Jonathan Larson
The Apocalypse
ANGELS:
APOCALYPSE- IT’S HAPPENING AGAIN
A WOMAN AND A MAN AND A SNAKE
AND THEN
LORD OF THE ANGELS SAY AMEN
IT’S A NEW TEMPTATION
SO TELL US NOW- IF YOU CAN
WILL THIS BE THE FATE OF EVERY
WOMAN AND MAN
LORD OF THE ANGELS
IT’S HAPPENING AGAIN
IT’S A NEW TEMPTATION- A NEW
TEMPTATION
(The following is sung in counterpoint, simultaneously)
SERPENT:
OVER BY THOSE FLOWERS
DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE
LOSE YOUR CARES FOR HOURS
STEP UP TO THE TREE
MOVE A LITTLE FASTER
LET IT BE YOUR MASTER
TURN ON THE TREE
YVES:
YIPPEE AYE OH- YIPPEE AYE AY
MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST WALK AWAY
YIPPEE AYE OH YIPPEE AYE AY--
YIPPEE AE OH- YIPPEE AYE EE
THE TREE DOESN’T LOOK
SO GOOD TO ME
ADAME:
YO YVES- I BELIEVE SHOULD CHECK OUT THE TREE
DON’T YOU AGREE
MAYBE IT’S OUR DESTINY
WOW MAN- LOOK AT THAT
THE TREE’S WHERE IT’S AT
ALL SHINY AND NEW
C’MON THE TREE WILL BE GOOD FOR
YOU AND ME
NOW THIS BE ONE BIG TREE
THE SERPENT hands YVES the red remote control device. HE holds it up and points it at the tree. Presses the POWER switch. The multitude of video screens, electronic devices, visual and aural stimulators explode into life. ADAME and YVES are immediately transfixed. Thousands of adoring fans appear on the video screens cheering them on…
ALL:
THE TREE!