[Intro – Instrumental Scene] (Mellotron strings fade in like sunlight through stained glass. Marching snare, reverse cymbals, soft organ drone. A single sustained guitar chord rings… then the vocal enters, wide and dreamlike) [Verse 1] Through the glass parade we come, Silver drums and paper sun, Every face a shining tune, Echoed loud in afternoon. [Verse 2] Children wave in painted rows, Coloured winds the daylight blows, Time bends softly, round the bend, Where beginnings learn to end. [Chorus] Hear the laughter through the light, Watch the years drift out of sight, Hold your breath — the mirrors fade, Welcome to the glass parade. [Bridge – Spoken / Filtered Vocal] “Step right through the looking glass, love… Mind the cracks in yesterday…” (Electric piano and Mellotron swell, reversed tape loop pans left to right.) [Verse 3] Voices hum beneath the street, Dreams and echoes softly meet, Every song we’ve ever played — Floats away in glass parade. [Reprise / Outro] (Guitar arpeggios shimmer; bass pulses gently. The line “Welcome to the glass parade…” repeats, slowed and echoed, ending with reversed piano notes fading into silence.) “Welcome to the glass parade…”
