Claude-Michel Schnberg — This Is The Hour

[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, and the 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] Just get out [Engineer] Right! I won't make a sound (grabs his sack and leaves) [Thuy] And as for you Come with me [Kim] NO 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 a reason I will show you now (KIM pulls back the curtain and out runs 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 Your bastard 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 the boy) [Kim] No You will not touch him Don't touch my boy He's what I live for He's my only joy [Kim] You will not touch Him [Thuy] He is my enemy It's he turns you from me [Kim] Don't touch my boy [Thuy] Erase him from your life Even your memory [Kim] He's what I live for [Thuy] He's one drop in a flood Left here to taint our blood [Kim] He's my only joy [Thuy] Our marriage bond was sworn Forget that he was born (KIM pulls out a gun) [Thuy] Of course you have a gun And now you'll shoot your cousin' And it's a U.S. gun A gun that lost the war [Kim] Don't touch my Little boy And do not test My will [Thuy] You're the corrupted one Go on and shoot - don't wait To save your bastard son You must not hesitate [Kim] Im warning you For him I'll kill 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 (She shoots THUY - and at the same moment, the street pageant continues in the street outside) [Soldiers] 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 bright'ning flame To end the night (A gigantic statue of Ho Chin Mihn 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 and THUY's body) (KIM puts the gun, her family shrine and a few valuables in a sack and, taking TAM by the hand, escapes)