[TITLE: When the World Was Young] [STYLE: Tribal Reggae Broadway | African + Jamaican Fusion] [MOOD: Reflective → Curious → Uplifting] [THEME: Creation, The Enemy, Bee Righteous Foreshadow] [BPM: 90 | Time Signature: 4/4] [INSTRUMENTS: Djembe, Kalimba, Acoustic Guitar, Ensemble, Shakers, Bass Pulse] [SECTION: INTRO — SPOKEN/SUNG | Jack Righteous | Djembe Pulse] Come sit close — fire’s bright and strong, Four tales to sing — some short, some long. Of dawn and dust, of love undone, Of first light born beneath the sun. Before the sin, before the flood, Before the choice that shaped the blood, A dream once came where shadows clung and whispered deep — when the world was young. No claws, no horns, no iron rung — He moved unseen, this Enemy sprung. He bent the truth on silver tongue, He stirred the heart where pride was hung. Yet through that dream a small wing flung its warning near the roots among. A buzzing guard with stinger stung — Righteous and bold… when the world was young. [SECTION: VERSE 1 — Creation Rising | Sung] In first of day when stars were sung, The void split wide and glory sprung. No shame to bear, no serpent tongue — Just peace that flowed where rivers swum. The beasts ran free, the gardens swung, And man walked whole, he and woman. But choice was seed in branches strung, And wisdom weighed what life begun. [SECTION: PRE-CHORUS — Warning Thread | Sung] For even Eden, bright among, Held winds that carried danger hung. A whisper low, a doubt unsung — The Enemy watched… when the world was young. [SECTION: CHORUS — Full Ensemble | Sweeping Anthem] 🎶 Sing the spark where life begun! Where Righteous flew and hope was spun! 🎶 🎶 Hear the beat of the rising sun — We walked in truth when the world was young. 🎶 [SECTION: VERSE 2 — The Enemy & Bee Righteous Foreshadow | Sung] Not every light means heaven sung, Not every sweet is holy tongue. A tilted word on golden rung can bend the right and choke the lung. He promised heights to hearts undone, He offered crowns no soul had won. His quiet traps in darkness strung would test the brave when the world was young. Yet wings opposed where lies were slung — A tiny guard with courage brung. He could not stop what fate had spun, but still he stood… when the world was young. [SECTION: BUILD-UP — CALL & RESPONSE | Ensemble] [CALL]: Hold fast the tale — the threads among! [RESP]: The path grows wide from the garden sprung! [CALL]: A voice can lift or twist the tongue — [RESP]: Beware the drift… when the world was young! [SECTION: BRIDGE — Full Cast | Foreshadow Future Acts] More tales to rise, still left unsung: Of fruit once bit, of brothers’ wrong, Of storms that roared with justice strong, Of Noah’s plea through wicked throng. A buzzing guide will drift along, Through Eden’s wind and judgment’s song. He’ll stand where choices all belong — Though fate cuts deep… the thread holds strong. [SECTION: FINAL CHORUS — Full Ensemble | Lift + Power] 🎶 Shout the dawn where breath begun! Where love met loss and night was sprung! 🎶 🎶 Where Righteous rose and shadows clung — Behold creation when the world was young! 🎶 🎶 Let Eden glow, let visions run — The stage now wakes, Act One’s begun! 🎶 🎶 Step through the light — your hearts among — Walk with us back… when the world was young! 🎶 [SECTION: OUTRO — Soft Spoken | Lead-In to Scene 1] The curtain opens, the threads unspun, A garden waits, its rivers run. Hold close the warning on your tongue — The Enemy smiles… when the world was young.