**Before the Curtain Falls** [Live Hall Ambience – the audience slowly becomes quiet] [Intro – 68 BPM; intimate grand piano, warm cello and distant Mellotron; Elyan takes an audible breath before singing] [Verse 1 – Elyan alone] I walked in with a song tonight, you gave it back to me. And for a little while this hall became a family. [Pre-Chorus – twelve-string acoustic guitar enters] So before the lights turn cold, there’s one thing you should know … [Chorus] Before the curtain falls tonight, before we say goodbye, keep one light burning beneath the winter sky. And if the dark should find you with no one you can call, remember we were here tonight, before the curtain falls. [Short Instrumental – cello carries the chorus melody; soft electric guitar answers] [Verse 2 – bass and restrained drums enter] Outside the snow is falling, our footsteps disappear. But everything we shared tonight will still be waiting here. [Pre-Chorus] And wherever morning takes us, there’s one thing you should know … [Chorus – fuller band] Before the curtain falls tonight, before we say goodbye, keep one light burning beneath the winter sky. And if the dark should find you with no one you can call, remember we were here tonight, before the curtain falls. [Instrumental Rise – tempo gradually increases to 84 BPM; Hammond organ, Mellotron strings, melodic bass and emotional electric guitar; no vocals] [Bridge – music suddenly drops to piano and cello] One day this room grows quiet, our names fade from the walls. But love is what remains of us when every curtain falls. [Brief Silence] [Final Chorus – full band; Elyan sings with increasing emotion; audience joins softly on the final lines] Before the curtain falls tonight, before we say goodbye, we’ll leave one light burning beneath the winter sky. And if the dark should find you with no one you can call, remember we were here tonight, before the curtain falls. [Outro – band becomes quiet; piano repeats the opening theme; cello holds one final note] [Elyan – spoken warmly, slightly emotional] München … des war a wunderschöner Abend. Danke, dass ihr heut bei uns wart. Passt auf euch auf. Pfiat eich … und kommt’s guat hoam. [Final Band Chord – one soft tubular bell; complete silence] [The band leaves the stage] [Audience Applause – growing louder] [Audience Chanting] Zugabe! Zugabe! Zugabe! [Audience Chanting – louder and faster] Zugabe! Zugabe! Zugabe! [Footsteps return to the stage; applause erupts]
