41. It's Quiet Upstate

                                        

                                              
It's Quiet Upstate
                              
(By Lin-Manuel Miranda, king of angst)
                              


                              
[POTTER]
                              
There are moments that the words don't reach
                              
There is suffering too terrible to name
                              
You hold your child as tight as you can
                              
And push away the unimaginable
                              
The moments when you're in so deep
                              
It feels easier to just swim down
                              
[POTTER/ENSEMBLE]
                              
The Malfoys move upstate
                              
And learn to live with the unimaginable
                              
[MALFOY]
                              
I spend hours in the garden
                              
I walk alone to the store
                              
And it's quiet upstate
                              
I never liked the quiet before
                              
I take Scorpius to the countryside
                              
A peaceful place to reflect
                              
And I pray
                              
That never used to happen before
                              
[POTTER AND WOMEN]
                              
If you see him in the fields, 
                              
walking by himself, 
                              
talking to himself, have pity
                              
[MALFOY]
                              
Toria, you would like it upstate
                              
It's quiet upstate
                              
[POTTER AND WOMEN]
                              
He is working through the unimaginable
                              
[ALL MEN (EXCEPT MALFOY)]
                              
His hair is going grey. 
                              
He passes every day
                              
They say he walks for hours on end
                              
[MALFOY]
                              
You knock me out, I fall apart
                              
[COMPANY]
                              
Can you imagine?
                              
[MALFOY]
                              
Look at where we are
                              
Look at where we started
                              
I know I don't deserve you, Scorpius
                              
But hear me out. 
                              
That would be enough
                              
If I could spare her life
                              
If I could trade her life for mine
                              
She'd be standing here right now
                              
And you would smile, 
                              
and that would be enough
                              
I don't pretend to know
                              
The challenges we're facing
                              
I know there's no replacing 
                              
what we've lost
                              
And you need time
                              
But I'm not afraid
                              
I know you're my son
                              
Just let me stay here by your side
                              
That would be enough
                              
[COMPANY]
                              
If you see him in the street, 
                              
walking by his side, 
                              
talking by his side, have pity
                              
[MALFOY]
                              
Scorpius, do you like it upstate?
                              
It's quiet upstate
                              
[COMPANY]
                              
He is trying to do the unimaginable
                              
See them walking in the park, 
                              
long after dark
                              
Taking in the sights of the country
                              
[MALFOY]
                              
Look around, 
                              
look around, Scorpius
                              
[COMPANY]
                              
They are trying to do the unimaginable
                              
[POTTER]
                              
There are moments that the words don't reach
                              
There is a grace too powerful to name
                              
We push away what we can never understand
                              
We push away the unimaginable
                              
They are standing by her grave
                              
Scorpius by Draco's side
                              
He takes his hand
                              
[SCORPIUS]
                              
It's quiet upstate
                              
[COMPANY]
                              
Forgiveness. 
                              
Can you imagine?
                              
Forgiveness. 
                              
Can you imagine?
                              
If you see him in the street, 
                              
walking with his son, 
                              
talking with his son, have pity
                              


                              
They are going through the unimaginable