Lyrics

### ***(Opening: Ethereal Choir & Rain Sounds)***
*(Soft, distant thunder... a child's music box winds up... then a single piano note rings out—pure, haunting.)*

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### **[Verse 1]** *(Whispered, intimate, like a confession)*
*"Rain… is your symphony…*
*Pattering rhythms… on rooftops… and skin…*
*You sit in the shadows… the world disappeared…*
*Nothing but ivory… and pain… left here…"*

*(A single violin swells—MJ’s signature ad-lib: “Ooh…”)*

### **[Verse 2]** *(Voice cracks with emotion, building intensity)*
*"Fingers… they tremble… then strike like a storm…*
*Not playing the notes… no… you’re tearing… the past…*
*Memories stolen… the love turned to dust…*
*The future that never… got the chance… to live…"*

*(Sudden choir burst—angelic, tragic—like "Little Susie" or "Childhood.")*

### **[Pre-Chorus]** *(Desperate, reaching out)*
*"But the night… hears your crying…*
*The stars… they’re replying…*
*With a song… only broken… hearts… understand…"*

*(Piano arpeggios spiral upward—MJ gasps softly, like in "Who Is It.")*

### **[Chorus]** *(Powerful, yet fragile—voice breaks on high notes)*
*"PLAY, OLIVER… PLAY!*
*Let the music… DEFY… the grave…*
*Ohhh…*
*‘Til the hammers… stop breathing…*
*‘Til the strings… start to bleed…*
*PLAY… before the silence… KILLS… the dream…"*

*(Dramatic pause—then a sudden orchestral HIT, like in "Is It Scary.")*

### **[Bridge]** *(Voice layered in harmonies, whispering and wailing)*
*"You don’t sing… with your voice…*
*You sing… with your SOUL…*
*And heaven… is leaning… in closer… tonight…*
*I hear you…*
*(Echo effect: "I hear you… I hear you…")*
*Ohhh… OLIVER…"*

*(Music drops to just piano and MJ’s ragged breathing… then—)*

### **[Final Chorus]** *(Full orchestra, gospel choir, MJ sobbing through lyrics)*
*"PLAY, OLIVER… FLY!*
*Take the keys… TO THE SKY!*
*Ohhh…*
*One last… crescendo…*
*Before the light… lets go…*
*PLAY… OLIVER…*
*PLAY…"*

### ***(Outro: Music box winds down… rain fades… a single heartbeat… then silence.)