the clochán

Lyrics

​vi. the clochán BECKETT ​when you're nursing a heartache ​sometimes you look back ​trying to find the reason ​your life has gone off track ​parents and grandparents ​every branch along the tree ​trying to trace the tumor ​that ended up in me SUSAN & SADIE ​​listen to the stone ​​lay your hands upon the stone ​​for the stone stands watch for a thousand thousand years BECKETT ​​why am i like this? SUSAN & SADIE ​​listen to the stone ​​see the sparkle on the stone ​​for the stone will never die BECKETT ​why am i cursеd with demons and death? (a knock at the door.) SHELOB ​strangеr at the door beckett? BECKETT ​don't come near me! SHELOB ​or is the knocking coming from inside the house? BECKETT ​i get it now gramps! ​these walls are too thin! ​boxes! ​there's a huge stack of broken-down amazon boxes ​plus the boxes from my move; ​plenty of materials— ​i can make a clochán! ​protect myself from others! ​protect others from myself! (he begins to build a clochán out of cardboard boxes.) SHELOB ​yes, beckett, yes! BECKETT ​a house made of stone ​where i can't hurt anyone ​a house made of stone ​where no one can hurt me ​a house made of stone ​where i can't hurt anyone ​a house made of stone ​where i can't get hurt SUSAN & SADIE ​listen to the stone ​lay your hands upon the stone ​for the stone stands watch for a thousand thousand years ​listen to the stone ​see the sparkle on the stone ​for the stone will never die (phone ring.) SADIE (on the phone, as sister) ​beckett? it's your sister ​when are you gonna come see the baby? BECKETT ​not now, not now ​finish the hut (a knock at the door.) BECKETT ​go away! SHELOB ​yes beckett ​shut yourself in! ​deeper and darker! ​the basement is mine, all mine!! (shelob ascends in ecstasy.) BECKETT ​a house made of stone ​where i can't hurt anyone ​a house made of stone ​where no one can hurt me BECKETT, SUSAN & SADIE ​a house made of stone ​where i can't hurt anyone ​a house made of stone ​where i can't get hurt WOLF {howl} (beckett cowers in fear; susan approaches the clochán and helps build.) SUSAN (intoning a spell) A G C D E I G F K J I H N K O O A G D C I F E K J G H L I J S S… (sadie approaches the clochán and helps build.) SADIE ​quarter in roll clink ​push push push push push push… (beckett resumes building the clochán.) BECKETT ​a house made of stone ​where i can't hurt anyone ​a house made of stone ​where no one can hurt me ​a house made of stone ​where i can't hurt anyone ​a house made of stone ​where no one can hurt me (beckett, susan, and sadie enter the clochán. beckett lays the final stone.) BECKETT, SUSAN & SADIE ​click