Live By The Hook - Kelsey Grammer

Feels like there’s nothing left

Am I on my own?

And the road ahead

Must I walk alone?

They’re all leaving me

Don’t believe in me

I was foolish, reckless, and blind

I should turn back while there’s still time…

Oh, boo hoo!

No one wants to play with me, and my wife has left me.

Oh, woe is me!

Woe is me!

Who are you?!

I am your darker side

The one you keep in shadows, prefer to hide

Deep in your heart, you can’t deny

All of your fears keep me alive

Waiting here for you too arrive

You choose to live by the book

Let’s live by the hook!

Captain James Hook, at your service

…Playwright James Barrie

I know!

But I don’t understand where you came from

I came from you, James.

A part of you.

A part you don’t like to talk about at

tea parties with little cakes and cucumber sandwiches!

You’re me?

Yes, but ever so slightly more handsome

You need me

Your play needs me

Children like to be scared

They just don’t know it yet!

Unleash me!

I don’t know how!

You have to use your pen

For something other than satisfying them

Let us embark on this journey

Be sure to write a part for me

I’ll be the wind behind your sail

I will fight tooth and nail

En garde!

You have to look

In your heart

In your soul

You must find the hook

In your heart

In your soul

And search every nook

In your heart

In your soul

Don’t live by the book

In your heart

In your soul

We live by the hook!