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Alain Boublil - This Is The Hour Lyrics

[ENGINEER]
Are you waiting for them to kill me?
Did you not get what he said?
There's a big screw loose inside you
I will rip it out of your head
That's a mad dog on the rampage
If you think he'll change, save your breath
Just say "Yes," I don't care if you love him
Princess, life has it all over death!

[KIM]
I have a husband I love
Real as the sun in the sky
I cannot live with a lie

[THUY]
Do you see now who has power?
Do you still think crazy things?

[KIM]
Chris will come to me like the phoenix
And he'll take me off on his wings

[THUY]
You're a traitor to your country
[KIM]
If I am, then let it be

[KIM, THUY & ENGINEER]
I am talking of life or death now
I am talking of staying free

[ENGINEER]
So there it is now, it's time to move on
If you don't need me, I'd rather be gone
Two kids in love don't need strangers around

[THUY]
You just get out

[ENGINEER]
Right, I won't make a sound

[ENGINEER grabs his sack and leaves.]

[THUY]
And as for you
Come with me

[KIM, spoken]
No!
[KIM]
There is a secret
That you don't know
There is a force here
I never show
You say it's treason
To keep my vow
Season after season
I survived somehow
If you want the reason
I will show you now

[KIM pulls back the curtain and out runs TAM, a scared two year old boy. KIM hugs him.]

Look, Thuy, this is my son
He has kept me alive
Now you see why
I must tell you "No"

[THUY]
No one must ever see
This thing you're showing me
That bastard fouls our name

[KIM]
My baby's not to blame
For what I've done
[THUY]
You must decide upon
Which side you're really on
You whored to make this kid

[KIM]
That isn't what I did
Don't touch my son

[THUY]
You must see how it is
When you're my wife
Having that child of his
Brands us for life
No alternative
The child cannot live!

[THUY pulls a knife, threatening TAM.]

[KIM, spoken]
No!

[KIM]
You will not touch him
Don't touch my boy
He's what I live for
He's my only joy

[KIM & THUY]
You will not touch (He is my enemy)
Him (It's he turns you from me)
Don't touch my boy (Erase him from your life)
Even your memory
He's what I live (He's one drop in a flood)
For (Left here to taint our blood)
He's my only (Our marriage bond was sworn)
Joy (Forget that he was born)

[KIM pulls out a gun.]

[THUY]
Of course you have a gun

[THUY & KIM]
And now you'll shoot your cousin (Don't touch my little boy)
And it's a U.S. gun
A gun that lost the war (And do not test my will)
You're the corrupted one
Go on and shoot (I'm warning you)
Don't wait (For him)
To save your bastard son
You must not hesitate (I'll kill)

[KIM]
The earth moves where I stand
I feel the turning of a wheel
I feel nothing in my hand
Not even the feel of steel
You will not take my child

[THUY]
You don't know how to kill

[KIM]
I have no other choice
What I must do I will

[KIM shoots THUY. The street pageant continues outside.]

[CROWD]
This is the hour
This is our land
We found the power
In our brother's hand
And from a storm
Pierced with light
Fierce and white
The lightning came
A brightening flame
To end the night

[A gigantic statue of Ho Chin Minh is raised in the square outside.]

One man to heed us
Each girl, each boy
One voice to lead us
In a song of joy
This is the hour
This is our land

[In the room, KIM stares at THUY's body. KIM puts the gun, her family shrine and a few valuables in a sack and, taking TAM by the hand, escapes.]