21ST CENTURY TRAGEDY

(A Musical Play by Group 1)

Ladies and Gentlemen! The 21st Century Tragedy brings you the modern struggle of three
different worlds through a series of songs. One driven by greed. The other two by the pretense of
love. The last one by the inevitable fate as a woman.
ACT I – INTRODUCTION

Roche Maye:
I think about that day
I left him at a Greyhound station, west of Santa Fé
We were 17, but he was sweet and it was true
Still I did what I had to do
'Cause I just knew

Mayriel:
Summer Sunday nights
We'd sink into our seats
Right as they dimmed out all the lights
A Technicolor world made out of music and machine
It called me to be on that screen
And live inside each scene

Ildefonso:
Without a nickel to my name
Hopped a bus, here I came

Bernabe John:
Could be brave or just insane
We'll have to see

Mayriel:
'Cause maybe in that sleepy town
He'll sit one day, the lights are down
He'll see my face and think of how he used to know me

Everyone:
Behind these hills I'm reaching for the heights
And chasing all the lights that shine
And when they let you down (it's another day)
You'll get up off the ground (it's another day)
'Cause morning rolls around and it's another day of sun
Neil:
I hear 'em everyday
The rhythms in the canyons that'll never fade away
The ballads in the barrooms left by those who came before
They say, "You gotta want it more"
So I bang on every door

Gabrielle:
And even when the answer's "No"
Or when my money's running low
The dusty mic and neon glow
Are all I need

Neil:
And someday as I sing a song
A small-town kid'll come along

Neil and Gabrielle:

That'll be the thing to push him on and go go

Everyone:
Behind these hills I'm reaching for the heights
And chasing all the lights that shine
And when they let you down (it's another day)
You'll get up off the ground (it's another day)
'Cause morning rolls around and it's another day of sun

(INSTRUMENTAL)

Lorraine:
And when they let you down
The morning rolls around

Everyone:
It's another day of sun
It's another day of sun
It's another day of sun (sun, sun, sun)
It's another day of sun
Just another day of sun
It's another day of sun
The day has just begun
It's another day of sun
It's another day of sun

ACT II – ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Martin:

How does a bastard, orphan son of a whore

And a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean
By providence, impoverished, in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?

Mikko:
The 10 dollar
Founding father without a father
Got a lot farther by working a lot harder, by being a lot smarter
By being a self-starter, by 14 they placed him in charge of a trading charter

Maron:
And everyday while slaves were being slaughtered and carted away
Across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up
Inside he was longing for something to be a part of
The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow or barter

Giovanie:
Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned
Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain
Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain
And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain

Martin:
Well the word got around, they said
"This kid is insane, man!"
Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland
"Get your education, don't forget from whence you came
And the world's gonna know your name. What's your name man?"

Everyone:
Alexander Hamilton!

(Everyone paves way for Ildefonso as Alexander)

ACT III – ALEXANDER’S GREED
Ildefonso:

I was pulling out my hair

The day I got the deal, chemically calm
Was I meant to feel happy that my life
Was just about to change?
One life pretending to be the cat who got the cream
Oh, everybody said,
"Alexander is a dreamer"
People like to tell you what you're gonna be
It's not my problem if you don't see what I see
And I do not give a damn if you don't believe
My problem, it's my problem
That I never am happy
It's my problem, it's my problem
On how fast I will succeed

Everyone:
Are you satisfied with your average life?

Ildefonso:
Do I need to lie to make my way in life?
High achiever, don't you see?
Baby, nothing comes for free
They say I'm a control freak
Driven by a greed to succeed
Nobody can stop me
'Cause it's my problem if I want to pack up and run away
It's my business if I feel the need to smoke and drink and sway
It's my problem, it's my problem if I feel the need to hide
And it's my problem if I have no friends and feel I want to die

Everyone:
Are you satisfied with your average life?

Ildefonso:
Do I need to lie to make my way in life?

Everyone:
Are you satisfied with an easy ride?
Once you cross the line, will you be satisfied?
Sad inside in his life, unsatisfied, prayin'
Sad inside in his life, unsatisfied, waitin'
Are you satisfied with your average life?
Do you need to lie to make your way in life?
Are you satisfied with an easy ride?
Once you cross the line, will you be satisfied?

Ildefonso and Everyone:

Black, white (am you satisfied, are you satisfied, are you satisfied?)
Black, white (are you satisfied, are you satisfied?)
Black, white (are you satisfied, are you satisfied, are you satisfied?)
Black, white (are you satisfied, are you satisfied?)

ACT IV – THE IDIOTS WHO FELL TOO EARLY

Everyone, for the next one, let me present you modern romance! Two young lovers who might
have fallen too early, but through… a song.
Mayriel:

Okay, can I just say something crazy?

Bernabe John:
I love crazy!

Mayriel:
All my life has been a series of doors in my face
And then suddenly, I bump into you

Bernabe John:
I was thinking the same thing, 'cause like
I've been searching my whole life to find my own place
And maybe it's the party talking, or the chocolate fondue

Mayriel and Bernabe John:

But with you (but with you), I found my place (I see your face)
And it's nothing like I've ever known before
Love is an open door
Love is an open door (door)
Love is an open door
With you (with you), with you (with you)
Love is an open door
Bernabe John:
I mean it's crazy (what?!)
We finish each other's (sandwiches)
That's what I was gonna say!

Mayriel:
I never met someone who thinks so much like me

Both:
Jinx! Jinx again!
Our mental synchronization
Can have, but one explanation
You (and I) were (just meant) to be
Say goodbye (say goodbye) to the pain of the past
We don't have to feel it anymore
Love is an open door
Love is an open door (door)
Life can be so much more
With you (with you), with you (with you)
Love is an open door (door)

Bernabe John:
Can I say something crazy? Will you marry me?

Mayriel:
Can I say something even crazier? Yes!

ACT V – DREAMER
21st Century yet things have barely changed. The inevitable fate of women prevails. When one
woman finds love, somewhere in the world hides a woman who was failed by it.
Roche Maye:

There was a time when men were kind

When their voices were soft
And their words inviting
There was a time when love was blind
And the world was a song
And the song was exciting
There was a time
Then it all went wrong
I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high and life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
And I was young and unafraid
So dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted
But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
As they turn your dream to shame
He slept a summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood is his stride
But he was gone when autumn came
And still, I dream he'll come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Oh, life has killed the dream
I dreamed

ACT IV – LOVE FAILED US TOO

Bernabe John:
I feel bad, that you feel bad
About me feeling bad, about you feeling bad
About what I said, about what you said
About me not being able to share a feeling

Mayriel:
If I thought that what you thought
Was that I hadn't thought about sharing my thoughts
Then my reaction to your reaction, to my reaction
Would have been more revealing

Bernabe John:
I was afraid that you'd be afraid
If I told you that I was afraid of intimacy
If you don't have a problem with my problem
Maybe the problem's simply co-dependency

Mayriel:
Yes, I know, that now you know
That I didn't know, that you didn't know
That when I said, "No," I meant, "Yes, I know"
And that now I know that you knew, that I knew you adored me

Bernabe John:
I was wrong to

Mayriel:
Say you were wrong to

Bernabe John:
Say I was wrong about

Mayriel:
You being wrong

Bernabe John:
When you rang to say that

Mayriel:
The ring was the wrong thing to bring

Bernabe John:
If I meant what I said
When I said, "Rings bored me"

Both:
I'm not mad that you got mad when I got mad
When you said I should go drop dead

Bernabe John:
If I were you and I'd done what I'd done
I'd do what you did
When I gave you the ring
Having said what I said

[BERNABE JOHN, (MAYRIEL)]

I feel bad, that you feel bad (I feel badly)

About me feeling bad, about you feeling bad (About you)
About what I said, about what you said (Feeling badly about me)
About me not being able to share a feeling (Feeling badly about you)
I thought (If I thought that what you thought)
You thought (Was that I hadn't thought about sharing my thoughts)
I reacted shallowly (Then my reaction to your reaction, to my reaction)
When I reacted to you (Would have been more revealing)

I'm not mad, you got mad (I'm not mad that you got mad that I got mad)
Go drop dead (When you said I should go drop dead)

If I were you and I'd done what I'd done (If I were you)
I'd do what you did when I gave you the ring (But I'm not you)
Having said what I said (Said what I said)

Bernabe John:
But now it's out in the open

Mayriel:
Now it's off our chest

Both:
Now it's 4 a.m.
And we have therapy tomorrow
It's too late to screw
So let's just get some rest

FINAL ACT – END

Ildefonso:

I saw the sun begin to dim

And felt that winter wind blow cold
A man learns who is there for him
When the glitter fades and the walls won't hold
'Cause from then, rubble
What remains
Can only be what's true

Bernabe John:
If all was lost
There's more I gained
'Cause it led me back
To you

Roche Maye:
From now on
These eyes will not be blinded by the lights
From now on
What's waited 'til tomorrow starts tonight
Tonight

Ildefonso, Bernabe John, Mayriel, Roche:

Let this promise in me start
Like an anthem in my heart
From now on
From now on

Ildefonso:
I drank champagne with kings and queens
The politicians praised my name
But those are someone else's dreams
The pitfalls of the man I became
For years and years
I chased their cheers
The crazy speed of always needing more

Bernabe John:
But when I stop
And see you here
I remember who all this was for

Ildefonso and Bernabe John:

And from now on
These eyes will not be blinded by the lights
From now on
What's waited 'til tomorrow starts tonight
It starts tonight

Roche Maye:
And let this promise in me start
Like an anthem in my heart
From now on

With Bernabe John:

From now on

With Ildefonso:
From now on
Everyone:
And we will come back home
And we will come back home
Home, again!
And we will come back home
And we will come back home
Home, again!
And we will come back home
And we will come back home
Home, again!
(From now on!)
And we will come back home
And we will come back home
Home, again!
And we will come back home
And we will come back home
Home, again!
And we will come back home
And we will come back home (Yes)
Home, again!
And we will come back home
And we will come back home
Home, again!

All:
From now on

Ildefonso:
These eyes will not be blinded by the lights!

From now on!

Bernabe John:
What's waited 'til tomorrow starts tonight!
It starts tonight!

Roche Maye:
Let this promise in me start
Like an anthem in my heart

Bernabe John, Ildefonso, Roche Maye:

From now on
From now on
From now on

Everyone:
And we will come back home
And we will come back home
Home, again!
And we will come back home
And we will come back home
Home, again!
And we will come back home
And we will come back home
Home, again
From now on
From now on
Home, again, ooh, ooh
From now on
From now on
Home, again

END.