Belladonna Melodrama - Charming Disaster

[JOSH JAMES]

Out my window, in the alley
There's a figure dressed in black

[ROXIE GRAYSON]

On the nightstand lies a pistol
And a letter sealed with wax

[JOSH JAMES]

Roxie, please indulge me!
Rouse yourself and fetch your things

[ROXIE GRAYSON]

Josh, is he watching?
Oh, my darling, let's set sail!

[BOTH]

Tonight
Under cover of the darkness
No, we'll never get the horses

[JOSH JAMES]

Meet the captain at the tavern

[ROXIE GRAYSON]

He's a drunkard! Can we trust him?

[JOSH JAMES]

I remember when my father
In convulsions on his deathbed
Pulled me closer, in a whisper
Made me promise to avenge him

[ROXIE GRAYSON]

Was it sickness? Was it madness?
Some disease that wracked his frame?

[JOSH JAMES]

Deadly poison from a dagger
While defending his good name

[BOTH]

My God
Could it be those very forces
That are seeking our destruction?

[ROXIE GRAYSON]

Did he tell you any secrets?

[JOSH JAMES]

I have followed his instructions

[BOTH]

We are pawns in a game of some deep, dark design
Pieces in play but the board is on fire
Whose will is at work in this sinister plan?
Are we moved in the dark by mysterious hands?

[JOSH JAMES]

There's a whipping, ship is tossing
I can barely hear you speak

[ROXIE GRAYSON]

Is the letter safely hidden? Would it be safer with me?

[JOSH JAMES]

Roxie, don't be frightened
We have left them in the distance
We have proof that will destroy them

[ROXIE GRAYSON]

Me and you the only witness

[BOTH]

Is that a shadow? Or the shape of
Someone swimming in the water?

[JOSH JAMES]

Were we followed?

[ROXIE GRAYSON]

Doesn't matter
Soon we'll be across the channel

[BOTH]

We have parts in a play of some deep, dark design
Thrust on stage, but the boards are on fire
Caught in the plot of a sinister plan
Are we marionettes in mysterious hands?

Crack of lightning splits the darkness
Deck is listing hard to starboard
Ship is sinking -- where's the captain?
In the lifeboat, we're abandoned

[ROXIE GRAYSON]

For the last time, Josh!

[JOSH JAMES]

Roxie, please unhand me!

[ROXIE GRAYSON]

I must have that cursed letter!

[JOSH JAMES]

Do you think I knew no better?
You will never see that message!

[ROXIE GRAYSON]

Then you'll die here to protect it

[JOSH JAMES]

Mind the pistol!

[ROXIE GRAYSON]

Is it loaded?

[BOTH]

Let it go, now hand it over!

[ROXIE GRAYSON]

Josh, I am dying
As my lifeblood flows from me

[JOSH JAMES]

Roxie, will you tell me
Who directs your treacherous deeds?

[ROXIE GRAYSON]

Oh, my darling, ere I perish
Please believe I loved you truly

[JOSH JAMES]

Was it Masons? Rosicrucians?
Jesuits? Illuminati?

[BOTH]

Unseen powers in the shadows
Never named but in a whisper?

[ROXIE GRAYSON]

Trade the secret, for one last kiss...

[JOSH JAMES]

...Belladonna on your lipstick

[BOTH]

We are trapped in a maze
Of some deep, dark design
Seeking escape, but the walls are on fire
Who is to blame for this sinister plan?
The society of the mysterious hand