METROPOLIS
ACT TWO
Scene One
The Pleasure Gardens

		[The visual wonders of the City splash on the screens as searchlights 		sweep the sky.
		
		GEORGE cautiously steps out of the elevator just as THE ELITISTS enter, 		dressed in elegant evening wear.]
		
NOTHING REALLY MATTERS

THE ELITISTS
	WE’RE THE CREAM
	WE’RE THE CRUST
	WE’RE FOR PLEASURE
	WE’RE FOR LUST
	ALL THE FUN HAS JUST BEGUN
	WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE SUN

	CUTTING TEETH
	CUTTING THROUGH
	LIFE FOR ME 
	IS DEATH FOR YOU
	SHUT YOUR EYES SHUT YOUR EARS
	WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE YEARS
	AND TO US NOTHING REALLY MATTERS
		MATTERS IN THIS WORLD
	IT’S POWER
		POWER THAT’S THE THING
	THE TASTE OF PURE SWEET DECADENCE
	AND THE PLEASURE
		PLEASURE-PLEASURE THAT IT BRINGS
	A SWEET YOUNG THING TO HOLD
	SO WE WILL NOT BE COLD
	AND WINTER SNOW WILL NEVER COME
	AND WE WILL NOT GROW OLD

	THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD
	IT’S ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS
	THE POWER OF METROPOLIS

		[The party continues with high energy Disco music blaring.  Occasionally 		some of the men make threatening moves towards GEORGE, toying with 		this person whom they’ve detected as not being one of them.

		A COUPLE steps forward to entertain the crowd with a mocking parody of 		the workers, full of sexual innuendo, as the screens show THE WORKERS 		slaving away endlessly at the machines.]

101 DISCO

MAN
	ONE OH ONE POINT ONE ONE 
	ONE OH ONE POINT ONE ONE ONE ONE
	GET IT UP TO ONE POINT ONE ONE
	LET ME SEE YOUR ONE ONE ON MY DIAL

	FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS OF POWER
	THRUSTING AT ME EVERY HOUR
	LET ME SEE YOUR POWER ON MY DIAL

	SWEATIN’ HERE TOGETHER
	SPEND ALL NIGHT TOGETHER
	SLEEP ALL DAY AND NEVER SEE THE SUN
	WE DO IT WITH EACH OTHER
	WITH A SISTER OR A BROTHER
	WE’RE INTO ANYTHING THAT SOUNDS LIKE FUN

WOMAN
	ONE OH ONE POINT ONE ONE ONE ONE
	GET IT UP TO ONE POINT ONE ONE
	LET ME SEE YOUR ONE ONE ON MY DIAL

MAN
	ONE MORE MORNING
	ONE MORE NIGHT
	ROLLIN’ IN AND ROLLIN’ OUT
	WITH NO END IN SIGHT

WOMAN
	LIFT YOUR LEVER
	MAKE SOME STEAM
	SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT
	SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT IN YOUR MACHINE

BOTH
	OOH!

	ONE OH ONE POINT ONE ONE ONE ONE
	GET IT UP TO ONE POINT ONE ONE
	LET ME SEE YOUR ONE ONE ONE ONE
	SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT IN YOUR MACHINE
	LIFT YOUR LEVER
	MAKE SOME STEAM

		[As they all laugh and keep up the party, TWO MEN and JEREMIAH 		corner GEORGE and start slugging him.]

JEREMIAH
What’s your name?

GEORGE
11811.

JEREMIAH
Get rid of him now.

		[THE MEN kick GEORGE in the mouth, sending him sprawling and his 		blood spattering his clothes as the crowd watches with 			amusement.  STEVEN enters, still dressed as a worker, sees what is going 		on and rushes over.]

STEVEN
Wait!  This was just a joke.  It was a game!

JEREMIAH
What is this, Steven?

STEVEN
A little bit of fun, Jeremiah.

JEREMIAH
It’s not very funny.

THIS IS LIFE

STEVEN
	I’VE SEEN A NIGHTMARE
	A VISION OF HELL
	I’VE BEEN A WORKER
	I’VE A STORY TO TELL
	OF SO MANY DEATHS
	OF MASSIVE MACHINES

JEREMIAH
	WHY BOTHER THEM
	WITH SOMETHING THAT THEY’VE NEVER SEEN

JEREMIAH AND THE ELITISTS
	THIS IS LIFE
	LIVED LIKE A STORY
	THIS IS LIFE AT ITS BEST AND ITS GLORY
	KEEPER OF DREAMS AND SINGER OF SONGS
	AND THIS IS THE LAND WE LOVE
	AND WE’LL KEEP IT STRONG

JEREMIAH
	FREEDOM AND KNOWLEDGE--AND BEAUTY AND TRUTH
	PASSED ON FROM MASTER--WE TEACH TO OUR YOUTH
	KEEPING THE TORCH EVER FAITHFUL AND TRUE
	WE KEEP THE DREAM OF METROPOLIS FEEL EVER NEW
	                                JEREMIAH AND THE ELITISTS
	THIS IS LIFE
	LIVED LIKE A STORY
	THIS IS LIFE AT ITS BEST AND ITS GLORY
	KEEPER OF DREAMS AND SINGER OF SONGS
	AND THIS IS THE LAND WE LOVE
	AND WE’LL KEEP IT STRONG (FREEMAN suddenly appears on a high platform)

FREEMAN
	SO SOME MUST SUFFER
	SO OTHERS CAN SOAR
	SO SOME GET LESS 
	SO THE BEST CAN GET MORE
	SO MANY CITIES HAVE TURNED INTO DUST
	BUT WE HAVE ENDURED
	AND THE REST OF THE WORLD STANDS IN AWE
	AND TURNS TO US

FREEMAN AND THE ELITISTS (now with Metropolis flags)
	AND THIS IS LIFE
	LIVED LIKE A STORY
	THIS IS LIFE AT ITS BEST AND ITS GLORY
	KEEPER OF DREAMS AND SINGER OF SONGS
	THIS IS THE LAND WE LOVE
	AND WE’LL KEEP IT STRONG
	WE’LL KEEP METROPOLIS STRONG

		[THE ELITISTS applaud FREEMAN.]

LOOK AT THIS GIRL

FREEMAN
	MY DEAR FRIENDS I WELCOME YOU
	HERE’S SOMEONE SPECIAL
	SOMEONE NEW
	THE NEW FORM
	THE NEW FACE
	MOST PERFECT OF THE HUMAN RACE

		[FREEMAN directs their attention to the high platform.  FUTURA seems to 		rise up out of it, wearing an ornate Art Deco headdress and covered with a 		shimmering veil that drapes her from neck to feet.  She stands with her 		back to the crowd, and slowly turns to them, eliciting a gasp from them as 		they quickly fall under her spell.
		WARNER slips in from the side of the room to watch what is happening.]

WARNER
Futura, oh my Futura.  Why did I allow him to take you away from me?

JEREMIAH
You have no power to change anything.

FREEMAN
	LOOK AT THIS GIRL WHO STANDS BEFORE YOU
	LOOK AT HER CONFIDENCE
	LOOK AT HER PERFECT SKIN

(FREEMAN contd.)
	SEE HOW UPRIGHT HER PERFECT FIGURE	
	PEOPLE YOU NEED TO SEE THIS ONCE
	SO YOU WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS SIGHT
	PERFECTION’S TOUCHED YOUR LIVES TONIGHT

	I CAN’T BELIEVE SHE’S SUCH A BEAUTY
	WHY AM I FEELING THIS
	WHAT IS GOING ON
	
	PEOPLE YOU NEED TO LEARN FROM THIS
	HOW QUICKLY BEAUTY COMES
	AND HOW SLOWLY IT GOES (he leans over to FUTURA’s ear)
Dance!

FUTURA’S DANCE

		[Back lights flare up to reveal FUTURA’s naked looking 			silhouette through the veil as she slowly turns with an 			undulating hip shimmy.  The veil comes off to display a 			dazzling, revealing costume.  THE MEN move forward with 			intense interest as their WOMEN look on with undisguised 			envy.  With a cold, knowing calculation, FUTURA dances 			seductively for the party.  She grows increasingly amused at the 			power she seems to have over these silly humans as her quirky 		robotic music continues, and several men move in to dance with her.

		When the dance concludes, STEVEN and GEORGE return.]

STEVEN
Maria!

		[As the scene continues, JEREMIAH rolls out a cart with multiple copies of 		FUTURA’s unique headdress.  THE MEN rush to buy them, and their 		WOMEN eagerly put them on, and improvise their version of FUTURA’s 		dance for the entertainment of their men.]

FREEMAN
Ha, ha!  Marvelous!  Isn’t my discovery wonderful?  I must admit, you’ve got very good taste, my boy, and congratulations on your costume.  It most original.  Think.  Tonight every man in Metropolis will be dreaming of her.

WARNER
Futura!

FREEMAN
Ha, ha ha!  And she’s all mine.  In you go, my dear.  Exquisite.  Perfection.  Remember this sight, my friends.  Please continue with the party.  My dear boy, take care of Lulu.  My good friends, I bid you goodnight.

		[The crowd applauds as FREEMAN and FUTURA exit via the elevator, and 		WARNER slips out the side entrance.]

WHERE DO YOU THINK SHE’S GONE

JEREMIAH
	WHERE DO YOU THINK SHE’S GONE
	YOUR PRECIOUS MARIA
	GONE BACK TO WHERE SHE BELONGS
	YOUR PRECIOUS MARIA

ELITISTS
	FOOL TO BELIEVE IN SUCH A PRETTY DEFEATIST

JEREMIAH
	YOUR WORKERS’ MADONNA’S BECOME AN ELITIST

LULU
	YOU WON’T SEE HER FACE AGAIN
	YOUR PRETTY MARIA

LULU AND JEREMIAH
	SHE WANTS NEW LIFE AND NEW FAME
	CAN’T BLAME YOUR MARIA

ALL
	GIVE UP THESE HIGH IDEALS
	YOU’LL ONLY GET HURT NOW

LULU AND JEREMIAH
	THE ONLY REALITY HERE
	IS WORKERS MUST WORK NOW

ALL
	FOOL TO MAKE FUN OF US
	REVENGE IS THE SWEETEST

LULU AND JEREMIAH
	YOUR WORKERS’ MADONNA’S BECOME AN ELITIST

ALL (echoing as they exit)
	SHE’S BECOME AN ELITIST
	BECOME AN ELITIST

		[STEVEN is alone on stage, except for GEORGE who hangs back, unseen 		by STEVEN.]

IF THAT WAS LOVE

STEVEN
	IF THAT WAS LOVE
	SOMETHING SO INSPIRING
	I’VE GOT TOO MUCH TO LOSE
	AND TOO LITTLE TO WIN
	BUT I KNOW THAT IN MY HEART
	I’VE MADE A DECISION
	NOTHING LEFT TO SAY
	GO THE HARDEST WAY--IF THAT WAS LOVE

(STEVEN contd.)
	MAYBE A HUNCH
	MAYBE IT’S A GAMBLE
	AM I FACING THE FACTS
	DID I LOOK AT THE TRUTH
	AND IT’S HARD TO LIVE IN A WORLD
	WHERE YOUR LOVED ONES BETRAY YOU
	BUT I’LL CARRY ON
	I’VE SEEN HER BE SO STRONG
	THIS IS MY TIME

	IF IT’S ONLY LOVE
	SHOULDN’T BE ENOUGH TO BREAK MY HEART
	IF IT’S ONLY LOVE	
	IT’S ONLY LOVE

		[As STEVEN is about to break down, GEORGE makes his presence known.]

GEORGE
So it was just Maria.  You don’t care about us.

STEVEN
How can I help you if she’s the one you listen to?

GEORGE
We listen to anyone who brings us hope.  I’m going back.

STEVEN
You can’t leave on your own, it’s not safe.

GEORGE
I hate your world and I hate your people.  Why did I trust you?  They could have killed me.

STEVEN
I saved you—

GEORGE
Some hero.  I’m going back to my people.  You have no idea what’s going on down there, you’ve only worked one shift.  My girl was killed in one of your father’s machines.  And when people die, even their bodies are taken from us.

LISTEN TO ME

GEORGE
	THERE IS LITTLE TIME FOR LOVE THERE
	NIGHT AND DAY IT’S ALWAYS THE SAME
	I LOST ALL I HAVE TO LOVE THERE
	THERE’S NO TIME TO DWELL ON THE PAIN

STEVEN
	I HAVE LOST MY ONLY LOVE HERE
	RIGHT OR WRONG
	TO HER I’LL BE TRUE
	IF I SAY GOODBYE TO LOVE HERE
	WHO WILL BE MY FRIEND HERE
	BUT YOU

GEORGE
	SO LEAVE HER AND HELP US
	SHE’S GONE NOW SHE’S WORTHLESS

STEVEN
	HOW CAN I LEAVE HER OH MY FRIEND

GEORGE
	YOUR LOVE IS A LIE

STEVEN
	I CANNOT STOP MY LOVE FOR HER

GEORGE
	EACH DAY WORKERS DIE

STEVEN
MY FRIEND WHAT CAN I DO
KNOWING WHAT MY FATHER DID
WON’T SATISFY ME	GEORGE
YOUR ANGER’S STRONG
WE NEED YOU TO BELONG
THIS CITY’S NOT FREE	

GEORGE
	SURELY NOW YOU HAVE YOUR ANSWER

STEVEN
	HOW CAN YOU TELL ME TO DO THIS
	I HAVE LOST MY ONLY LOVE HERE

GEORGE
	DON’T SELL OUR LIVES FOR A KISS

STEVEN
	IN MY YOUTH MY FATHER TOLD ME
	TOLD ME SOON THIS CITY WAS MINE
	NOT A WORD ABOUT MACHINE ROOMS

GEORGE
	WORKERS DROPPING DEAD ON THE LINE
STEVEN
WHY DID SHE REJECT ME
IGNORE ME
OH MY FRIEND MY FRIEND

I CANNOT STOP MY LOVE FOR HER
MY FRIEND WHAT CAN I DO
KNOWING WHAT MY FATHER DID

PLEASE LISTEN TO ME	GEORGE
SO LEAVE HER AND HELP US
SHE’S GONE NOW SHE’S WORTHLESS
PRESSURE’S MOUNTING DOWN BELOW
HELP US WE HAVE GOT TO KNOW
YOUR LOVE IS A LIE
WE NEED YOU TO HELP US 
NOW YOU KNOW THE TRUTH
EACH DAY WORKERS DIE
YOUR ANGER’S STRONG
WE NEED YOU TO BELONG	

STEVEN AND GEORGE
	THIS CITY’S NOT FREE

STEVEN
	PLEASE LISTEN TO ME

GEORGE
	WE’VE GOT TO BREAK FREE

STEVEN AND GEORGE
	PLEASE LISTEN TO ME
	
		[Black out.  FREEMAN’s face looms up on the large screen, FUTURA, now 		dressed as Maria, stands stock still in front of the screen, listening.]

FREEMAN
Futura.  Listen to me.  Take the place of Maria.  Spread confusion in the workers.  Demoralize them.  Use the children. I will monitor you and watch you.  Remember, use the children.  The pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty children.

Scene Two
The Workers’ Zone

		[THE CHILDREN enter, looking around cautiously.  LAKE has Maria’s book.]

LAKE
Sshh!

CHILDREN
Tree, sun, flow-er, bird.

MARTA
What does a bird really look like, Beso?

BESO
I don’t know.  We should ask Maria.

LAKE
But she isn’t here.

JOSE
Perhaps something’s happened to her!

MARTA (calling loudly)
Maria!

CRISSCROSS
Sssh!  Not so loud.

ABEL
Groat will hear.

LAKE
It’s all right, I saw him around the corner.  He was snoring

		[They all try to suppress their giggles as FUTURA enters from behind 		them.  Her slow smile, and the way she reaches for the children makes us 		think she’ll do violence to them.  Suddenly MARTA turns to see her.]

MARTA
Maria!

JOSE
Where have you been?

CRISSCROSS
It’s time for the lessons.

LAKE [adult tone]
The children have been quite concerned about you, Maria.

FUTURA
Child-ren.

ABEL
Yes?

MARTA
What’s the matter?

FUTURA
What-Are-You-Doing?

LAKE
They’ve come for the lesson.  We always have our lesson at this time.  Don’t you remember?

		[BESO shows her the book.  FUTURA grabs it.]

FUTURA
Lesson.  Yes.

CRISSCROSS
Why didn’t you come to our lesson yesterday?

FUTURA
I wasn’t—Here—Yesterday.

MARTA
She must have been sick.

FUTURA
Show me your lessons.

LAKE
I think she still is.

FUTURA
Show me your lessons!  Pretty children.  I love my pretty pretty pretty children.

		[It’s as if we are watching some nightmare version of a scene in “The 		Sound of Music” as THE CHILDREN and FUTURA sing.]

THE LEARNING SONG

CHILDREN
	LIFE ON THE PLANET BEGAN ONE DAY
	MAN CAME AND HE BUILT HIS FAMILY TREE
	HE GOT ON VERY WELL
	THE WORLD WAS A GREAT AND WARM 
	AND HAPPY PLACE TO BE
	TO FIGHT
	WASN’T RIGHT
	AND EVERYONE LIVED NEXT DOOR TO THE SEA

	FOOD WAS ABUNDANT AND SO WAS COAL
	AND SHOES
	AND THE CHILDREN ALL WORE

FUTURA
	HATS

CHILDREN
	WE THOUGHT THAT’S WHAT YOU SAID

FUTURA
	PRETTY CHILDREN

CHILDREN
	THE FOX AND THE GOOSE
	THE GIANT DROMEDARY
	AND THE FLYING BAT

FUTURA
	RATTLE TAT BIT BAT

CHILDREN
	LIVED HERE

FUTURA
	NO FEAR

CHILDREN
	IT WAS CLEAR

FUTURA
	SINCERE

CHILDREN
	SOME PEOPLE EVEN THOUGHT THE WORLD WAS FLAT

FUTURA
	FLIT FLAT

CHILDREN
	FLIT FLAT

FUTURA
	RATTLE TAT

CHILDREN
	BIT BAT

	MAN IS A GREEDY SORT OF CREATURE

FUTURA
	CREATURE

CHILDREN
	WHO THOUGHT HE COULD BETTER MOTHER NATURE

FUTURA
	NATURE

CHILDREN
	HE MADE AN UNPLEASANT KIND OF WORLD
	
CHILDREN
FOR US TO
GROW
UP
IN	FUTURA

DUM
DUM
DUM DIM	

CHILDREN
	BETWEEN EVERYTHING THERE’S A RELATION

FUTURA
	SENSATION

CHILDREN
	AND KIDS ARE THE CROWN OF ALL CREATION

FUTURA
	IMAGINATION

CHILDREN
	BUT IT’S ROTTEN
	WE’VE FORGOTTEN
	WHAT CAME AFTER THAT

FUTURA
	PRETTY CHILDREN
	DO YOUR LESSONS
	PRETTY CHILDREN
	SING FOR MARIA

CHILDREN
	HILLS AND THE VALLEYS WERE MADE OF GLASS
	THE SEAS WERE FULL OF PURPLE FISH
	AND THE RIVERS RAN UPSTREAM

FUTURA
	UNSEEN

CHILDREN
	YOU SAID THAT THE MOON WAS SOMETHING LIKE A SILVER DISH

FUTURA
	LITTLE SILVER DISH

CHILDREN
	A TUNE

FUTURA
	FLIM FLOOM

CHILDREN
	ON A SPOON

FUTURA
	SPIN SPOON

CHILDREN
	WILL ALWAYS HELP YOU MAKE A WISH

FUTURA
	PRET-TY CHILDREN
	PRET-TY CHILDREN

CHILDREN
	WE’VE FORGOTTEN
	WE’VE FORGOTTEN
	WHAT CAME AFTER THAT

FUTURA (claps sarcastically.)
Clever children.  Do you want a surprise?  Just look at these silly lessons.  (tears up Maria’s “one small book.”)  These silly silly silly lessons.  Such a very meaningless thing to do.  I’ve got something better than your lessons.

JOSE
What?

FUTURA
I will tell you.  I will tell you, if you come with me.

		[They all exit and WARNER rounds a corner, unsteadily.]

OLD FRIENDS

WARNER
	OLD FRIENDS
	OLD PLANS
	WITH THIS BRAIN
	WITH THESE HANDS
	BUILT THIS CITY
	BUILT IT WELL
	BUT THERE’S A STORY
	STILL TO TELL

	JOHN FREEMAN STOLE MY LOVING BRIDE
	SAID SHE’D COME BACK BUT OH HE LIED
	AND I WAS FORCED--TO PLAN THIS CITY
	AND LIKE HER FACE--I MADE IT PRETTY

(WARNER contd.)
	JOHN FREEMAN PROMISED THAT MY REWARD
	WOULD BE THE GIFT OF MY LIFE RESTORED
	BUT MY WIFE OH MY DARLING
	THE ONE I ONCE HAD
	BECAME HIS WOMAN
	I’VE GONE QUITE MAD

	MAYBE I’M CRAZY
	MAYBE I’VE LOST MY MIND
	BUT TRUST ME THAT DOESN’T PHASE ME
	I’M DETERMINED TO FIND
	THE WIFE THAT I RE-CREATED
	ALSO TAKEN BY FREEMAN
	THIS TIME I’LL DO BATTLE
	LIKE A HELL-DRIVEN DEMON

	BUT POOR FUTURA
	SHE’S HERE BELOW
	SHE’S LIKE A BABY
	SHE STILL NEEDS TO GROW
	I SEE DISASTER SPREADING FASTER THAN WILD FIRE
	MY DARLING MY WOMAN
	LEADS THE DOOMSDAY CHOIR

	FUTURA
	I MUST SAVE YOUR LIFE
	MY GOLDEN WIFE

		[STEVEN comes running in, sees WARNER.]

STEVEN
What are you doing down here, Dr. Warner?

WARNER
Ah, Steven.  I’m glad to see you.  You’re looking well.

STEVEN
Where is Maria?  I think there’s an impostor down here.  I saw her, and know that only you have the power to create such a monster.  (realizing)  You and my father.  (moves away, thinking)  My father—he must be planning for all these workers to die—replaced by these—things.  (back to WARNER, roughly)  Where is my Maria?  You must help me.  You must tell me, so I can set her free.  (WARNER paces and thinks.)

WARNER
	HELP ME FIND MY FUTURA
	AND I’LL HELP YOU FIND YOUR MARIA
	HELP ME FIND MY FUTURA
	HELP ME FIND MY FUTURA

		[THE WORKERS are heard approaching.  WARNER scrambles away in fear, 		and STEVEN exits in the opposite direction.]

WHEN MARIA WAKES

WORKERS
	WHEN THE MORNING SUN IS RISING
	THOUGH IN DEPTHS WE SEE NO LIGHT
	THROUGH THE TUNNELS
	THROUGH THE DARKNESS
	COMES THE RADIANCE OF OUR NIGHT

	GONE THE TORMENT
	GONE THE ANGER
	AS THE PERFECT MORNING BREAKS
	NOW OUR HEARTS ARE BEATING FASTER
	WHEN MARIA WAKES

SOLO
	WE’VE BEEN TOLD SHE’S ONLY SLEEPING
	SHE’LL RETURN AT BREAK OF DAY
	LOVE AND HOPE WILL TAKE US FURTHER
	PURITY WILL LIGHT THE WAY

ALL
	WHO IS STRONGER
	WHO IS WEAKER
	HE WHO GIVES OR HE WHO TAKES

	NOW WE ALL CAN FACE THE FUTURE
	WHEN MARIA WAKES

		[FUTURA arrives above, LAKE running in with her, the other children 		following.]

LAKE
Maria’s back!

FUTURA’S PROMISE

FUTURA
	I PROMISED YOU I’D BE BACK AND HERE I AM
	MY MISSION WAS A GREAT SUCCESS
	AND HERE’S THE PLAN
	THEY WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL
	A DAY OF GLORIOUS SUNSHINE
	BUT YOU MUST ALLOW THE KIDS
	TO JOIN THE WORK LINE

	I BRING YOU ALL A CHANCE
	TO TASTE SOME FREEDOM
	SOON YOU WILL CLIMB THE STEPS
	AND SEE THE KINGDOM
	I’VE TOLD THE MASTERS
	WE CAN BRING THEM MORE POWER
	ALL THEY WANT 
	IS THE CHILDREN TO WORK FOR ONE HOUR

WORKERS
	WHAT’S GOING ON
	SHE’S NEVER TALKED THIS WAY BEFORE

FUTURA
	WHY NOT CHILDREN

WORKERS
	AN ANGEL OF MERCY GOES UP
	A DEVIL APPEARS AT THE DOOR

FUTURA
	CHILDREN ARE STRONG

WORKERS
	THERE’S ALWAYS BEEN A RULE
	WE’D KEEP THEIR HANDS CLEAN

FUTURA
	THEY’RE STRONG ENOUGH TO WORK

WORKERS
	WE’D NEVER PUT THE CHILDREN ON THE MACHINES

FUTURA
	DON’T YOU KNOW THEY’RE GETTING BORED ANYWAY DOWN HERE
	THEY NEED A LITTLE JOB TO DO
	LIFE IS DULL AND GREY DOWN HERE
	THEY NEED A LITTLE JOB TO DO
	WHAT CAN THEY FIND TO DO DOWN HERE
	THEIR HEARTS SO BRAVE AND TRUE
	WHAT CAN THEY FIND TO PLAY DOWN HERE
	THEY NEED A LITTLE JOB TO DO
	JUST A DECENT LITTLE JOB TO DO

LAKE
	GIVE ME A CHANCE I’M STRONGER THAN ANYONE HERE

BESO
	PLEASE PAPA

LAKE
	YOU NEED A REST YOUR BODY’S WEAK NOW
	I CAN WORK FOR YOU DOWN HERE
WORKERS
WE ALWAYS HAD A RULE
WE KEPT THEM AWAY
HOW CAN THEY WORK

FOR EVEN ONE HOUR A DAY	CHILDREN

PLEASE PAPA
PLEASE NOW
LAKE
PAPA DON’T STAND IN MY WAY
	
FUTURA
	THEY’RE GETTING BORED ANYWAY DOWN HERE
	THEY NEED A LITTLE JOB TO DO
	LIFE IS SO UNIN’TRESTING UNTIL YOU HAVE A LITTLE JOB TO DO
	GIVE YOU A GAME TO PLAY DOWN HERE

(FUTURA contd.)
	SOMETHING QUITE SPECIAL AND NEW
	LIFE IS SO UNIN’TRESTING
	BUT NOW YOU HAVE A LITTLE JOB TO DO
	JUST A DECENT LITTLE JOB TO DO

		[Apprehension spreads amongst THE WORKERS as they break out into 		overlapping ad-libs and FUTURA mesmerizes THE CHILDREN.]

	I SAID TO YOU I’D FIND A WAY TO MAKE US FREE

WORKERS
	THIS IS MADNESS WHAT’S COME OVER YOU MARIA

FUTURA
	NOW YOU ACT LIKE BRAINLESS FOOLS INSULTING ME

WORKERS
	SHE’S CRAZY

FUTURA
	I’VE TOLD OLD FREEMAN WE CAN GET HIM MORE POWER

WORKERS
	TAKE THE KIDS THEY SHOULDN’T LISTEN TO INSANITY

FUTURA
	ALL HE WANTS IS THE DUMB BRATS TO WORK A FEW HOURS

WORKERS
	WHAT’S GOING ON
	WE WON’T STAND FOR THIS ANYMORE

FUTURA
	CHILDREN CAN WORK LONGER HOURS

WORKERS
	AN ANGEL OF MERCY GOES UP
	A DEVIL APPEARS AT THE DOOR
WORKERS

KIDS WON’T WORK HERE
NOT HERE 
THIS IS MADNESS THIS IS LUNACY INSANITY	CHILDREN
WE’RE WORKERS NOW LIKE YOU
JUST GIVE US A CHANCE
YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO
‘TILL YOU GIVE US A CHANCE	

FUTURA
	THEY’RE GETTING BORED ANYWAY DOWN HERE
	THEY NEED A LITTLE JOB TO DO
	LIFE’S SO GRIM AND GREY DOWN HERE
	THEY’VE GOT MORE GUTS THAN YOU

WORKERS
	MARIA’S INSANE--THEY’VE MADE HER INSANE
	SHE WANTS TO CONTROL EVERY MIND EVERY SOUL
	SHE MUST BE A WITCH

(WORKERS contd.)
	SHE MUST BE A WITCH
	SHE NEEDS TO CONTROL EVERY MIND EVERY SOUL
	DON’T LISTEN TO HER
	DON’T LISTEN TO HER
	THIS GIRL IS A WITCH
	IS A WITCH
	IS A WITCH
	IS A WITCH
	DON’T LISTEN
	DON’T LISTEN TO THIS WITCH
	TO THIS WITCH

		[FUTURA runs off, THE WORKERS pursue her through the machine rooms.  		FREEMAN and JEREMIAH’s faces come up on the screen—they are 		monitoring things closely.]

FREEMAN
Magnificent!  She works.

JEREMIAH
Futura’s gone wrong.  She’s going too far, she’s out of control.

FREEMAN
No, she’s under my control, Jeremiah.  The workers must hate Maria, then the spirits will die within them.  That will make their elimination much easier.

JEREMIAH
She’ll make them riot.  They’ve stopped work.  The pressure’s falling.

FREEMAN
The pressure is only temporary.  I’ll use the auxiliary.  Never fear, Jeremiah.  Just watch, Jeremiah.

		[The screens go black as THE WORKERS re-enter, still chasing the robot.]

WORKERS
	MARIA’S INSANE
	THEY’VE MADE HER INSANE
	SHE WANTS TO CONTROL EVERY MIND EVERY SOUL
	SHE MUST BE A WITCH
	SHE MUST BE A WITCH
	SHE NEEDS TO CONTROL EVERY MIND EVERY SOUL
	DON’T LISTEN TO HER
	DON’T LISTEN TO HER

SOLO
	THIS GIRL IS A WITCH THIS GIRL IS A WITCH

ALL
	DON’T LISTEN TO HER
	DON’T LISTEN TO HER
	DON’T LISTEN
	DON’T LISTEN
	TO THIS WITCH
	TO THIS WITCH
		
		[FUTURA gleefully escapes the mob as they chase her up and around the 		machine room.  FREEMAN and JEREMIAH return to the screens.]

FREEMAN
Excellent!  Splendid!  Jeremiah, your worries are unfounded.  Everything is all right.  We now have the key; Futura.  Metropolis is thriving.  You will see.  And my son will soon come round.

JEREMIAH
I have doubts, sir.

FREEMAN
Tell me.

JEREMIAH
You make it too hard on Steven.

FREEMAN
Yes?

JEREMIAH
His strengths are different from yours.  It’s this girl, sir.  She’s their Madonna, almost perfect.  It’s uncanny.  Together they could destroy us all.

FREEMAN
But the girl is soon to be dead.  Warner has been instructed to kill her, since she survived that—experiment.

JEREMIAH
It’s not that simple.  The last thing we need is a martyr for their cause.

FREEMAN
No, Jeremiah.  Once we have collected the blueprints from Warner, we can then create scores of Futuras.  The workers will be obsolete.

JEREMIAH
Warner may prove reluctant to comply.

FREEMAN
Warner will see that he has no choice.  Don’t worry, Jeremiah.

JEREMIAH
No, sir.

		[As the screens fade to black,  the lights start to slowly surge up and 		down,  with a struggling kind of rhythm.   The distant hum of transformers 		takes on a growling edge as Metropolis begins to struggle with the 		depletion of its power supply.]

Scene Three
Warner’s Laboratory

		[MARIA is unconscious, slumped in the chair, with rope tying her arms 		folded against her chest.]

PERFECT FACE (reprise)

WARNER
	PERFECT FACE
	IN THIS LIGHT
	FIRST IMPRESSION
	WAS SO RIGHT
	HOW COULD I
	EVER REPLACE
	THE BEAUTY OF THIS HUMAN FACE

	SHE’S TAKEN YOUR PLACE DOWN BELOW NOW
	THERE’S NO TURNING BACK FOR ME
	NO TURNING BACK FOR THEM
	ANY MORE 
MARIA (waking up)
Who are you?

WARNER
My name is Warner.  I’m an inventor.

MARIA
What am I doing here?

WARNER
I discovered the way to make a perfect woman.  But I couldn’t find the perfect face.  Until I had yours to copy.

MARIA
There’s a creature with my face?

WARNER
Yes.  I call her Futura.  But they stole her away from me.  She’s taken your place down below.

MARIA
Why?

WARNER
John Freeman wants to discredit you.  For one thing, his son is in love with you, and that is something Freeman will never allow.

MARIA
Please let me go, I want to go back.

WARNER
It’s too late now.  Your friends would kill you.  Futura is going to betray you.

MARIA
Please untie me.

WARNER
	I HAVE NO POWER TO CHANGE ANYTHING
	NO POWER TO CHANGE ANYTHING

MARIA’S TEARS

MARIA
	HAVEN’T YOU FINISHED WITH ME
	HERE MR. WARNER YOU COPY THESE TEARS
	BOTTLE THEM UP AND SELL THEM TO MY FRIENDS
	WHOSE SOULS ARE SO TORTURED BY FEAR
	THAT THEY’VE FORGOTTEN HOW TO CRY
	HERE MR. WARNER
	YOU CAN COPY THESE MR. WARNER
	THAT SHOULD MAKE YOU PLEASED MR. WARNER
	THAT SHOULD MAKE YOU PLEASED

	WHAT HAVE YOU LEFT ME INSIDE
	HERE MR. WARNER YOU COPY THIS HEART
	CUT IT FROM CARD AND PAINT IT WITH MY BLOOD
	PRETEND IT WAS YOURS FROM THE START
	SO YOU CAN KNOW THE PAIN I FEEL
	NOW MR. WARNER
	YOU CAN TAKE A BOW MR. WARNER
	YOU CAN DO IT NOW MR. WARNER
	YOU CAN TAKE A BOW

WARNER
	YOU ARE MORE PERFECT
	THAN ANYTHING I CAN IMAGINE
	YOU ARE MORE PERFECT THAN ANYTHING
	I COULD EVER BUILD
	BELIEVE ME I’M TOUCHED BY YOUR INNOCENCE
	I WISH I COULD HELP YOU

MARIA
	JUST LET ME LEAVE
	AND GO BACK TO THE PEOPLE I LOVE

	HAVEN’T YOU FINISHED WITH ME
	HERE MR. WARNER YOU COPY THESE ARMS
	COPY THESE ROPES AND COPY THESE BRUISES
	IT’S YOU WHO CREATED THESE CHARMS
	SO YOU COULD MAKE THE ANGELS CRY
	SEE MR. WARNER
	YOU’RE THE ONE WHO’S FREE MR. WARNER
	YOU’RE THE ONE WHO’S FREE

		[The music swells as WARNER finally unties MARIA to set her free.  He 		knows he’ll now be killed for disobeying the mastermind’s command to kill 		Maria—he tries to hustle her out the door.]

WARNER
Go, Helen, Go.

MARIA
Helen?  (WARNER looks dizzy and confused)  Your wife?  --Mr. Warner?

WARNER (regaining presence of mind)
Yes.  No.  (puts his hand out towards the locket around MARIA’s neck that he’s been noticing)  That locket you wear around your neck…

MARIA
It was my mother’s.

WARNER
Yes I know.  (gently takes the locket in his hand) She died, giving you life.  So they tell me.

MARIA (realizing WARNER is her father)
Oh my God.  (hugs him)

WARNER (a rush of confession)
She was carrying you when Freeman took her from me.  She sacrificed herself to him so that I might live.  Knowing I was banished to my laboratory was preferable to knowing I’d been eliminated for non-cooperation.  (MARIA lets go to look at him questioningly)  You see, there was a city to be built.  He couldn’t do it alone.  Only I knew how.  Freeman has never been one to take no for an answer.  So when I refused to be part of his insane plans, Helen bargained with the devil in order to save me.  But her death gave her the final victory.  Now go—you are not safe here.  (looks grimly down the street as if expecting to see FREEMAN any second)  Nobody is safe here now.  

		[MARIA resists WARNER’s attempts to get her out the door, so that she 		can stop and remove the locket from around her neck, and gently place it 		in his hands.  While he looks at it, lost in a wash of feelings, MARIA runs 		out the door.  She tumbles down the street, overcome with emotion.  She 		stops to lean against a wall and weep.  WARNER stands in his doorway, 		looking after her.]

IN MY LIFE

WARNER
	IN MY LIFE
	I HAVE DREAMED
	A THOUSAND DREAMS OF YOU

	IN MY LIFE
	SOMEHOW I BELIEVED
	SOMEHOW I KNEW
	IN MY LIFE
	YOU WOULD WALK THROUGH MY DOOR
	UNEXPECTEDLY	
	IN MY LIFE
	WE WOULD MEET EVENTUALLY

		[STEVEN, frantically searching for MARIA,  appears in another area as 		MARIA sings about him.  The three characters cannot see each other.]

MARIA
	IN MY LIFE
	I HAVE DREAMED
	A THOUSAND DREAMS OF YOU

(MARIA contd.)
	IN MY LIFE
	SOMEHOW I BELIEVED
	SOMEHOW I KNEW
	IN MY LIFE
	YOU WOULD WALK THROUGH MY DOOR
	UNEXPECTEDLY
	IN MY LIFE
	I KNEW YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME

MARIA AND WARNER
	IN MY LIFE
	I AM LUCKY THAT I HAD THE CHANCE
	TO LOVE YOU
	TO NOT HAVE MISSED THE DANCE

MARIA
	IN MY LIFE
	ONE THING THAT I’VE ALWAYS KNOWN
	WAS TRUE
	IN MY LIFE THERE WOULD BE YOU

MARIA AND WARNER
	IN MY LIFE THERE WOULD BE YOU

STEVEN
	COUNT THE WAVES
	AS THEY ROLL UPON THE DISTANT SHORE
	COUNT THE STARS
	WHEN YOU FINISH COUNTING
	COUNT ONE MORE
	THAT’S HOW LONG I WILL LOVE YOU
	‘TILL THERE IS NO MORNING SUN
	IN MY LIFE
	I KNEW YOU WOULD BE THE ONE
	IN MY LIFE

STEVEN AND MARIA
	IN MY LIFE
	I AM LUCKY THAT I HAD THE CHANCE
	TO LOVE YOU
	TO NOT HAVE MISSED THE DANCE

STEVEN
	IN MY LIFE
	ONE THING THAT I’VE ALWAYS KNOWN WAS TRUE
		
STEVEN AND MARIA
	IN MY LIFE THERE WOULD BE YOU

WARNER
	IN MY LIFE THERE WOULD BE YOU

ALL
	IN MY LIFE THERE WOULD BE…

MARIA
	IN MY LIFE…

ALL
	THERE WOULD BE YOU
		
		[STEVEN and MARIA run off in opposite directions.  FREEMAN and 		JEREMIAH enter WARNER’s lab.]

FREEMAN
I hope I’m not disturbing you so late.  What’s happening here?  Another experiment?

WARNER
I was just going to bed.

JEREMIAH
Got her all packaged up have you?  Where is the body?

FREEMAN
Yes, where is the body, Warner?

		[Pause.  WARNER smiles distantly and gently takes a seat as he switches 		his attention to Maria’s locket.  He clasps it tenderly and never takes his 		eyes off it for the rest of the scene.]

WARNER
I have released her.

FREEMAN
You’ve what?

JEREMIAH
Shall we kill him?

FREEMAN
Now, just a moment, Jeremiah.  You go too far.  You are too fanatical.  Warner is an old and trusted friend.  He is full of humanity.  I would like to be humane too.  Put a bullet through his head.

		[In one smooth movement, JEREMIAH pulls out his sleek, black gun, 		places the long barrel against WARNER’s forehead and squeezes the 		trigger.  A loud shot reverberates around the room as WARNER’s brains 		splatter wetly on the wall behind his chair.  Timpani.]

Find Maria.  Stop her.  If she sees my son, I lose everything.  Destroy her.

Scene Four
The Worker’s Zone

ANNOUNCER ON SCREEN
Control to all sections.  The power is falling below the critical level.  All sections return to the machines.  We cannot guarantee your safety below 101.11.  The pressure must be restored.  Repeat, the pressure must be restored.

		[THE WORKERS run on, calling angrily for Maria—FUTURA has escaped 		them.  MARCO bangs on a machine to get the mob’s attention.]

MARCO
Why did Maria give us hope?  To keep us down on our knees?

A WORKER
Break the machines!  Break them!

		[With whatever they can find for weapons, THE WORKERS attack the 		machines.  GROAT runs on in a panic.]

GROAT
What are you doing?  Get back to work!  You!  Come here!

MARCO
We’ve been tricked.  You too, Groat.

GROAT
Don’t touch the machines!

MARCO
The Elitists are nothing without power.  Break the machines!

GROAT
If you destroy the machines, you will destroy life!

WORKER
It’s too late!

		[LAKE appears above.  The robot has a jagged piece of metal to her 		throat.]

LAKE
Help!  She’s here!

LET’S WATCH THE WORLD GO TO THE DEVIL

FUTURA
	ALL THIS CHAOS ISN’T IT FINE
	TASTE DESTRUCTION IT IS DIVINE
	WHO GIVES A DAMN
	BURN IN HELL
	I LOVE THE BURNING
	I LOVE THE SMELL

FUTURA

LET’S WATCH THE WORLD
GO TO THE DEVIL
DON’T GIVE A DAMN
IF NO ONE SURVIVES
LET’S WATCH THE WORLD
GO TO THE DEVIL
I’LL LAUGH AT METROPOLIS
BURNING ALIVE	WORKERS

SHE’S THE DEVIL
MARIA’S INSANE
DON’T LISTEN TO HER
THIS GIRL IS A WITCH
SHE’S THE DEVIL

SHE’LL LAUGH AT METROPOLIS
BURNING ALIVE	
		[A WORKER bursts in yelling]

WORKER
Fire!  Fire!  The machine room’s on fire!

MARCO
Let’s call the control room!

GROAT
The control room is sealed.  No one can go in there now!  (MARCO and THE WORKER run off)

FUTURA
	NOTHING CAN LAST
	NOTHING CAN LIVE
	EVERYONE BREAKS
	EVERYTHING GIVES
	CHILDREN MUST DIE
	WAITED TOO LONG
	NOTHING IS SACRED
	NOTHING IS STRONG

A WORKER
Let the child go, Maria, or we’ll kill you.

		[STEVEN arrives by the elevator, GEORGE arrives on foot.]

STEVEN
Maria.  Let the child go, Maria, and give me what’s in your hand.

FUTURA (erotically does a few moves from her solo dance)
Pretty boy.  Come and get me, pretty boy.

STEVEN
They’ll kill you, Maria.

FUTURA
He is John Freeman’s son.  He is a traitor.  Kill him!

		[THE WORKERS take hold of STEVEN.  GEORGE climbs up towards 		FUTURA.]

GEORGE
Give me the knife, Maria.

		[FUTURA raises her hand.  We see that it has reverted back to golden 		metal.  Laughing maniacally she plunges the knife into GEORGE.  A jet of 		blood splashes on her face as she continues to laugh.  GEORGE hurtles to 		the ground, dead.  THE WORKERS release STEVEN and all rush over to 		GEORGE.  

		Above them, FUTURA’s body is starting to jerk spasmodically.  With a 		violent shudder, she buries her face in her hands momentarily.  When she 		looks back up, we see that a part of her face has now turned back into the 		golden metal.  She throws her head back and lets out an unearthly scream 		of demonic ecstasy.]

GROAT
She’s not Maria.  She’s the devil.  Let’s burn the devil before she destroys us all!

		[Led by GROAT, THE WORKERS climb up and corner FUTURA.  STEVEN 		fights furiously with the men who have seized him.  FUTURA writhes and 		laughs hysterically as GROAT roughly moves her towards the furnace.]

WORKERS
	YOU KNOW THIS GIRL IS THE DEVIL
	SHE HAS TO DIE IF WE’RE TO SURVIVE
	LET’S WATCH THIS GIRL GO TO THE DEVIL
	INTO THE FIRE
	BURN HER ALIVE
	SHE’S THE DEVIL SHE’S THE DEVIL
	SHE’S THE DEVIL SHE’S THE DEVIL
	BURN

		[GROAT and THE WORKERS lift FUTURA and plunge her, still laughing, into 		the furnace.  STEVEN is helpless to stop them.  THE WORKERS draw back 		in awe.  Maria’s image has disappeared entirely and the metal shape of 		the robot appears.  THE WORKERS are frozen in horror.  

		MARIA enters and sees the carnage.  Lights shift down as the mood 		changes to the inertia of shock.]

ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS

MARIA
	I DREAMED
	THAT THE EARTH TURNED TO STONE
	AND WE WALKED ALONE
	WE WERE COLD

	DUST
	WE HAD ALL TURNED TO DUST
	THE MACHINES GONE TO RUST
	WE WERE OLD

	WHY THIS STRANGE SAD DREAM
	WHY THIS UGLY NIGHTMARE
	IS HIS HOW IT ENDS
	DOES FEAR CONTROL THE HOUR
	THERE WAS NOT ONE CHANCE
	THEY COULD FIGHT THE WRONG HERE
	OR AT LEAST PRETEND
	WHY KILL EVERY FLOWER
	JUST FOR POWER

	LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS
	THAT HAS NO BEGINNING
	ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS
	THAT HAS NO END
	YOU SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH
	YOU DREAM OF A LOVER

(MARIA contd.)
	THEY TAKE ALL YOUR YOUTH
	THEY TAKE ALL YOUR FRIENDS

	RAIN
	IN MY DREAM THERE WAS RAIN
	AND THE TEARS OF MY BROTHERS IN PAIN

	THERE WAS HOPE
	WITH THE FIRST RAY OF LIGHT
	WE WOULD ALL BE ALL RIGHT--IN THE DAWN
	HOW DID WE BEGIN
	WHEN WE STOOD TOGETHER
	WILL WE FIND AGAIN
	WHAT WE’VE KNOWN FOREVER
	WE STILL HAVE THE POWER
	WE CAN RIGHT THE WRONG HERE
	THERE IS ONE MORE CHANCE
	NO MORE TIME TO FIGHT
	WE NEED LIGHT

	NO MORE TIME FOR THE NIGHTS
	THAT HAVE NO BEGINNING
	GONE ARE THE NIGHTS
	THAT HAVE NO END
	CALM IS THE FORCE
	THAT LOOKS TO THE FUTURE
	STRONG IS THE CAUSE
	THE LOVE OF MY FRIENDS
	STRONG IS THE CAUSE
	STRONG TO THE END

		[The loud sound of transformers surging.  The lights shift.  The scene is 		momentarily dead quiet.]

A WORKER
The power.  They’ve turned off the power.  We’re all going to die.

		[In shocked silence, everyone huddles together.  Suddenly MARCO rushes 		in.]

MARCO
The fire is out of control.  Number six is shut down.

GROAT
I’ve opened the floodgates.

A WORKER
You’ll drown us all!

GROAT
We must try and save the machines.

ANOTHER WORKER
The pipes are bursting in the heat.  The water level is rising.

STEVEN
We must go up to the city.  I know a place where we could hide together.

GROAT
We must save the machines.

WORKERS
To hell with the machines!  To the elevators!

GROAT
You can’t use the elevators!  The guards will shoot you on sight up there.
STEVEN
But we’ll be dead if we stay here.  Everyone try to get to level ten and we’ll join you there.

		[A WORKER staggers in, on fire.  Everyone rushes to help, but the 		WORKER is obviously dying.  Struggling to not collapse, THE WORKER 		grabs STEVEN.]

THE DYING WORKER
	GO WE’LL STAY BEHIND
	WORK THE MACHINES
	YOU AND MARIA TAKE THE CHILDREN
	WE’LL STAY BEHIND
	WORK THE MACHINES
	TAKE THE CHILDREN

	  	[Now kneeling, supported by STEVEN and MARIA, THE CHILDREN come 		closer when THE WORKER gestures towards them.]

	FOR YOU ARE THE LIGHT
	YOU ARE THE FUTURE
	WHERE THERE IS WRONG
	YOU’LL MAKE IT RIGHT  (struggling to stand)

	FROM EVERY HOUSE
	RISE UP AND FOLLOW
	BE STRONG
	BE STRONG
	BE STRONG
	FOR YOU
	YOU
	ARE THE LIGHT

		[THE WORKER dies.  Skin slips from the hands as they try to lower her 		gently to the ground.

		A loud siren.  Chaos as the lights flicker and everyone scrambles to 		escape.]

ANNOUNCER
Warning to all workers.  Warning to all workers.  The air filters are no longer functioning.  The oxygen supply has been exhausted.  Warning to all workers.  The atmosphere in the machine rooms can no longer support life.

		[Glimpses of people soundlessly running as in a silent movie.  Others are 		collapsing and dying, some falling to their death from the machines.  Then 		figures in shadows indistinctly see at first, slowly advancing.]

REQUIEM

WORKERS
	DAY AFTER DAY WE WORKED ON THESE MACHINES
	THIS IS WHAT WE CALLED LIFE
	ALL THAT WE COULD CALL LIFE
	THE FINAL HOURS OF METROPOLIS
	DEATH HAS COME TO THOSE BELOW
	AS TO THOSE ABOVE
	
	PRESSURE WAS ALL THERE WAS TO THINK ABOUT
	ONE OH ONE POINT ONE WE MUST MAINTAIN
	OR SOMEONE PAYS
	SUPPLYING POWER FOR METROPOLIS
	THEY WORKED US NIGHT AND DAY

Scene Five
Freeman’s Office and an Abandoned Street

		[FREEMAN sits alone in a state of comatose shock.  JEREMIAH enters.]

FREEMAN
What has happened?  Where is Futura?

JEREMIAH
Futura went out of control.  She killed Steven.

FREEMAN
Killed Steven.  Where is Futura?

JEREMIAH
The workers burned her in the furnace.  Now that Steven is dead I will always be loyal.  I will serve you all my life.

METROPOLIS

FREEMAN
	DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT TOOK
	TO BUILD A CITY
	ONE LIKE THIS
	METROPOLIS
	STARTING WITH NOTHING
	BUT THE RUBBLE AND
	END UP WITH THIS
	METROPOLIS

	HELL
	A LIFE BORN IN HELL
	A WORLD BUILT FROM STRENGTH
	AND WISDOM AND SKILL
	AND ONLY HELD TOGETHER

(FREEMAN contd.)
	BY MY SHEER WILL
	YES I BUILT THIS CITY
	OUT OF THE ASHES
	WITH NOTHING BUT DREAMS
	WITH NOTHING ELSE BUT DREAMS

	WE ARE THE KEEPER OF THE MAGIC DREAMS
	THE SINGER OF THE GLORIOUS SONGS
	THIS IS THE LAND WE LOVE ABOVE ALL ELSE
	WHATEVER ELSE—WE’LL KEEP IT STRONG
	
	DUTY
	WITHOUT ME THIS CITY WOULD GO OFF THE RAILS
	DISINTEGRATE RUN DOWN
	BELOW
	THEY WORK DOWN BELOW
	AND IF SOME MUST SUFFER SO OTHERS CAN SOAR
	THAT’S HOW A CITY GROWS

	NO BETTER MAN THAN I HAS EVER THOUGHT
	HAS EVER TRIED TO REACH SO HIGH
	THIS IS THE PERFECT SUM OF ALL THE PARTS
	IT IS THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
	
	MY PRIDE WON’T LET ME GO ON
	I BUILT IT AND I CAN DESTROY IT AT WILL
	MY SON AND CITY HAVE GONE
	ANGER
	THIS RAGE DEEP INSIDE ME
	OH WHY HAS MY ONE SON 
	BEEN TAKEN FROM ME
	HOW COULD I LET THIS BE
		[He sheds a tear, wipes it off, and stares at it uncomprehendingly]
	I’M GOING MAD
	I’M GIVING CREDENCE TO
	EMOTIONS
	THEY’RE JUST FRIVOLOUS
	IT HAD TO COME TO THIS
	THE ONLY THING THAT HAD BEEN SURE
	IS WE ENDURE
	AND NOW IT’S GONE
	I CAN’T GO ON

		[He breaks down, pulls a lever on his desk as JEREMIAH screams “NO!”  		The control room collapses on the two of them as Metropolis itself 		explodes and is destroyed.	

		Out of the rubble, STEVEN, MARIA, and THE CHILDREN come up in to the 		air  from behind mounds of twisted metal.] 

FINALE

STEVEN
	THIS WAS THE VISION
	THIS WAS THE CITY
	SHIMMERING TOWER
	ARROGANT POWER
	CITY OF SUNLIGHT
	BANISHED TO DARKNESS
	HOME OF THE LIVING
	GRAVE OF THE DYING
	ALONE NOW
	BE STRONG NOW

MARIA
	HOLD BACK THE NIGHT
	THE DARKNESS FADES TOWARDS THE DAWN
	WE WILL ALL FLY HIGH
	SOMEDAY

	THOUGH DAYS WERE DARK AND NOTHING CAME TO LIGHT THE WAY
MARIA
WE WILL SOON FLY FAR 	STEVEN
WE WILL FLY HIGH 
FLY HIGH FAR AWAY	

STEVEN
	THEY WERE WORKING
	FOR THE DEVIL
	THE CITY’S LIGHT
	WERE FUELED IN HELL

MARIA
	THE CITY’S LIGHTS 
	NOW TURN TO DARKNESS

MARIA AND STEVEN
	BUT WE SHALL SURVIVE
	BRIGHTLY ALIVE

CHILDREN
	OH MY WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CITY
	BUILT BY OUR FATHERS
	A GIFT TO THEIR SONS
CHILDREN
THRE’S HOPE NOW
THAT WE’LL MAKE IT BETTER
THE BEST THAT A MAN
CAN BECOME
THE CHILDREN OF METROPOLIS
WE ARE THE CHILDREN
WE WILL FLY HIGH FLY HIGH	STEVEN
SUNLIGHT
BRIGHTLY SHINING SUN

IF WE CAN ONCE SEE THE SUN
IF WE CAN ONCE SEE THE LIGHT
WE WILL 
WE WILL FLY HIGH	MARIA

FAR AWAY SO
HOLD BACK THE NIGHT

LOOK TOWARDS THE LIGHT

WE WILL ALL FLY HIGH	

		
		[WORKERS have been emerging from behind the mountain of rubble as 		the sun starts beaming through the broken battlements of Metropolis.
		Blue snow begins to gently fall]

ALL SURVIVORS
	THOUGH DAYS WERE DARK
	AND NOTHING CAME TO LIGHT THE WAY
	WE WILL ALL FLY HIGH
	TODAY

FINIS

CURTAIN CALL

ENSEMBLE
WE ARE THE LIGHT
WE WILL FIND OUR WAY AT LAST
AND WE WILL SEE THE SUN SHINE THROUGH

FROM EVERY HOUSE
AND WE WILL RISE
WE WILL SING ONE SONG
AND WE
WE WILL BE STRONG SO STRONG
WE WILL SEE THE SUN SHINE THROUGH
THE SUN SHINE THROUGH
THE SUN SHINE THROUGH
WE WILL BE STRONG
WE ARE THE LIGHT

STEVEN
IF IT’S ONLY LOVE
SHOULDN’T BE ENOUGH 
TO BREAK MY HEART
IF IT’S ONLY LOVE
IT’S ONLY LOVE

ALL MEN
IF IT’S ONLY LOVE
SHOULDN’T BE ENOUGH
TO BREAK MY HEART
IF IT’S ONLY LOVE
IT’S ONLY…	MARIA
YOU ARE THE LIGHT
YOU ARE THE LIGHT

YOU ARE THE LIGHT YOU ARE THE FUTURE
WHERE THERE IS WRONG YOU’LL MAKE IT RIGHT
LET EVERY HEART
RISE UP AND FOLLOW
BE STRONG FOR YOU –YOU ARE THE LIGHT
YOU ARE THE LIGHT
YOU ARE THE LIGHT

YOU ARE THE LIGHT

IT WON’T TAKE LONG
I WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH
WILL LOVE FIND A WAY
IT WON’T TAKE LONG
IT’S ONLY LOVE

ALL WOMEN
IT WON’T TAKE LONG
I WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH
WILL LOVE FIND A WAY
IT WON’T TAKE LONG
IT’S ONLY…	

ENSEMBLE
	IT’S ONLY
	IT’S ONLY LOVE
	IT’S ONLY LOVE

	IT’S ONLY
	IT’S ONLY LOVE
	IT’S ONLY LOVE
	
	IT’S ONLY 
	IT’S ONLY LOVE
	IT’S ONLY LOVE