And Then There Were Three - Brian Tyler

Dear Herr Stief — Moritz,

Ive spent the entire day thinking about your note

Truly it touched me it did that you would think of me as a friend

Of course, I was saddened to hear that

Your exams came off rather less well than you’d hoped

And that you will not be promoted, come fall

And, yet, I must say straightaway that

fleeing to America is hardly the solution

And, even if it were, I cannot provide the money you request

MORITZ

Uh huhuh huhuh huhwell, fine

Not like its even worth the time

But still, you know, you wanted more

Sorry, it wont change been there before

MRS.

GABOR (Spoken)

You would do me wrong,

Herr Stiefel to read into my refusal any lack of affection

On the contrary, as Melchiors mother,

I truly believe it to be my duty to curb this momentary loss

MORITZ

The thing that sucks- okay?- for me

A thousand bucks, Im, like, scott free

And I mean, pleaseThats all I need

Get real, Jose!

By now you know the score

MRS.

GABOR (Spoken)

Should you like, I am ready to write your parents

I will try to convince them that no

one couldve worked harder last semester

And also that too rigorous a condemnation of your current misfortune

Could have the gravest possible effect on

MORITZ

You wanna laugh, its too absurd

You start to ask, cant hear a word

Youre gonna crash and burn

Right, tell me more

MRS.

GABOR (Spoken)

Still, Herr Stiefel, one thing in your letter disturbed me

Your what shall we call it?

veiled threat that should escape not be possible

You would take your own life

MORITZ

Okay, so now we do the play

Act like we so care.

No way!

Youll write my folks?

Well, okay

Babe, thats how it goes

MRS.

GABOR (Spoken)

My dear boy, the world is filled with men

Businessmen, scientists,

scholars even who have done rather poorly in school

And yet, gone on to brilliant careers

Consider for example our friend…

MORITZ

They freak or won’t

You toe the line

You tell your soul, Just kill some time.

Will it quit?

It will until they dont

Theyre not my home, not anymore

Not like they so were before

Still, Ill split, and theyll like

Well, who knows?

MRS.

GABOR (Spoken)

In any case, I assure you that

your present misfortune will have no effect on my feelings for you

Or, on your relationship with Melchior

MORITZ & BOYS

Uh huhuh huhuh huhwell, fine

Not like its even worth the time

But still, you know, you wanted more

Okay, so nothings changed heard that before

You wanna laugh, its too absurd

You start to ask, cant hear a word

You wanna crash and burn

Right, tell me more

You start to cave, you start to cry

You try to run, nowhere to hide

You want to crumble up, and close that door

MRS.

GABOR (Spoken)

So, head high, Herr Stiefel!

And do let me hear from you soon

In the meantime, I am unchangingly, and most fondly yours,

Fanny Gabor

MORITZ

Just fuck it right?

Enough, thats it

Youll still go on well, for a bit

Another day of utter shit

And then there were none

MORITZ & BOYS

And, then there were none

And, then there were none

And, then there were none