Invited [Swedish Channel Challenge]

*** Swedish Channel Challenge, w. 14. Genre: Opera, Theme: Vampire Hunter. Story: A vampire hunter foolishly invites Dracula to his home in order to capture him and expose him to daylight, just to find himself possessed. *** [Intro – Whispered Chanting, Low Strings & Distant Choir] (Night heeds, night bleeds, night feeds…) (Night heeds, night bleeds, night feeds…) [Verse 1] Lucien (Soloist, baritone): Invited… the shadows crept in Invited… the hush took form Invited… the mirrors cracked Invited… the stars blinked blind [Instrumental builds] [Chorus – Powerful Choir & Orchestral Surge] Choir (Echoing, layered voices): (And he walks, he walks, he walks unseen…) (Yet he calls, he calls, he calls through me…) [Instrumental Interlude – Dramatic orchestral descent] [Verse 2 – Vocals more desperate] [Ghostly soprano hums in the background] Lucien (Soloist, trembling): Gilded ruin… the salt lines fade, the dust unwinds, the walls unweave Gilded ruin… the dawn is slain, the sky unstitched, the hour deceived Gilded ruin… the voice unchained, calling soft, calling deep Gilded ruin… the vow remains, in love, in loss, in dark reprieve [Instrumental builds – Choir swells in eerie counter-melody, strings shriek, distant bells toll] [Chorus – Full Orchestration & Choir in Full Force] Choir (Chanting in overlapping voices): (And he walks, he walks, he walks unseen…) (Yet he calls, he calls, he calls through me…) [Instrumental Interlude] [Bridge – Ritualistic, Crescendo of Choir] Lucien (half-whispered, half-sung, trembling): O hush now, hush now, hush now, dear— The mirrors weep, the mirrors leer… O hush now, hush now, hush now, dear— He is here, he is here, he is here… (Ooooooooooooooo) [Instrumental Solo] [Instrumental Outro - echoing into nothingness]