[INTRO] [The stage is dim. A calendar page falls. September… October… November…] (Soft piano begins.) ⸻ MAYA Wasn’t it… Just yesterday… We were walking through these doors? ⸻ RILEY Now somehow… The leaves are changing. ⸻ (A single violin enters.) ⸻ VERSE 1 AVA Rehearsals feel shorter. Homework feels longer. Weekends disappear Before they even start. ⸻ ELIJAH Every performance Ends with another countdown… Until the next one. ⸻ JORDAN Didn’t we just say… “We’ve got plenty of time?” ⸻ PRE-CHORUS ENSEMBLE Every picture… Another memory. Every laugh… Another page. Nobody tells you Growing up Happens While you’re busy living. ⸻ CHORUS FULL COMPANY 🎶 One more year… That’s all we ever wanted. One more chance To hold onto today. One more year… To laugh a little louder… Before tomorrow Carries us away. 🎶 🎶 If we could stop The hands of time… Would we stay here Just one more night? One more year… One more song… One more memory To carry on. 🎶 ⸻ VERSE 2 (Scenes move across the stage.) Students rehearsing. Friends studying. A football game. A choir concert. The audience watches life moving faster. ⸻ MAYA I keep trying To remember everything. Because somehow… It already feels Like yesterday. ⸻ RILEY I’ve taken Thousands of pictures. None of them Can hold How this moment feels. ⸻ BRIDGE (Music drops to only piano.) JORDAN Do you think… We’ll still know each other Ten years from now? ⸻ (Silence.) ⸻ AVA I hope so. ⸻ (Strings slowly begin building.) ⸻ ELIJAH Because I don’t want The people Who helped me become me… To become strangers. ⸻ FINAL CHORUS (Full orchestra enters.) FULL COMPANY 🎶 ONE MORE YEAR! Before we close these doors! One more season Like the ones before! 🎶 One more chance To sing together! One more dream Before forever! 🎶 If this moment Has to end… Then let us never Forget Who we were. 🎶 ⸻ ENDING [Everyone gathers for a group photo.] [The camera timer begins.] 3… 2… 1… [Flash.] [The lights freeze.] [Blackout.]
