Ahoj, Brno (When the Road Turns Moravian)
[Cast: V1 Inara, V2 Lenthrea, V3 Tutifus] [V1: soft smoky female alto, close natural vocal] [V2: low female tenor, baritone undertone, warm husky grit] [Tempo: 92 BPM] [Time Signature: 6/8] [Key: D Dorian, final lift to G major] [Intro: harp, cimbalom, road ambience] [Harp: gentle rolling pattern] [Cimbalom: bright answering notes] [Fiddle: Moravian melody] [Inara] Morning rolls across Vienna Coffee warm between our hands Maps folded loose beside us No hurry in the plans [Lenthrea] Let the quickest road go rushing We have nowhere else to be Take the one that bends through somewhere We've never stopped to see [Verse 1: Inara, harp and acoustic bass] [Inara] City stone falls in the mirrors Open country fills the glass Your fingers settle into mine And borders quietly pass Green grows wider by the roadside Low hills gather in the blue Every mile I've never travelled Feels less strange because of you [Verse 2: Lenthrea, cimbalom enters] [Lenthrea] Then Pálava finds the skyline Vines run bright beneath the sun Mikulov above the vineyards Says the Moravian road's begun We stop because the view says stop here Not because the map said when Laugh over something mispronounced Then try the word again [Pre-Chorus: duet, fiddle rising] [Inara] Dobrý den to passing strangers [Lenthrea] Děkuju when kindness shows [Both] Every little word gets warmer When we're learning as we go [Chorus: duet, full acoustic lift] [Both] When the road turns Moravian Keep your hand here inside mine From Vienna into Brno Let the old hills set the time Lavender snow and emerald fire Under one wide travelling sky Every town becomes a promise When I see it by your side [Inara] No finish line [Lenthrea] No need to know [Both] Just us and where the next roads go [Instrumental: harp and cimbalom] [Harp: travelling figure] [Cimbalom: quick bright response] [Fiddle: dancing lead] [Verse 3: Inara] [Inara] Petrov rises past the rooftops Špilberk green against the day A šalina rings through evening And we grin and step away Down through Zelňák with no schedule Market voices, stone and light We came looking for a city Now we're staying for the night [Verse 4: Lenthrea] [Lenthrea] Friends are waiting round the corner Ahoj, come, you're walking wrong Not the route they print for strangers Come and hear where we belong So we follow without questions Through the streets that made them whole Every homeland sounds much different When a friend reveals its soul [Pre-Chorus 2: duet] [Inara] Show us where you waste an evening [Lenthrea] Where you go when friends are near [Inara] Show us where the day runs easy [Lenthrea] Where the locals disappear [Trio] We don't need the perfect postcard Give us ordinary days That's the part we'll still remember When we're many roads away [Chorus: duet, wider harmony] [Trio] When the road turns Moravian Keep your hand here inside mine From Vienna into Brno Let the old hills set the time Lavender snow and emerald fire Under one wide travelling sky Every town becomes a promise When I see it by your side [Inara] No finish line [Lenthrea] No need to know [Both] Just us and where the next roads go [Instrumental Break: Moravian-Celtic fusion] [Cimbalom: featured rolling solo] [Harp: answering phrases] [Fiddle: folk improvisation] [Bodhrán: steady road heartbeat] [Bridge: intimate duet, instruments soften] [Inara] We're not collecting pins on maps Or racing place to place [Tutifus] I'd rather learn a crooked street By watching someone's face [Inara] I'd rather know the little café Where our friends have always been [Tutifus] The hill they climbed when they were younger The door they wander in [Trio] Someday these won't be future miles Or plans we sing about We'll wake beneath a foreign sky And simply wander out [Inara] Your hand in mine [Tutifus] Your laugh ahead [Both] Another road beneath our tread [Bridge Lift: duet, toast] [Lenthrea] Na zdraví [Inara] To roads unseen [Tutifus] Na zdraví [Inara] To in-between [Both] To friends who show us where they're from And make a distant country home [Final Chorus: duet, key lift] [Trio] When the road turns Moravian Keep your heart here next to mine Ahoj, Brno, evening glowing We have nowhere else on time Lavender snow and emerald fire Laughing under foreign skies Every road becomes a memory When I travel by your side From the vineyards to the city From the old streets to the dawn We will carry what you showed us Long after we have travelled on [Tutifus] No finish line [Lenthrea] No final song [Both] The road keeps asking us along [Post-Chorus: Trio] [Trio] Děkuju for the evening Děkuju for the road [Trio] For every friend who opens up A corner of their home Ahoj now Not goodbye There's too much world beneath this sky [Outro: harp, cimbalom] [Cimbalom: sparse final notes] [Harp: answering phrase] [Fiddle: road melody] [Inara] Brno settles in the mirror [Tutifus] Morning gathers up ahead [Both] Wherever the next road takes us We'll follow where it bends Side by side And moving on [Soft duet] Ar aghaidh linn... [Final harp and cimbalom harmonic] [End]
