B-52 Blues

[Intro - Distant piano, dramatic strings, a single spotlight]
[Tenor voice, trembling]
In the ink-black sky... a shadow moves...
The Guild calls it disaster... I call it... the blues...

[Verse 1 - Operatic, powerful, dramatic gestures]
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH—!
B-EEEEE FIFTY-TWOOOOO IN THE SKYYYYY—!
SCREAMING EAGLE, DIVE-BOMB CRYYYYY—!
I WAS MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS, GATHERING SOME ORE
WHEN I HEARD THAT DREADED SOUND—A ROAR I CAN'T IGNORE!
[Spoken, terrified]
...it's above me, isn't it?

[Chorus - Full orchestra, tenor soaring]
BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!)
YOUR SCALES ARE FALLING FROM THE SKY!
BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!)
I CAN'T ESCAPE YOU, NO MATTER HOW I TRY!
BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!)
THE POD PEOPLE, THEY WARNED ME OF YOUR NAME!
BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!)
NOTHING'S EVER QUITE THE SAME!

[Verse 2 - More dramatic, handkerchief waving]
I was hunting a Great Jagras—simple, harmless, slow
When a shadow fell upon us and I felt my courage go
My Palico looked upward, eyes wide with primal fear
And whispered "Meowster... it's here."
The bombs began to tumble, like teardrops from the sky
I ran and rolled and scrambled, but there was nowhere left to hide
WHY ME?! WHY NOW?! WHY HERE?!
[Crying]
I JUST WANTED TO CARVE SOME HIDES THIS YEAR!

[Pre-Chorus - Building tension]
The wings... the scales... the dive... the wails...
THE BOMBS... THE BOMBS... THE BOMBS... THE BOMBS—

[Chorus - Even more powerful]
BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!)
YOUR SCALES ARE FALLING FROM THE SKY!
BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!)
I CAN'T ESCAPE YOU, NO MATTER HOW I TRY!
BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!)
THE POD PEOPLE, THEY WARNED ME OF YOUR NAME!
BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!)
NOTHING'S EVER QUITE THE SAME!

[Bridge - Soprano joins, duet of despair]
[Soprano as Bazelgeuse]
I only want to help you... my scales are gifts from me...
[Tenor]
YOUR GIFTS EXPLODE, YOU MONSTER!
[Soprano]
...is that not poetry?

[Orchestral Interlude - Strings weep, brass wails]

[Final Verse - Spoken, defeated]
I'm in the Guiding Lands now... thought I'd be safe here...
[Distant buzzing]
...no.
NO.
NOOOOOOOOO—

[Final Chorus - Max volume, full cast]
BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!)
THERE ARE SCALES NOW IN MY HAIR!
BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!)
EVERYWHERE! POD PEOPLE! SCALES EVERYWHERE!
BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!)
I CAN SEE THE CART AWAITING ME!
BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!)
FAREWELL, CRUEL WORLD—
[Explosion]
—AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!

[Outro - Single violin, fading]
[Whispered]
The B-52 flies on...
Through skies of endless night...
And somewhere... in the rubble...
A scale glows faintly bright.

[Final sound - One last scale falling. Tink.]

Opera/Aria, Nerdcore, female