[[RSBE]] #RSBE #Musicaltheater #cocooning -Based on an idea by Faith Escobar Faith was one of the performers of RSBE at Heartland Opera Theater. When I'm out doing RSBE or Speed Dating Tonight! I always ask the performers if they have ideas for future pieces. They don't usually land, but this one did. *Character sees an old VCR tape of a sitcom, probably a black and white one* *We hear the sitcom for a moment or two and the music start* VERSE Sometimes I just wanna hide away And watch reruns on TV Old reruns on TV All by myself Spend the day hiding away From the state of my life and the state of things Cocooned, up in my room Avoiding what’s rattling through my brain like CHORUS When are we ever gonna get along? Why’s it so hard to tell right from wrong? Why can’t we seem to agree on anything anymore? And so I go upstairs and hide with the TV VERSE we hear the sitcom again A world of simple black and white With clear happy endings Such happy endings All tied in a bow Makes me feel that I can heal That the state of my life is gonna change No more doom and gloom Up in my room Time to change what the future will bring SECOND CHORUS Time to help us all to get along Time to help us tell right from wrong Help us all agree on something Time to go downstairs, take the world on Keep it all together and carry on Now it’s out the door to find what I can be BRIDGE Time to fight to make the world A better place to be REPEAT SECOND CHORUS Coda I wanna make the world a better place to be. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-WIFm70XVJg?si=SxsgqzzNpFvX-Q26" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>