The Eternal Quest for a Quest Eternal

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[Intro - French horn fanfare, timpani rolls, choir swell, galloping guitars enter]

[Verse 1 - Male Vocal, High Tenor, Noble]
The horses have been saddled and unsaddled seven times
The map has worn to velvet at the folds along its spine
The ale that Zerus set aside has turned to bitter wine
And Aldrick's arm has healed at last — it no longer clicks at night

The raven came on Thursday with a message sealed in red
We broke the seal in silence and this is what it said
Someday soon, but NOT THIS WEEK

[Pre-Chorus - Build, choir entering]
The wheel has thrown its iron from the cart
The eldest daughter weds before the fall
One of us is called away
One of us has not replied at all

[Chorus - Full Choir, Soaring]
THE ETERNAL QUEST — for a quest eternal
The road we have not walked is the longest road of all
THE ETERNAL QUEST — for a quest eternal
We ride at dawn, my brothers
but these days are dark
And the dawn may never come

[Verse 2 - Tenor, Grave]
Vrogonn read the book, and then he read the book again
He has begun a second book. There will be a third one then.
Neera stands unfreed, the flask stands cold upon the shelf
The ghosts of Gip and Ren have grown impatient with themselves

Somewhere in a mountain waits a wyrm that fears no blade
It has not slept in fourteen weeks. It is very much afraid.

[Pre-Chorus - Build, higher]
The hall stands swept, the candles trimmed
The chairs arranged in perfect four
The dice lie cold inside their bag
And no one comes to knock upon the door

[Chorus - Full Choir, Soaring]
THE ETERNAL QUEST — for a quest eternal
The road we have not walked is the longest road of all
THE ETERNAL QUEST — for a quest eternal
We ride at dawn, my brothers
but these days are dark
And the dawn may never come

[Instrumental - Twin harmonized guitar solo, orchestral backing, 30 seconds]

[Bridge - Spoken, Solemn, sparse strings underneath]
Hear me.
The dragon does not sleep.
It does not know the day. It does not know the hour.
It knows only that the hour is coming.
And so it waits, and counts the dark, and listens for the horses.
We are not late.
We are eternally about to arrive.

[Build - Chanted, accelerating, choir]
We will gather!
We will muster!
We will send the word again!
We will gather!
We will muster!
NEXT SATURDAY! NEXT SATURDAY!

[Final Chorus - Key change up, maximum choir, triumphant]
THE ETERNAL QUEST — for a quest eternal
The road we have not walked is the holiest of all
THE ETERNAL QUEST — for a quest eternal
We ride at dawn, my brothers
but these days are dark
And the dawn may never come
But the dawn may never come

[Outro - Full choir, anthemic, repeating]
Someday soon, but not today, the dragon shall remain afraid!
Someday soon, but not today, the dragon shall remain afraid!
Someday soon, but not today, the dragon shall remain afraid!
Someday soon, but not today, the dragon shall remain afraid!
Someday soon, but not today, the dragon shall remain afraid!

[Final Line - Single voice, sparse, everything drops out]
But not today.

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