act-V-Scene-5-casting-satan-spoken-word-pete-prayer

[INTRO – 8 bars: soft pads, filtered organ, faint hi‑hats] [Choir, softly] Casting Satan… [PETE PRAYER — SPOKEN WORD] Life is a long road — from womb to grave, from crawling to calling, from the first breath to the last amen. [Choir, softly] Casting Satan… And on that road, you meet all kinds: lions, tigers, bears, friends who turn into foes, foes who turn into lessons, and lessons that make you question the meaning of everything. [Choir, softly] Casting Satan… Careful leaving enemies behind — forging paths that put one in your back. Avoid the urge to cross someone you call a friend; you never know when you’ll have to cross that bridge again. The people you meet on your way up are the same ones you meet coming down. Be perfect in your word, better than your promise, as good to others as you are to yourself — because that’s just about when Satan rears his big old head, daring you to be your old self again. [Choir, softly] Casting Satan… Not today! [VERSE – 16 bars: steady filtered kick, warm organ stabs] (Pete joins The Wind Chimes) Before you’re so quick to shout, “Get thee behind me, Devil,” Make sure you’re standing in the light, with your head on a swivel. Don’t you let him creep behind your back — You know exactly how he acts. Stepwise, step steady, Stay covered, stay ready.