The Path of Light

[ Full company including children's chorus. Generational anthem finale. Themes from songs 1, 6, and 11 woven into instrumental fugue bridge. ] A CHILD'S VOICE (FROM THE CHILDREN'S CHORUS, ALONE, A CAPPELLA) We carry the light from the womb to the world, from the world to the stars, and back. Felicia Now return — the circle complete. Feel the earth beneath your feet. Carry the seed of every act — the earth is waiting. The earth is fact. Universal Panacea Forgive the ones who could not see. Forgive the part of you that wasn't free. The river is still flowing on. The river is the song you've gone. Becoming Human Be human. Be tender. Be true. The world is the world that walks through you. Compassion is not a nice idea — compassion is what gets us out of here. Light Of Eden And sing — yes, sing — the way back home. There is no one who walks alone. The voice that quivered in your throat is the lifeboat. Is the lifeboat. [ Pre-chorus — all four leads + integrated Severance together. ] We were never separate. We were never apart. The light you've been seeking is the light in your heart. [ Chorus — full company, full orchestra, audience standing, candles or phone lights raised. ] This is the path of light. We walk it together — every day. This is the path of light. There is no other way. Roots in the earth, wings in the sky, 136 Luis Miguel Gallardo fire of will, heart that won't lie, voice that remembers, vision that sees, crown of the stars — we are these. We are these. Children's Chorus We are not the future. We are the now. We are the way back. We are the how. [ Bridge — instrumental: themes from Songs 1, 6, and 11 weave together as a fugue. The leitmotif is heard in every voice. About 45 seconds. The cast forms a single unbroken line at the lip of the stage. ] O LDER LIA steps slightly forward of the line. The orchestra holds. She speaks the show's "nal line, directly to the audience, to every face in the dark. OLDER LIA. We are not the future. OLDER LIA. We are the now. OLDER LIA. We will be the ancestors OLDER LIA. our descendants pray to. 138 Luis Miguel Gallardo • • • Beat. She breathes. OLDER LIA. You are home. THE PHONE-LIGHT MOMENT. At this exact moment, every audience member who opted in via the pre-show QR code receives a text message. Three words: "You are home." Four thousand phone screens light up across the theatre simultaneously. The audi‐ ence realizes, in real time, that they are connected. FELICIA. (echoes, from upstage) FELICIA. You are home. The audience whispers it back, voluntarily and softly, like a prayer. AUDIENCE. (whispered, organic) AUDIENCE. You are home. [ Final chorus reprise — softly now, tender, the show landing. ] OLDER LIA, THE CAST, THE CHILDREN'S CHORUS, THE AUDIENCE This is the path of light. We walk it together — every day. This is the path of light. There is no other way. [