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Lyric: Knock, knock
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He seems to like making sound effects :]

Lyric: Martha Dumptruck
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Despite the fact that Martha has attempted suicide, Heather Duke continues to use the cruel nickname that played a part in driving her to suicide, showing that she thinks the unpopular kids are beneath her, not being deserved to be taken seriously. This also shows how, in trying to overtake Heather Chandler despite the fact that she is dead, she has ultimately become very similar to her.

Lyric: Time’s up, go say your prayers
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Heather, Kurt, and Ram threaten Veronica by saying, basically, that she is going to die because JD is entering her house.

Lyric: She’s not looking so well
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It seems as if Heather.C,Kurt<and Ram are all mocking Veronica by saying that Martha isn’t looking well. With that of her having broken bones and being in a hospital bed.

Lyric: Suicide note
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Her suicide note WAS the song “kindergarten boyfriend” but instead sung.

Lyric: [H. CHANDLER, RAM & KURT]
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Yet again, as seen multiple times in the musical, Veronica is seeing the ghosts of the people she saw die, as embodiments of her guilt and stress over the horrible things that J.D. made her do.

Lyric: Smell how gangsta you are
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Gangsta–It’s a term to describe rebellious, sometimes borderline criminal behavior. It’s seen as “cool” in some contexts, but bad in others, just like the Heathers' main image around the school. Before the events of Chandler’s death, Veronica barely wanted to be a Heather in the first place since she was afraid of hurting people and breaking rules. Now, on the other hand, Chandler, Kurt, and Ram all know that Veronica was partially responsible for their deaths. They’re saying “Hey, you’re growing up! The Heathers do bad stuff all the time, this is normal for a Heather like you!” But Veronica knows it’s not; it’s so “gangsta” that it’s criminal.

Lyric: Now you’re truly a Heather
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In driving Martha to attempt suicide, Veronica realizes that she is now just like the original 3 Heathers–cold, uncaring, unfeeling girls who think the only important thing is to climb up the social ladder.

Lyric: Veronica’s totally fried
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In some productions, the entire “Veronica’s …” sequence has the ghosts of H. Chandler, Ram, and Kurt physically blocking Veronica from moving, further cementing a feeling of helplessness.

Lyric: Oh my God
 Is she dead?
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Veronica is showing her true feelings here. She is showing that she cares about Martha. Moreover, the realization and weight of the situation seems to just now be settling in on Veronica. Someone who has always been close to her ( “My best friend since diapers”) almost had the same fate as some of her worst enemies.

Lyric: Your depression? Your thoughts of suicide?
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In the movie, JD does this to “tease” Veronica for breaking up with her. JD plants this idea in Veronica’s parents' head, so when he murders her, and plays it off as a suicide, it’s believable.

Lyric: Get out of my house
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This line shows off a mix of scared and angry emotions Veronica is in whilst acknowledging that she knows J.D. is currently inside her house now. Also the use of the word “house” instead of “home” truly showing how she doesn’t feel safe inside the walls of her house as a home would. The walls are merely physical walls keeping J.D. out, for the time being, but giving no peace to her mind.

Lyric: Your friend J.D. stopped by
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This is the first time Veronica’s parents mention J.D.’s name, and in here, they refer to him as a friend of Veronica’s when most probably the whole school and Veronica herself considered them to be lovers (or was one anyway). Point being, Veronica seems to keep a lot of things from her parents. And the fact that somehow her parents would blindly trust someone who suddenly appears, claiming to be a friend of their daughter speaks volumes about this lack of communication in the child-parent relationship of the family.

Lyric: I knew you would come far
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This refers back to the line “but they knew you were dirty” sung by Kurt and Ram in  “Blue” and Heather Chandler saying “You’ve come so far” in  “Candy Store”. This also satisfies Heather’s line of making her “beautiful” in the eyes of the Heathers.

Lyric: Just some broken bones
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She says “just" in this lyric, as if it doesn’t matter because her suicide attempt was a fail. To Duke, as long as Martha’s alive, she’s okay.

Lyric: Everything?
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Veronica is worried that J.D. has told her parents about the murders they committed.

Lyric: Yo, girl, feel a bit punchy?
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Punching a wall has been mentioned several times throughout Heathers, especially in “Meant to Be Yours”, the next song after this one. Could also possibly be a reference to committing suicide by drinking laced punch. Feeling “punchy” also means feeling nauseous, or like you’re gonna throw up. It can also mean being tired or a bit delirious due to exhaustion.

Lyric: Notify next of kin
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Another prediction that she’s about to die — when someone dies, their belongings go to their family if there’s no will. We can assume Veronica doesn’t, because like most 17-year-olds, she hasn’t exactly been expecting to die.

Lyric: He even showed us your copy of Moby Dick
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Earlier in the musical, JD proposes that they kill off Heather Duke next, and says that he underlined some “meaningful passages” in the book, which Heather D. had been reading at the time.

Lyric: Yo, girl, keep it together
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The tune of this verse bears striking resemblance to the chorus of “Meant to Be Yours,” the next song in the show, foreshadowing the events that are about to unfold.

Lyric: Veronica’s trying to keep him out now
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The genuine fear of JD that Veronica exhibits really says something about how far he has dropped in stability. She was capable of breaking it off with him even though she knew he was dangerous and was capable, even several murders later, of attempting to convince him to be better. Veronica has not shown the same fear of JD that she does until now, showing that he is not capable of being anything but a threat at this point.

Lyric: You don’t know what my world looks like
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Though this would often come off as a childish, “UGH, you don’t understand me, MOM” moment, in this case, Veronica is justified. The urgency with which she says the line highlights the fact that she is scared for her life. What her world looks like is genuinely inconceivable for many parents. To lay it out, she was manipulated into murdering three people with her psychopathic boyfriend that just so happens to be having a violent mental breakdown and coming to either threaten her into doing something else horrible or just flat out kill her.

Lyric: Come join Heather in hell
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The three that Veronica and JD murdered represent Veronica’s guilt. This phrase can mean one of two things. Veronica believes Heather to be a bad enough person to go to hell and simply sees herself to be on the same level. Veronica’s guilt already accepts that she is going to hell and is begging her to just end it already because of what she’s done to become like Heather. The musical is finally addressing all the terrible things she’s done, even if it’s not on purpose, and how severe and she knows it.

Lyric: Belly flop
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In the movie, Martha Dunnstock walked into traffic in an attempt to kill herself. In the musical, she jumped off of a bridge. Also, Heather D is mocking Martha for her weight again, since she’s been doing that along with the other popular kids throughout the musical. It could also be tied into the fact that she thinks the suicide attempt is all a joke, for doing a “belly flop” into a pool is considered a fun, lighthearted thing. She sees it as a joke or a scam.

Lyric: Veronica’s running on, running on fumes now
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“Running on fumes” means that something has used all its energy but is still going, like if a car’s needle points to empty but the car is still running. In this case, Veronica is exhausted. Her best friend tried committing suicide, people are dropping like flies around her, and J.D.’s got her backed in a corner, but she’s still going, even after she’s suffered enough trauma for anyone else to actually want to kill themselves. But she’s running on fumes, and she can’t stop, even after she’s devoid of anything to live for. The tune of these lines can be heard in  “Our Love Is God”.

Lyric: Veronica’s gotta be trippin’ on shrooms now
 Thinkin’ that she can hide
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Tripping on mushrooms (‘schrooms) is meant to make a person crazy or hallucinatory for an amount of time. Heather Chandler, Kurt, and Ram are commenting mockingly on Veronica’s futile attempts at hiding by saying she must be crazy, she must be hallucinating, to think that she can actually hide from J.D. at this moment. Also the fact that she’s hallucinating the three people she killed backs up the statement.

Lyric: Guess who’s picking your lock
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In  “Dead Girl Walking”, Veronica unlocks JD’s window to come in. While it was playful and not dangerous back then, it has become a sign that Veronica is going to be hurt. This is the same thing that can be said about their relationship. Veronica started with some control, but now it has spun out of her hands and is dangerous.

Lyric: Just another geek trying to imitate the popular people and failing miserably
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Duke dismisses Martha’s legitimate suicide attempt as her trying to fit in. This dismissal of Martha shows the divide between Veronica and H. Duke. Heather Duke mocks and belittles Martha and acts as though she is not truly in pain. Veronica shows an immediate shock and feels as though it is her own fault. In a way, H. Duke is also ‘another geek trying to imitate the popular people and failing miserably" she tries very hard to be a clone of H. Chandler but she fails at it, clumsily trying to command Westerberg around in place of H. Chandler. This line is also a word-for-word quote from the movie from H. Duke, said inside Veronica’s house. In the movie, Veronica slaps her right after she says this.

Lyric: Guess who’s right down the block
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J.D. is coming, possibly to kill her and this ironically contradicts what Veronica’s mother is saying to her. At this point, everything begins speeding up, including the morbid commentary from Heather, Ram and Kurt. Assuming that they’re all personifications of Veronica’s guilt, they may also be portraying her anxiety as well, as everything comes crashing down around her and she can do nothing but sit and watch it happen.

Lyric: He’s got your handwriting down cold
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J.D. learned from the best. Veronica was originally noticed by the Heathers because of her talent for forgeries. Veronica used her skills to forge the suicide notes of Heather Chandler, Ram, and Kurt. Now J.D. has written in a copy of Moby Dick to make it look as if it is Veronica’s book. It’s ironic that Heather Chandler is the one singing this line as Veronica’s forgery skills were used in her suicide note, now she’s telling the audience that J.D. has learned to forge Veronica’s own writing so he may fake a suicide note for her. The Moby Dick bit is also a reference to the movie, in which Heather Duke is introduced reading it and later gives it to JD. He originally planned to use it as Heather Dukes suicide note.

Lyric: [VERONICA’S MOM, spoken]
 Please, honey, talk to us
 
 [VERONICA, spoken]
 No, you wouldn’t understand
 
 [VERONICA’S MOM, spoken]
 Try me!
 I’ve experienced everything you’re going through right now
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This is a common thing to hear coming from a parent’s mouth, and most of the time they really  haven’t experienced anything their kid’s talking about, and it invalidates their situation.  Veronica’s mom is saying she’s “experienced depression”. We don’t actually know if Veronica’s mom has  actually experienced depression or not, but either way, it doesn’t matter, since depression has nothing to do with Veronica’s present problem.

Lyric: Sorry for coming in through the window
 Dreadful etiquette, I know
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This is not only a nearly word-for-word quote from the movie (when J.D. comes into Veronica’s house and they play strip croquet), but it also references when Veronica came through J.D.’s window during  “Dead Girl Walking” earlier, literally tearing off his window locks.

Lyric: Too late, he got in
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This line seems particularly terrifying, the crescendo reaching its peak at “TOO LATE!” and immediately dropping into a whisper is so ominous.

Lyric: Your problems seem like life and death
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Ironic considering they actually are in this case. Throughout this entire thing, Veronica’s mother is doing what many parents do: belittling their child’s problems and chalking them up to over-exaggerations. This is actually a common sight in parents of children with depression, and it’s suggested that this kind of dismissiveness is what drives some people who were otherwise not fully suicidal to kill themselves, as a kind of “Screw you” to the parents that pushed them to the side. In this case, however, contrary to what Veronica’s mother says, Veronica’s problems are indeed a matter of life and death for many students- including Veronica at this point.

Lyric: Still, you’ve earned that red scrunchie
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Veronica has risen to the level of horribleness as the original Heather. At this point in the musical, Veronica doesn’t yet have the original red scrunchie (it’s still with H. Duke until the final song), this implies that Veronica has “earned” it through her deeds, foreshadowing how she takes the red scrunchie and becomes the “leader” of the Heathers by the end – although with a very different outlook than the originals.

Lyric: Martha, I’m so sorry
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At this point, Veronica visits Martha, who’s seen laying in a hospital bed. By apologizing, Veronica is acknowledging the fact that her leaving Martha and joining the Heathers is likely part of what drove Martha to attempting suicide.

