[Intro: Spoken, Sprechgesang, a woman speaks with intimate wonder] "It was another Never, another one, its husk in orbit around this tiny green planet. Not ours. No. Kalderon had no knowledge of it. Of all the things to… see. We watched as their forces tore through it like they’d found something sacred, a weapon, or he just wanted to burn his name into the ruin. The husk? It fell. All seven parts of it. [Verse 1] But that's not all, we detected a life-sign on the surface as… as this dead thing fell! (hmmm mmm) A beautiful face, with red eyes, an emberglow, As if the night calls, calls her home, And takes her down below. [Pre-Chorus] So tell me, Empress, what is it you see? Is she another you Or something more? (ohhhhhhh!) [Chorus] Fallen, from the sky, falling, from her eyes Fall and say goodbye These Seven Emerald Tears are all We have to cry They're all we have to cry (all we have to cry, we have to cry, we have to cry) Thunder in her blood, coursing like fire (Faster, climb higher) (Faster, climb higher) Thunder in her blood, coursing like fire (Faster, climb higher) (Faster, climb higher) [instrumental break] Ohhhhh Ohhhhh, ohhh ohhh Ohhh, woahh ohh [Fortissimo] Thunder in her blood, coursing like fire (Faster, climb higher) (Faster, climb higher) Thunder in her blood, coursing like fire (Faster, climb higher) (Faster, climb higher) [Chorus: decrescendo] Fallen, from the sky, falling, from her eyes Fall and say goodbye These Seven Emerald Tears are all We have to cry They're all we have to cry (we have to cry, we have to cry, we have to cry) [Verse 3: minimal instrumentation] She let the poison take her, Arms spread out in peace, But Empress kissed the breath she lost, And made her lungs to breathe. And when I found them kneeling Laughing through their tears Their emerald grief was spilling down Like rivers lost for years [build: slow attack] [Flourish: piano] Ohhhhhh ooohhhhhh Ohhhhhhhhh [Flourish: guitar] [Chorus: crescendo] Fallen, from the sky, falling, from her eyes Fall and say goodbye These Seven Emerald Tears are all We have to cry [Post-Chorus] Emerald on her skin, falling like rain (closer, come closer, closer, come closer) (closer, come closer, closer, come closer) Emerald on her skin, falling like rain (closer, come closer, closer, come closer) (closer, come closer, closer, come closer) (closer, come closer, closer, come closer) (closer, come closer, closer, come closer) [interlude] [Narrative Bridge: Sprechgesang] A beautiful woman with midnight blue skin, blood red eyes, and matte black hair, war's prize is not won today, her face is as ageless as the Empress but haunted by the ghost of her friend, she looks up at the Empress hair swirling in delight, “Princess?” she says, startled with a voice as ventablack liquid, “Please protect me, my Princess…” she says, as the tattoos on her legs, and back, and arms, and hands and neck and face light up in a miasma of opalescence… [flourish] The Empress turned Her voice low and bright, “This is Jade,” she said, and they laughed on and on Into the night. [flourish] [Refrain: vocals, female, emotional] Fallen, from the sky, falling, from her eyes Ohh ohh ohh ohh woahh Fall and say goodbye These Seven Emerald Tears are all we have to cry [instrumental break: 8 bars, melodic lead guitar solo] (closer, come closer) this is Jade, she said (closer, come closer) And we laughed on, and on, and on, and on, and on, into the [Outro: vocals melismatic, melodic lead guitar chases vocals] Nye-eee-eye-eeeee-eye-eeee-eye-ee-IGHT!! (closer, come closer) ohh oohh wooahh (closer, come closer) woahhh oooh ohhh (closer, come closer) woahhh oooh ohhh (closer, come closer) woahhh oooh ohhh (closer, come closer) (closer, come, closer) closer come, closer closer, come closer come close come come come come (ohhh, ohhh, ohhh) ohh ohhhhhh [Flourish: piano] [end]
