[Opening - Viola, Staccato Strings, Cello solo] [Orchestra begins, setting a majestic and rhythmic pace] [Overture - Choral] (Ahhh) (Ahhh) (Ahhh) [Re-build] (Ahhh) Ah-ahh! (Ahhh) (Ahhh) [Verse 1 - Tenor Lead, supported by Choir] [Tenor]: Back when the world was new and starting over… [Choir]: (Over, over…) [Tenor]: When all the folk were simple in their power… [Choir]: Not like the cunning spirits of this hour! [emphasized, bold] [Polyphonic Layer - Section 1] { Not like them, not like them! [overlaying] (Not like them, not like them) Power, power… [building tension] (Power, power) Over, over… [resonant, echoing] (Over, over) } [Instrumental - Choir Prelude - Strings and Bass] [Choir]: Ah! [Back choir]: (Ah-ahhh) (Ah-ahhh) (Ah-ahhh) [Choir]: Ah! [Back choir]: (Ah-ahhh) (Ah-ahhh) (Ah-ah-ahhh) [Cello offbeat interplay] [Chorus - Tenors, Altos] [Tenor]: By the foot of a mountain so high… [bold and layered] [Choir]: (So!) [Tenor]: That the peak seemed to touch the blue sky… [Choir]: (Ohhhh the blue sky) [Tenor]: Ancient folk, I cannot describe… Lived below the valley would lie… [Polyphonic Layer - Section 2] { [Tenor]/[Choir]: Valley/(valley), valley/(valley), valley/(valley)… [rhythmic, repeating chants] [Tenor]: Seemed to touch the blue sky… [intertwining] Ahhh-ahhh [melisma] [Tenor]/[Choir]: Valley/(valley), valley/(valley), valley/(valley)… [Tenor]: Lived below the valley would lie… } [Orchestral Swell] [Chants]: Ohhhh (Ohh-ohh) (Ohh-ohh) Ohhhh [Verse 2 - Tenor Lead with Choir] [Tenor]: Watching the moon as she changes her glow… [Choir]: Now with her horns, [Tenor]: Now without… [Choir]: Now she is full! [Tenor]: Now is low… [Tenor]: Turning through heaven, the way she must go! [emphatic, powerful] [Polyphonic Interplay Layer] { [Tenor]: Not like them, not like them! [Choir]: Not like them, not like them [Tenor]: Power, power… [Choir]: Power, over… } [Pre-bridge] [Tenor]: Thinking that they from the summit could reach her and fly… [Choir]: (See her, see her…) [Tenor]: Seeing how she grows and shrinks in the eye! [Choir]: (Grow now!) (Fly high!) [Instrumental Drop - Deep Cello] [Bridge - Tenor Solo] Some with a basket and some with a sack for the climb… Starting to run to the top… [Choir]: Greedy to reach for the prize in their time… [urgent, focused] [Orchestra pushes forward] [Chants] [Tenor]: The moon, the moon… [driving chant] [Choir]: (The moon, the moon…) [Tenor]: Greedy for… the prize… [sustain] [Choir]: (Up, up, up, up, up)… [Pre-Chorus - Choir Build-Up, Choir echoes sharply] [Choir]: Finding at last they were never more near to the light… [Tenor]: Falling to earth in their plight… [Choir]: Falling to earth in their plight… [Tenor]: Longing in vain [Choir]: To have stayed in the night! [Rising Tenor]: (Oh, night!) [Chorus - Polyphonic Rebuild] [Tenor]: Those from the bottom who saw them so high… Thinking they truly had touched the white moon! [Choir]: (Moon, moon… The moon!) [Tenor]: Followed behind with a desperate cry! [Choir]: (Fly high!) (Fly!) [Instrumental - Breakdown] [Chaotic strings and cello play, frantic tempo] [Tenor]/[Choir]: Valley/(valley), valley/(valley), valley/(valley)… Valley/(valley), valley/(valley), valley/(valley)… [Verse 3 - Full Choir] [Choir]: This is the Mountain of Fortune, the Wheel! [steady, building power] [Tenor]: Where the blind masses believe they will find… [Choir]: Peace that is real…! [High]: None is there for mankind! [sustain] [Finale - Grand] [Choir]: The Wheel of Fortune! (The Wheel of Fortune!) [Tenor]: Fortune! [Choir]: (The Wheel of Fortune!) [Tenor]: The Wheel! [sustain] [Choir]: (Turns!) (Oh, oh… Fortune…) [Tenor]: Turns! [Choir]: (Oh, oh… Fortune…) [Outro - Orchestral/Choir Fade-Out] [Choir] [dim] La, la, la-la-la, ohhhh [dim] La, la, la-la-la, ohhhh [dim] La, la, la-la-la, ohhhh [Cello solo farewell] [End]
