Song order:

1. “The Opener” - a tease overview of the entire production… an alternate form of an overture.
2. “What Could Go Wrong? (Salad Days)” - a relatively upbeat song that tells of Brantaire’s meteoric rise to fame and hints at his own immaturity that disappears over the course of his cancer journey.
3. “The End” - a health scare at an awards show marks the start of Brantaire’s new life with cancer.
4. “A Quick One While I’m Away” - conceptually based upon The Who’s “A Quick One While I’m Away” but musically way different, the song is seven different short songs in different genres that highlight the shock following a brain cancer diagnosis (ie financial toxicity, friends moving on without him, the isolation of a long hospital stay, etc)
5. ACT TWO: Beats and Trout Nutrition fake nutritional product commercial
6. “The Cancer Commandments” - Brantaire is visited by the spirits of cancer past who explain “how to cancer” properly.
7. “New Normal” - a song about struggling to keep going as you slowly decline.
8. “Buzzbomb” - the lead character watches his old band perform a new song on tv that is essentially talking trash about him.
9. “If I Could” - Brantaire rages against his old band while coming to terms with his new limitations.
10. ACT THREE: Hospital Escape fake video game commercial
11. “Oh Brantaire!” - a cynical critique of how the media, and many of those not touched by cancer in everyday life, view cancer stories
12. “Showdown (a reprise)” - an old friend and bandmate makes a surprise visit as Brantaire is raging.
13. “Mockingbird” - a song about how many cancer patients use dark humor as a coping mechanism.
14. “Memories Are A Dangerous Game” - a song about the struggle with looking back at your old life for happy feelings but it being a reminder of who you no longer are.
15. ACT FOUR: Pembrodexatine a fake pharmaceutical commercial
16. “Jaded Eyes/What Could Go Right?” - a throwback of sorts to “What Could Wrong?” that details the woes of Brantaire’s life over the many years since his initial diagnosis and his emotional struggles.
17. “Would You Believe?” - a song about people pushing unproven health treatments upon you.
18. “One More Gone” - Brantaire laments how the friends whom are his support system keep dying while he remains alive.
19. “HappyFace” - Brantaire struggles to be fake with people in order to make them comfortable with his diagnosis.
20. “WTF?/FTW!” - Brantaire rages at the world and insincerely vows to make it pay for his suffering.
21. 21)ACT FIVE: OK Chemo Dating App Commercial
22. “Scanxiety” - an exploration of what the cycle of regular MRIs does to one’s mental health.
23. “Come Back To Me (Don’t Wait)” - Brantaire continues to struggle to make music again.
24. “Etude Electronica/The Reckoning” - Brantaire returns to musical productivity but must settle the score with an old friend.
25. “The Comeback” - Brantaire returns to the stage.
26. 26)ACT SIX: The Henrietta Lacks Story (a fake tv movie commercial)
27. A Cancer Christmas”- Brantaire gets news of a cancer recurrence at a family holiday gathering (possible cut)
28. “The Longest Goodbye” - Brantaire’s sister explains the caregiver’s perspective.
29. “The Song is Over” - a death scene.
30. “That Which Never Truly Dies” - a denouement.