Natalie Cook

Song Natalie Cook
Artist 36 Questions
Artist Jessie Shelton
Artist Jonathan Groff
Album 36 Questions: Songs from Act 1

Lyrics

[00:03.350] There is something to the ritual
[00:07.066] Of setting some old shit on fire
[00:10.774] A way of saying
[00:12.312] "this now lives in memory"
[00:14.442] A way of saying
[00:15.516] "it's only a memory"
[00:17.895] There's something to the ritual
[00:20.590] Of setting a torch to what is gone
[00:24.838] The vikings did it
[00:26.192] To honor a memory
[00:28.035] And now we do it
[00:29.381] To honor
[00:32.205] Who I used to be
[00:38.076] Let's say goodbye to natalie
[00:42.845] She was thirty-three
[00:46.835] Tonight
[00:52.143] Let's say goodbye to natalie
[00:56.924] And her fake id's
[01:00.382] Jase: she was imaginary
[01:04.095] Judith: which is why we say "goodbye to her"
[01:08.604] And "hello to me"
[01:12.065] Jase: this is ridiculous.
[01:13.396] Judith: why?
[01:14.447] Jase: I don't see why I have to join your little cremation
[01:16.307] Ceremony. you're the one who made her up.
[01:18.707] Judith: it was a bit more collaborative than you're remembering.
[01:21.891] Jase: all I want right now is the same thing I wanted two
[01:23.750] Weeks ago: the truth. why did you lie to me? and why
[01:27.751] Does natalie cook exist in the first place?
[01:32.275] Judith: the person who I was
[01:35.454] On the day you and I met
[01:38.367] Was deeply ashamed of who she had become
[01:43.169] So deeply ashamed of what she'd done
[01:46.605] And when you showed her questions
[01:49.548] The thirty-six questions
[01:52.220] She looked ahead and saw
[01:54.858] Who she wanted to be
[01:56.991] She built a past, made up a history
[02:00.446] Details that fit this person named
[02:03.367] Natalie
[02:09.185] Let's say goodbye to
[02:10.508] Natalie
[02:13.436] She was thirty-three
[02:16.905] On her fake id's
[02:19.834] Jase: she was real to me
[02:25.407] Judith: I don't expect
[02:28.337] For you to understand perfectly
[02:31.299] I loved her too as much as you
[02:34.741] And she'd want you bury her with me.
[02:37.946] Jase: okay.
[02:39.265] Judith: okay, what?
[02:40.325] Jase: give me the match.
[02:43.250] There is something to the ritual
[02:46.966] Of setting fire to the lie
[02:50.955] A way of saying
[02:52.275] "that's one win for honesty,
[02:54.407] What's done is done."
[03:00.530] Jase (cont'd): tonight
[03:05.840] I say goodbye to natalie
[03:10.632] She was thirty-three
[03:14.372] Both: tonight
[03:20.164] We say goodbye to natalie
[03:24.690] And her fake ids
[03:28.150] She was imaginary
[03:31.637] She was thirty-three
[03:37.498] Jase: may she rest in peace