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ETERNA — THE OPERA OF THE NIGHT

[INTRO — WHISPERED / DISTANT] In the silence... before the light... we hear the heartbeat... of the night. [LOW CELLO — SOLO] [GRAND PIANO — SINGLE NOTES] [SOLO TENOR — VERY DISTANT] TENOR: Audi... Audi... Nocte... Audi... [ORCHESTRA ENTERS] [MALE TENOR ENSEMBLE — SOFT] TENORS: We are alive. We are awake. We are the fire the darkness cannot take. [VERSE 1 — TENOR] When every city closes its eyes, when every clock forgets the time, we leave the world behind the door, and become something more. No name. No border. No yesterday. Only the pulse... only the flame... [BUILD] TENOR: Can you feel it? TENORS: We feel it! TENOR: Can you hear it? TENORS: We hear it! TENOR: Can you become it? ALL: BECOME THE NIGHT! [ORCHESTRA RISE] [CHOIR — WORDLESS] AHHHHHHH— [TECHNO KICK ENTERS] [DROP 1] ALL TENORS: ETERNAAAAA! [INSTRUMENTAL CLUB SECTION — 128 BPM] [HYPNOTIC VIOLIN OSTINATO] [MODULAR SYNTH ARPEGGIO] [DEEP SUB BASS] [TAIKO + TIMPANI] [BRASS STABS] [CHANT — RHYTHMIC] Eterna. Eterna. Eterna. Eterna. [SOLO TENOR] Dance... until the walls disappear. Dance... until the fear disappears. Dance... until there is nothing left but light. [SECOND BUILD] TENOR: One heartbeat! CHOIR: ONE WORLD! TENOR: One rhythm! CHOIR: ONE SOUL! TENOR: One night! ALL: ETERNAAAAA! [MASSIVE ORCHESTRAL DROP] [BRASS FANFARE] [FULL STRING SECTION] [CHOIR] [FOUR TENORS] [TECHNO DROP] [INSTRUMENTAL — 64 BARS] [DJ-FRIENDLY EXTENDED GROOVE] [BREAKDOWN — EVERYTHING CUTS] [ONLY PIANO + TENOR] TENOR: If tomorrow takes the light away... we will remember tonight. If the world forgets our names... let the rhythm remember us. [SECOND TENOR ENTERS] TENOR 2: Remember us. [THIRD TENOR] TENOR 3: Remember us. [FOURTH TENOR] TENOR 4: Remember us. [ALL TENORS — POLYPHONIC] We were here. We were here. We were here. [ORCHESTRA GRADUALLY RETURNS] [STRINGS BUILD] [BRASS BUILD] [CHOIR BUILD] [TECHNO KICK RETURNS] [FINAL ASCENSION] TENOR: Raise your eyes! CHOIR: RAISE THE NIGHT! TENOR: Raise your hearts! CHOIR: RAISE THE LIGHT! TENOR: No more fear! ALL: NO MORE CHAINS! TENOR: No more silence! ALL: NO MORE NAMES! [GIANT DROP] ALL TENORS + CHOIR: WE ARE THE NIGHT! WE ARE THE FIRE! WE ARE THE RHYTHM! WE ARE ETERNAL! ETERNAAAAAA! [FINAL INSTRUMENTAL CLIMAX] [ORCHESTRA + TECHNO + CHOIR] [VIOLINS SOAR ABOVE EVERYTHING] [BRASS MASSIVE] [TAIKO + TIMPANI] [SUB-BASS] [128 BPM] [ARPEGGIO ACCELERATES] [FINAL HARMONIC MODULATION] [EVERYTHING EXPLODES] [CHOIR — WORDLESS] AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! [COMPLETE SILENCE] [SOLO TENOR — VERY CLOSE] TENOR: Eterna. [ONE FINAL PIANO NOTE] [END]