[Intro – Town Ensemble – mixed ensemble broadway choir, atmospheric] Hmmmmmm Morning light Dust in the air Same four roads Going nowhere [Ensemble Rap – Town – fast overlapping lines, callouts, rhythmic chatter] Bell goes ring and the day begins Same four streets and the same four sins Same four prayers in the same four pews Same four dreams that we never choose Keep your head down Keep your place Same old town Same old face Stay in line Stay in time Everything works If you hold the line [Rap Verse – Jonah – male broadway tenor, emotional hip-hop delivery, fast internal rhymes] But I hear something past the sky Like a drum in the dark saying run don't lie Like a map in the bones of a life too small Like the edge of a world I was meant to call Every road here bends right back Every dream fades into black Every voice says stay in place Every rule draws the same old space But there's something out there Calling me higher Something in the dark Lighting a fire There's a road past the sky And I'm ready to try If the world is a cage Then I'm ready to fly [Bridge – Jonah Echo – soft distant tenor, lullaby cadence, behind-the-beat] Stay Stay where the roads have names Stay where the light is warm Stay where the night is tame Stay Stay where the fields are known Stay where the voices call Stay where you're not alone [Rap Verse – Jonah – male broadway tenor, emotional hip-hop delivery, fast internal rhymes] No There's a pull in the night air Something waiting right there Like the dark learned my name Like the sky feels the same If the world is a circle Then I'm breaking the frame If the road never ends Then I'm changing the game [Rap Sermon – Reverend Hart – male baritone preacher voice, commanding, sharp downbeats] Hold the line Hold it strong Every prideful road goes wrong Every voice that calls you king Might be something darker speaking Hold the line Guard your soul Some doors swallow men whole [Ensemble Callouts – Town] Hold the line! Guard the soul! Every boy must know his role! [Whisper Chorus – Cult – hushed ensemble chant, hypnotic, repetitive] Past the sky Past the stars Something waits Where you are Past the sky Past the night Something waking In the light [Rap Verse – Jonah – male broadway tenor, emotional hip-hop delivery, fast internal rhymes] You hear that sound beneath the air Like the dark is leaning there Like the sky might split in two Like the night is watching you Everybody says stay small But the sky says break the wall If the world won't let me through Then I'll make a world that's new [Final Ensemble – Full Company – layered vocals] This town’s a circle Round and around Some are born to guard the walls Some are buried underground This town’s a circle But the sky is wide Some are born to hold the line Some are born to step outside [Cosmic Choir – distant, layered voices, eerie calm, sustained] Past the sky Past the stars
