[INTRO | NEW ORLEANS | FRENCH QUARTER | 2:59 AM | SPOKEN ONLY] [ATMOSPHERE] [Heavy rain on the French Quarter. Wet footsteps on an old pavement] [OLD NEW ORLEANS FEMALE TAROT READER ONLY | CREEPY LOUISIANA FEMALE ACCENT | LOW | SMOKY | SLOW | SPOKEN ONLY] Well, now look what the rain brought in, Halloween of all nights Two-fifty nine in the morning... Ain't nobody knocking on my door at this hour, not here, unless they got business with the dead... Come in, cher, you're wet through, So, you want a reading, you sure? Ohh... alright, let's see what the cards got to say But listen close... DON'T touch my tarot, okay? [CARDS SHUFFLE LOUDLY] [READER | FEMALE LEAD] Because once you touch, Your fate might change, No longer what would be, And the spirits may find you in the French Quarter, where the dead still see. [LOW MALE HUMAN BEATBOX | HEARTBEAT] Doom... ka... doom... ka... Doom... ka... doom... ka... Doom... ka... doom... ka... [VERSE 1 | THE FOOL | FEMALE LEAD] She turns the first card slowly, The Fool stares back, but has no face No eyes No mouth Only hollowed darkness in its place Rain crawls down the window, Streetlights bleed across the glass She turns the card face down And let's out a sudden gasp [CHILDREN CHOIR | FEMALE LEAD HARMONIES | CREEPY] Knock... Knock... Knock... Don't open the door Don't open the door... [VERSE 2 | THE DEVIL | FEMALE LEAD] She turns the second card now The Devil stands there proud His chains shift or is it the flicker of the light? She blinks, they move again She leans in focusing her sight Link by link, they coil around his wrists The room stops breathing Then the Devil’s head tilts, And he just smiled, [MALE LOUISIANA VOICE] But who's at the door? You know who I am, but I can wait a while [ROOM SILENCE] [CHILDREN CHOIR ONLY | CLOSE WHISPER] Don't touch the tarot... [PRE-CHORUS | FEMALE LEAD] Candle smoke curls, As the candles burn low The Tarot cards are out to play They know what you don't know Soooo..... [CHORUS | DARK NEW ORLEANS SWING | FEMALE LEAD & HARMONIES] Don't touch the tarot, Don't open the door. Don't ask who's knocking... You'll ask no more Don't touch the tarot, Don't break the rule. Don't let the dead in... They've been waiting for you... (don't touch the tarot) [VERSE 3 | THE MOON | FEMALE LEAD ONLY] She reaches for the third And turns it with hesitation The Moon, upright and bright But its light falls in the wrong direction Two towers stand beneath its glow, Their windows lit, though painted shut A path runs toward her through the card Though it doesn't get very far Two wet footprints stop at her chair But nobody's standing there.. [READER | FEMALE LEAD ONLY | LOW] Someone's here... did you touch the tarot? [CHILDREN CHOIR ONLY | WHISPERING] Don't touch the tarot... [HUMAN BEATBOX BREAK | DARK | CLOSE-MIC] [Dry lip bass. Inward snares. Tongue clicks. Crisp hi-hats. Tarot-card shuffle sounds] [The knocking becomes part of the rhythm] Knock. Knock-knock. Knock. Doom... ka... doom... ka... [BRIDGE | THE TOWER | FEMALE LEAD] She reaches for the fourth, But it's already turned, then it turns again The lightning bolt flashes on the card, As a trumpet cries through the shattering rain, The Tower collapses, each brick begins to fall, And in every burning window, she sees herself With one slowly pointing at the door [CHILDREN CHOIR | FEMALE LEAD HARMONIES | CREEPY] Knock... Knock... Knock... Don't open the door Don't open the door... [MUSIC PAUSES] [LOUISIANA MALE VOICE | SOUNDS CLOSER] Why it's nearly time, cher, don't you remember? [PRE-CHORUS | FEMALE LEAD] Candle smoke curls, As the candles burn low The Tarot cards are out to play They know what you don't know Soooo..... [FINAL CHORUS | HUGE DARK NEW ORLEANS SWING | FEMALE LEAD & HARMONIES] Don't touch the tarot, Don't open the door. Don't ask who's knocking... You'll ask no more Don't touch the tarot, Don't break the rule. Don't let the dead in... They've been waiting for you... (don't touch the tarot) [ALL MUSIC STOPS] [ONE CARD FALLS TO THE FLOOR] [READER | FEMALE LEAD | BARELY AUDIBLE] [LOUISUANA MALE VOICE OUTSIDE] The fifth card, TURN IT! [READER | FEMALE LEAD ONLY | SCARED] It's DEATH! [LOUISIANA MALE VOICE OUTSIDE] Death is here tonight... [THE CARD IS PICKED UP BY THE WOMAN HAVING THE READING] [READER | FEMALE LEAD ONLY |HORRIFIED] Wait cher... It can't be, You're me? [THE CARD SUDDENLY CHANGES, IT SHOWS THE TAROT READER SITTING AT THE TABLE] [READER | FEMALE LEAD ONLY | TREMBLING] Noooooo! [CHAIR CREAKS] [THE WOMAN IS GONE] [LOUISIANA MALE VOICE ONLY | RIGHT BEHIND HER] You finally remembered, sher, I've come for you, Say goodbye to this life [LOUISIANA MALE VOICE ONLY | RIGHT BEHIND HER] You touched the tarot, against your own advice! [EVIL LAUGH | LOUISIANA MALE VOICE] Ha ha ha ha ha haaaa! [BLACKOUT]
