**One Last Song Before We Go** [Audience Applause – calling for one more song] [The stage remains dark] [Single Piano Note] [Elyan – speaking warmly, smiling] Na guuad … München … dieses letzte Lied gehört euch. [Orchestral Intro – 72 BPM; piano, solo cello and distant choir; one deep church bell toll; grand carillon and orchestral glockenspiel begin a bright new melody] [Tempo Rises – 92 BPM in 6/8; twelve-string acoustic guitar, strings, Hammond organ, melodic bass and organic drums enter] [Verse 1] We came as strangers through the snow, beneath December skies. Now every face before me holds a thousand lights. This hall that held our silence now breathes with every soul. So if we have one song left, then let it lead us home. [Pre-Chorus – orchestra rising] Let every bell awaken. Let every window glow. There’s still one song between us before we have to go. [Chorus – full band and mixed choir] One last song before we go, let it rise above the snow. Raise your voice and let it ring, give the night a song to sing. One last song, one final light, burning through the winter night. When tomorrow calls us home, we will not walk there alone. [Grand Bell Interlude – prominent church bells, carillon, orchestral glockenspiel, tubular bells and handbells; strings carry the chorus melody] [Verse 2 – Elyan with choir responses] For every empty chair tonight, for every distant friend, for every road that brought us here and leads us home again. We sing for those beside us and those we still recall. Tonight the smallest candle can shine enough for all. [Pre-Chorus – three-part trombone choir and French horns enter] Let every bell awaken. Let every window glow. There’s still one song between us before we have to go. [Chorus – orchestra, rock band and choir] One last song before we go, let it rise above the snow. Raise your voice and let it ring, give the night a song to sing. One last song, one final light, burning through the winter night. When tomorrow calls us home, we will not walk there alone. [Sudden Half-Time Bridge – 70 BPM; piano, cello and Elyan alone] [Bridge] If the year has left you weary, if your light is burning low, take the hand that reaches for you. You don’t have to walk alone. [Mixed Choir – softly] You are not alone. [Elyan] You are not alone. [Choir – growing] The night remembers every light, every heart that shone tonight. [Orchestral Rise – timpani roll; cathedral organ enters; strings climb; trombones and French horns answer; electric guitar begins a soaring melodic solo] [Grand Instrumental – tempo increases to 104 BPM; full symphonic orchestra, rock band, cathedral organ, trombone choir, electric guitar, carillon, glockenspiel, tubular bells and deep church bells] [Final Chorus – key change; Elyan, full choir and audience] One last song before we go, let it rise above the snow. Raise your voice and let it ring, give the night a song to sing. One last song, one final light, burning through the winter night. When tomorrow calls us home, we will not walk there alone. [Audience and Choir – repeating] We will not walk alone! We will not walk alone! [Elyan – above the choir] Take this light wherever you go! [Grand Finale – full orchestra, rock band, choir, audience, cathedral organ and every bell; powerful final cadence] [Choir – a cappella] One last song … before we go. [Final Orchestral Chord – held by choir, strings, organ and electric guitar] [Complete Silence] [Elyan – spoken softly, no music] München … wenn ihr heute nach Hause geht, dann nehmt ein bisserl von diesem Licht mit. Und wenn ihr einem Menschen begegnet, bei dem es gerade dunkel geworden ist, dann gebt ihm etwas davon ab. Denn das ist vielleicht das Schönste an Weihnachten: Ein Licht wird nicht kleiner, wenn man es miteinander teilt. Frohe Weihnachten euch allen. Pfiat eich … und kommt’s guat hoam. [One Soft Piano Chord] [One Deep Church Bell Toll] [Warm Applause Fills the Hall] [End]
