🎼 [OVERTURE – Piano & Strings Build Up, Spotlight on Dave]
DAVE (sings):
(slow, dramatic)
🎵 This is my final dawn…
The sky is grey, the hope is gone
But I will do what lovers do
Though the world says that it’s wrong…
She’s my sister, yeah, it’s twisted,
But real hearts can’t be resisted
She’s with child, but fate’s not mild—
And today, I right the wrong 🎵
🎶 [VERSE 1 – Uptempo, comic desperation]
DAVE (confident):
🎵 They say it's sin, they say it's sick
But when she tripped, I caught her quick
It wasn’t fate—it was Thanksgiving
And that’s how we started… livin’ 🎵
🎵 She made a pie, I washed the plates
She looked at me — the hands of fate
And now she’s late, in every way
So I must pay… today! 🎵
🎵 [CHORUS – Broadway belting, arms outstretched]
🎵 I’ll lie down on that cold steel table
Let the surgeon carve my soul
Let them take what’s in me able—
To keep my sister whole! 🎵
🎵 They may judge, but they don’t know
What burns beneath this dish boy’s glow
So strike me down and take my part
For family... and love... and heart! 🎵
🎶 [VERSE 2 – Minor key, theatrical build]
🎵 I read the forms, I signed the sheet
I even shaved below the seat
I brought a rose, I wore my best
To die inside a clinic vest 🎵
🎵 The nurses stare, the doc looks grim
But brave I stand, with humble vim
This is my time—don’t make a fuss
Just say goodbye… to us. 🎵
🎵 [BRIDGE – Sudden key change, reveal moment]
DOCTOR (spoken, awkward):
“Sir, you're not... you're not having the abortion.”
DAVE (spoken, confused):
“What?”
DOCTOR:
“You’re... just here to pay and drive her home.”
DAVE (sings, panicking):
🎵 You mean I’m not... the sacrifice?!
You mean she lied... or worse—was nice?! 🎵
🎵 I thought I’d bleed, I thought I’d die
But all I get... is valet? WHY?! 🎵
🎵 [FINAL CHORUS – Fast-paced, unraveling]
🎵 I rehearsed my final breath!
I monologued the face of death!
I shaved my chest! I wrote a will!
I watched a YouTube “how to kill—yourself... gently.” 🎵
🎵 And now she’s out, no sign of grief
Eating chips and watching “Glee”
And I’m just Dave... the dish boy fool
In love, in debt... in therapy school 🎵
🎭 [FINALE – Curtain comes down slowly, spotlight dims]
DAVE (softly, a cappella):
🎵 They say love hurts, and sure, it does
Especially when it’s... borderline illegal
But even fools have hearts to give—
I’d do it all again...
...but maybe skip the clinic. 🎵
(Blackout)
