The Wall

by Sullyhogs1

A script for a stage adaptation of Pink Floyd's album/rock opera I'm writing. The story is about a burnt-out rock star who builds an emotional and psychological wall between himself and society based off of the traumatic experiences in his past. I own some character names, some new dialogue, and the staging. The rest goes to Pink Floyd front man Roger Waters. Read & review, please!

26. Run Like Hell

Act II – Scene 9

Run Like Hell

(The staged audience keep chanting when an electric guitar revs up and the music starts. The platform is taken offstage. The soldiers rally around FASCIST PINK.)

SOLDIERS and WORMS:

Run, run, run, run…. (line repeats four times)

FASCIST PINK (pacing):

You better make your face up in your favorite disguise,

With your button-down lips and your roller-blind eyes,

With your empty smile and your hungry heart,

Feel the bile rising from your guilty past,

With your nerves in tatters as the cockleshell shatters,

And the hammers batter down your door!

You better run!

(When FASCIST PINK ends the last line, the soldiers and WORMS begin to sing their opening line again, with FASCIST PINK joining in. The audience is very ecstatic.)

FASCIST PINK, SOLDIERS, and WORMS:

Run, run, run, run... (repeats again four times)

FASCIST PINK:

You better run all day and run all night,

And keep your dirty feelings deep inside,

And I you're takin' your girlfriend out tonight,

You better park the car well out of sight,

'Cos if they catch you in the back seat trying to pick her locks,

They're gonna send you back to mother in a cardboard box!

You better run!

(FASCIST PINK 'Hammer salutes' the crowd as the staged audience exits the auditorium. The Hammer flag is taken off as THE WORMS exit.)