MALVOLIO:
I KNOW I WASN’T DREAMING
OR GETTING CARRIED AWAY
MY LADY TRULY LOVES ME
HER MISSIVE’S PLAIN AS DAY!
THE CLUES ARE ADDING UP
THE LETTERS IN MY NAME
NOW ALL I HAVE TO DO IS PLAY HER GAME!
THEN I’LL BE COUNT MALVOLIO
IF I PLAY ALONG
ACT SURLY TO THE SERVANTS AND TELL TOBY THAT HE’S WRONG
I’LL SPORT MY YELLOW STOCKINGS AND CROSS-GARTER EVERY LACE
AND I’LL ALWAYS WEAR A MONUMENTAL SMILE ON MY FACE!
TIL I AM COUNT MALVOLIO
I WILL ACE EACH TEST
MY FORTUNATE UNHAPPY PUTS ME TO
MY INSTRUCTIONS ARE CLEAR
SO THE DAY’S DRAWING NEAR
WHEN I’LL FINALLY GET MY DUE!
MALVOLIO:
I SHALL BE
MALVOLIO & ILLYRIANS:
COUNT MALVOLIO
MALVOLIO:
BY THE GRACE OF JOVE!
I THANK MY LUCKY STARS FOR COMING THROUGH
I’LL DO ALL THAT SHE SAID
AND THEN WHEN WE ARE WED
I WILL FINALLY GET
YES, I’LL FINALLY GET MY DUE!
ILLYRIANS:
YOU’LL GET YOUR DUE!
MALVOLIO:
MY DUE!
ILLYRIANS:
YOU’LL GET YOUR DUE!
MALVOLIO & ILLYRIANS:
YOUR/MY DUE!
credits
from Twelfth Night,
released December 2, 2016
Music & Lyrics by Shaina Taub
Vocals by Andrew Kober
supported by 16 fans who also own “Count Malvolio Part II”
Dave is the master of writing endings that instill an ethereal feeling of hope within the person who experiences it. The Field is a perfect cap to the end of Octet and by itself it fills me with the calm tranquility of acceptance in situations where I feel like everything is wrong, like I'm unworthy of everything I have and happiness itself. It always reminds me to not waste anymore of my weird and precious time, arguing the nonsense of the wheel. playton