Title: The Lady of Shalott [Intro – Soft grand piano, Celtic harp, distant wind, gentle strings. A crystal-clear female voice sings a long, haunting wordless melody. Hidden in the background, ghostly female whispers drift across the music.] (Ahhhh...) (Shalott...) (Ahhhh...) (Lady... of... Shalott...) ──────────────────────── [Verse 1 – Gentle, intimate.] Stone upon stone... My lonely home... Above the river... I watch alone... The world below... Moves like a dream... Only reflections... Flow through the stream... Faces that laugh... Yet none know mine... Waiting forever... Outside of time... ──────────────────────── [Chorus – Orchestra blossoms. Ethereal choir surrounds the lead voice while the curse whispers beneath the music.] Lead: Beyond the glass... Beyond the light... Lives the world... Beyond my sight... (Shalott...) Lead: If one heartbeat... Could be free... Would fate... Remember me... (Lady... Of... Shalott...) ──────────────────────── [Verse 2 – Orchestra grows warmer. Hope appears for the first time.] Then came a rider... Bright as the sun... Silver before me... The chosen one... His armor shimmered... His smile like spring... Hope rode beside... The future king... For just one heartbeat... I chose to see... I turned... To see... ──────────────────────── [Bridge – Everything suddenly stops. Half a second of absolute silence. Then the sound of shattering glass. Only piano remains.] (The mirror shatters.) The curse... Awoke... Glass became stars... Silence... Became... My name... (The whispers surround the listener.) Shalott... Shalott... Lady... Of... Shalott... ──────────────────────── [Violin & Guitar Solo – Emotional, soaring, filled with longing and acceptance.] ──────────────────────── [Final Chorus – Full orchestra, powerful percussion, majestic choir. The whispers have now become part of the choir.] Lead: Beyond the glass... Beyond the light... I found the world... For one short night... (Shalott...) Lead: Down the river... Soft I glide... No more mirrors... Left to hide... One stolen moment... One last breath... Love was worth... Even death... (Lady... Of... Shalott...) Choir: Forever... Shalott... Forever... Shalott... ──────────────────────── [Outro – Piano, harp, distant wind. The river continues flowing.] The river sings... The leaves descend... Her voice remains... Beyond the end... (The whispers return exactly as they were in the opening.) ...Shalott... ...Lady... Of... Shalott... [A single final wordless note from the lead singer fades into silence.]
