[RICHIE]
I'm dead
The blood is all but draining from my head
The nightmare started there
But now has spread!
My pulse is certainly dropping
And my life is hanging on by a thread

[RUTH]
I'm scared
Someone comes for me
I'm unprepared

[RICHIE & RUTH]
The wait has got me sweating
I can't cut through all the tension

[RICHIE & RUTH & ENSEMBLE]
It's hell on Earth, you know
I'm tweetin' all about it
I take it blow-by-blow
But I'd never scream or shout it...

//SCHOOL BELL RINGS//

[MISS MULBERRY - SPOKEN]
Passing period is over! Find your seats!

[ALL]
High school
Is killing me!
It's got me all out of rhythm and my melody!
It's not cool
It's a fallacy
It's a cruel and unusual brutality!
And I can survive it
For only so long
High school
Is killing me!
I'm so fucking dead

[MISS MULBERRY - SPOKEN]
Alright, class. Pop quiz! I hope you'vе been hitting the books. Miss Lauter?

[STEPH - SPOKEN]
Shit!

[STEPH, (ENSEMBLE)]
I was up all late last night
And I couldn't fucking study
(Didn't want to anyway!)
I was deep in a Twittеr fight
About a problematic puppy
(Problematic pooch!)
I had heart palpitations
Trying to convert crypto to lunch money
There's nowhere to turn...

[ALL]
For the class of Twenty Twenty-Wurn!
High school
Is killing me!
It's got me all out of rhythm and my melody

[PJ]
My Melody!

[KYLE]
My Melody!

[ALL]
A cesspool
Faux democracy
It's one hell of a normal abnormality!

[JASON]
Agh!

[RUTH]
Agh!

[PJ?]
Ugh!

[ALL]
And I can survive it
For only so long!
High school
Is killing me!
I'm so fucking-

[STEPH - SPOKEN]
Hey. Hey, Geek!

[PETE - SPOKEN]
Me?

[STEPH - SPOKEN]
Your name is Peter, right?

[PETE - SPOKEN]
Yeah...?

[STEPH - SPOKEN]
Hi, Pete. We've been going to class together for a long time, haven't we?

[PETE (Spoken)]
Well, since the first grade

[STEPH - SPOKEN]
And I'm just realizing I never introduced myself. I'm Stephanie

[ENSEMBLE]
I'm so fucking dead—

[PETE - SPOKEN]
-Lauter, the mayor's daughter. I know

[STEPH - SPOKEN]
Yeah but, my friends call me Steph. We're friends, aren't we Pete?

[ENSEMBLE]
I'm so fucking dead!

[PETE - SPOKEN]
I don't know, are we?

[STEPH - SPOKEN]
Oh, I wouldn't advertise it to the whole school or anything, but uh..

(PETE LAUGHS NERVOUSLY) 

[ENSEMBLE]
High school!

[STEPH - SPOKEN]
...but there's an unspoken bond between us! We're classmates, comrades! We're Nighthawks! And we don't leave anyone behind!

[PETE - SPOKEN]
I got left behind this morning. The bus driver's a fuckin' asshole

[STEPH - SPOKEN]
Yeah. We succeed together, and we fail together. And I won't mince words, I'm gonna fail this test, Peter...unless you help me cheat

[PETE - SPOKEN]
CHEAT?!

[ENSEMBLE]
I'm so fucking dead!
Eight o'clock bell rings
Place my head on my desk

[STEPH - SPOKEN]
C'mon, just finish your exam, pass it to me, and I'll put my name on it!

[ENSEMBLE]
Twelve o'clock, Girl Scout
Can I just get my rest?

[STEPH - SPOKEN]
I'll give you mine, you get to take the test again! Doesn't that sound fun?!

[ENSEMBLE]
Three o'clock countdown
Everyday lockdown
Classroom arrest
Is God the one giving the test?

[PETE - SPOKEN]
Well, yeah. But won't we get into trouble?

[STEPH - SPOKEN]
Please, Pete? Don't you wanna help me out?

[PETE - SPOKEN]
Oh, alright

[GRACE - SPOKEN]
CHEATERS!

[STEPH - SPOKEN]
Oh, God! Butt out, Chastity!

[ALL]
High school
Is killing me
It's got me out of my rhythm
And my melody

[PETE]
My melody!

[STEPH]
My melody!

[ALL]
It's not cool
It's a tragedy
I've been thrown to the
Wolves of the community!

[RUTH]
AWOO!

[RICHIE]
AWROO!

[KYLE]
AUGH!

[ENSEMBLE, (ENSEMBLE 2)]
And I can survive it (Can survive it)
For only so long (For only so long)
And I'll still despise it (Still despise it)
When I am gone (When I'm gone)
High school
Is killing me!

[PETE - SPOKEN]
Grace, just be cool!

[ENSEMBLE]
Fuck you, biology!

[GRACE - SPOKEN]
Never!

[ENSEMBLE]
High school
Will murder me

[GRACE - SPOKEN]
Miss Mulberry, they're cheating!

[PETE & STEPH]
I'm so fuckin' dead

[ENSEMBLE]
Yeah!

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