FIGHT
(Or more like quarrel)
by Freja Hallberg
18.00 SCENE 1 I’LL GET OVER IT
Give me a little space and I’ll get over it
Just keep up with my pace and I’ll get over it
Let me have something to eat and I’ll get over it
Be a bit strong when I am weak and I’ll get over it
Just leave me alone for a while and I’ll get over it
Please take care of this pile and I’ll get over it
Look me honest in my eyes and I’ll get over it
Ah, take a step aside and I’ll get over it
Make a funny joke and I’ll get over it
Change to pretty clothes and I’ll get over it
Do one thing I have told and I’ll get over it
Do one thing that’s bold and I’ll get over it
Let me take a little nap and I’ll get over it
Buy me some expensive crap and I’ll get over it
Please handle me some sweets and I’ll get over it
I want to see someone I’d love to meet and I’ll get over it
Can we schedule a serious talk and I’ll get over it
I just need to go out for a walk and I’ll get over it
Let us binge and watch TV and I’ll get over it
Get yourself stung on a bee and I’ll get over it
Pour me a fucking drink and I’ll get over it
I want to throw up in the zink and I’ll get over it
I’ll be right back on track and I’ll get over it
Please, scratch me on the back and I’ll get over it
Dance a little dance and I’ll get over it
Sing a little song and I’ll get over it
Cry a little cry and I’ll get over it
Let’s just say good bye and I’ll get over it
SCENE 2 THE UNPACKING
In which Jessie, Karin, Mattias and Jenny put together their shelves and unpack their belongings.
SCENE 3 WHAT HAPPENED IN THE WOODS
In which Jenny is pissed over the fact that Karin left her in the woods, while Karin think it’s fair because Jenny called her a fucking whore, which Jenny claims ”it’s just something you say when you are upset”. Karin says Jenny hit her with a snowball in the back of her head, but Jenny claims it was a soft snowball she threw as a peace offer. Mattias wants to tell his objective side of the story but is left questioned when he tells Jenny to think before she calls anyone a whore. Mattias says he was molested by Jessie as she let go of branches just when he was passing. Jenny is upset because Mattias told Jessie that Jenny told Mattias that Jessie was an immature child, when she really said ”she is a bit younger than the rest of us”. Karin says that she anyway liked the trip to the woods and would like to do it again.
18.40
SCENE 4 TRULY SORRY
When I wake up early in the morning
Words keep on ringing in my head
Try to wash ’em out under the shower
only feel like going back to bed
the sun is shining through my window
its going to be a bright and shiny day
I want to tell you truly I am sorry
But I did it the last time its your turn to say
When I turn my wheels around the corner
I suddenly remembered what you said
Something that is hard for me to render
It makes me want to ride the bike instead
The birds are singing all around me
They singing a tune so pretty as ballet
I want to tell you truly I am sorry
But I did it the last time, its your turn to say
When I having lunch with other people
I seem to forget what’s going on inside
when it’s time for me to leave the party
It hits me so hard what I tried to deny
The line is long, they hand out coffee
Excusing their significant delay
I want to tell you truly I am sorry
But I did it the last time its your turn to say
When I’m at my workspace for a meeting
I can’t seem to follow what they explain
Just thinking of your false way of greeting
before you started your hate on me campaign
They’re standing at the white board writing numbers
going through how levels changed since may
I want to tell you truly I am sorry
But I did it the last time it’s your turn to say
When a hard days work is finally over
I’m going for a walk to clear my head
Everyone I see is making me angry
They seem to be so happy, loved and fed
A star is falling right above me
I wish this mess could simply go away.
I want to tell you truly I am sorry
But I did it the last time its your turn to say
After dinner, cleaning up and shitting
Its time for what I been longing for all day
Sun is down, not our conflictions
would like to have it solved, but there’s no way
The news are on they show disasters
of wars and refugee children with no where to stay
I want to tell you truly I am sorry
But I did it the last time its your turn to say
SCENE 5 I DIDN’T WANT TO SHAKE YOUR HAND
In which Mattias tells the others that he doesn’t like what he has seen so far, and that he hopes his picture of the others will change.
SCENE 6 GIRLS
In which Mattias ask Karin if she is mad at him, and Jessie says ”take the chance to be honest” and Karin wants to know what she means by ”take the chance”. Jessie calls Karin a narcissist, and wonders why she can’t choose nice friends instead of people treating her as a taxi driver – not listening to her.
SCENE 7 TOM OF FINLAND
In which Jenny tells Mattias about her inspiration for her outfit, Tom of Finland, and Mattias says it looks like she is appropriating rich moms on the west coast. Jenny hands Karin the steamer she promised, but Karin says it not a steamer, its a steam cleaner – for cars. Jenny asks Karin if she can borrow her hair brush, Karin says no.
SCENE 8 THATS SO CUTE
In which Jenny thanks Mattias by saying: ”that’s so cute of you!” And Mattias begs her to be honestly grateful instead of be ironic all the time.
SCENE 9 WHY ARE YOU BEING AN METICULOUS CUNT?
In which Jessie accuses Mattias for not replying to her comment on Facebook six months ago.
SCENE 10 STICKY TAPE
In which Jenny is asking for sticky tape.
SCENE 11 MERLOT
In which Jessie begs Jenny to act normal, not drink too much and let Karin talk about a sociology of our relationship to the world. Jenny askes Jessie if she always was so short.
SCENE 12 LEAD SINGER
In which Karin asks Jessie if she finds the fact that she has become the lead singer of the band hard to handle and Jessie replies: ”But you’re not the lead singer! You just sing the melody!” Karin attacks Jessie and her friends of wearing ugly clothes and having stupid ideals when they really are just anxious. Jessie finds Karin old and uncurious.
19.20
SCEN 13 HAPPY HOME
Oh the rooster’s kuckedoodelin
and the preacher’s hallelujaing
all the laundries dingelidangelin
cause when you’re gone, I’m happy home.
There’s a wind from the north, I can sense your smell
my lonely paradise is suddenly a hell
You’re pissing in the zink and you’re fiddeling you’re nose
and you’re lying like a dog and you’re standing way to close
But then you go
All the neighbors how do you doodelin’
And the children’s swingelingeling
The postman’s singelingeling
Cause when you’re gone, I’m happy home.
There’s a wind from the south, I can sense your smell.
Your slithery embrace is my prison cell.
You’re pissing in the zink and you’re fiddeling you’re nose
and you’re lying like a dog and you’re standing way to close
But then you go
Oh the river’s floweliflowenin
The backyard veggies groweligrowelin
Even the ghosts up in our attic havin-a-good-time-nin
Cause when you’re gone, I’m happy home.
Oh the roaster’s kuckedoodelin
And the preacher’s hallelujaing
all the laundries dingelidangelin
Cause when you’re gone, I’m happy home.
SCENE 14 THE OTHER GUYS
In which Jenny tells Jessie to not wear her hair down while cooking due to hygienic reasons.
SCENE 14.1 MERLOT AGAIN
In which Mattias tells Karin to act normal and not sabotage the dinner for him and to please keep the talk about a sociology of the relationship to the world down.
SCENE 14.2 THE OTHER GUYS AGAIN
In which Jenny says she was really close to talk about Jessie behind her back, but instead decided to tell her frankly that she is annoyed by her. She tells Jessie she would attack her if thy were animals. Jessie says she wouldn’t have a chance. Karin is upset because Mattias told her her dress was front and rear.
SCEN 15 GIRLS AGAIN
In which Karin claims they never did anything fun together and Mattias says ”this would have been fun, if we did any of the things I suggested.” Everyone thinks Jessie is mean and Karin begs Mattias to be honest about his relationship issues instead of take it out on her. Karin says her expectations are as low as they can get and that she doesn’t expect anything from anyone.
SCENE 16 THE FIRE
In which Jenny finishes the clamps and they realize there is only 7 of them.
SCENE 17 I JUST HAVE TO
In which Mattias tells Jenny her look reminds him of Samara in the Ring. The monster.
19.45
SCENE 18 THE DINNER
In which Jenny finds out they used the only thing left from her grandfather for the flower installation and they are having a nice, but quite boring time during the intermission.
INTERMISSION
20.15
SCENE 19 OH, I ACTUALLY SAID THAT
In which Jenny wants to bring something up and accuses Jessie of talking behind her back. Jessie gets upset and asked who said so. Jenny doesn’t want to tell but eventually says what two different people who might have nothing to do with each other said that Jessie said that Jenny spread her legs enough, and Jessie recalls she actually said that. In another context.
Jessie says that she stands for what she said, but that It had nothing to do with Jenny. Jenny cries. Jessie is sorry.
SCENE 20 THANKSGIVING
In which Karin wants to be thankful and say a prayer. Although, in her preach ske begs God to let Mattias find someone, just one single person who loves him and cares about him. Mattias is hurt, and wonders if their group of friends isn’t enough. It’s Mattias turn to be thankful, and even though he is being sarcastic about it he finds that he actually is thankful for his friendship with Jenny. Who unlike Karin, is fun to be around.
SCENE 21 THE INSULTS
In which Karin and Mattias are brutally mean to each other and keep on asking: How can you tell me that when your face looks like the face of a depressed person. Or how can’t you say so when you’re just an old actor no one cares about. Finally Karin claims that if Mattias can’t behave – he is not a part of this group anymore and Mattias overturns the table in anger.
SCENE 22 THE WEEPERS
In which Jenny is sad about her grandfathers vase.
When you entered the room you just left
The sky was tumbling down where I was
And when you looked at me with those big eyes
I swear I’d pop them out with a knife if I had one
I hate you so
Oh Please don’t speak with me again
All the laughs, all the talks, all the trust we shared
Is forever gone
20.45
SCENE 22 FIFTEEN MINUTES OF FAILURE
So now you think it’s fair to say
That I’m a poor excuse of a human being
Then turn things ’round in a way
To make it look like you’re the one full of reason
And when I say
This is insane
You leave the room
And walk away
Spit on the floor you slam the door
Yell something ’bout words that has no meaning
And then I sit and wait ’til the lights go out
Now you refuse my calls, on the hall room floor
I find my letters returned to sender.
And at your house on the front porch
I get no chance to say what I try to render
A siren cries
You wave goodbye
When boys in blue
Come take me down
And now I dwell in a prison cell
A lover turned into some kind of offender
And here I sit and wait til lights go out
No one to hear my say or take my side
Guess I’m the fool and you are the Winner
But I found a way to restore my pride
And show the world that you’re a fake and a sinner
I wrote this song
Now it wont be long
Til it hits the charts
The world will sing along
That you’re an assfaced fuck
A dick headed schmuck
It’ll be your fifteen minutes of failure
Where you can sit and wait till lights go out.
SCENE 23 THE QUARREL REFUSER
In which Karin is upset with Mattias behavior and Jenny is trying to keep calm and Karin says the calmer you are the more upset I get. Why do you have to become a psychologist all of a sudden?
SCENE 24 FIGHT FROM A DISTANCE
In which Jenny can’t take it anymore and calls Karin a fucking whore and Jessie and Mattias tries to interfere.
SCENE 25 THE TRAINERS
In which Jessie och Mattias do not agree on who was right in the previous scene.
SCENE 26 REV ROAD 1
In which Mattias askes Jessie if she knows the definition of insanity and Jessie says she will scream if he keeps on talking.
SCENE 27 BY MYSELF
In which Mattias is left alone.
SCENE 28 GIRLS 2
In which Karin returns and wonders if Mattias is angry with her, and he askes her to leave him alone for just this sole time. They accuse each other from being selfish and bad friends.
SCENE 29 HOW YOU ARE
In which Mattias tells Jenny that she is cute with her machines, and Jenny replies why do you always has to comment everything? Mattias wants to sit down and talk it threw, but Jenny finds everything about Mattias annoying, why do always have to stand like that, talk like that, do like that. They keep on doing this while Jessie and Karin takes care of all the cleaning up.
SCENE 29.5 REV ROAD 2
In which Mattias and Jenny takes a 3 minute brake and Jessie find hidden goods in Karins shelf and Karin claims that you can do something for your self with another persons wellbeing in mind. Jessie askes ”who told us to do this?” And Karin says that she doesn’t care. And Jessie says ”but we have been doing this forever”. And Karin says ”who told us to do this?” And Jessie says ”I don’t care”. And Karin says ”but we have been doing this forever”
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21.35
SCENE 30 HURTING
You said something hurting
something hurting
something hurting
No it was you who said something hurting
something hurting
something hurting
No it was you who said something hurting
something hurting
something hurting
No it was you
SCENE 31 PHONE FARCE
In which Karin is missing.
SCENE 32 IN THE ASHES
In which they are cleaning up the last.
Since I was 17
everything went wrong
no friends surrounding med
I’m always alone
But my darkest moments
forever by my side
Since I was 24
everything got worse
No child was blessing us
no babies at my chest
miscarriages were common
A part of everyday life
When I was 32
the scandal was a fact
I made a stupid joke
and was cancelled from my job
My career was over
was never hired again
Since I was 53
my hearts an open wound
my son, he lost his mind
he killed his friend and ran
I tried to be a good mama
But I fatally fell through
When I was 65
My house went up in flames
had no insurance signed
all years of memories gone
All I found in the ashes
A picture of my dog
Now I’m waiting for the end
A tumor in my brain
death seems to take his time
No drugs to ease my pain
All that ever happened
seems to be in vain
Since I was 17
SCENE 33 GOODBYE
I guess you met me in the springtime.
And you confused me with that lust.
And we were dancing in my life lie
and I was leaning on your chest.
I should have told you ’bout the shadows
that that are feasting from my heart.
They are dwelling there inside me,
kills my sleep and feeds the dark.
When the light strikes our bodies,
and you have slept but I have not.
Your expectations is pollution.
I hide my whims under the quilt
I should tell you to stop smiling.
It’s a lie I can not stand.
I should tell you to start crying,
let it echo through this land.
So we rush apart in stillness
though we pretend thats not the case.
I am disgusted by your faithfulness.
I am praying for some hate.
Oh please ask me to go fuck myself.
throw it in my face.
Learn the language of the hated.
Feel the joy of pure disgrace
The Crows tattle in the night a poem of the secret hated
A song from the soil of your origin Strolls along the misty meadows
It wanders along the foggy mountain through the quiet Woods with its forgotten fruits ,
climbs up the ivy of my long lost heart with a bleeding orison of your innocence
All through the black blue night the wild horses bury their abandoned,
and at dawn, and at dawn
When you have dropped down to your lowest.
Your mouth is screaming from all scream.
I refer to you as modest
It’s all part of an idle scheme.
Oh Hush hush my little guinea pig
Come and linger here inside
Hush hush my little devil
Let me kiss your nose goodbye
THE END