Description
my self-tape audition for the part of Cornelius Hickey in the forthcoming off-off-off-broadway production in THE TERROR: A MUSICAL
LYRICS:
I met a man who once told me
One year in the polar sea
And out the other side
To tropical islands and sun
So i dabbed him and I took his name
Headed for my getaway
And once aboard that’s when I stared having some fun
But i’ve done my time now, I have the scars to show it
Let’s make a break for it you and me
There’s no rank and no consequences here out in the wild
It’s a beautiful day for a mutiny
All my days I’ve been surviving
But now I’m arriving
At who I’m meant to be
I’ve got my own way of knowing
The universe showing
Me the signs, can’t you see?
A ship isn’t different from places I’ve been
Just as much pleasure, just as much sin
Though everybody tries their best to hide it
It really makes no sense to me
So much work, just for more misery
Searching for the passage, don’t you know that you’ll never find it
So let’s put our practicals before our morals
Get away from what’s making us weak
Our empire’s not the only empire
Don’t you know what that means?
I’ll get to the top of this mythology
All my days I’ve been surviving
Now I’m arriving
At who I’m meant to be
I’ve got my own way of knowing
The universe showing
Me the signs, can’t you see?
We reconfigure and we rearrange
At the end of the day we’re all the same
It’s a nasty piece of work, staying alive
Fear is a choice, and so I am not scared
To witness the breath of a god in the air
I’ll come out smiling on the other side
All my days I’ve just been surviving
But here I’ve been thriving
I’m who I’m meant to be
I’ve got my own way of knowing
The universe showing
Me the signs
Nothing can hurt me, I’m alive
I did what I had to do, now come and see
Come and see