Seconds

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ELLIE: I AM ALIVE IN THIS SECOND ZANDER: I'VE LIVED FOR HALF A BILLION SECONDS ELLIE: I'LL LIVE FOR TWO BILLION SECONDS ELLIE & ZANDER: I'LL LIVE FOR THREE AND A HALF BILLION SECONDS ROYSHANNA: BUT ONLY ONE SECOND ROYSHANNA & NIKKI: IS RIGHT NOW ROGER & DAKOTA: RIGHT NOW NIKKI: ONE SECOND ROGER: EVERYTHING THAT MATTERS NOW ONE DAY WILL BE FORGOTTEN DAKOTA: EVERYTHING I FEEL WILL DISAPPEAR ONE SECOND FROM NOW ENSEMBLE: AND I WILL REMEMBER AND I WILL FORGET JAYNIE: AND I WILL CHOOSE THE SECONDS THAT DEFINE ME SAMSON: AND A FEW SECONDS LATER ONE ENSEMBLE VOICE: I'LL CHANGE MY MIND CYRUS: WHEN I DIED THERE WASN'T LIGHT OR DARKNESS MO: IT WAS WEIRDER THAN ANYTHING I THOUGHT WAS WEIRD BEFORE JANNELLE: WHEN I DIED I DIDN'T REMEMBER ANY TEST SCORES JANELLE & HARPER: REJECTION OR EMBARRASSMENT OR AWFUL AWKWARD SILENCE MO: I REMEMBERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SQUIRRELS HARPER: BUBBLE TEA AND BOATS ELLIE, ZANDER & 2 VOICES: AND A PHONE CALL WITH MY MOTHER AND CAMPING WITH MY FATHER ROYSHANNA, NIKKI & 2 VOICES: SNUGGLING WITH MY BOYFRIEND ON THE COUCH TRACING THE HAIRS ON HIS ARM ROGER: AND WRESTLING WITH MY SISTER DAKOTA: AND TALKING TO MY TURTLE HARPER, JANELLE & 2 VOICES: AND LYING ON THE FLOOR AT 2AM BULLSHITTING WITH MY FRIENDS ALL GHOSTS: MY LIFE WILL BE BETTER THAN THIS MY LIFE WILL BE WORSE THAN THIS BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST RIGHT NOW AND IN A SECOND IT WILL BE GONE GRACE: Just stand here with you TYE: Just stand here. With me GRACE And wait TYE: And wait GRACE: To see (TYE and GRACE find stillness in the center.) TYE: ONE DAY GRACE: ONE DAY TYE: I WILL BE SOMEONE ELSE GRACE: I WILL BE SOMEONE ELSE TYE: I AM FRAGILE AND EPHEMERAL SO LOVE ME WHILE I'M HERE GRACE: I AM FRAGILE AND EPHEMERAL SO LOVE ME WHILE I'M HERE GRACE & TYE: ONE DAY GHOSTS: ONE DAY GRACE & TYE: I WILL FINALLY STOP RUNNING GHOSTS: I WILL FINALLY STOP RUNNING ALL: THERE WILL BE SUNLIGHT IN THE TREES PLEASE DON'T STOP ME TIL I'M THERE (THE END)