Low Maintenance, High Standards

“From the top.”

RACHEL:
I said remember this moment
In the back of my mind
The time we stood with our shaking hands
The crowds in the stands went wild

FINN:
We were the Kings and the Queens
And they read off our names
The night you danced like you knew our lives
Would never be the same

MERCEDES:
You held your head like a hero
On a history book page
It was the end of a decade
But the start of an age

ALL:
LONG LIVE - the walls we crashed through
All the kingdom lights shine just for me and you
I was screaming, “Long live!” - all the magic we made
And bring on all the pretenders
One day we will be remembered

TINA:
I said remember this feeling
I passed the pictures around
Of all the years that we stood there
On the side-lines wishing for right now

ARTIE/BLAINE:
We are the Kings and the Queens
You traded your baseball cap for a crown
When they gave us our trophies
BLAINE/ARTIE/SANTANA:
And we held them up for our town

KURT:
And the cynics were outraged
Screaming
KURT/BRITTANY:
“This is absurd!”

PUCK/SANTANA:
Cause for a moment a band of thieves
In ripped up jeans got to rule the world

ALL:
Long live - the walls we crashed through
All the kingdom lights shine just for me and you
I was screaming, “Long live!” - all the magic we made
And bring on all the pretenders
MERCEDES:
I’m not afraid
ALL:
Long live - all the mountains we moved
RACHEL/MERCEDES:
I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you
ALL:
I was screaming long live that look on your face
And bring on all the pretenders
One day we will be remembered

QUINN/SANTANA:
Hold on to spinning around
Confetti falls to the ground
May these memories break our fall

RACHEL/WILL:
Will you take a moment
Promise me this -
That you’ll stand by me forever
But if, God forbid, fate should step in
And force us into a goodbye
If you have children someday
When they point to the pictures
Please tell them my name

WILL AND NEW DIRECTIONS:
Tell them how the crowds went wild
Tell them how I hope they shine

WILL/RACHEL:
Long live the walls we crashed through
I had the time of my life with you

ALL:
Long, long live - the walls we crashed through
All the kingdom lights shine just for me and you
I was screaming, “Long live!” - all the magic we made
And bring on all the pretenders
SANTANA/PUCK:
I’m not afraid
Singing long live - all the mountains we moved
I had the time of my life
KURT/BLAINE:
Fighting dragons with you

ALL:
And long, long live that look on your face
And bring on all the pretenders
One day,

RACHEL/WILL:
We will be remembered