Good News, Bad News | 15 Year Old Portal

My life has been entirely consumed by the demos for act one of 15 Year Old Portal so of course I had to start making lyric videos for them! Hope you enjoy and that this encourages you to listen and learnt the lyrics! I'm hoping to get one of these out a week but that's also very ambitious but trust that I'm working on them! ✨Good News, Bad News✨ [Intro: Girl] Is this me? Are you sure? Is this still who I was before? Are these the final changes? Are you the one? Hello stranger Let me know if we’re done [Verse 1: Father, Girl & Father and Girl] I am about to have What can only be described as a hard conversation With my teenage daughter It’s gonna turn out bad But you do not get to hide From the entirely justified teenage rage Of someone who now has to Pick up her entire life and move it somewhere far away I have to do what, now? Cool, I guess the walls are that thin Wait so sophomore year of high school Will be in a different place Are you serious? Yep- And you were gonna tell me when? Look, we’ve gotta move to the country So that in a few weeks, when you turn fifteen You can unlock the generational magic of our family [Interlude, spoken: Father & Girl] Uh, why are we mov- and where are we moving? To the family farm in the country (Okay...) ‘Cause I got a new job (Sure) But also, when you turn fifteen you will be granted access to our family’s power That will allow you to open a portal to speak to 15-year-olds across time But! Only for one year, only in that house And only whatever 15-year-old the universe feels like you need to talk to What are you talking about? I know, I know, it’s a lot to take in, but- [Chorus: Father] I guess there is good news and bad news Or maybe more like hard news, and magic news On the magic side, you’re gonna get magic And hard, we have to move So really it’s hard news But I cannot stress enough, there’s also magic news [Verse 2: Girl] I am about to perform What can only be described As merciful patricide On my insane father [Musical interlude] [Verse 3: Girl, Father & Girl and Father] It’s been a week and a half And my father’s still insane And still pushing the magic thing On his only daughter When it’s just you and dad There is no one else to turn to When the other goes full cuckoo He can’t explain, so he’s chosen to lie while we Pick up our entire life and move it somewhere far away (Ooh, look at these trees) Cool, he thinks the trees will help, look I know that you think I’m lying I wish you would simply say It’s true! Come on Soon you’re gonna see for yourself Keep telling me bedtime stories But I’m not a kid and I’m sick of this Let’s just go back to sitting awkwardly in silence while we look at trees [Chorus: Girl, Father & Girl and Father] ‘Cause there is no good news Only bad news Or maybe like hard news And tragic news On the tragic side, you’re lying about magic And hard, I live with you Yes this is hard news But I cannot stress enough, there’s also magic news We’re here! [Bridge: Father & Girl] You’ve always loved coming to this old house For a visit, not to live [Verse 5: Girl, Father, Housekeeper & Groundskeeper] We are about to have A time that when we look back Will make a great story later- Is ‘never’ later?- Here’s my teenage daughter! Oh hello! Well, look at you! It’s gonna turn out bad, (Oh boy) And you do not get to- So tired, and entirely justified We drove all day, to get here, and after- I picked up my entire life and moved it somewhere far away [Bridge, spoken: Father, Girl, Housekeeper & Groundskeeper] Not somewhere, your home You remember the housekeeper and the groundskeeper? Well, you got taller Hi Could you give us a second? [Verse 6: Father & Girl] I know this is hard, I know it’s strange But sometimes strange things are the best things So you can be mad if you need to I would probably be mad too, all I’m asking you Is to trust that this isn’t just something I would just needlessly put you through And maybe leave some room for magic news There is no ‘magic news’ I don’t know what you’re trying to prove Maybe that I’m still young enough To blindly trust in you But I’m older now, so here’s your hard news, Dad That’s no longer true Good talk, goodnight But I cannot stress enough about the magic news [Outro: Girl] Is this me? Are we sure? Am I still who I was before? Can we make it through? Is changing done? Hello stranger Am I the one?