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Dead in the Water
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical Original Cast
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If I had a touch of that courage
I'd be marching my way through that door
But it's part of my biology
To start with an apology
And sorry won't win us this war
If only things were different
If only I were different
I wish I was a maggot
My insides ripe and liquified
I'd wait in the dark for it all to start, then touch the sky
'Cause when you are a maggot
The parts are already supplied
I'd be born with the things to give me wings, so I could fly
Another plan
That's stuck on the ground before it's invented
One more scheme
Gets rejected before it's even dissected
Every inch forward and ten miles back
And that's that
Dead in the water again
I wish I was a tadpole
A slimy nascent thing
No need to create I'd just mutate and then I'd swim
Uh-uh, 'cause if I was a tadpole
Literally, I could leap forward on a whim
There'd be no red tape, I'd just take shape and develop limbs
One day, I'll metamorphosise as scales will tumble from their eyes
And thus shall end this wretched old routine
They'll hear all these ideas of mine
And realise that all this time
There's more to me than they have ever seen
But until then, until then
I wish I was a maggot
Or a tadpole, or a termite, or a wasp
I don't know
Something that can start small, pupate
Grow legs, wings or gills
To escape this hell that I'm living in
Wait, maybe I should think big
Maybe like a lion
Or a blue whale, hippopotamus
No, don't be ridiculous!
This is the problem
God
I wish that I could change my life
Be the one that could hold onto their attention
Blow their minds
With ideas that defy human comprehension
Make them say
Oh Cholmondeley, you clever chap!
But I'm back
Dead in the water again
Oh, I don't know
Maybe I'll just
Pop it in the tray