MUSIC FOR SALE

Title: "Stage & Soul

The velvet curtains call my name each night
As orchestra tunes begin to take their flight
My ordinary world begins to fade away
When first note sounds, I'm born again that day
The box seats empty, audience yet to arrive
But in this sacred space, I feel most alive

I walk the boards where legends stood before
Each floorboard creaks with stories to explore
The spotlight waits like an old familiar friend
My transformation's about to begin again
The girl who walked in disappears from view
The diva emerges, strong and true

Opera, you are the air I breathe
The rhythm in my veins, the life I lead
When other girls dream of simple things
I hear the soaring melody that sings
My soul takes flight on every note
This is the life for which I've dearly dote

I study scores until my eyes grow dim
Each aria a limb, each hymn a hymn
The composers speak to me across the years
Their joys and sorrows, triumphs and my fears
In every phrase, I find a piece of me
The person I was born to be

Opera, you are the air I breathe
The rhythm in my veins, the life I lead
When other girls dream of simple things
I hear the soaring melody that sings
My soul takes flight on every note
This is the life for which I've dearly dote

Some say it's madness, this obsession deep
That from my waking hours until I sleep
I live and breathe these tales of love and woe
But how can I abandon what I know
In every high C, in every minor key
I find the truest part of me

Opera, you are the air I breathe
The rhythm in my veins, the life I lead
When other girls dream of simple things
I hear the soaring melody that sings
My soul takes flight on every note
This is the life for which I've dearly dote

When I am on that stage
When I am in that light
When I am singing
I am truly alive
Opera, my life
My soul