrapped up in being the star you don’t care who gets hurt

Sarah: oh please, is that speech going to ever get new

Urie: you are a fake, if it weren’t for me , you wouldn’t even be where you are, and how do you repay me , by starting rumors behind my back and encouraging that group of morons to harass me everyday, you know im glad to have a friend like you sarah its really been worth it , I cant tell you how great it is to be friends with

Bianca: with a leech

Sarah: a leech , you little

Urie: you wouldn’t dare,

Sarah: oh I would, whats the matter your Achilles heel sore

Urie: you are so evil [the music begins for everybodys fool by evanescence]

Bianca: I agree, im invisible because of you , you know what I think of you

Perfect by nature
Icons of self indulgence
Just what we all need
More lies about a world that

Never was and never will be
Have you no shame? Don't you see me?
You know you've got everybody fooled

Look here she comes now
Bow down and stare in wonder
Oh how we love you
No flaws when you're pretending

But now I know she
Never was and never will be
You don't know how you've betrayed me
And somehow you've got everybody fooled

Without the mask
Where will you hide?
I can't find yourself
Lost in your lie

I know the truth now
I know who you are
And I don't know you anymore

It never was and never will be
You don't know how you've betrayed me
And somehow you've got everybody fooled

It never was and never will be
You're not real and you can't save me
And somehow now you're everybody's fool

Urie: you know what, im done with this , from now on, you can catch yourself, Claires our new friend now, at least she has a soul beneath her leotard

Sarah: you take that back, I Made you, you hear me, youd be nothing without me

Bianca: good maybe you can buy a clue with your money from the patent

[they exit and the stage goes dark , the lights come back up on the dressing room Bianca , Urie and Claire are all talking ]

Claire: thanks you guys for standing up for me back there

Bianca: It wasn’t just for you, it was for all of us, this has gone on for a long time

Claire: why did you put up with her for so long then?

Urie: well we were all friends believe it or not, she wasn’t always so determined to be in the center of the spotlight, she didn’t get obsessed until she wanted so badly to be noticed by Leo

Claire: I don’t follow

Urie: it’s the oldest story in the book, she fell for the bad boy, shes not the only one but he was her first, and vice versa, but he isn’t exactly faithful, I assume that’s why she got so mad about the spotlight, she must think if shes the star he’ll only want to be with her.

Bianca: reguardless however you can only deal with that for so long

Urie: Im used to it, id rather deal with Ms. Diva than deal with those obnoxious paint faces

Bianca: very true, I cant imagine how you’ve dealt with all that for so long

Urie: will power, lots and lots of will power

Claire: why did you join the circus though and why do you stay

Urie: [my chemical romances the black parade begins to play]

When I was a young boy
My father took me into the city
To see a marching band
He said, "Son, when you grow up
Would you be the savior of the broken
The beaten and the damned??

He said, "Will you defeat them
Your demons and all the non-believers
The plans that they have made?
Because one day, I'll leave you
A phantom to lead you in the summer
To join the Black Parade"

Sometimes I get the feeling
She's watching over me
And other times I feel like I should go
And through it all, the rise and fall
The bodies in the streets
And when you're gone we want you all to know

We'll carry on, we'll carry on
And though you're sure to not believe me
Your memory will carry on, we'll carry on
And in my heart, I can't contain it
The anthem won't explain it

And while that sends you reeling
From decimated dreams
Your misery and hate will kill us all
So paint it black and take it back
Let's shout out loud and clear
Defiant to the end

We hear the call to carry on, we'll carry on
And though you're sure to not believe me
Your memory will carry on, we'll carry on
And though you're broken and defeated
You're weary widow marches

On and on we carry through the fears
Disappointed faces of your peers
They can laugh at me
'Cause I cannot hear it

Do or die, you'll never make me
Because the world will never take my heart
Though you try, you'll never break me
We want it all, we wanna play this part

Won't explain or say I'm sorry
I'm unashamed, I'm gonna show my scar
Give a cheer for all the broken
Listen hard, because it's who we are

I'm just a man, I'm not a hero
Just a boy dont wanna sing this song
Just a man, I'm not a hero
I don't care!

We'll carry on, we'll carry on
And though you're dead and gone, believe me
Your memory will carry on, you'll carry on
And though you're broken and defeated
You're weary widow marches on

Do or die, you'll never make me
Because the world will never take my heart
Though you try, you'll never break me
We want it all, we wanna play this part
(We'll carry on)

Do or die, you'll never make me
Because the world will never take my heart
Though you try, you'll never break me
We want it all, we wanna play this part
(We'll carry on)

[they exit and then the clowns come back on]

Bozo: I just heard from the ringleader

Barnum: what?

Bozo: shut up for a second and ill tell you

Bailey: just get to the point already you dolt

Barnum: apparently we now have no shot at becoming the opening act now

Bailey: with that looney diva driving people away why not, you’d think it should be a matter of time what happened

Bozo: apparently you can survive being mauled by a lion, it seems Leo is not only going to pull through but was just released from the hospital an hour ago, and hes coming back now as we speak

Barnum: well there goes our hopes and dreams, looks like I bought that champagne for nothing, come on chaps lets go toast to our failures

Bailey: sounds like a plan to me

[they clear the stage and the tight rope walkers get set for the encore as the ring leader introduces them]

Ringleader: now ladies and gentlemen put your open filthy palms together and stare in wonderment as you witness the awe inspiring feats of danger and gravity defying spectacle that is the tightrope walkers and their dance with death forty feet off the ground

[the tight rope walkers begin their routine]

Sarah: Bianca move out of the way

Bianca: no you don’t own the spotlight

Sarah: Ill do what I please now move

Bianca: No

Sarah: Yes

Bianca: NO!

[sarah shoves Bianca and she falls off the tightrope lights black out and Bianca takes her place ,as the perspective changes she is now holding on to the tightrope with her hand]

Sarah: Oh my god im soo sorry let me help you

Bianca: don’t touch me!

[Appologize by one republic begins to play]

Bianca:

I'm holding on your rope
Got me ten feet off the ground
And I'm hearing what you say
But I just can't make a sound

Bianca and Urie:

You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down, but wait
You tell me that you're sorry
Didn't think I'd turn around and say

That it's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too lateUrie:

I'd take another chance, take a fall
Take a shot for you

Bianca:

And I need you like a heart needs a beat
But that's nothing new, yeah yeah

Sarah:

I loved you with a fire red, now it's turning blue

Urie and Bianca:

And you say sorry like the angel
Heaven let me think was you
But I'm afraid

It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late, whoa whoa

It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late

I said it's too late to apologize, yeah
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah

Bianca:

I'm holding on your rope
Got me ten feet off the ground

[the music ends and Bianca is either pulled to safety by Urie or falls into the safety net ( that’s to be decided) ]

Bianca: I cant believe you pushed me

Sarah: Bianca im sorry I didn’t mean it

Bianca: yeah you say that now that your in the spotlight, what happened to all press is good press, that lime light isn’t so nice now is it

Sarah: I mean it it was an accident

Bianca: yeah you have an awful lot of accidents don’t you

Sarah: Bianca please

Urie: you know what if being the star is so important to you, you can have it , I don’t care, well do our own act but you might want to find someone else to pull you up when you fall because were not gonna be there anymore

[the stage goes black for a little while, then back in the dressing room Sarah is sitting in front of the mirror and leo walks in glances at her and is about to exit when she begins to sing “jar of hearts” by Christina Perry]

Sarah:

I know I can't take one more step towards you
Cause all that's waiting is regret
And don't you know I'm not your ghost anymore
You lost the love I loved the most

I learned to live half alive
And now you want me one more time

And who do you think you are
Running 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Who do you think you are

I hear you're asking all around
If I am anywhere to be found
But I have grown too strong
To ever fall back in your arms

And learn to live half alive
And now you want me one more time

And who do you think you are
Running 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Who do you think you are
Dear, it took so long just to feel alright
Remember how to put back the light in my eyes
I wish I had missed the first time that we kissed
Cause you broke all your promises
And now you're back
You don't get to get me back

And who do you think you are
Running 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Don't come back at all

And who do you think you are
Running 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
Don't come back for me
Don't come back at all

Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?

[he walks out unphased and she breaks into tears , black out , then lights up Claire is now in the dressing room , writing her leaving note Home sweet home begins to play and she sings]

Claire:

You know I'm a dreamer
But my heart's of gold
I had to run away high
So, I wouldn't come home low

Just when things went right
Doesn't mean they're always wrong
Just take this song and you'll never feel
Left all alone

Take me to your heart
Feel me in your bones
Just one more night
And I'm comin' on this
Long and winding road

I'm on my way, I'm on my way
Home sweet home, tonight tonight
I'm on my way, I'm on my way
Home sweet home

You know that I've seen
Too many romantic dreams
Up in lights, fallin' off
The silver screen

My heart's like an open book
For the whole world to read
Sometimes, nothing keeps me together
At the seams

I'm on my way, I'm on my way
Home sweet home, tonight tonight
I'm on my way, just set me free
Home sweet home

Home sweet home
Home sweet home
Home sweet home

Ooh, I'm on my way, I'm on my way
Home sweet home, yeah
I'm on my way, just set me free
Home sweet home

[she exits and goes offstage, Urie and Bianca enter]

Urie: where did she run off to

Bianca: I don’t know

Urie: hey look at this

Bianca: what is that?

Urie: apparently Claire is leaving

[they exit and the ringleader comes in to find the note]

Ringleader: another one leaving, this keeps up im not going to have an acrobatic act at all, the people will tomato us and demand a refund, back to the drawing board

[the cast except for Urie Bianca and Claire come onstage as the ringleader leads them in singing Show must go on by Queen]

All Cast:

Empty spaces - what are we living for
Abandoned places - I guess we know the score
On and on, does anybody know what we are looking for

Another hero, another mindless crime
Behind the curtain, in the pantomime
Hold the line, does anybody want to take it anymore

The show must go on
The show must go on
Inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on

Whatever happens, I'll leave it all to chance
Another heartache, another failed romance
On and on, does anybody know what we are living for

I guess I'm learning, I must be warmer now
I'll soon be turning, round the corner now
Outside the dawn is breaking
But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free

The show must go on
The show must go on
Inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on

My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies
Fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die
I can fly - my friends

The show must go on
The show must go on
I'll face it with a grin
I'm never giving in
On - with the show -

I'll top the bill, I'll overkill
I have to find the will to carry on
On with the -
On with the show -
The show must go on

[the song ends and stage blacks out lights come back up on the dressing room and Urie is sitting with Bianca ]

Urie: you know im not even sure I want to continue on here anymore

Bianca: if this is because of sarah

Urie: no its not just that, its everything, it was amazing at the beginning but its just been terrible lately and I don’t see things getting better, maybe Claire has the right idea

Bianca: I know the feeling, im going to stick around till tomorrow night, if things are worse then , im leaving

[she gets up and exits ]

Urie: its been nice knowing you, and its been real, I just cant hold on anymore to a dream that I cant touch , something in me tells me it will never be more than just a dream

[adams song by blink 182 begins to play as he sings]

Urie:

I never thought I'd die alone
I laughed the loudest who'd have known
I traced the cord back to the wall
No wonder it was never plugged in at all
I took my time, I hurried up
The choice was mine, I didn't think enough
I'm too depressed, to go on
You'll be sorry when I'm gone

I never conquered, rarely came
16 just held such better days
Days when I still felt alive
We couldn't wait to get outside
The world was wide, too late to try
The tour was over we'd survived
I couldn't wait till I got home
To pass the time in my room alone

I never thought I'd die alone
Another six months I'll be unknown
Give all my things to all my friends
You'll never step foot in my room again
You'll close it off, board it up
Remember the time that I spilled the cup
Of apple juice in the hall
Please tell mom this is not her fault

I never conquered, rarely came
At 16 just held such better days
Days when I still felt alive
We couldn't wait to get outside
The world was wide, too late to try
The tour was over but we'd survived
I couldn't wait till I got home
To pass the time in my room alone

I never conquered, rarely came
Tomorrow held such better days
Days when I could still feel alive
When I can't wait to get outside
The world is wide, the time goes by
The tour is over I survived
And I can't wait till I get home
To pass the time in my room alone

[the lights fade out to black and then come back up upon the office of the ringleader who is talking with the clowns while looking over the resignation letters]

Bozo: lets face it boss were just not a real act anyway we never were we’re just the comic relief, slapstick and ringleader is not a show you know this circus is going the way of the luisitania and were jumping off before it hits the bottom of the atlantic let me put it to you this way

[schools out for summer by alice cooper plays this should be a big singing and dancing number for the clowns]

Clowns:

Well we got no choice
All the girls and boys
Makin all that noise
'Cause they found new toys
Well we can't salute ya
Can't find a flag
If that don't suit ya
That's a drag

School's out for summer
School's out forever
School's been blown to pieces

No more pencils
No more books
No more teacher's dirty looks

Well we got no class
And we got no principles
And we got no innocence
We can't even think of a word that rhymes

School's out for summer
School's out forever
School's been blown to pieces

No more pencils
No more books
No more teacher's dirty looks

Out for summer
Out till fall
We might not go back at all

School's out forever
School's out for summer
School's out with fever
School's out completely

Ringleader: this is crazy the clowns have flown the coop , my number one performer is too busy weeping to do a show and ive got a lion tamer afraid to go out on stage, and all of my tightrope walkers have gone the way of the dodo, I cant do this show by myself , don’t you see, I need all of you , your all important to this

[the ringleader sings, black and gold by sam sparro]

Ringleader:

If the fish swam out of the ocean
And grew legs and they started walking
And the apes climbed down from the trees
And grew tall and they started talking

And the stars fell out of the sky
And the tears rolled into the ocean
And now I'm looking for a reason why
You even set my world into motion

'Cause if you're not really here
Then the stars don't even matter
Now I'm filled to the top with fear
But it's all just a bunch of matter

'Cause if you're not really here
Then I don't want to be either
I wanna be next to you
Black and gold, black and gold, black and gold

I look up into the night sky
And see a thousand eyes staring back
And all around these golden beacons
I see nothing but black

I feel a way of something beyond them
I don't see what I can feel
If vision is the only validation
Then most of my life isn't real

'Cause if you're not really here
Then the stars don't even matter
Now I'm filled to the top with fear
But it's all just a bunch of matter

'Cause if you're not really here
Then I don't want to be either
I wanna be next to you
Black and gold, black and gold, black and gold
I wanna be next to you
Black and gold, black and gold, black and gold

Black and gold, black and gold, black and gold
Black and gold, black and gold, black and gold
Black and gold

'Cause if you're not really here
Then the stars don't even matter
Now I'm filled to the top with fear
But it's all just a bunch of matter

'Cause if you're not really here
Then I don't want to be either
I wanna be next to you
Black and gold, black and gold, black and gold

Black and gold, black and gold, black and gold
Black and gold, black and gold, black and gold
Black and gold, black and gold

[ Urie Bianca and Claire come back in Leo and Sarah as well and all the dancers join them on the stage]

Claire: We had a conversation while we were on the road trying to find a way out of here, and we deided , that weve all spent so much time here, that its not worth giving up because it gets hard

Urie: but that’s not to say things don’t need to change

Sarah:  your right, Im sorry im so pushy and I promise I wont be ever again

Clowns: were sorry we were such jerks we’d say we’ll never do it again but we cant make any promises, its kind of our thing you know, but we can promise that It will all be in good fun from now on

Ringleader: and im sorry I ignored all of this and treated you as if you weren’t all spectacular, because you are, all of you its something to toast about, I wouldn’t have it any other way

[pink’s raise your glass begins to play they all sing and dance to it]

All Cast:

Right right, turn off the lights
We gonna lose our minds tonight
What's the dealio?

I love when it's all too much
5 AM turn the radio up
Where's the rock and roll?

Party crasher, panty snatcha'
Call me up if you are gangsta'
Don't be fancy
Just get dancey
Why so serious?
So raise your glass if you are wrong
In all the right ways
All my underdogs, we will never be, never be
Anything but loud
And nitty gritty dirty little freaks
Won't you come on, and come on, and
Raise your glass
Just come on and come and
Raise Your Glass!

Slam slam oh hot damn
What part of party don't you understand?
Wish you'd just freak out
Can't stop coming in hot
I should be locked up right on the spot
It's so on right now
Party crasher, panty snatcha'
Call me up if you a gangsta'
Don't be fancy
Just get dancey
Why so serious?

So raise your glass if you are wrong
In all the right ways
All my underdogs, we will never be, never be
Anything but loud
And nitty gritty dirty little freaks
Won't you come on, and come on, and
Raise your glass
Just come on and come and
Raise Your Glass!
Won't you come on and come on and
Raise your glass!
Just come on and come and
Raise your glass!

Oh shoot my glass is empty...
that sucks !

So if you're too school for cool

And you're treated like a fool
You could choose to let it go
We can always, we can always
party on our own...

So raise your
So raise your glass if you are wrong
In all the right ways
All my underdogs, we will never be, never be
Anything but loud
And nitty gritty dirty little freaks
So raise your glass if you are wrong
In all the right ways
All my underdogs, we will never be never be!
Anything but loud
And nitty gritty dirty little freaks
Won't you come on! and come on! and
Raise your glass
Just come on and come and
Raise your glass
Won't you come on! and come on! and
Raise your glass
For me
Just come on and come and
Raise your glass...for me

[the lights dim and fade out, the music stops the curtains close and the show is over]