Today we want to look at the final song of this musical. This is the song that brings everything to a close. This is what this whole play is about. This is what the Odyssey is about. Just like Telemachus has set himself free from the suitors who ransacked his home by bringing his father back, Tyler has set his home free from Anthony, the suitor, by doing the same. Hugo is now free by returning home, free from the spell of Cathy - just like Ulysses who was set free from Calypso's spell. Even Anthony is now free to so what he wants. He can now go out and drink every night, play pool, and pass out wherever he wants.
In the background of this tale is also the story of a whole nation that was set free. We have seen how the country was struggling under an apartheid regime, and how the things have changed.
Nothing is however perfect as in the forever-after-land fairy tales. Democracy has its problems. Hugo and Pamela still have a long way to go before life can really be normal again.
Track: I am Free
HUGO
(1A)
I AM STANDING HERE AS A FREE MAN
TO TELL YOU MY TALE
I REMEMBER THOSE WHO HELPED
TO SET ME FREE
TYLER
(2A)
I AM STANDING HERE AS A FREE MAN
ON THIS JOYFUL DAY
MY HOUSE IS NOW FREE
ON THIS GLORIOUS DAY
HUGO
(3B)
I AM FREE. FREE TO GO
I AM FREE TO LIVE AGAIN
HERE I STAND AS A MAN LIBERATED
SO I'LL REMAIN, HAPPY AND FREE
PAMELA
(4D)
THIS IS THE STORY OF MY HERO
WHO TRAVELED SO FAR AND WIDE
I ALLOWED HIM TO ESCAPED THAT NIGHT
NOW HE IS BACK AGAIN
CATHY
(5D)
MANY CITIES DID YOU VISIT
MANY PEOPLE DID YOU KNOW
AND MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SUFFERED
SO YOU'D BE FREE AGAIN
ENSEMBLE (WOMEN)
(6B)
HE IS FREE. FREE TO GO
HE IS FREE TO LIVE AGAIN
HERE HE STAND AS A MAN LIBERATED
SO HE'LL REMAIN, HAPPY AND FREE
ANTHONY
(7B)
I AM FREE. FREE TO GO
I AM FREE FROM THIS DREADED PLACE
HERE I STAND WITH NO SHACKLES TO RESTRAIN ME
SO I'LL REMAIN, HAPPY AND FREE
ENSEMBLE
(8B)
WE ARE FREE. FREE TO GO
WE ARE FREE AND LIVE AS ONE
NOW WE STAND AS A NATION UNITED
SO WE'LL REMAIN, UNITED AND FREE
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