This Is the Hour lyrics

[ENGINEER]
Are you waiting for them to kill me?
Did you not get what he said?
There's a big screw loose inside you
I will rip it out of your head
That's a mad dog on the rampage
If you think he'll change, save your breath
Just say "Yes," I don't care if you love him
Princess, life has it all over death!

[KIM]
I have a husband I love
Real as the sun in the sky
I cannot live with a lie

[THUY]
Do you see now who has power?
Do you still think crazy things?

[KIM]
Chris will come to me like the phoenix
And he'll take me off on his wings

[THUY]
You're a traitor to your country
[KIM]
If I am, then let it be

[KIM, THUY & ENGINEER]
I am talking of life or death now
I am talking of staying free

[ENGINEER]
So there it is now, it's time to move on
If you don't need me, I'd rather be gone
Two kids in love don't need strangers around

[THUY]
You just get out

[ENGINEER]
Right, I won't make a sound

[ENGINEER grabs his sack and leaves.]

[THUY]
And as for you
Come with me

[KIM, spoken]
No!
[KIM]
There is a secret
That you don't know
There is a force here
I never show
You say it's treason
To keep my vow
Season after season
I survived somehow
If you want the reason
I will show you now

[KIM pulls back the curtain and out runs TAM, a scared two year old boy. KIM hugs him.]

Look, Thuy, this is my son
He has kept me alive
Now you see why
I must tell you "No"

[THUY]
No one must ever see
This thing you're showing me
That bast*rd fouls our name

[KIM]
My baby's not to blame
For what I've done
[THUY]
You must decide upon
Which side you're really on
You whored to make this kid

[KIM]
That isn't what I did
Don't touch my son

[THUY]
You must see how it is
When you're my wife
Having that child of his
Brands us for life
No alternative
The child cannot live!

[THUY pulls a knife, threatening TAM.]

[KIM, spoken]
No!

[KIM]
You will not touch him
Don't touch my boy
He's what I live for
He's my only joy

[KIM & THUY]
You will not touch (He is my enemy)
Him (It's he turns you from me)
Don't touch my boy (Erase him from your life)
Even your memory
He's what I live (He's one drop in a flood)
For (Left here to taint our blood)
He's my only (Our marriage bond was sworn)
Joy (Forget that he was born)

[KIM pulls out a gun.]

[THUY]
Of course you have a gun

[THUY & KIM]
And now you'll shoot your cousin (Don't touch my little boy)
And it's a U.S. gun
A gun that lost the war (And do not test my will)
You're the corrupted one
Go on and shoot (I'm warning you)
Don't wait (For him)
To save your bast*rd son
You must not hesitate (I'll kill)

[KIM]
The earth moves where I stand
I feel the turning of a wheel
I feel nothing in my hand
Not even the feel of steel
You will not take my child

[THUY]
You don't know how to kill

[KIM]
I have no other choice
What I must do I will

[KIM shoots THUY. The street pageant continues outside.]

[CROWD]
This is the hour
This is our land
We found the power
In our brother's hand
And from a storm
Pierced with light
Fierce and white
The lightning came
A brightening flame
To end the night

[A gigantic statue of Ho Chin Minh is raised in the square outside.]

One man to heed us
Each girl, each boy
One voice to lead us
In a song of joy
This is the hour
This is our land

[In the room, KIM stares at THUY's body. KIM puts the gun, her family shrine and a few valuables in a sack and, taking TAM by the hand, escapes.]