AUTHOR'S NOTE + SYNOPSIS
AUTHOR'S NOTE + SYNOPSIS
PRELUDE TO THE ELEVENTH HOUR
A prelude to the instrumental “11-o’clock number” contemplates the uncertainty of all last-minute cliffhangers
It all comes down
It all comes down
It all comes down
In the eleventh hour
Your last handful of sand
In your last hour glass
The last ten fingers of ledge
In your trembling grasp
The last ten inches of fuse
Before the blast
Your last knotted sheet
Thrown down from the tower
It all comes down
It all comes down
It all comes down (to the last minute)
In the eleventh hour
Can you turn back the tide
Or will it turn sour
Like the last H-bomb
For the last superpower
It all comes down
It all comes down
It all comes down (just like it should)
In the eleventh hour
The last sliver of moon
The last rays of the sun
The last scene in the act
To pull Chekov’s gun
Your last match in the wind
With your last twig of kindling
Your last hope’s redemption
Hanging
Suspended
Anxious
Uncertain
Like the last chance to dance
For the last wallflower
It all comes down
It all comes down
It all comes down
Comes down
Comes down
In the eleventh hour