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Madman! (The Strange Events of Curdlequick Falls: the Musical)

TOWNSPEOPLE: MADMAN! MADMAN! HE WILL FIND YOU MADMAN! MADMAN! HE WILL NOT SPARE YOU MADMAN! MADMAN! HE WILL FIND YOU IN THE NIGHT UNTIL YOU SEE THE HEAVENS LIGHT. OLIVIA: HE’S UP THERE ALL ALONE AT NIGHT THESE BITTER MEANINGS GIVE ME NEVERENDING FRIGHT WHAT’S HE DOING, I WILL NEVER TELL THE WAY HE LOOKS AT ME MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I’M IN HELL [REFRAIN] OLIVIA: HE KNOWS WHEN YOU ARE STARING HE KNOWS WHEN YOU TURN AWAY HEED MY WARNING AND DO NOT LOOK UPON HIS FACE [REFRAIN] OLIVIA: HE GIVES YOU A LOOK WITH HIS DARK BROWN EYES IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I WILL NEVER SEE THE LIGHT [REFRAIN] OLIVIA: WHEN YOU LOOK, HE TURNS AWAY WHY CAN’T I FEEL THE LIGHT OF DAY? THERE IS A PROBLEM I CANNOT SEE WHY DOES HIS HEART MAKE ME WANT TO SCREAM? [REFRAIN] TOWNSPEOPLE AND OLIVIA: HE KNOWS WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING HE KNOWS WHEN YOU WILL STARE TRYING TO SOLVE HIS PROBLEMS GO NEAR HIM IF YE DARE. [REFRAIN] WHEN HE COMES FOR YOU, BE SURE TO LOCK YOUR DOOR THEN RUN THROUGH THE HALLS AND HIDE BENEATH THE FLOOR HE WILL NOT REST UNTIL HE KNOWS THAT YOU ARE DEAD AND THERE IS NO WAY TO STOP HIM FROM DISCOVERING [REFRAIN] BE PREPARED TO FRET MY DEAR, THERE IS NO WAY THAT HE IS STOPPING NOW NOW THAT HE IS ON HIS WAY SOME PEOPLE ARE FLEEING THE STREETS NOW, THERE’S NOWHERE ON EARTH YOU CAN HIDE THERE’S NOT A PLACE YOU ARE SAFE, NOT EVEN INSIDE. [REFRAIN]

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