Music, Lyrics and Orchestrations - Michael Riddell; Vocals - Phillip Collins and Hannah Gaisford; Ensemble conducted by Kenneth Young at Matrix Digital, Wellington; Album produced by Stephen Riddell.
lyrics
RACHEL
So what's your plan, now that you're all flesh?
KNIGHT
Why, to live!
For 'tis false life to be this paint inanimate, affixed in languid
pose. Ah, but gaze upon me now!
Mine eye doth glow,
My voice doth soar;
Mine heart, 'tis mere canvas no
more!
Mine arms take arms.
My teeth, they teethe;
For mine sword, it can finally
unsheathe!
My strikes shall be swift
As my thoughts can arrive.
And so, what a gift
It is now to be truly alive!
RACHEL:
If you're going to act like an idiot, could you do it somewhere more
private?
Instrumental bit
KNIGHT
...Mine blows are too grand to
ignore!
I ne'er shall bow
My healthful brow,
For now am I canvas no more!
RACHEL
See? It's better when you have something to practice on.
KNIGHT
I do apologise, fair maid.
RACHEL
Don't worry about it. By the way, my name's Rachel.
KNIGHT
Oh. I am "A Knight of the Realm".
RACHEL
That's not a name.
KNIGHT
Then I've no need for names. I am
bespoke by chivalry.
RACHEL
How about Lionel?
KNIGHT
No.
RACHEL
Lancelot?
KNIGHT
No.
RACHEL
Jeff?
KNIGHT
Sir Jeff? It hardly suits.
The Knight thinks hard for a beat. There's a gleam in his
eye...
KNIGHT (CONT’D)
(with conviction)
Reginald!
MUSIC swells behind the Knight now known as REGINALD. RACHEL
is slightly disappointed.
RACHEL
(shrugs)
Fine, Reginald then.
REGINALD
This new-found name
Denotes my core;
Trite "Knight of the Realm" no
more!
'Tis so well-fit,
That I can see
The man I intend me to be!
I'll meet any foe
Who opposes my cause.
RACHEL
You won't let them go,
You'll defeat them without any
pause!
They turn to each other, sharing in the thought. MUSIC
builds...
REGINALD (SIMULTANEOUS)
New feelings grow;
For I feel sure
I've never felt this way
before!
I ne'er shalt bow,
My healthful brow,
For now I'm a painting
affixed on a canvas no more!
RACHEL (SIMULTANEOUS)
It feels so strange,
But I feel sure
I've never felt this way
before!
I don't know how,
But this I vow:
That now my dreams are to be
made out of canvas no more!
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