All
Deep beneath the city
With a thousand other strangers
Packed like driven cattle
Speeding through a maze
Rattling and lurching
Reading poetry in motion
A muffled speaker tells us
To expect delays
All
Dih dit dit dih dit dit (etc.)
Jane/nate
Shit
Ali
Sorry
Trent
Excuse me
Chris
Hold the door
Nate
Wait!
Ms. Williams
I should've hailed a cab
Trent
Edits to the contract are due
Jane
Did i forget my phone?
Ali
That construction is new
Trent
Monthly pass
Ali
Late for class
Ms. Williams
Kiss my ass
Ali/ms. Williams/trent
Oh my god
Nate
God, i hope my unemployment claim comes through
Ms. Williams
Why did i wear these heels?
Chris
Gotta make my quota this week
Jane
Where in the hell's the train?
Nate
This aroma's unique
Ali
I'm so late
Trent
Ten of eight
Jane
Hate the wait
Jane/trent
Don't they know
Jane/trent/nate
That i got places that
All
I need to go
Jane
But i'm not there yet
I'm not there yet
All
Still
Ali
Five
Jane
Nine
Trent
Twelve
Ms. Williams
Ten
Nate
Forty-six
Minutes away
On the f
Jane
On the r
Ali/trent
On the friggin' a
Jane
Have to get where i
All
Have to get
But i'm not there yet!
Dave
Excuse me --
Sophia
Ouch!
Steven
A seat!
Nina
Is that lady pregnant or fat?
Steven
I think --
Dave
Another route?
Sophia
Hey! Don't eye me like that!
What a sleeze...
Nina
C'mon, please
Steven
If i squeeze
Nina/steven/sophia
Holy crap!
Dave
Crap, why is the seat all wet where i just sat?
Nate
I wish i knew the time
Jane
Where is this audition?
Steven
A-choo!
Trent
Did i just miss my stop?
Ali
Thanks, i don't want the flu
Nina
Meet the goal
Sophia
Grab the pole
Trent
No control
Jane/trent/althea/ali
Mta
Jane/trent/ali
I'm goin' somewhere
And you're
Jane/trent/althea/ali/nate/
Trent
In my way, ‘cause
All
I'm not there yet
I'm not there yet
Still
Ali
Three
Jane
Five
Trent
Nine
Ms. Williams
Eight
Nate
Thirteen
Minutes so far
Nate/ali/jane
Underground on a track in a crowded car
Til i get where i
All
Have to get
But i'm not there yet
All
How long until...
Jane
I can do
What i dreamed i would do
I would do for a living?
All
And how long ‘til
Trent
I can love who i love
And my world is forgiving
All
I thought by now
Nate & ali
I'd be back on my feet
And i'd be where i need to be
Jane/nate/ali/trent
Instead i'm packed with strangers
All
Riding the uptown
Ali/jane
3
Trent/nina
Downtown d
Althea/sophia
Crosstown e
Nate/chris/dave/steven
Local g
Boxman
Ladies and gentlemen, due to train traffic ahead we are being momentarily held.
All
Fuuuuuuuuuuuck.
All
Gotta deal with the fact that
I'm not the one drivin'
Gotta tune out the world
As a means of survivin'.
Not at home, not at play, not at work, not in bed
Not asleep, not awake, not alive and not dead
Not in place but still not moving ahead.
Boxman
Eight million souls so busy rushing around
Blind to the beauty of the moment
And deaf to the sound --
Of the polyrhythmic melody
The multilayered harmony
The everchanging symphony
Of life underground.
Where together we ride, and together we wait
In a tiny metal room as we zoom toward our fate
And we stress on the express, and we bitch and we moan
In an unnatural proximity, together but alone
Eight million souls race to their destinations
In this limbo life we live between stations.
(drum fill)
All
No i'm not there!
Why am i not there yet?
Just
Ali
Two
Jane
One
Nate
Four
Ms. Williams
Six
Trent
Seventeen
Minutes from here
Ali/jane/trent
But the track and the map and my route's not clear
All
Will i get where i have to get?
Ali
I'm not there...
Ms. Williams
Not there...
Jane/trent/nate/chris/ali/ms. Williams
Not there...
I'm
All
Deep beneath the city
With a thousand other strangers!!!
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