THE LIGHTNING THIEF MUSICAL SENTENCE STARTERS
PROLOGUE/THE DAY I GOT EXPELLED
“you never listen to me!”
“it mostly gets you killed in very nasty ways.”
“i’m less a player and more the played.”
“honestly i’d totally be fine if i could make it to the next grade.”
“is it me, or is greek mythology not deeply weird?”
“she’s a monster! not literally. i don’t think.”
“dude. i’m your only friend.”
“hey, don’t talk about my mom.”
“you think i’m trouble. just like everyone else.”
“i can’t tell you all my secrets.”
“we’re better off without him.”
“yeah, he sounds like a real winner.”
“the things that make you different are the very things that make you strong.”
“the only thing i seemed destined for is detention.”
THE MINOTAUR/THE WEIRDEST DREAM
“don’t pass out! don’t pass out! don’t pass out!”
“this is weird, but a good weird.”
“you drool when you sleep.”
“it means a lot more paperwork for me.”
“of course, being alive is temporary.”
“this is way out of my pay grade—which is saying a lot, because i don’t get paid.”
“well, technically i am cursed.”
“the best thing is to break up with the guy!”
“i don’t have time to fill you in on all the details.”
“you can hate it here but i hated it first.”
“it wasn’t a dream? she’s really gone?”
“you mustn’t blame yourself.”
“he’s got a lot to answer for.”
“the guy didn’t need to be ‘dad of the year’.”
“it could be… that is to say, the prophecies suggest…”
“no one can blame you for holding a grudge.”
“welcome to the dysfunctional family.”
“prepare to be pulverized, newbie!”
“it’s gonna be bloody murder she wrote.”
“i’ll put you in your place!”
“you losers are a total drag.”
“stay there. it’s your first day. we don’t want you messing this up.”
“heard you were tough—but you don’t look it.”
“you got some issue with me, it’s pretty clear.”
“is the food here really that bad?”
“offering to the gods. it’s not enough that they’re omnipotent and all-powerful. they need to feel appreciated.”
“i met the guy once, and once was enough.”
“no one has seen him for thousands of years.”
“i’ll bring home a boy and she’s there in her nightie.”
“if i tried to sing, it’d probably cause an avalanche.”
“too bad he’s the worst and my life is a mess.”
“you shall be betrayed by one who calls you a friend.”
“everything i ever do is wrong.”
“i keep my head down, i keep my chin up, but it ends up all the same.”
“guess i’m good for nothing at all.”
“the only family that really mattered? well she vanished.”
“i never mean to hurt anyone.”
“no one ever tells me that they’re proud.”
“all i need is one last chance to prove i’m good enough for someone.”
“so what if no one’s come back from the underworld? i’ll be the first.”
“i can’t ask you to come.”
“if you’re going to save the world, i’m the best person to keep you from messing it up.”
“i’m needed here, but how about something for the road?”
“is the whole trip going to be like this?”
“all our food was in there!”
“it’s not safe to stay out here in the open.”
“well, i don’t wanna die in the garden state!”
“i’m not saying sorry to a squirrel.”
“i think the gods are trying to tell me they hate me.”
“‘smart girl’ only gets a girl so far.”
“someday soon someone will notice me.”
“most girls never win if they’re polite.”
“the best thing you can do is run away.”
“i’ll never be invisible again.”
“look how far we’ve come, we can’t give in.”
“people are counting on us, and i’m counting on you.”
“aw, is that a chihuahua?”
“whoa, whoa, whoa—why are we fighting?”
“relax! i come in peace.”
“tonight, we need a place to sleep.”
THE WEIRDEST DREAM (REPRISE)
“everything is unfolding as i—as we planned.”
“sacrifice is necessary to remake the world.”
“i should’ve told you, but i—i thought that if i did, you’d never want me on this quest.”
“maybe if i’d been a little bit braver…”
“‘maybe’ doesn’t make it alright.”
“we only survived because she stayed to hold off the monsters. she paid for her sacrifice with her life.”
“who do you feel like listening to?”
“everything i try to do will fail.”
“maybe he did the best that he could do…”
“hey, that’s life, and life ain’t fair.”
“i’ll come back for you, i promise.”
“we were set up. and i think i know who did the setting.”
“let the slugfest begin!”
“what do you do when the battle’s won?”
“there’s something left i still need to find.”
“sometimes family is worth the trouble. believe me.”
“i’ve barely seen you since i got back. you avoiding me?”
“time someone put them in their place.”
“it’s about wiping them out and taking our turn.”
“i don’t care if i hurt anyone.”
“there still might be a war.”
“are we ever gonna once have it easy?”
“i’ll make mistakes, but my own, and it frees me.”
“if you’re looking for trouble, then count me in.”
“i’ll be back next summer.”
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