The Last Day of Summer is a song from The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical.
Lyrics[]
Percy: What do you do when the quest has ended
What do you do when the battle’s won
So many questions left unanswered
So many things still left undone
What do you do
When it’s up to you to choose
Has something ended or begun
Stay or go, pick one
Do I stay because it’s safer
Back to the home I left behind
I could stay and train for a piece of the action
But what about piece of mind
Grr! What’s my deal
Why do I feel
There is something left I still need to find
Where do you go when it’s over
Percy and Ensemble: What do you do when you've come to
The last day of summer
[spoken]
Dionysus: Attention campers! It’s the last day of summer. If you intend to make me miserable year round, please inform us by sundown. Otherwise, the cleaning harpies will eat anyone who remains! Perry Johansson, this means you.
Percy: It’s Percy Jackson.
Dionysus: Whatever!
Percy: (to Annabeth) How come you don’t go home?
Annabeth: I tried... once. My dad couldn’t deal with the monster attacks, and my step-mom couldn’t deal with me. It’s just asking for trouble.
Percy: Sometimes family is worth the trouble, believe me.
Annabeth: I guess we both have a choice to make, Seaweed Brain.
[sung]
All: Where do you go when it’s over
What do you do when you've come to
The last day of summer
[spoken]
Percy: Luke!
Luke: If it isn’t the big hero.
Percy: I’ve barely seen you since I got back. You avoiding me?
Luke: Not at all. Tough last day?
Percy: I thought when I finished my quest, everything would make sense, but it doesn’t. It’s the last day of summer, but I don’t feel like anything’s over.
Luke: I get it. My quest was supposed to be the biggest thing in my life. I came back changed, but the rest of camp was exactly the same.
[sung]
Chiron always says our parents made camp
As this safe, magic space
[spoken]
The truth? It's so they don’t have to see us.
[sung]
They won’t bother to show their face
It’s time to make the world our own
Time someone put them in their place
[spoken]
Ares thought we were starting a war between the gods, but it was bigger than that. It’s about wiping them out and taking our turn.
Percy: You’re the lighting thief.
Luke: The Oracle warned you, betrayed by a friend.
Percy: You set me up. You were trying to free Kronos! Why?!
Luke: He promised me the power to defeat our parents.
Percy: He’s using you to get back at the gods!
Luke: Good!
[sung]
I’ve been here since I was a kid
I did everything they ever asked
Yeah, I did
And for what
You know this world will never be ours (Ensemble: What do you do)
As long as our parents rule over the stars (Ensemble: On the last day of summer)
So I’ll do anything (Ensemble: Summer, summer, summer, summer...)
I don’t care if I hurt anyone (Ensemble: Summer, summer, summer, summer...)
It doesn’t pay to be a good kid, a good kid, a good son (Ensemble: Summer, summer, summer, summer...)
The gods were never on our side (Ensemble: Summer, summer, summer, summer...)
So I think it’s time we watch them fall (Ensemble: Summer, summer, summer, summer...)
And soon you’ll see what I did (Ensemble: Summer, summer, summer, summer...)
Soon they’ll be no gods at all (Ensemble: Summer, summer, summer, summer)