[Intro: Dark Ambience, Rain and Distant Thunder] [SFX: low distant thunder rumble, cold wind, light rain on stone] [SFX: sharp lightning crack with long echo] [Spoken Word: Deep, raspy male storyteller, slow, close mic, theatrical] Well, hello, my friends. It is I, your favorite storyteller. Yes, indeed, here for another dazzling display, tells upon the tongue, a feature for your mind. Wanting more, wanting gore. Well, this one here is a story I tell, deep in the dark, where the Reaper dwells, searching for souls, hook and a crook, with his scythe, he dares look into your mind, into your heart. The Reaper's claws are very dark. So heed well the story I bring. The Reaper's call... [Sonnet: Whispered, over organ drone] [SFX: thunder rolls closer, church bell tolls once] In midnight's shroud where weary spirits weep, Where moonlight dares not kiss the hallowed ground, The Reaper wakes from his unholy sleep, And drags his scythe with slow and dreadful sound. He counts the names the living hold so dear, He knows the weight of every final breath, He waltzes close, and you shall feel him near, For every dance must end in quiet death. [SFX: sudden lightning strike, music box begins, waltz tempo starts in 3/4] [Verse 1: Haunting Waltz, Eerie, Dark Cabaret, Male Baritone] One, two, three, the floorboards sigh and moan One, two, three, the candles flicker low He glides between the veils where souls have flown With empty eyes that only Reapers know [Chorus: Full Orchestra, Spectral Choir, Howls and Wails] [SFX: ghostly wails, spirit howls in the distance, thunder under the beat] Waltz with me, waltz with me, through the veil so thin Hear the dead keep time where the dark begins Waltz with me, waltz with me, to the Reaper's call One last dance before the final fall [Instrumental Break: Eerie Waltz, Pipe Organ Solo, Violins Screeching] [SFX: rain intensifies, rolling thunder, distant lightning crackle, howling wind] [Verse 2: Whispered then rising] He knows your name, he's read it in the stone He's seen the thread that holds your life so slight One cut, my friend, and you are not alone You'll join his ballroom on this stormy night [Final Chorus: Grand, Dark, Terrifying Waltz] [SFX: massive thunder clap, choir of lost souls wailing in 3/4 time] Waltz with me, waltz with me, hear the spirits keen Between the thunder and the lightning's gleam Waltz with me, waltz with me, the Reaper takes it all Answer, answer, answer... the Reaper's call! [Outro: Slow fade, rain and thunder] [SFX: thunder fades to distant rumble, single music box note, cold wind, silence]
