BETWEEN REFLECTIONS Vezio Arlec — Character Theme II [Intro — Music Box, Distant Bell] [Soft Harpsichord] One empty street, One closing door, The crowd has gone away. The bells are still, The cards lie down, No audience remains. [Violin enters] Yet in the glass Across the room... Someone begins to smile. I haven't moved. Neither have you. So... Who has been watching whom? [Verse 1] There's one of me who loves the stage, Who laughs before the joke. One who listens from the dark And rarely ever speaks. One remembers every face, One forgets them all. And one still waits behind the glass... For someone else to call. [Pre-Chorus] Tell me, mirror— Which is true? The face I wear... Or the face you knew? If every answer changes Depending where you stand... Perhaps the question isn't Who am I? But— Which one do you understand? [Chorus] Between reflections, Between what was and what might be, Every mirror knows a version That I never let you see. Different faces, Different truths, Yet every one belongs to me. If you came looking for the man behind the mask... Which one did you expect to see? [Instrumental — Solo Violin & Celesta] [Fragments of “The Wandering Fool” melody appear slowly] [Verse 2] The Jester laughs and takes a bow. The Watcher counts the doors. The Mourner keeps forgotten things I've never spoken of. The Tempter asks another question. The Shadow disagrees. And somewhere in this crowded room... There's still simply me. [Brief Pause] Whatever that means. [Pre-Chorus] One says stay. One says go. One knows things I'd rather not know. One looks straight through every lie. One just wants to see the sky. And when they ask me which is real... I smile. Because they all are. [Chorus] Between reflections, Between what was and what might be, Every mirror knows a version That I never let you see. Different faces, Different truths, Yet every one belongs to me. If you came looking for the man behind the mask... Which one did you expect to see? [Bridge — Almost Whispered] [Everything drops except piano/harpsichord and cello] You want me to remove it. Don't you? [Single Bell] You think beneath the painted smile There must be something more sincere. A hidden face. A final truth. Something untouched by theater. [Pause] But what if there's no final curtain? What if nothing waits beneath? What if every mask I've chosen... Is simply another piece of me? [Mirror Sequence — Voices Begin Separating] [Main Voice] I laugh. [Distant Voice] I listen. [Left Echo] I wander. [Right Echo] I remember. [Main Voice] I deceive. [Soft Voice] I protect. [Several Voices] I watch. [Silence] [Main Voice, quietly amused] And occasionally... I tell the truth. [Final Chorus — Orchestra Slowly Blooms] Between reflections, Between the person and the role, There are countless little fragments That together make a whole. Different faces, Different truths, No single one can speak for me. So if you're searching for the man behind the mask... Perhaps... You're already looking at me. [Outro — Wandering Fool Motif] [The original playful melody quietly returns] One little mirror. One little light. One wandering fool still awake tonight. No crowd. No stage. No clever disguise. Just moonlight... And far too many eyes. [Music Box Slows] [One reflection whispers] Goodnight, Vezio. [Pause] [Vezio] ...Goodnight. [Single Bell]
