STRQ Episode 8 performance showcase lyrics

From "Zach, Emily Lindsay, and Versace Antigone Go to Kill a Goat: An 18-day Mountain Musical"

MATILDA/ZACHARIAH
for centuries this family has carried
The weight of always choosing what’s right
It’s a cursed thing, to always know best
But only us rich can fix the poor man’s plight

sure you might have friends and that's fun and fine
going down to their level's compassionate, kind
but in times like these you have to know
that they are the vinegar we are the wine

 CHORUS
my
pockets are heavy baby
with the wails and cries of people below
my
shoulders are straining baby
this burden aint easy to bear in stilettos
but i do it with grace
i do it with poise
i do it with minimal noise
So keep your chin up, baby
that’s the way it’s always gonna be
It’s tradition, baby
I did this for you, you do this for me

MATILDA/ZACHARIAH
There’s more at steak than you could know
The world needs the resources that are below
what will you do with this thing we have built?
Why are you afraid?
Did we not work hard enough?

do you look at the hall of portraits with disdain?
Versace? (i want this to be a big riff)
Modified chorus
your
pockets will be heavy, baby
with blood sweat and tears of your friends and your foes
your
shoulders will be aching, baby,
you'll do it with grace
you'll do it with poise
you'll do it with minimal noise
So you gotta chin up, baby,
You know it’s how it has to be
It’s tradition, baby
Now carry on our legacy.

VERSACE
My whole world is shifting lately
The truth is exhausting and the real world is cold
My parents are trying to save me
Guess it’s time to go back to what I’ve always known
All alone

All I wanted this whole time was freedom
And I surely got what I asked for
And yeah, I’ll admit it’s been hard on my own
But I just can’t slam shut this wide open door
How was I supposed to know it would come to this
It’s on me to decide how it ends
And I guess that I’m finally realizing now..
(spoken)
I’d live for my parents, but I’d die for my friends

I’ve never had to write my own story
But this choice is greater than me
Either I die with the town or the town dies anyway
Who do I betray?


PARENTS
Your pockets are heavy baby

ZACK
I don’t wanna die

PARENTS
They’re the vinegar

VERSACE
Who do I choose?

PARENTS
Your pockets are heavy baby

EMILY LINDSEY
Kill the mountain goat

PARENTS
We are the wine

VERSACE
Who do I choose?