Act II – Scene 8
In the Flesh – Reprise
Setting – Pink's Mind.
(As the music starts, the stage lights come on to see THE WORMS onstage, and the platform from the beginning of the show is also near upstage center. A large, red and white roll-down flag is seen, too, with a picture of two hammers crossing each other in the form of an X is seen in the middle. The wall built along upstage is still there. The scene is similar to the first scene of the show, with the audience running down the aisles towards the stage as the descending guitar riff plays. Soldiers in black and red uniforms, who are referred to as hammers and are FASCIST PINK's personal bodyguards and enforcers, march onto the stage as the guitar riff transitions. THE WORMS begin to harmonize with one another as FASCIST PINK enters to greet his hammers, and the crowd. The audience becomes more frantic when they see him,)
THE WORMS (in harmony):
Aaaaah…. (repeats six times)
(On the third repeat, FASCIST PINK walks up to his platform and greets the audience with the 'Hammer Salute', in which one crosses their forearms in the form of an X, resembling the 'Hammer Flag'.
FASCIST PINK (with backup from THE WORMS):
So ya thought ya
Might like to go to the show?
(A loud drum plays between each phrase.)
To feel the warm thrill of confusion,
That 'space cadet' glow?
I got some bad news for you sunshine,
Pink isn't well, he stayed back at the hotel,
And they sent us along as a surrogate band,
We're gonna find out where you folks really stand!
Are there any queers in the theatre tonight?
Get 'em up against the wall.
(A hammer ruthlessly grabs one of the audience members, brings him onstage, and puts him up against the wall.)
THE WORMS:
'Gainst the wall!
(As THE WORMS sing 'wall', FASCIST PINK begins to sing.)
FASCIST PINK:
Now there's one in the spotlight,
And he don't look right to me,
Get him up against the wall!
(Another soldier brings another crowd member up to the wall.)
THE WORMS:
'Gainst the wall!
FASCIST PINK:
And that one looks Jewish,
And that one's a coon!
Who let all this riff-raff into the room?
There's one smoking a joint,
And another with spots!
If I had it my way,
I'd have all of you shot!
(The crowd goes crazy as he sings this, and as the following guitar riff plays, the hammers bring all of the respective crowd members up to the wall. FASCIST PINK again 'Hammer Salutes' the crowd, as the soldiers lead all of the 'audience members' who were brought up to the wall offstage, most likely to be executed. The crowd sees this and applauds even more, and as the music comes to a coda, the crowd transitions into the next song.)
CROWD (chanting loudly): Pink Floyd! Pink Floyd!...