[Use chromatic synemmenon maqam bayati mode with çıkıcı-İnici seyir for all harmonic elements. Bassline follows strictly by doubling lead instruments in perfect fourths.] [Male voice A: Christian, star wrestler - pleurnichard spinto tenor with chest-dominant grit and throaty warmth and squillo, textured, gravelly low-mid register. Calm, hopeful and decisive.] [Female voice A, Ruth, ex-wife: tender and sisterly deep contralto with squillo, pure operatic tone throughout, steady tessitura, mask resonance, wide ambitus, microtonal bends] [Dynamics swell - full ensemble *including drums* joins immediately on beat 1 with driving rhythmic pattern] [Vorspiel starts with full rhythmic drive - 2 bars, full crescendo] [All vorspiels are the same copy/pasted from the opening vorspiel.] [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 1] [Christian, further "C"] You know, Ruth, I've never been more certain in my whole life. I'm not going to return to the ring. [Ruth, further "R"] So, you really have decided now. [C] Yes, I have. They said they will penalize me for what I said on TV. I said they can screw themselves. I'm telling you, I'm really through. In how long?... Ten years since I've been really honest about something in public, it's like a huge rock was lifted from my chest and now I can finally breathe. [R] Yes? [C] I stand behind every word I uttered in that interview. Every single damn word. I love Eddie. I'll always love Eddie. I'll love Eddie until I die and will keep loving him after I die. Some said I mourned him like a spouse. These people know nothing. Nothing at all. [R] Perhaps their wording was slightly inaccurate and deliberately biting. [C] Slightly? I say wildly. You know, we didn't... That is after... You get the picture. [R] I do. I do. [Chorus] When the veil descends The eyes don't see clearly. When the sun ascends What could come but morning? What is come but a new morning... [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 2] [C] I've played the fool and the jester and whatever I was asked to. No one asked me what I wanted or whom I wanted to be. They sculpted us like greek gods, fucking Apollos. For the vulgar delectation of the masses and put chastity belts on us. God forbid one could notice the inner works. [R] But you did. [C] I did. Eddie did. Others did too. Everyone dealt with this in his own way. Some went completely mad, really mad, not made mad by the committee. Others died from some filth from the Red lantern district. It's terrible. It's sad. So, you channel your anger into a staged performance until you are rage itself, until you feel only emptiness. [R] That is... dehumanizing. [C] It is. And I will not subject myself to this. [Chorus] When the veil is torn The eyes see clearly. When the sun ascends The eyes behold what but the morning? What do they behold but a new morning?... [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Instrumental bridge - taqsim section - 2 bars] [non-lexical vocalizations] * 嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯... * 嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯... [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 3] [R] So, what's your plan, Chris? [C] I don't know. It's the first time in my life after so much time I have to actually plan something. I've lived a life of ephemeral glory that was fake, I wore a fake face and forgot who I was. I think that's what pained Eddie the most. He was the only one who knew my real face. And you too. [R] Well, there are so many good books to read, operas to see or plays to watch. Start making a list. [C] I might. Ruth?... [R] Yes? [C] Have you considered moving closer? Not to live with me, you know, don't get me wrong... [R] No, I get it. Since you decided to start again. I'll be considering it. [C] I'll be damn grateful to you. I mean, more than I am now. At least I could see Davey more often. [R] Don't worry now. Just rest a bit. Once you're rested, we'll make arrangements. [C] It's thanks to you I feel so much better. Thanks. [R] Don't thank me. Thank the Lord. Are you praying, Chris? [C] Yes, I do. Morning and evening. Thank you so much, Ruth. Thank you... [R] Come on, don't you cry on me, you'll embarrass me in front of Davey... [Last chorus, drum rolls building tension] When no veil is worn The eyes open loud and clear. Then, when the sun ascends The eyes relish in what but the morning? What do they relish in but a new morning?... [start fade out] [Vorspiel - 2 bars, fadeout] * 嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯... * 嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯... [end]
