“Cliffhanger” Lyrics - Cut Song from ASOUE Season Two
Lemony Snicket
Sometimes a story is over
But it only seems just halfway through
There’s unfinished business
Hair-raising suspense
And lingering mystery too
You might feel upset with an ending like that
If it’s really an ending at all
You might feel as though
You’re on top of a cliff
And nobody knows if you’ll fall
Lemony Snicket/Violet/Klaus
It’s a cliffhanger, a cliffhanger
A story that cuts off midway
The world is like this, it’s a cliffhanger
Day after uncertain day
Violet
You might think you’re a hero
So it follows the hero will win
But now you’re tumbling
Goodness knows where
It’s a nerve-wracking state that you’re in
Count Olaf
Or you might think you’re a villain
With a scheme that you hope will prevail
But with this and with that
You don’t know where you’re at
Except midway through some anxious tale
Count Olaf/Esme Squalor/Troupe
It’s a cliffhanger, a cliffhanger
And it cuts off before it’s polite
The world is like this, it’s a cliffhanger
Night after uncertain night
Hook-Handed Man
Maybe the villain has henchmen
White-Faced Women
Henchwomen
Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender
Or Hench-I-don’t-know
Bald Man/Hugo/Colette/Kevin
They’re stuffed in the back of a car
They can’t drive
All the Henchfolk
And they don’t know where next they will go
Esme Squalor
Maybe somewhere there’s a beautiful dame
Who’s riding besides some smart guy
She’s had quite an exciting
Time on the road
But now she might leave him high and dry
All the Villains
It’s a cliffhanger, a cliffhanger
It stops when the end is near
The world is like this, it’s a cliffhanger
Year after uncertain year
Mr Poe
Maybe you work for a powerful bank
Mrs Poe
Or a newspaper everyone reads
The Poes
Maybe you try
To do everything right
But surely we know where that leads
Jacquelyn
Maybe you’re part of a secret
Larry
A secret that holds you in thrall
Lemony Snicket
But the truth is a secret that everyone shares
Jacquelyn/Larry/Lemony Snicket
The whole world knows nothing at all
Entire Cast
It’s a cliffhanger, a cliffhanger
We’re all on the edge of a knife
The world is like this, it’s a cliffhanger
Life after uncertain life
It’s a cliffhanger, a cliffhanger
When it’s night, when it’s noon, when it’s dawn
We’re all in suspense which is why we look tense
It goes on and on and on (it’s a cliffhanger!)
On and on and on (it’s a cliffhanger!)
On and on and on and on and-