Phase IV: Unification

[10. Mirror of Dreams]

"3 months ago

The Girl has not seen the Prodigy since she told him to leave. She reaches out to his Mother comfort, wondering if there wasn't more she could have done."

[Irish Bouzouki: Michael Mills

Low Whistle: Troy Donockley

Cello: Maaike Peterse]

[Girl:]

I feel his shadow looming over me

Leaving me defeated and confused

His eyes still haunt me, if only I’d done more

Maybe I gave up on him too soon…

[Mother:]

I share your sorrow, but we are not to blame

His heart has always been a mystery

[Girl and mother:]

We’ll never fathom, we’ll never understand

Did he ever need us, were we real

Or mere reflections in a mirror of dreams?

[Girl:]

What holds his future, how will he survive?

Without us to save him from himself

Where has he run to, will he return?

I hope he knows I wish him well

[Mother:]

It’s up to him now, there’s nothing we can do

I fear we cannot give him what he needs

[Girl and mother:]

Are we but phantoms inside his tangled mind?

Will he ever need us, are we real…

Ore mere reflections in a mirror of dreams?

[11. The Lighthouse]

"After being rejected by the Girl, the Prodigy turn to his only friend, the Teacher. The Prodigy needs a safe place where he can work on the Theory of Everything and take time to sort himself out The teacher knows of the perfect place - there's an old renovated lighthouse up for sale. After pulling off the bank scam with the Rival, money is no object: the Prodigy buys the lighthouse and retreats there, virtually going "off the grid." The teacher is the only one who knows his whereabouts, and checks on him every day."

[Cello: Maaike Peterse

Contrabass Flute: Jeroen Goossens]

[Teacher:]

It’s time to put things in perspective

Find your way again

Let me take you to the lighthouse

Where you can hide away

[Prodigy:]

I only want to be alone

To work the numbers on my own

I need to show my father

I need to show them all… I am the one

[Teacher:]

Your time has come

[Prodigy:]

To unlock the equation

[Prodigy and Teacher:]

The Theory of Everything

[Teacher:]

If you’re troubled by the visions

The chaos in your mind

If the voices start to whisper

Call me, day or night!

[Prodigy:]

Don’t worry, I’ll be fine

[Teacher:]

Don’t underestimate the danger

[Prodigy:]

I’m gonna make the theory shine

[Teacher:]

You’ll regret it sooner or later

[Prodigy:]

I need to show my father

I need to show them all… I am the one

[Teacher:]

Our time has come

[Prodigy:]

I will find the equation

[Teacher and Prodigy:]

The Theory of Everything

[12. The Argument 2]

"The tension between the Mother and the Father comes to a head."

[Father:]

Without him it’s all over

We’ve got to bring him home again

[Mother:]

He doesn’t want to see you

Can’t you get that through your head?

[Father:]

But you can make him listen

All I need is one more chance

[Mother:]

No! I can’t take any more

You never gave a damn!

[13. The Parting]

"Yesterday

After months of fruitless

arguments with the Father

the Mother finally takes action."

[Mother:]

And so it ends

It’s time to let go

My spirit is crushed

Forsaken and cold

I’m leaving you

No tears left to cry

You’ll never change

I’ve made up my mind

This is goodbye

[Father:]

So this is the end

How can I go on?

My dream’s unfulfilled

And now I’m alone

I let them down

I pushed them away

No reason to live

I’m ending this pain

There’s no other way

Only one thing left to do…

[Orchestration: Siddharta Barnhoorn

Guitar Solo: Steve Hackett]

[14. The Visitation]

"Last night.

The Prodigy has been working on the Theory of Everything for months now. He's totally exhausted, but is sure that the final missing piece is just around the corner. Then one evening he gets an unexpected visitor."

[Father:]

I’m down here on my knees

Feeling the weight of shame

How could I have done this

To you, my son?

[Prodigy:]

I can’t believe my eyes

Is it really you?

Why should I forgive you

After all you’ve done?

[Father:]

I was driven and blind

Not so unlike yourself

We can still work together

If you allow me

[Prodigy:]

Why should I give you a chance?

Why should I trust you now?

Ha… I bet you are helpless

Without me

[Father:]

If we join our minds

Then together we can do this

[Father and Prodigy:]

We both want to be the first

We both want to change the world

[Father:]

We can work all night

'Til we find out what the truth is

[Father and Prodigy:]

We’ll solve this mystery

Be a part of history

[Prodigy:]

I’m so damn close

[Father:]

I’ll fill in the blanks

[Prodigy:]

I could use a hand

[Father:]

Just give me this chance

[Prodigy and Father:]

For we’re on the verge of a breakthrough

[Father:]

The meds help me not to sleep

[Prodigy:]

It's too late to stop now

[Father:]

I'll take just a few more

[Prodigy:]

Just 'til the answer is found

[Prodigy and Father:]

We can make it,

We'll find the truth

Let’s join our minds

It’s our destiny to do this

We’re going to be the first

We’re going to change the world

We’ll work all night

'Til we find out what the truth is

We both know we’ll never sleep

'Til we make this quantum leap

We are in this way too deep

[15. The Breakthrough]

"Together with his Father, the Prodigy works feverishly all through the night. He takes a far greater dose of the drug than usual, thinking it will help him see the solution."

[Prodigy:]

Isolate the graviton

[Father:]

Verify the Higgs-Boson

[Prodigy:]

Photons, hadrons

[Father:]

Gluons, fermions

[Prodigy:]

Demonstrate the tachyon

[Father:]

Find the missing baryons

[Prodigy:]

Neutrons, protons

[Father:]

Nucleons, electrons

[Prodigy:]

Ride a wave of gravity

[Father:]

Unravel super symmetry

[Prodigy:]

Position x, sparticles

[Father:]

Momentum p, dark energy

[Prodigy:]

Einstein’s relativity

[Father:]

Meets Heisenberg’s uncertainty

[Prodigy:]

Causality, eternity

[Father:]

Singularity, infinity!

[Prodigy:]

Eureka! We found it, we broke it

[Father:]

Eureka! We solved it, we did it!

[Prodigy:]

Eureka! We made it, we cracked it

[Father:]

Eureka! We nailed it, we got it!

[16. The Note]

"The Prodigy is exhausted by his mental efforts, and -on the verge of collapse - summons the last of his strength to write a note for his friend, the Teacher."

[Prodigy:]

Dear friend, my work here is done

Science has evolved

As the sun set on father and son

The mystery was solved

I’m broken, I’m falling apart

Slowly fading away

I’m sorry… I took it all too far

Thank you for… your faith…

[17. The Uncertainty Principle]

"8:03 this morning

On his daily visit to the Lighthouse, the Teacher is stunned at what he finds: The Prodigy is slumped in a corner, totally unresponsive, his hand clutching a crumpled note. The Teacher reads the note and immediately phones the Girl, who rushes over to the lighthouse. When she arrives, the Teacher can hear her hurriedly saying goodbye to someone as she bursts into the room, fumbling to put away her phone. Her eyes are already red from crying, but a flood of new tears erupts whe she sees the Prodigy. She turns to the Teacher to find out what happened..."

[Teacher:]

His mind took flight

And his eyes have lost their light

All we have to go on is a note

They changed the world last night

Working together, side by side

His father is the only one who knows

[Girl:]

You haven’t been told?

That was his mother on the phone

There was a tragedy last night

His father can’t have been here

It had to be a ghostly dream

For at the fall of day he took his life!

[18. Dark Energy]

"The Prodigy clearly believed that his Father helped him. But how is this possible?"

[Cello: Maaike Peterse

Violin: Ben Mathot

Orchestration: Siddharta Barnhoorn]

[Instrumental]

[19. The Theory Of Everything Part 3]

"9:46 this morning

Upon her arrival at the Lighthouse, the Mother breaks down at the sight of her catatonic son. She desperately needs to understand what happened there the night before."

[Violin: Ben Mathot

Cello: Maaike Peterse

Flute: Jeroen Goossens

Orchestration: Siddharta Barnhoorn]

[Mother:]

They were seduced by the mystery

Something forbidden was uncovered here

[Mother:]

My husband

[Girl:]

My love

[Mother:]

My son

[Girl:]

All lost

[Mother and Girl:]

Our world is not ready to know

The Theory of Everything

We need a future to build

A new role to fulfil

We’ve got something to give

We’ll find a reason to live

[20. The Blackboard (reprise)]

"The present.

Everyone has left the Lighthouse but the Teacher. He stands staring at the blackboard, trying to make sense of the tangle of equations. Then he makes a startling discovery...."

[Cello: Maaike Peterse]

[Teacher:]

Will we ever understand

How two different hand styles

Came to grace this blackboard

What unseen forces did conspire

Uniting a father

And… his son…