THE LIGHTNING THIEF MUSICAL SENTENCE STARTERS
PROLOGUE/THE DAY I GOT EXPELLED
âyou never listen to me!â
âit mostly gets you killed in very nasty ways.â
âiâm less a player and more the played.â
âhonestly iâd totally be fine if i could make it to the next grade.â
âis it me, or is greek mythology not deeply weird?â
âsheâs a monster! not literally. i donât think.â
âdude. iâm your only friend.â
âhey, donât talk about my mom.â
âyou think iâm trouble. just like everyone else.â
STRONG
âi canât tell you all my secrets.â
âweâre better off without him.â
âyeah, he sounds like a real winner.â
âwas he a screw up too?â
ânormal is a myth.â
âthe things that make you different are the very things that make you strong.â
âthe only thing i seemed destined for is detention.â
THE MINOTAUR/THE WEIRDEST DREAM
âwhen i say run⌠run.â
âdonât pass out! donât pass out! donât pass out!â
âthis is weird, but a good weird.â
âyou drool when you sleep.â
ANOTHER TERRIBLE DAY
âit means a lot more paperwork for me.â
âof course, being alive is temporary.â
âthis is way out of my pay gradeâwhich is saying a lot, because i donât get paid.â
âwell, technically i am cursed.â
âyeah, and i half-care.â
âthe best thing is to break up with the guy!â
âi donât have time to fill you in on all the details.â
âyou can hate it here but i hated it first.â
THEIR SIGN
âit wasnât a dream? sheâs really gone?â
âyou mustnât blame yourself.â
âweâll help you adjust.â
âheâs got a lot to answer for.â
âthe guy didnât need to be âdad of the yearâ.â
âit could be⌠that is to say, the prophecies suggestâŚâ
âno one can blame you for holding a grudge.â
âwelcome to the dysfunctional family.â
PUT YOU IN YOUR PLACE
âprepare to be pulverized, newbie!â
âitâs gonna be bloody murder she wrote.â
âiâll put you in your place!â
âyou losers are a total drag.â
âstay there. itâs your first day. we donât want you messing this up.â
âheard you were toughâbut you donât look it.â
âyou got some issue with me, itâs pretty clear.â
THE CAMPFIRE SONG
âis the food here really that bad?â
âoffering to the gods. itâs not enough that theyâre omnipotent and all-powerful. they need to feel appreciated.â
âi met the guy once, and once was enough.â
âi ran away.â
âno one has seen him for thousands of years.â
âiâll bring home a boy and sheâs there in her nightie.â
âif i tried to sing, itâd probably cause an avalanche.â
âtoo bad heâs the worst and my life is a mess.â
THE ORACLE
âi have a destiny?â
âyou shall be betrayed by one who calls you a friend.â
GOOD KID
âeverything i ever do is wrong.â
âi keep my head down, i keep my chin up, but it ends up all the same.â
âguess iâm good for nothing at all.â
âthe only family that really mattered? well she vanished.â
âi never mean to hurt anyone.â
âno one ever tells me that theyâre proud.â
âall i need is one last chance to prove iâm good enough for someone.â
KILLER QUEST
âso what if no oneâs come back from the underworld? iâll be the first.â
âi canât ask you to come.â
âif youâre going to save the world, iâm the best person to keep you from messing it up.â
âiâm needed here, but how about something for the road?â
LOST!
âis the whole trip going to be like this?â
âall our food was in there!â
âitâs not safe to stay out here in the open.â
âi donât smell.â
âwell, i donât wanna die in the garden state!â
âiâm not saying sorry to a squirrel.â
âi think the gods are trying to tell me they hate me.â
MY GRAND PLAN
ââsmart girlâ only gets a girl so far.â
âsomeday soon someone will notice me.â
âmost girls never win if theyâre polite.â
âthe best thing you can do is run away.â
âiâll never be invisible again.â
DRIVE
âlook how far weâve come, we canât give in.â
âpeople are counting on us, and iâm counting on you.â
âaw, is that a chihuahua?â
âwhoa, whoa, whoaâwhy are we fighting?â
ârelax! i come in peace.â
âtonight, we need a place to sleep.â
THE WEIRDEST DREAM (REPRISE)
âthis is⌠scary.â
âeverything is unfolding as iâas we planned.â
âsacrifice is necessary to remake the world.â
THE TREE ON THE HILL
âi shouldâve told you, but iâi thought that if i did, youâd never want me on this quest.â
âmaybe if iâd been a little bit braverâŚâ
ââmaybeâ doesnât make it alright.â
âwe only survived because she stayed to hold off the monsters. she paid for her sacrifice with her life.â
D.O.A.
âyou ainât getting out.â
âwho do you feel like listening to?â
âyouâre dead!â
SON OF POSEIDON
âeverything i try to do will fail.â
âmaybe he did the best that he could doâŚâ
âhey, thatâs life, and life ainât fair.â
âiâll come back for you, i promise.â
âwe were set up. and i think i know who did the setting.â
âlet the slugfest begin!â
THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER
âwhat do you do when the battleâs won?â
âstay or go: pick one.â
âthereâs something left i still need to find.â
âsometimes family is worth the trouble. believe me.â
âiâve barely seen you since i got back. you avoiding me?â
âtime someone put them in their place.â
âitâs about wiping them out and taking our turn.â
âi donât care if i hurt anyone.â
BRING ON THE MONSTERS
âthere still might be a war.â
âare we ever gonna once have it easy?â
âiâll make mistakes, but my own, and it frees me.â
âif youâre looking for trouble, then count me in.â
âyouâll see me again.â
âiâll be back next summer.â








