ACT TWO ✤

• roland → interpol
  • he has sixteen knives; he carries them all over town. (at least he tries.) but they caught him with his case in a public place — that is what we had feared.
• airport disco → athlete
  • it's just a blur of red and yellow, lovers dancing to the beat. I saw you at the center of it all, the most beautiful thing. oh, beautiful world, can I win you back?
• winter bones → stars
  • can I come to your house? I'm caught in the ropes & the wires. the sun settles hard in the south; winter lives in my bones, it's all I've ever known.
• I am a lightning rod → margot & the nuclear so & so's
  • if this town seems too big, if the traffic freaks you out, I will be your lightning rod, delivering sound. I can see beneath your skin; it really freaks me out. I will be your camera's flash, delivering sunbeams.
• butcher → metric
  • you're so handsome in this light; if only you'd reject me tonight. darling, there's no 'only way' when you come: please don't stay. learn to bend, learn to swerve; do it to make amends & do it over again. learn to bend, learn to butcher.
• majesty → warpaint
  • could it be I'm your mirror, showing you all those things that you never wanted to face? so you let me slip away, you just watched me walk away. & I just have to ask: do you know your fate?
• international rock star → stars
  • international rock star: that would make the pain go away. the last one standing at the bar is the dream that'll have to do for today. until then, I'll keep you locked up tight in my collection.
• slow like honey → fiona apple
  • you came near to me & you endeared to me, but you couldn't quite discern me. does that scare you? I'll let you run away, but your heart will not oblige you: you'll remember me like a melody; I'll haunt the world inside you.