Music: Matt Sax/Eric Rosén
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We shades of the city of Venice ask you to follow us
If you dream of peace, follow us
If you dream of freedom, follow us
If you know that these are not the same thing
Well, are you ready?
All I hear is--
Left right left right left right
All I hear is--
Left right left right left right
I said all I hear is--
Left right left right left right
And now, all I hear is--
Left right left
Let me tell you a story
Let me paint you a picture
Let me let you in on the world I envision
It might be strange to you
Or maybe similar to your own world
Might feel the same to you
I am your lifeline
Your forward and hindsight
Reporter of order of story
Your timeline
To tell this story is a means of resistance
So my ears for the night
I need your assistance
Sh sh sh sh
Keep it quiet
I need you to listen
Many no longer living
For not keeping themselves hidden
And while I grew up in Venice afraid to rise
This story needs a voice so I will oblige now
We the citizens of Venice
Are exhausted
Once had freedom, then we lost it
What's the price of living this life?
What the cost is?
No safety on these streets
We are constantly accosted
Once a light unto the nations
Darkness fell our freedom taken
Venice once was our salvation
Didn't think we'd be forsaken
Oh my, oh my
The military stole my life
This occupation never dies
Under that military's watchful eyes
If you see something, say something
If you see anything at all
Then you know just who to call
If you see something, say something
Anything suspicious report it this instant
We were taught to be proud to be from here
Till the day that bout back twenty years
Terror hit the city twenty thousand tears
Then everyone that could up and disappeared
The government dissolved
And a corporation crept
Westbrook was the name on the military's chest
They said it'd be good, that they'd root out terror
But twenty years of occupation has taught us better
We the citizens of Venice
Have been locked up, locked down
Caged and shot down
We the citizens of Venice
Have been chained and blocked out
Left to rot now
We've been left for dead
Stuck here while the wealthy fled
Drained our lives and ******* bled
Bombs exploded round our heads
Get some rest
We're tired, wired, uninspired, disregarded by departed
Souls who'll never know
The hell they've left, our hearts are hardened
Souls who'll never know
That life is over 'fore it started
If this was the story that I needed to tell
You could all go home and we could bid farewell
But it's not
Watch
Meet Venice Monroe
A leader emerging, a glimmer of hope
We have watched our fellow man
Stripped and shackled at your hand
Motherless children who don't know the difference
Please understand
If we don't demand more from our lives
How can we expect our kids to thrive?
Separate we are powerless
But together we can rise!
Venice fight for us!
Venice speak for us!
Can we start to trust?
After all these years and all these fears?
Follow me!
Tonight we
Fight with me!
We'll fight
We wanna believe you!
Change is gonna come
We can stand and chant as one!
Venice help us see (Dear Venice)
What it means to be (Dear Venice)
Follow me!
Truly free help us to believe
That I can see the light
Meanwhile outside the city walls
A girl runs home to answer the city's calls
She left long ago
Now she's planning her reunion
On her way to joining Venice's revolution
Dear Venice
Can you feel me coming?
I've been making my plans
Waiting to run for oh so long
Dear Venice
This is my last letter
After all of these years writing to you
I'll finally be home
By your side
It's been twenty years since my parents died
Tonight
We can finally finished what they tried
Finally getting to act, to do, to make our dreams come true
I love you too
Willow
As news spread that Willow fled
The leader of the safe zone rears his head
My father promised me, and my father never lied
No he never lied
My father promised, on the day that that man died
All my life he told me
Boy when you get older
You must marry Willow
And keep her on your shoulder
I can't lose her
I'll lose everything
For me to rule this country
She needs to wear my wedding ring
For all those who have died
By your side
She needs to wear my wedding ring
For all those who have died
By your side
She needs to wear my wedding ring
And we won't compromise (Will you help us see)
(Boy when you get older)
Until the city thrives (What it means to be)
(You must marry Willow)
We got a long way to go (Truly free help us to believe)
(I can't lose her)
But I can (For me to rule this country)
(She needs to wear my wedding ring)
I can see the Light
Dear Venice
Can you feel me coming?
Is this the day that we can say
You paved the way?
Dear Venice
Can you feel this moment?
Today is the day
That we find out our fate
Ah ah ah, ah ah ah
And right then and there
The crowd parted slow
I lifted up my eyes
From the ground below
My skin got chills
What a wonderful sight
Home at last our children reunite
(Children reunite)
(Children reunite)
(Children reunite)
(Children reunite)
Dear citizens of Venice
I am humbled in your presence
I've been gone for so long
Now I'm finally home
To see the sun and stand with you(I can see the sunrise)
Fulfill a dream our parents knew
A divided nation torn in two
Demands reunion
We can be one
We have lingered in darkness
So lets tears down these walls
And together we can see the sunrise(I can see the sunrise)
Tonight (When I close my eyes)
I can visualize
I wanna be with you and hold you tight
And we won't compromise (Will you help us see)
(Boy when you get older)
Until the city thrives (What it means to be)
(You must marry Willow)
We got a long way to go (Truly free help us to believe)
(I can't lose her，I'll lose everything)
(For me to rule this country)
I can
(She needs to wear my wedding ring)
I can see the Light
Dear Venice
Can you feel this moment?
We'll take the nation back
Now that you are here
Now the day is here
Welcome everybody to Venice
I hope you let us
Tell you a little story exploding onto the present
I promise you won't regret it
Today is the day let's get it
We are all the citizens of Venice!