Book & Lyrics by Max Moore
Music by Shoshana Shattenkirk
Sung by Audrey Cardwell and A.J. Freeman
Piano by Joshua Cerdenia
Thanks to the Dramatists Guild Foundation, The New York Library For the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, and singers who have sung in other versions including Megan Mistretta and Laura Cetti
[this does not include any background chorus]
(The middle of the night. VIVIENNE sneaks downstairs in her night dress. She has the set of keys with and she takes the smallest one. She approaches The Door, and slowly unlocks and opens it. Inside are the dead bodies of BLUEBEARD’s ex-wives. It’s all very gruesome. VIVIENNE screams. HAZEL rushes in, in her night clothes.)
VIVIENNE
I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M SEEING
I ONLY FEEL THE DREAD
I THINK I SHOULD BE FLEEING
BUT MY FEET HAVE TURNED TO LEAD
HAZEL
What have you done?
VIVIENNE
IS THIS MY NEW REALITY
AM I THE NEXT FATALITY
HE KEPT HIS TRUE FACE JUST OUT OF SIGHT
I ONLY SAW WITH ONE EYE OPEN
BUT DARKNESS HAS SHED A TRUER LIGHT
I SEE HIS FACE WITH BOTH EYES OPEN
EYES WIDE OPEN
I have to leave. I have to… please Hazel. You have to help me.
HAZEL
I’m sorry Miss Vivienne, but you’re not going anywhere.
VIVIENNE
YOU SAID YOU WERE HERE FOR ME
BUT YOU DON’T EVEN FEAR FOR ME
YOU KNEW I WAS IN DANGER
YOU KNEW HOW THIS WOULD END
TURNS OUT YOU’RE JUST A STRANGER
WHEN I THOUGHT YOU WERE MY FRIEND
YOU TOLD ME “DON’T WORRY, YOU’LL BE FINE.
DON’T WORRY THAT YOUR EYES WON’T OPEN”
YOU KNEW THAT MY LIFE WAS ON THE LINE
AND ALL THE TIME YOUR EYES STAYED OPEN
EYES WIDE OPEN
HAZEL
I HOPED THAT YOU’D BE WITH US FOR YEARS
BUT NOW YOU’VE THRUST THE DOOR WIDE OPEN
AND NOW WITH GREAT SPEED YOUR ENDING NEARS
YOU’VE SEALED YOUR FATE---
(HAZEL starts to take VIVIENNE to her room)
VIVIENNE
I HAVE TO SAVE MYSELF
SOMEHOW JUST SAVE MYSELF
I HAVE TO SAVE MYSELF
SOMEHOW JUST SAVE MYSELF
LIVE A LONG LIFE
LIVE A STRONG LIFE
THIS TIME HE PICKED THE WRONG WIFE
I WON’T BE LIKE OTHERS THAT HE’S WED
NOT LIKE THE ONES WHOSE EYES DON’T OPEN
NO THIS TIME IT’S HIM WHO’LL TURN UP DEAD
HAZEL
I think that’s quite enough from you Miss Vivienne.
(HAZEL shuts Vivienne in her room.)
VIVIENNE
I’LL KILL HIM, HIS DEATH WILL SET ME FREE
AND I CAN LIVE MY LIFE WIDE OPEN
THIS MARRIAGE WON’T BE THE END OF ME
I FACE THE WORLD WITH EYES WIDE OPEN
EYES WIDE OPEN
