Live By the Hook

[BARRIE]
Feels like there's nothing left
Am I on my own
And the road ahead I can't walk alone
They're all leaving me
Don't believe in me
I was foolish, reckless and blind
I should turn back while there's still time

[HOOK, spoken]
You coward!
Oh, boo hoo!
No one wants to play with me
And my wife has left me
Oh, woe is me

[COMPANY, spoken]
Woe is me

[BARRIE, spoken]
Who are you?

[HOOK]
I am your darkest side
The one you keep in shadows too far to hide
Deep in your heart you can't deny
All of your fears keep me alive
Waiting here for you to arrive
Don't choose to live by the book
Let's live by the hook
(spoken)
Captain James Hook, at your service

[BARRIE, spoken]
Playwright James Barrie

[HOOK, spoken]
I know

[BARRIE, spoken]
But I don't understand where you came from?

[HOOK, spoken]
I came from you James. A part of you
A part you don't like to talk about at tea parties
With little cakes and cucumber sandwiches

[BARRIE, spoken]
Who, me?

[HOOK, spoken]
Yes! And ever so slightly more handsome
You need me
Your play needs me
Children like to be scared
They just don't know it yet
Unleash me!

[BARRIE, spoken]
I don't know how!

[HOOK]
You have to use your pen
For something other than satisfying them
Let us embark on this journey
Be sure to write a part for me
I'll be the wind behind your sails
I will fight tooth and nail
On guard!

[HOOK/COMPANY]
You have to look in your heart, in your soul
You must find a hook in your heart, in your soul
And search every nook in your heart, in your soul
Don't live by the book in your heart, in your soul
We live by the hook!