A Fairytale - Once upon a king By Johnny Michael Levett (Fades up from black and we see a man (the king)

out in the desert looking bedraggled, he is lighting a match from a match box in time with the click beat, out in the desert, its night time and when he throws the match into a stack of logs, the words start) ACT 1 Once upon a time, Before all dreams felt they left me, Before I couldnt tell my friends, From beautiful enemies, The king he werent so noble, And the banquets raged on, Banish me from sweet Verona, Banish me for I did know. D- A painted rose she was, As a storm of lust did bloom, They met through chanting forests, (NO, NO, NO, NO, NO-choir) But still their love begun. He fell in love her family, As she looked on with all come true, Never had gods galed so wildly, As a war ofaith ensued. The king he werent so noble, And the banquets raged on, Banish me from sweet Verona, Banish me for I did know. (The princess she runs up her round the spiral staircase to the top of the castle, looks down as we hear her heartbeat, then she jumps off and falls down) Fade to black for end of act 1. NARRATOR - and so our storys begins in a beautiful but lonely castle two moons away from a night so cold even blood coverd fangs will stay in their hang. Warriors and lovers live in this town and many had died, until a spoit, selfish and unkind king, took the helm Act 2

FEMALE Ive been searching for a boyfriend, Ever since my mother taught me to wash my own hair. Ive been dreaming, sitting by my window, Just hoping one day he will appear. Chorus: In his arms is where Id like to be In his bed, with him holding me, as I sleep, On his mind, is where Id stay, Fore I cannot go a day, without you (music fades, then starts again on guitar) MALE Ive been looking for a lover, Ever since my father put a lock on my bedroom door, A running tap turns bathroom to castle, As candles and clothes sail her safely to my shore. Chorus: In my arms well I dont mind, Cross my heart, kiss her cheek, this time Ill be nice She beautiful, im suddenly shy, I hope she 's my dream That ive never made love in my whole life ACT 3 (And so their love bgean...but it didn't take long before the king did stray...returns from a midnight sky and comes into the sleeping chamber where she is sleeping, he takes off is clothes and lies down in bed next to hercamera is shoulder/face close up of him lying down, he sings with the words the camera rotates as he hates himself, looking upset you now see shots of where he has been away from her again and cries to sleep. The camera then looks at from above shot of bed, shes lies away the other way tohime.him right, her left, back to closeup of him as he goes to sleep. Camera blacks down fades out then as 2 half os song kicks in, she wakes up she is wearing a white nightie and her eye opens from the same shot on her side of the bed
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(Verse 1) So comes the day, where love turns to song She turned to sleep and the beast he was born, And every sunrise the criers would call, And so did the king as he slipped off his wool.

Days turned to months, and months turned to time, Still she lay in sleep as the grapes turned to wine, A fool he made, let us break no bones, But more fool the one that will leave her alone (Chorus) And as she fell, well did he ran, round the stairs, down the well, just to catch her again, get her back, get her back shes the one, shes the one, love is oath, love is pulse This time I wont let you go (Female vocal) my, heart, aches, these days he does not care for me fall, ing all, the time, with you, wasting, my life, with you why do you save me, if you dont want me and why do you give me hope, when its clear to see, all love has gone (End of act 2 with her running up the stairs againwhen shes jumps, acloseup of his eyes popping open in bedthen fades to black)

ACT 4 (the king is drunk in his chamber, it starts by him locking the door shut, the song stays in this room the whole songhe begins his soul searching and looking into his mirrorhe breaks his ) Maybe i drink too much, Maybe I think too much, Been staring out the window Wishing on a wind blow, Dreaming of a lovers touch Maybe I scream too much, I dont mean to be mean my love, But I get the heebyjeeb, And then my other me, Come burning through the trees (guitar scratch sound- radioadhead)

Maybe I want too much Maybe I ve screwed this up But maybe, just maybe You ask too much Solo guitar, Solo bongo no vocal Coz maybe I am cold to touch, And not so king close up Maybe im diseased, Honey feed me to the bees, Id quite like to be stung But I maybe owe you love, Maybe I should turn my heart up, Youve shed a sea of tears Through jealousy and weirs Oh the things ive done, ohhh Maybe im too loud Maybe I should tone it down Whos that knocking on my door Oh they are going to make frown Hiii,how you doing, Yeah im busy, like a bee, come back later ACT 5 (the princess is sat in her room looking out the wndow- she is upset and confused for her king has gone, again) when the beat kicks in it cuts to a long shot of a lively woodland village at the bottom of a valley with a big party going on the king is getting absolutely smashed) Meanwhile in a lively woodland town, A wind lifts a tent from out the ground, As their love gets drunk and drowned away, She lies awake watching a door, In a castle worn from love before, As it turns and burns, a round and a round again. The lights light up in every town, Across a bed of angry frowns, and downs, and clowns in pink dressing gowns), And as the door it turns to stone she drifts in and out alone, For love is hope (breakdown) she went to be bed with her friend

she went to be bed with her friend she went to be bed with her friend she went to be bed with her friend And as the snow covers the world Her whole hope turns to dark again, oh dark again A thousands lies hit the sky, and set the moon on fire, on fire Yeah I used to say Id never say never again And I miss her, And I miss her, And I miss her but never want to see her again.

ACT 6 Ive been with red lions red lions, They dont scare me, dont scare me I dreamt of gold and lust and all things touch And then I met my only love And now I dont feel too much Well here we go, theres my heart Oh- dreams well they will float away, If you dont catch them in my friend, Miss a night to save a day, While the king be dark and drenched in blood and bust as she (breath) grows up And has our only child A pay he has to pay to, love (female classical solo) (string ensemble) Verse 2 As he counts them on his hand He realises what she meant Such a proud and bound begin If only we could start again Once upon a king, but even banquets to end All the oaths that he wrote Well he broke and hid the pens And the word began to spread Across the whole of all the land, That the king was but a fool,

not built for any crown even servants and his slaves woulnt tend to him again and the castle grew to grave as the gods did rightly rage Red lions, red lions, they dont scare me, dont scare me Red lions, red lions they dont scare And so they came for him in turn, Every single one of them, And burned his box under his bed, He pinched his skin to see, Surely this is not for me Gang of angry boyfriends came running through the hall Never been scared of a man, and I wont start with you I dont want your blood my foe, I want your careless soul theres much worse things than death, young drunken fool You unlawful, unloving discraceful king And for 40 days and 40 days nights to change your sorry life Say goodbye (the army starts marching to dethrone the king)

Oh the words they blade the soul Rang through the realm like Banish you unoble king, banish you until you know (clicking sound begins again with king vocal over) Maybe I can make it right, Maybe I can make it right If I make her my wife..

ACT 7 (the final scene at a beautiful church (Verse 1)

On the day they were due to be wed by the priest,

He looked up and then down as he began to speak, Dear friends and loved were gathered here today, To tell these two fools to go on their way When a plague from your lips will pass with such ease, Not a vow in the world that can save you from beast Not a dream, not a hope, not a ring, not a god, Oh its hard to move on when you are still in love (female high vocal) if you love me let me go if you love me let me go if you love me let me go if you love me let me go (verse 2) and with that they did part and they had their last kiss, and they ran from the church with a smile on their lips the most beautiful rose, it can turn to a gun, paradise it got lost, in a whirlwind of song ....