Character: Ichabod Crane
Style: Tenor or Baritenor Solo (Piano Melody Only)
Song: 10/25

Lyrics: Out of the Shadows

ICHABOD
SUPERSTITIONS, SPECTRAL VISIONS, 
THINGS THAT GROWL IN THE NIGHT
AS A SCHOLARED MAN I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THEY’RE UNENLIGHTENED

DOGS WILL HOWL, CATS THEY WILL PROWL
AND THE WIND IS GOING TO SCREAm
ONCE YOU'VE SEEN THE LIGHT, YOU WON’T FEAR THE NIGHT
IT’S ALL QUITE STRANGE TO ME

FOR THE TALES EXIST TO BEND YOUR MIND, 
I’LL BEND IT BACK MY OWN WAY
THE SHADOWS FLEE PROGRESSIVELY WITH MORNING DAWN

I WILL HELP THEM SEE INCONSISTENCIES, 
THE HOLES THE LEGENDS LEAVE
WHEN LIGHTS ARE ON, THE SHADES WITHDRAWN, 
THE GHOSTS ARE FREE

(Dialogue) 

ICHABOD
ADMONITIONS OF CONDITIONS, 
WILL NOT HAUNT MY NIGHT
FOR A FAIRY TALE TOLD IN GREAT DETAIL 
CAN OFT’ MAKE ONE FRIGHTENED
RANDOM CHILLS, PRICKLY AND STILL PADDING UP FROM CLOSE BEHIND
IT’S THE SHADOW PLAY THAT WILL ALWAYS HAVE ITS WAY
PLAYING TRICKY TRICKY NIGHT GAMES WITH YOUR MIND

TAKE A LONG DEEP BREATH THEN STRAIGHT AHEAD, NO CAUSE FOR DEVIATION
THE PATH IS WIDE NO NEED TO HIDE FROM THINGS UNSEEN
FOR A CRINKLE HERE AND A RUSTLE THERE ARE SUMMARILY DISPOSED
HEAVEN FORBID THERE'S SOMETHING HID WITHIN THE GROVE

NIGHT IS FALLING SCREECH OWLS ARE CALLING
THE CREATURES OF THE NIGHT
WHAT WAS ONCE SO CLEAR SLOWLY DISAPPEARS AND DOUBTS ARE RUNNING HIGH

HOLD YOUR BREATH, WHAT WAS THE REST? 
NEVER HURTS TO BE TOO SAFE
WITH MY FINGERS CROSSED, I'LL HURRY RUSH ACROSS 
EXCEPT I’M SOMEHOW STUCK IN PLACE

COME ON ICHABOD YOU CAN DO THIS, 
YOU DON’T BELIEVE THIS MADNESS
JUST ONE STEP THEN DO IT AGAIN, 
GOOD BOY, LET’S GO!

I FEEL A STARE, IS THERE SOMEBODY THERE? 
DO I REALLY WANT TO KNOW?
DON’T LIFT YOUR EYES, THOUGH I SURMISE 
THE DANGER STARTS TO GROW

WHEN OUT OF THE SHADOWS CREATURES START TO RISE AND WHISPER THEIR WORDS OF WARNING
I THINK IT MAY BE WISE TO ASSESS WITH DIFFERENT EYES, BELIEVE IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS

WHEN HEARTBEATS GROW FAST, EACH BREATH MAY BE YOUR LAST WHAT’S THAT? IT’S THE GHOST REGIME

I GIVE IN, I CONCEDE! I’VE CHOSEN TO BELIEVE!
IT IS BETTER THAT I DO, FOR THE GHOSTS BELIEVE IN YOU
AND THE GHOSTS DO BELIEVE IN ME!*

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* Piano/Vocal Score (PDF) will be available for purchase in the very near future. Just hold your horses...

Sleepy Hollow, A Legendary Musical

Out of the Shadows

#10 Out Of The Shadows

Sleepy Hollow, A Legendary Musical—
Cryptic nightmares propel a sheltered young girl to exhume the secrets of her ancestors and make right past wrongs that summoned a headless demon into being.