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words are very unnecessary.  they can only do harm. indie rory o'connor.  penned by sky.

[laharlgirl]

The Picture of Dorian Gray starter sentences

[birbmask-blog]

“The worst of having a romance of any kind is that it leaves one so unromantic.” 

“There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted.”  

“Don’t speak. Let me think, or, rather, let me try not to think.”  

“I shudder at the thought of being free.”  

“You like everyone; that is to say, you are indifferent to everyone.”

“I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.” 

“You seem to forget that I am married….”

“I feel I must come with you. And will you talk to me all the time? No one talks so wonderfully as you do.” 

“Yes, I am glad now…..I wonder shall I always be glad?”

“I am tired of myself tonight. I should like to be somebody else.”  

“I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvelous to us.”

“Her/his trust makes me faithful, her/his belief makes me good.”

“The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.” 

“S/he has certainly not been paying me compliments. Perhaps that is the reason that I don’t believe anything s/he has told me.” 

“You have a wonderful influence. Let it be for good, not for evil.”  

“You will see the girl/guy/person to whom I am going to give all my life, to whom I have given everything that is good in me.” 

“______’s whims are laws to everybody, except herself/himself.”  

“People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.” 

“You must not tell me about things. What is done is done. What is past is past!“ 

“What would you say, _____, if I told you that I had murdered _____?”

“I love scandals about other people, but scandals about myself do not interest me. The have not got the charm of novelty.” 

“I suppose one must be serious sometimes.”  

“I didn’t say I liked it _____. I said it fascinated me. There is a great difference.” 

“You call yesterday the past?”

“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.” 

“All I want now is to look at life. You may come and look at it with me, if you care to.”  

“You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.” 

“It is only the sacred things that are worth touching, _____.”  

“I cannot help telling you things….you have a curious influence over me.”

“I should fancy, however, that murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.” 

“Passion makes one think in a circle.” 

“Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love’s tragedies.” 

“I shall show you my soul. You shall see the thing that you fancy only God can see.”

“I never talk during music–at least, during good music. If one hears bad music, it is one’s duty to drown it in conversation.”  

“You might see nothing in him/her, but I see everything in him/her.”  

“I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.” 

“Nowadays people know the price of everything, and the value of nothing.”  

“You used to stir my imagination.  Now you don’t even stir my curiosity.”  

“Perhaps in nearly every joy, as certainly in every pleasure, cruelty has its place.” 

“I don’t think I am heartless. Do you?’

“Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one.” 

“You don’t understand what friendship is, _____.” 

“Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world’s original sin.”

“For that—for that—I would give everything! Yes, there is nothing in the whole world I would not give! I would give my soul for that!“

“_____, you are dreadful! I don’t know why I like you so much.“ 

“A grande passion is the privilege of people who have nothing to do.”  

“As for believing things, I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible.”

“You are mad, _____…!”

“Some things are more precious because they don’t last long.”  

“Those words mean nothing to me now.“

“Hush! Don’t say that. You have done enough evil in your life. My God! Don’t you see that accursed thing leering at us?“

[neamhiomlan-blog]

OOC.  ok so here’s the outline, my dudes.  AS WE KNOW, i’m moving.  HOWEVER, it’s not gonna be in august, like i was originally told; i’m moving in two weeks from today, since we’ve had issues beyond issues.  so instead of being on sporadically, with minimal time going on, i’m barely on rory rn.  you can find me @musesofthesky, for the most part, since i only have time for ONE BLOG, in betweeen packing.  once i’m settled in my new home, && we have internet, i should be able to return to rory.  thank you for being understanding.  i’m logged into rory on mobile, so i’ll try to check messages && such at least once a week.  i’ll let you know when the wifi will be on in the new house.

[neamhiomlan-blog]

OOC.  i should have wifi in the new house next week, but i’m leaving wednesday.  the people we’ll be staying with may let us use their wifi, but i may be more focused on unpacking && LOOKING FOR A JOB.

[neamhiomlan-blog]

OOC.  you wouldn’t believe our bad string of luck, folks.  but thankfully, our stuff has finally arrived.  i still don’t have a job, but we’ve only been here since thursday, so i’m trying to be lowkey relaxed about it.  i’m officially taking rory off of semi-hiatus, though right now my focus is on MAIKA ( @@hclfwolf​ ) && JING YI ( @andrcidisms )

[neamhiomlan-blog]

OOC.  ok so here’s the outline, my dudes.  AS WE KNOW, i’m moving.  HOWEVER, it’s not gonna be in august, like i was originally told; i’m moving in two weeks from today, since we’ve had issues beyond issues.  so instead of being on sporadically, with minimal time going on, i’m barely on rory rn.  you can find me @musesofthesky, for the most part, since i only have time for ONE BLOG, in betweeen packing.  once i’m settled in my new home, && we have internet, i should be able to return to rory.  thank you for being understanding.  i’m logged into rory on mobile, so i’ll try to check messages && such at least once a week.  i’ll let you know when the wifi will be on in the new house.

[neamhiomlan-blog]

OOC.  i should have wifi in the new house next week, but i’m leaving wednesday.  the people we’ll be staying with may let us use their wifi, but i may be more focused on unpacking && LOOKING FOR A JOB.

[transrppositivity]

we are currently working on a MASTERLIST of trans/nb characters in the rpc. so reblog this to be added to it if your character is trans/nb!! please include: the character’s name, fandom, and gender. thank you :)

[neamhiomlan-blog]

OOC.  ok so here’s the outline, my dudes.  AS WE KNOW, i’m moving.  HOWEVER, it’s not gonna be in august, like i was originally told; i’m moving in two weeks from today, since we’ve had issues beyond issues.  so instead of being on sporadically, with minimal time going on, i’m barely on rory rn.  you can find me @musesofthesky, for the most part, since i only have time for ONE BLOG, in betweeen packing.  once i’m settled in my new home, && we have internet, i should be able to return to rory.  thank you for being understanding.  i’m logged into rory on mobile, so i’ll try to check messages && such at least once a week.  i’ll let you know when the wifi will be on in the new house.

[neamhiomlan-blog]

OOC.  hey guys, i’m still on that semi-hiatus.  between the fact my headspace is shit, && we officially have a move-in day of JULY 15, i’ve only been able to muster the energy for my multimuse, which is the easiest place to find me.

[lost-prince-of-corona]

Please reblog this is if you would rp with trans muses.

I see a lot of people unwilling to rp with me because my muse is trans, and because of that I feel nobody in the rp community ever will. So, yeah, reblog if you would rp with trans muses (nonbinary muses included).

[neamhiomlan-blog]

magicbred:

“If you’re one of those necromancers that uses a skull for a CANDLE HOLDER or something to that effect, please stay far away from me; you’re ruining my aesthetic just being in my presence.”

     ‘what if i’m a POOR COLLEGE STUDENT, && halloween decorations were fifty percent off at dollar tree?”

[foreverborne]

        SO WHAT ARE YOU?

                                     original character // written by lexi.

[damnbutcher]

⚔ ✞ The Mortal Instruments (book series) ✞ ⚔

90 sentence starters from books one through six of The Mortal Instruments. send one for my muses reaction! Feel free to change anything that needs changing in order for it to make sense to have come from your muse.

❝ It may look like a person and talk like a person and maybe even bleed like a person, but it’s a monster. ❞ ❝ I may be a killer, but I know what I am. Can you say the same? ❞ ❝ Unfortunately we’re all out of bitter revenge at the moment, so it’s either tea or nothing. ❞ ❝ The meek may inherit the earth, but at the moment it belongs to the conceited. Like me. ❞ ❝ If you were half as funny as you thought you were, you’d be twice as funny as you are. ❞ ❝ The most terrible things men do, they do in the name of love. ❞ ❝ I use my rapier wit to hide my inner pain. ❞ ❝ Is this when you start tearing strips off your T-shirt to bind up my wound? ❞ ❝ If you wanted me to rip my clothes off, you should have just asked. It would have been a lot less painful. ❞ ❝ Next time you’re planning to injure yourself to get my attention, just remember that a little sweet talk works wonders. ❞ ❝ You could try not being charming all the time. It might be a relief for everyone. ❞ ❝ If you insist on disavowing that which is ugly about what you do, you will never learn from your mistakes. ❞ ❝ You know, most psychologists agree that hostility is really just sublimated sexual attraction. ❞ ❝ You tore my heart out years ago when you betrayed and deserted me. ❞ ❝ You’re skilled enough, but you could not kill me. You have always been softhearted. ❞ ❝ I’m pure at heart. It repels the dirt. ❞ ❝ You think charm is the same as honesty? I used to think so. I was wrong. ❞ ❝ I prefer to think that I’m a liar in a way that’s uniquely my own. ❞ ❝ Don’t bother feeding me some story about how you just happened to wander along after he spontaneously died. I know you did this. ❞ ❝ Look on the bright side, if they need a human sacrifice, you can always offer me. ❞ ❝ Desire is not always lessened by disgust. Nor can it be bestowed, like a favor, to those most deserving of it. ❞ ❝ I wish I could hate you. I want to hate you. I try to hate you. It would be so much easier if I did hate you. ❞ ❝ I admire your stubbornness. It’s so much like mine. ❞ ❝ You never got a chance to tell me the truth. I don’t trust you, I want you to know that, but I thought I’d give you the chance to tell me. ❞ ❝ We are meant for a higher purpose, you and I. The distractions of the world are just that, distractions. If we allow ourselves to be turned aside from our course by them, we are duly punished. ❞ ❝ I’ve heard the word ‘fear’, I simply choose to believe it doesn’t apply to me. ❞ ❝ I’d say it’s been nice meeting you, but, in fact, it hasn’t. It’s been quite awkward, and frankly, the next time I see you will be far too soon. ❞ ❝ I thought I’d lie on the floor and writhe in pain for a while. It relaxes me. ❞ ❝ I hope you know what I mean when I say I’m sorry you’re here, but I’m glad you’re with me. ❞ ❝ You disappear so completely into your head sometimes. I wish I could follow you. ❞ ❝ But isn’t that what love is? Ownership? ‘I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine,’ as the Song of Songs goes. ❞ ❝ Never believe the bad guy is dead until you see a body. That just leads to unhappiness and surprise ambushes. ❞ ❝ Every time you almost die, I almost die myself. ❞ ❝ You’re not going. If I have to tie you up and sit on you until this insane whim of yours passes, you are not going. ❞ ❝ You were just upset about being left behind, like a child, and you had a tantrum. And now we’re here. Lost. ❞ ❝ Go ahead and do whatever you want, regardless of who it hurts. You always do anyway, don’t you? ❞ ❝ You could at least pretend you were glad to see me. Even a little bit. ❞ ❝ I have a fetish for damsels in distress. My services are also available to gentlemen in distress. It’s an equal opportunity fetish. ❞ ❝ I know how you think you feel about me. You don’t, though. You just like me because I’m safe. There’s no risk. ❞ And then you never have to try to have a real relationship, because you can use me as an excuse. ❞ ❝ I felt like you were someone I’d always been waiting for. I saw you feel it too. Don’t tell me you didn’t. ❞ ❝ You think you only want me because you’re evil, not human. You just want something else you can hate yourself for. I won’t let you use me to prove to yourself how worthless you are. ❞ ❝ I’m tired of you only wanting me around when you need something. I’m tired of watching you be in love with someone else—someone, incidentally, who will never love you back. Not the way I do. ❞ ❝ Anyway, I just saved you from being burned to death, so I figure you’re not allowed to be mad. ❞ ❝ I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there’s a life after that, I’ll love you then. ❞ ❝ I always figure it’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission in these sorts of situations. ❞ ❝ I want them to writhe and die on the ground. They deserve shame before they get oblivion. ❞ ❝ So now what? You’re going to kill me while I’m tied up? Does the thought of fighting me scare you that much? ❝ You keep passing out on me. It’s extremely tedious. ❞ ❝ But I thought of you—I saw you there, clearly, as if you were standing in front of me, watching me, and I knew I wanted to live, wanted it more than I’d ever wanted anything, if only so that I could see your face one more time. ❞ ❝ I am a man, and men do not consume pink beverages. Get thee gone, woman, and bring me something brown. ❞ ❝ Oh, good. You’re starting to talk about yourself in the third person. That’s not a sign of impending megalomania or anything. ❞ ❝ Seems an odd time to start an insult contest, but if you insist, I could probably think up something good. ❞ ❝ It’s fascinating. You know all these words, and they’re all English, but when you string them together into sentences, they just don’t make any sense. ❞ ❝ You left me. You made a pet out of me, and then you left me. If love were food, I would have starved on the bones you gave me. ❞ ❝ You would do anything to save him, whatever it cost you, whatever you might owe to Hell or Heaven, would you not? ❞ ❝ Latent homosexual panic will do you in every time. ❞ ❝ You villains and your creepy eugenics programs are starting to bore me. ❞ ❝ Killing them is the most merciful thing you can do. ❞ ❝ I am a woman. I will use any weapon and all weapons to get what I want. ❞ ❝ I don’t know why I had to fall in love with someone who’s more stubborn than I am. ❞ ❝ God knows we’re all drawn toward what’s beautiful and broken. ❞ ❝ Watching me play Scrabble is enough to make most women swoon. Imagine if I actually put in some effort. ❞ ❝ Let me break it down for you. I’m young. I’m pretty. And I’m willing to burn the whole world to the ground to get what I want. ❞ ❝ You have ruthlessness in your bones and ice in your heart. Don’t tell me any differently. ❞ ❝ Viewing my naked chest has caused many women to seriously injure themselves stampeding to get to me. ❞ ❝ I was going to kill someone today. I just wasn’t sure who when I woke up this morning. I do love mornings, so full of possibilities. ❞ ❝ Goodness is not kindness, and there is nothing crueler than virtue. ❞ ❝ Weapons, when they break and are mended, can be stronger at the mended places. Perhaps hearts are the same. ❞ ❝ We are so much lovelier when we fall. ❞ ❝ You are mine. You have always been mine. When you were born, you were mine, though you did not know me. There are bonds that nothing can erase. ❞ ❝ Mercy is a condition of your agreement. ❞ ❝ The things you’ve done are too terrible to ever be forgiven, and you don’t even know they’re terrible. I will never forgive you. I will never love you. ❞ ❝ You lie when you tell me you’ll never love me. ❞ ❝ I’ve given you your chance to come willingly now. I’ve paid in blood and inconvenience to have you with me by your own choice. But I will take you unwilling, just the same. ❞ ❝ I only have two reactions to bad news - uncontrollable rage and then a sharp left turn into boiling self-hatred. ❞ ❝ This better be really juicy. And weird. Were bicycles involved in some kinky way? Vacuum cleaners? Umbrellas? ❞ ❝ The wishes of our hearts are weapons that can be used against us. ❞ ❝ I think they’ll probably put that on my gravestone. ‘He Was Heterosexual and Had Low Expectations.’ ❞ ❝ It was a little homoerotic, maybe, but I’m secure in my sexuality. ❞ ❝ You must love me. I never thought you’d admit anyone was prettier than you. ❞ ❝ I loved you recklessly from the moment I knew you. I never cared about the consequences. ❞ ❝ There are things we want, down under what we know, under even what we feel. There are things our souls want, and mine wants you. ❞ ❝ I can read your face like a very open, very pornographic book. I wish I couldn’t. ❞ ❝ It doesn’t matter if I hurt you because you belong to me. I can do what I want with you. ❞ ❝ I don’t want other people touching you or owning you or hurting you. I want you to be around, to admire me and to see what I’ve done, what I’ve accomplished. ❞ ❝ You have a dark heart in you, and it is a darkness we share. ❞ ❝ When I am all there is in your world, when I am all that is left, you will love me back. ❞ ❝ Hate me. Rejoice when I die. The last thing I would want now would be to bring you more grief. ❞ ❝ Ghosts are memories, and we carry them because those we love do not leave the world. ❞ ❝ We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss. ❞

[neamhiomlan-blog]

OOC.  i’m gonna put this in my sidebar in a sec’, but i thought y’all should know: UNTIL SEPTEMBER ABOUTS, i’m gonna be on semi-hiatus, due to the fact i’m moving in the next few months, && I’M TRYING TO PACK now, so when the official move date comes, it’s just a matter of shoving shit into the truck && going.

[neamhiomlan-blog]

@xonexiness liked the call

     it’s supposed to be just a normal trip to the grocery store.  but AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, it’s hurricane season, && THERE’S NOTHING LEFT IN STORES.  rory doesn’t want to have to come back out to find the grocery store closed, either, so it’s been a long, busy day of gathering supplies.  but no, oh no, today’s gone from bad to worse.

     it seems that rory && THIS KID IN THE WHEELCHAIR have gotten locked in the store.  && WHILE RORY HAS NO PROBLEM FERRYING THE KID HOME, the point remains that being locked in the store isn’t exactly fun for anybody.

     ‘hey, kid.  let’s get our stuff && GO, yeah?’  rory signs, too fed up with a dead cell battery to even try && do much else.

[neamhiomlan-blog]

percurrere:

Whoa there! This isn’t something she’s read about. This is a good time to reach for some potions. While getting dragged along for the run, her other hand went right into her bag. Pulling out three vials, two were useful for now and she just needed to use her smoke bomb. Not even needing to open it, she tossed it behind her to break on the ground. That would hopefully give them some time to get further. She would need a minute before using her other vials of potions. As much as Audrey would want to learn about this being, she was trusting Rory’s decision to run, besides that thing is terrifying. 

     please don’t follow us, rory thinks.  rory pulls audrey down a one-way side road, past a set of run-down apartment buildings hidden in the downtown that city gentrification hadn’t quite yet gotten to.  rory looks back, thankful for the smoke bomb, before they pull audrey behind a building.  RORY LETS GO OF HER, their hands shaking all the while.

     ‘THE MONSTERS USUALLY DON’T LEAVE BODIES.’  rory signs frantically, breathing heavily, body shaking from the speed at which they had taken off.  ‘i don’t know why this one did.  the last time i saw one do this, there was a HUGE MASSACRE.  hopefully, it doesn’t choose to chase us--’

[neamhiomlan-blog]

milleadh:

               Well, that was easy. Too easy. The willingness in which the other stilled was confusing to him, especially when coupled with that expression. Why weren’t they saying anything? Who even were they? Amber eyes very subtle gloss over as he searches his thoughts, though to the untrained eye it’d appear like he was still watching carefully. What had Tim’s recordings said about him? It takes a few moments, but eventually the Noah draws forth two key pieces of information; 1. His name is Rory. 2. He doesn’t talk. 

               That explained a lot. Comprehension dawns on Nea’s face as he finally blinks, a light scowl twisting at his lips. “ I don’t speak sign language. “ He states bluntly, having never before found a reason to. The knife lowers, gesturing to the door. “ Now scram before I get sick of your face. “ He’s a busy man with an annoying limb to remove, after all. 

     nope.  that ain’t happening.  rory shakes their head, stepping forward.  RIGHT, RIGHT--nea, like a good majority of the people rory seems to know, doesn’t understand what rory’s trying to sign.  so therefore, rory’s resorting to gestures to try && make themself understood.  so rory points at the knife, && THEN AT THE GROUND, hoping the gesture would make the ‘put the knife down’ relatively clear.

     not that rory really wants to fight the noah inhabiting this exorcist’s body, but well, it’s looking like rory’s not going to have a choice; there’s no alarms they can sound.

[neamhiomlan-blog]

errantium:

     Cry watches with curious eyes, hand curled around her drink, the condensation on the glass dripping onto her fingers. She wonders what drives humans to fight - though, to be fair, she often gets the SAME URGE. However, there is seemingly no meaning behind the man’s fury. She swivels in her seat to watch in her intrigue, eyebrows rising as the man who had been sitting beside her ( before he’d been pulled up like that ) met eyes with her. 

          And then gets punched in the face. 

     She waits a bit longer. Watches with an oddly morbid fascination, eyes not once leaving the scene, even as the other’s face is bloodied. And then she stands with a sigh, making the effort to wedge herself between them, place her hand on the burly guy’s chest. “Now, now, I think we’ve had ENOUGH OF THAT. What’s your problem?” 

     OH GREAT.  the exact thing rory had been trying to avoid.  violence is always a messy approach, even in the exorcist line of work.  but then the young lady is pushing herself between them && THE OTHER GUY, && rory feels a sinking in their gut.  this can’t be good.  it won’t be good.

     so before the other guy can reply to cry, rory’s trying to push her behind him once more.  it’s for the best, they think--to use themself as a shield between them.

     the other guy merely sneers.  “YOU THINK I CARE about your damn opinions girly?  how about you shut the fuck up, && GO BACK INTO YOUR SPACE, WHERE YOU BELONG.”

[neamhiomlan-blog]

milleadh:

               “ Who the fuck’re you?! “ The sudden appearance of an exorcist is enough to get him to remove the blade from where it was digging into his shoulder, instead pointing it in the stranger’s direction. He knew it was a bad idea to stop here- But fuck, this damn arm wouldn’t let him c o n c e n t r a t e. Amber eyes focus on his signing, but after so long on the run his mind skips the obvious entirely. As far as his paranoia’s concerned, the Order teaching their soldiers spellwork is much more likely than Rory trying to communicate with him. 

               Stance shifting defensively, he adjusts his grip on the knife, looking for all the world like a dog about to bite. “ Don’t you dare move an inch. “

     rory doesn’t say a word--not that rory would, but the point remains--instead choosing to affix nea with the most DISDAINFUL LOOK RORY COULD MUSTER.  it’s amazing, how this noah expects answers.  but rory doesn’t give any responses, again, not like they could.  so rory waits, with an expression that changes from DISDAINFUL, to something equivalent to a mother waiting for an unruly child’s excuses for why they’re being misbehaving.

     they don’t move though, beyond the change in facial expressions.

[bluesmemethings]

the ultimate heathers lyric starter meme ( act 2 )

MY DEAD GAY SON

❛  You wait just a minute, (name)!  ❜

❛  It’s ignorant, hateful talk like yours that makes this world a place that they could not live in.  ❜

❛  They were not dirty!  ❜

❛  They were not wrong!  ❜

❛  They were two lonely verses in the Lord’s great song.  ❜

❛  Our boys were pansies, (name)!  ❜

❛  Yes! My boys a homosexual, and that don’t scare me none.  ❜

❛  I want the world to know, I love my dead, gay son.  ❜

❛  I’ve been thinking. Praying. Reading some magazines.  ❜

❛  It’s time we opened our eyes.  ❜

❛  Well, the good Lord created the universe.  ❜

❛  The Lord created man.  ❜

❛  I believe it’s all a part of His gigantic plan.  ❜

❛  I know God has a reason for each mountain and each flower, and why he chose to let our boys get busy in the shower!  ❜

❛  I never cared for homos much until I reared me one.  ❜

❛  He loves his son.  ❜

❛  Jesus says it’s cool!  ❜

❛  They just had flair!  ❜

❛  They were desperate to be free!  ❜

❛  They took a rebel stance, stripped to their underpants.  ❜

❛  I can’t believe that you still refuse to get a clue after all that we’ve been through.  ❜

❛  I’m talking you and me, in the summer of ‘83.  ❜

❛  That was one hell of a fishing trip.  ❜

❛  Our jobs are now continuing the work that they begun.  ❜

❛  They were good men!  ❜

❛  We’ll teach the world to love.  ❜

SEVENTEEN

❛  Fine, we’re damaged. Really damaged, but that does not make us wise.  ❜

❛  We’re not special. We’re not different.  ❜

❛  We don’t choose who lives and dies.  ❜

❛  Let’s be normal. Watch bad movies, sneak a beer and watch TV.  ❜

❛  Don’t you want a life with me?  ❜

❛  Can’t we be seventeen? That’s all I want to do.  ❜

❛  If you could let me in, I could be good with you.  ❜

❛  People hurt us, or they vanish, and you’re right, it really blows.  ❜

❛  We let go, take a deep breath.  ❜

❛  Don’t stop looking in my eyes.  ❜

❛  Is that so hard to do?  ❜

❛  Let us be seventeen, if we’ve still got the right.  ❜

❛  So what’s it gonna be?  ❜

❛  I want to be with you.  ❜

❛  Yeah, we’re damaged. Badly damaged.  ❜

❛  Your love’s too good to lose.  ❜

❛  Hold me tighter. Even closer.  ❜

❛  I’ll stay if I am what you choose.  ❜

❛  You’re the one I choose.  ❜

SHINE A LIGHT

❛  Deep inside of everyone there’s a hot ball of shame.  ❜

❛  If we show the ugly parts that we hide away, they turn out to be beautiful by the light of day.  ❜

❛  Every day’s a battlefield when pride’s on the line.  ❜

❛  I attack your weakness and pray you don’t see mine.  ❜

❛  If I share my ugly parts and you show me yours, our love can knock our walls down and unlock all our doors.  ❜

❛  Who wants to share what’s in their heart?  ❜

❛  No volunteers? Fine, I’ll start.  ❜

❛  I live alone. My husband left. My kids are grown.  ❜

❛  In the 60s love was free, that did not work out well for me.  ❜

❛  The revolution came and went – tried to change the world, barely made a dent.  ❜

❛  I’ve struggled with despair.  ❜

❛  I’ve joined a cult.  ❜

❛  I chant, I prayed but God’s not there.  ❜

❛  (name) I’m ending our affair!  ❜

❛  I faked it every time.  ❜

LIFEBOAT

❛  I float in a boat in a raging black ocean, low in the water with no where to go.  ❜

❛  The people smell desperate.  ❜

❛  We’ll sink any minute so someone must go.  ❜

❛  Everyone’s pushing! Everyone’s fighting!  ❜

❛  There’s no where to hide.  ❜

❛  The captain is pointing. well who made her captain?  ❜

❛  Still, the weakest must go.  ❜

SHINE A LIGHT (REPRISE)

❛  Aw look, (name) is gonna cry.  ❜

❛  Stupid childproof caps!  ❜

❛  Aw look, (name) is gonna whine all night.  ❜

❛  You don’t deserve to live.  ❜

❛  Why not kill yourself?  ❜

❛  Here, have a sedative.  ❜

❛  Whine, whine, whine like there’s no Santa Clause.  ❜

❛  You’re pathetic because you whine!  ❜

❛  You whine all night!  ❜

❛  Your ass is off the team!  ❜

❛  Go on and bitch and moan.  ❜

❛  You don’t deserve the dream!  ❜

❛  You’re gonna die alone.  ❜

KINDERGARTEN BOYFRIEND

❛  He was sweet, he said that I was smart.  ❜

❛  He was good at sports and people liked him.  ❜

❛  At nap time, once, we shared a mat.  ❜

❛  I didn’t sleep, I sat and watched him breathing.  ❜

❛  I watched him dream for almost half an hour. Then he woke up.  ❜

❛  He pulled a scab off one time playing kickball, kissed me quick and pressed it in my hand.  ❜

❛  I took that scab and put it in a locket, all year long I wore it near my heart.  ❜

❛  He didn’t care if I was thin or pretty.  ❜

❛  He was mine until we hit first grade.  ❜

❛  Last night I dreamed a horse with wings flew down into my home room.  ❜

❛  Now we’re all grown up and we know better.  ❜

❛  Now we recognize the way things are.  ❜

❛  Certain boys are just for kindergarten.  ❜

❛  Certain girls are meant to be alone.  ❜

❛  I believe that any dream worth having, is a dream that should not have to end.  ❜

❛  I’ll build a dream that I can live in, and this time I’m never waking up.  ❜

YO GIRL

❛  Oh my god, is she dead?  ❜

❛  Just another geek trying to imitate the popular people and failing miserably.  ❜

❛  keep it together.  ❜

❛  I knew you would come far.  ❜

❛  Smell how gangsta you are.  ❜

❛  I’m so sorry.  ❜

❛  Feel a bit punchy?  ❜

❛  She’s not looking so well.  ❜

❛  You’ve earned that red scrunchie.  ❜

❛  Come join (name) in hell.  ❜

❛  Where have you been?  ❜

❛  We’ve been worried sick!  ❜

❛  Your friend, (name), stopped by.  ❜

❛  He told us everything.  ❜

❛  He’s got your hand writing down cold.  ❜

❛  Please, honey, talk to us.  ❜

❛  No, you wouldn’t understand.  ❜

❛  Guess who’s right down the block?  ❜

❛  I’ve experienced everything you’re going through.  ❜

❛  Guess who’s climbing the stairs?  ❜

❛  Your problems seem like life and death, I promise they’re not.  ❜

❛  Guess who’s picking your lock.  ❜

❛  You don’t know what my world looks like!  ❜

❛  Times up! Go say your prayers.  ❜

❛  (name)’s running on fumes now.  ❜

❛  (name)’s totally fried.  ❜

❛  (name)’s gotta be tripping on shrooms now.  ❜

❛  (name)’s done for, there’s no doubt now.  ❜

❛  Notify next of kin.  ❜

❛  Too late, he got in.  ❜

❛  Sorry for coming in through the window, dreadful etiquette I know.  ❜

❛  Get out of my house!  ❜

MEANT TO BE YOURS

❛  All is forgiven baby!  ❜

❛  Come on, get dressed! You’re my date to the pep rally tonight!  ❜

❛  You chucked me out like I was trash.  ❜

❛  For that, you should be dead.  ❜

❛  Then it hit me like a flash: what if high school went away instead?  ❜

❛  Those assholes are the key.  ❜

❛  They’re keeping you away from me.  ❜

❛  They made you bling, messed up your mind.  ❜

❛  I can set you free!  ❜

❛  You left me and I fell apart.  ❜

❛  I punched the wall and cried.  ❜

❛  I found you changed my heart and set loose all that truthful shit inside.  ❜

❛  So, I built a bomb!  ❜

❛  Tonight our school is Vietnam.  ❜

❛  Let’s guarantee they never see their senior prom!  ❜

❛  I was meant to be yours.  ❜

❛  We were meant to be one.  ❜

❛  Don’t give up on me now.  ❜

❛  Finish what we’ve begun.  ❜

❛  In the rubble of their tomb, we’ll plant this not explaining why they died.  ❜

❛  Our burned bodies may finally get through to you.  ❜

❛  Your society churns out slaves and blanks, no thanks.  ❜

❛  We’ll watch the smoke pour out the doors.  ❜

❛  Bring marshmallows, we’ll make s’mores.  ❜

❛  We can smile and cuddle while the fire roars.  ❜

❛  I can’t make it alone.  ❜

❛  You were meant to be mine.  ❜

❛  I am all that you need.  ❜

❛  You carved open my heart, can’t just leave me to bleed.  ❜

❛  Open the door please.  ❜

❛  Can we not fight anymore?  ❜

❛  (Name), sure, you’re scared, I’ve been there.  ❜

❛  (Name), don’t make me come in there.  ❜

❛  I’m gonna count to three. 1, 2, fuck it–  ❜

❛  Oh my god.  ❜

❛  Please don’t leave me alone.  ❜

❛  You were all I could trust.  ❜

❛  I can’t do this alone, still, I will if I must.  ❜

DEAD GIRL WALKING (REPRISE)

❛  I wanted someone strong who could protect me.  ❜

❛  I let his anger fester and infect me.  ❜

❛  His solution is a lie.  ❜

❛  No one here deserves to die, except for me and the monster I created.  ❜

❛  Heads up (name).  ❜

❛  I’m a dead girl walking.  ❜

❛  Can’t hide from me.  ❜

❛  There’s your final bell.  ❜

❛  It’s one more dance and then farewell.  ❜

❛  (name) told me you just committed suicide?  ❜

❛  Yeah, well, he’s wrong about a lot of things.  ❜

❛  I through together a lovely tribute, especially considering the short notice.  ❜

❛  What’s under the gym?  ❜

❛  That’s it.  ❜

❛  What’s that sound?  ❜

❛  Give a great big yell!  ❜

❛  Step away from the bomb.  ❜

❛  This little thing? I’d hardly call it a bomb.  ❜

❛  This is just to trigger the packs of thermals upstairs –those are bombs.  ❜

❛  I wish your mom had been a little stronger.  ❜

❛  I wish she’d stayed around a little longer.  ❜

❛  I wish your dad were good.  ❜

❛  I wish grownups understood.  ❜

❛  I wish we’d met before they convinced you life is war.  ❜

❛  I wish you’d come with me.  ❜

❛  I wish I had more TNT!  ❜

I AM DAMAGED

❛  I am damaged. Far too damaged.  ❜

❛  You’re not beyond repair.  ❜

❛  Stick around here, make things better.  ❜

❛  You beat me fair and square.  ❜

❛  Please stand back now.  ❜

❛  Don’t know what this thing will do.  ❜

❛  Hope you miss me.  ❜

❛  Wish you’d kiss me.  ❜

❛  I’ll trade my life for yours.  ❜

❛  Wait, hold on!  ❜

❛  Once I disappear, clean up the mess down here.  ❜

❛  Not this way!  ❜

❛  Say hi to God.  ❜

SEVENTEEN (REPRISE)

❛  Listen up kids, war is over.  ❜

❛  Brand new sheriff’s come to town.  ❜

❛  We are done with acting evil.  ❜

❛  We will lay our weapons down.  ❜

❛  We’re all damaged, we’re all frightened, we’re all freaks but that’s alright.  ❜

❛  We’ll endure it. We’ll survive it.  ❜

❛  (name) are you free tonight?  ❜

❛  High school may not ever end.  ❜

❛  Still, I miss you.  ❜

❛  I’d be honored, if you’d let me be your friend.  ❜

❛  We can be seventeen.  ❜

❛  If nobody loves me now, someday somebody will.  ❜

❛  There’s still time to make things.  ❜

❛  One day we’ll change the world, but let’s kick back tonight.  ❜

❛  Let’s go be seventeen, take off our clothes and dance.  ❜

❛  This could be our final chance.  ❜

❛  We’ll make it beautiful.  ❜