Electric Future

Lyrics

GRACE: It's so dark TYE: What's that sound? DJ: Electricity is at a premium Hoarded and squandered away Used only for capital punishment GRACE/TYE: MY FUTURE OH MY FUTURE MY ELECTRIC FUTURE PUNISH ME PUNISH ME FOR MY PAST EVERY DECISION WE WASTED WE SPLURGED WE SQUANDERED PUNISH ME PUNISH ME FOR MY PRESENT PUNISH MY FUTURE FOR MY PAST FOR MY PAST CYRUS: What is this place? DJ: Oh no, you've snuck into the execution chamber of the dystopic totalitarian state CYRUS: What? DJ: You've snuck inside - don't sit down at that chair! Don't squander any of society's precious electricity CYRUS: That's an electric chair DJ: For punishment CYRUS: That's what I need CYRUS sits down in the chair and puts on the electric crown DJ: YOU'VE HAVE TO PAY YOU'VE HURT PEOPLE CYRUS: I'VE HURT PEOPLE DJ: YOU'VE HAVE TO PAY YOU'VE HURT YOUR FRIENDS CYRUS: I'VE HURT FRIENDS DJ: YOU'VE HAVE TO PAY YOU'VE LET THEM DOWN CYRUS: I'VE LET THEM DOWN DJ: AND YOUR GUILT IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS CYRUS: THIS IS MY ONLY STORY THIS IS WHO I AM DJ: They make these chairs externally controlled now. But this is an old model. You can manipulate the electricity yourself while sitting in the seat (CYRUS gives himself a tiny shock by twisting a knob on the arm rest) CYRUS: AH! (GRACE and TYE have seemingly lost all intonation/individuality) GRACE: It's so cold in the future. I wish I had a sweater TYE: Yes I too remember when we had sweaters... GRACE: What's is Cyrus doing? TYE: If he's doing it. He must have to MO: Look, The DJ isn't looking JAYNIE: We should do it now - SAMSON: Right? I mean: right? MO: If we don't, this electronic music menace is just going to keep going from school to school! From gymnasium to gymnasium! Until there are none of us left! DJ: GUILT IS THE BOOGEY MAN INSIDE YOUR HEAD SO MANY MISTAKES MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD DJ & HENCHMEN: GUILT IS THE BOOGEY MAN INSIDE YOUR HEAD SO MANY MISTAKES MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD DJ: YOU DON'T NEED TO SLEEP DON'T NEED TO EAT WHEN YOU CAN FEED OFF HATING YOURSELF (CYRUS shocks himself) CYRUS: AH! DJ: Does it feel good? CYRUS: Are you crazy? No. It hurts. It hurts a lot DJ: But does it feel good to feel bad? CYRUS: It's what I deserve DJ (very sweetly): Oh really why? CYRUS: GUILT IS THE BOOGEY MAN INSIDE MY HEAD SO MANY MISTAKES MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD I DON'T NEED TO SLEEP DON'T NEED TO EAT WHEN I CAN FEED OFF HATING MYSELF (Shocks self) CYRUS: Ah! DJ: LOOK INTO YOUR EYES SEE THE BOOGEY MAN PEEKING OUT HE SAYS HI HE SAYS COME IN TAKE A LOAD OFF (Shocks self) CYRUS: Ah! DJ & HENCHMEN: LOOK INTO YOUR EYES SEE THE BOOGEY MAN PEEKING OUT HE SAYS HI HE SAYS COME IN TAKE A LOAD OFF CYRUS: WHAT IS MY FUTURE ALL I SEE IS THE PAST THIS IS MY ONLY STORY THIS IS WHO I AM GRACE/TYE (underneath previous line): MY FUTURE­­ OH MY FUTURE MY ELECTRIC FUTURE PUNISH ME PUNISH ME FOR MY PAST (CYRUS shocks himself again) CYRUS: AH! AH! AHH! DJ: One more time, Cyrus. Just one more time (The three commentators stand at three different points around or along or under the DJ booth) SAMSON: On the count of three... COMMENTENTATORS: ONE TWO THREE GO!! (CYRUS turns knob as the three commentators try to gain entry to the DJ) (SAMSON and JAYNIE are fricasseed simultaneously with CYRUS) (There isn't quite enough juice) SAMSON & JAYNIE CYRUS: Ahhhhhhhhhh! AHHHH! (MO sees that he alone has survived) MO: Samson? Samson? Jaynie? Samson? Boo? I don't mind if you haunt me guys - booo? Jaynie? Samson? Oh no (Beat) MO: I guess it's up to MO (MO enters the belly of the DJ area) (MO accidentally triggers the AIR HORN) (End of heat)