FANMIX: Moby Dick Rehearsed - Starbuck(+Ahab) - Noble Heart, Go Not! [EP]

Jan 11, 2010 15:26

Moby Dick Rehearsed
Starbuck(+Ahab)
noble heart, go not!




THE YOUNG ACTOR. (about Starbuck) You might say that he's the only voice of sanity in the play.

Regina Spektor - Two Birds
      Two birds on a wire
      One tries to fly away
      And the other watches him close from that wire
      He says he wants to as well
      But he is a liar

STARBUCK. Vengeance on a poor dumb brute that struck thee blindly, out of instinct? Vengeance on a poor dumb thing!--it's blasphemy!
Ahab, beware of Ahab!--beware of thyself, old man!
AHAB. ... Talk not to me of blasphemy! I'd strike the sun if it insulted me!

Moby - Run On
      You might run on for a long time
      Run on, ducking and dodging
      Run on, children, for a long time
      Let me tell you, God Almighty gonna cut you down

STARBUCK. How many barrels, Captain, will your vengeance yield ye, if ye get it? How much will vengeance fetch in the Nantucket market?

Placebo - Running Up That Hill
      You don't want to hurt me
      But see how deep the bullet lies
      Unaware that I'm tearing you asunder
      There is thunder in our hearts, baby
      So much hate for the ones we love
      Tell me, we both matter, don't we?

AHAB. If we hunt not Moby Dick, God hunt us all!
STARBUCK. God keep us all!

The Acorn - Oh, Napoleon
      As I wait for skies to clear
      Don't seem to mind if I shed a tear
      From time to time, I'm swallowed whole
      And in a wink spat on the floor
      Will I follow you home again?

STARBUCK. My soul is more than matched; she's over-manned. He drilled down deep and blasted reason out of me.

Right Away, Great Captain! - Like Lions Do
      So to captains of my captain how can I become a captain
      Get the strength I need to pull this one around
      I will wait under the tow like lions
      I will wait under the tow like lions
      Like lions do
      (Oh my God, what am I doing here?)

STARBUCK. I think I see his end, but feel that I must help him to it.

Damien Rice - Rootless Tree
      What I want from this
      Is to learn to let go
      No not of you
      Of all that's been told
      Killers reinvent and believe
      And it leans on me, like a rootless tree

STARBUCK. Great God! But for one single instant show thyself. Never, never wilt thou capture, him, old man! In Jesus' name, no more of this!

Iron & Wine - On Your Wings
      God, there are guns growing out of our bones
      God, every road takes us father from home
      All these men that you've made
      How we wither in the shade
      Of your trees, on your wings
      We are carried to the sea

AHAB. Some ships sail from their ports, and ever afterwards are missing, Starbuck.
STARBUCK. Truth, sir, saddest truth!
AHAB. Some men die at ebb tide, some at low water, some at the full of the blood; -- and I feel now much like a billow that's one crested comb, Starbuck. I am old. Shake hands with me.
STARBUCK. Oh, captain! -- My Captain! Noble heart, go not!

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