Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Lyrics by: Del https://linktr.ee/_del
@blue.mello (instagram) as Chiyoh
executiveespresso (tiktok) in tenor ensemble
This song is very pretty! I remember having a lot of fun making the cool ensemble parts. I hope you guys enjoy this one :)
--lyrics--
(WILL and CHIYOH are at the caboose of a train.)
CHIYOH: On still evenings, when the air was damp after a rain, we played games.
Charming the way a cub could be
Until the moment it leaves the nursery
WILL GRAHAM: A lion with a fate far greater
Than you to play with later
CHIYOH: The day I met Hannibal, he was an orphan. I was meant to meet him with his sister, but he was alone.
WILL GRAHAM: How did you meet him?
CHIYOH: I was his aunt's attendant. I learned from her. I learned from Hannibal, too.
He had all the wisdom in miniature
WILL GRAHAM: Coming under the guise of a mentor
Excited by the sense of distress
CHIYOH: How do you know Hannibal’s in Florence?
WILL GRAHAM:
The Monster of Florence
La Primavera drawn in blood
My shaken heart drops with a thud
CHIYOH:I’ve never left, but in my cage
Snails devoured by birds of prey
WILL GRAHAM: They survive digestion and emerge
In a new place with different birds
BOTH: Traveling the world as a feast
In the belly of the beast
ENSEMBLE:
Talking on the train
Voices carry in the wind
ooooooh
CHIYOH: Strange to talk so much. Not used to hearing voices outside my head.
WILL GRAHAM:I hear voices from all directions
In my mind they cast reflections
CHIYOH: Aware of words no one is saying
In the gnawing sameness of my days (WILL GRAHAM: In the gnawing sameness of your days
WILL GRAHAM: Did you look at color, air, and light?
The shape of everything
That you were becoming
CHIYOH: There was no becoming for me
Still where I was standing
The image of taxidermy
A caged bird's landing
WILL GRAHAM: Hollowed out and then refilled
Something else to build
CHIYOH: From who I was I’m not far
I’m not as malleable as you are
You have a taste for it now
A stabbing pain deep down
The ache to harm demands
Not God’s but only your hand
WILL GRAHAM: Violence is a powerful regulator
Satisfying dangerous behavior
CHIYOH: Are you regulating Hannibal’s
behavior or is he regulating yours?
WILL GRAHAM: We afforded each other an experience
we may not otherwise have had.
CHIYOH: If you do not kill him yourself
You’re afraid of what lies on the shelf
The fear of becoming him
WILL GRAHAM: Has gotten under my skin
CHIYOH: There are means of influence
That are stronger than violence
ENSEMBLE:
Talking on the train
Fates begin to bend
(some more ‘ooh’s)
CHIYOH: I like the night. It's more than a period of time; it's another place. It's different from where we are during the day.
WILL GRAHAM: In the night we’re different
Little more hidden,
WILL + CHIYOH: Little less seen
CHIYOH: When life is most like a dream
WILL GRAHAM: Why are you searching for him? What are you hoping to find?
CHIYOH: I'm not searching for Hannibal. I know exactly where he is.
WILL GRAHAM Is he in Florence?
CHIYOH: Yes.
WILL GRAHAM: Why didn't you tell me you knew?
CHIYOH: I told you
CHIYOH + ENSEMBLE: There are means of influence
That are stronger than violence ENSEMBLE: Will you distress
Or try forgiveness
(CHIYOH kisses WILL, who then stares at her, dumbfounded.)
CHIYOH: Means of influence
Stronger than violence
Mean nothing to you
Harm is what you do
In order to keep the upper hand
Because violence is all you understand!
(CHIYOH pushes WILL over the railing. Lights out.)
Lyrics by: Del https://linktr.ee/_del
@blue.mello (instagram) as Chiyoh
executiveespresso (tiktok) in tenor ensemble
This song is very pretty! I remember having a lot of fun making the cool ensemble parts. I hope you guys enjoy this one :)
--lyrics--
(WILL and CHIYOH are at the caboose of a train.)
CHIYOH: On still evenings, when the air was damp after a rain, we played games.
Charming the way a cub could be
Until the moment it leaves the nursery
WILL GRAHAM: A lion with a fate far greater
Than you to play with later
CHIYOH: The day I met Hannibal, he was an orphan. I was meant to meet him with his sister, but he was alone.
WILL GRAHAM: How did you meet him?
CHIYOH: I was his aunt's attendant. I learned from her. I learned from Hannibal, too.
He had all the wisdom in miniature
WILL GRAHAM: Coming under the guise of a mentor
Excited by the sense of distress
CHIYOH: How do you know Hannibal’s in Florence?
WILL GRAHAM:
The Monster of Florence
La Primavera drawn in blood
My shaken heart drops with a thud
CHIYOH:I’ve never left, but in my cage
Snails devoured by birds of prey
WILL GRAHAM: They survive digestion and emerge
In a new place with different birds
BOTH: Traveling the world as a feast
In the belly of the beast
ENSEMBLE:
Talking on the train
Voices carry in the wind
ooooooh
CHIYOH: Strange to talk so much. Not used to hearing voices outside my head.
WILL GRAHAM:I hear voices from all directions
In my mind they cast reflections
CHIYOH: Aware of words no one is saying
In the gnawing sameness of my days (WILL GRAHAM: In the gnawing sameness of your days
WILL GRAHAM: Did you look at color, air, and light?
The shape of everything
That you were becoming
CHIYOH: There was no becoming for me
Still where I was standing
The image of taxidermy
A caged bird's landing
WILL GRAHAM: Hollowed out and then refilled
Something else to build
CHIYOH: From who I was I’m not far
I’m not as malleable as you are
You have a taste for it now
A stabbing pain deep down
The ache to harm demands
Not God’s but only your hand
WILL GRAHAM: Violence is a powerful regulator
Satisfying dangerous behavior
CHIYOH: Are you regulating Hannibal’s
behavior or is he regulating yours?
WILL GRAHAM: We afforded each other an experience
we may not otherwise have had.
CHIYOH: If you do not kill him yourself
You’re afraid of what lies on the shelf
The fear of becoming him
WILL GRAHAM: Has gotten under my skin
CHIYOH: There are means of influence
That are stronger than violence
ENSEMBLE:
Talking on the train
Fates begin to bend
(some more ‘ooh’s)
CHIYOH: I like the night. It's more than a period of time; it's another place. It's different from where we are during the day.
WILL GRAHAM: In the night we’re different
Little more hidden,
WILL + CHIYOH: Little less seen
CHIYOH: When life is most like a dream
WILL GRAHAM: Why are you searching for him? What are you hoping to find?
CHIYOH: I'm not searching for Hannibal. I know exactly where he is.
WILL GRAHAM Is he in Florence?
CHIYOH: Yes.
WILL GRAHAM: Why didn't you tell me you knew?
CHIYOH: I told you
CHIYOH + ENSEMBLE: There are means of influence
That are stronger than violence ENSEMBLE: Will you distress
Or try forgiveness
(CHIYOH kisses WILL, who then stares at her, dumbfounded.)
CHIYOH: Means of influence
Stronger than violence
Mean nothing to you
Harm is what you do
In order to keep the upper hand
Because violence is all you understand!
(CHIYOH pushes WILL over the railing. Lights out.)
