Webborn and Finn - The Turning of the Key lyrics

[STORYTELLER] Come gather round! Come gather young and old Tall and small... Come gather all! For a town should have a tale to tell Be it highwaymen or wishing wells The ghost that stalks the graveyard The banshee and her cry The whisper tree where lovers died Ev'ry story longs to be heard And this is hers... When the bell begins to ring On the last night of winter And the first day of spring Is finally here There's a change in the air For the fixed and the frozen They come to the square for the girl Under star or under cloud They come the midnight crowd With a drink in hand To watch and stand Another year And they're here to see The turning of the key [SOPRANO] She looks beautiful tonight! [ALTO, spoken] She's the same! [BARITONE, spoken] Never changes! [SOPRANO] But there's something in the light... Maybe this year... [TENOR] There's a spark in her eyes [ALTO, spoken] You're a drunk! [BARITONE, spoken] Have another! [SOPRANO] I just hope I get to try... [ALL] Quick now, she's waiting! Under star or under cloud We come the midnight crowd [TENOR & BARITONE] With a drink in hand [SOPRANO & ALTO] To watch and stand [ALL] Another year and now we're here to see The turning of the key Stopped, like a broken clock There's a girl that ticks but she doesn't tock Even though we ev'ry year and try to wind her Still she remains the same Though the legend says that she used to move And that she could walk and talk long, long ago So we come to fix what can only click and no longer clack With another twist in her back, again Praying that she'll stir She'll return [TENOR] She had a love, so they say [ALTO] Found a boy [BARITONE, spoken] Don't they always! [TENOR] Though fate got in the way [ALTO, spoken] 'Course it did! [SOPRANO, spoken] Always does [ALTO] So she waits though they're apart [TENOR] For a sign, for a signal [ALTO & TENOR] Or a reason to start [ALTO & BARITONE] A reason to wake A need to be free A reason to rouse A reason to be [SOPRANO & TENOR] Stopped like a broken clock Ticks but she doesn't tock Clicks but she doesn't clack With a twist in her back [ALL] When the bell begins to ring On the last night of winter And the first day of spring Is finally here There's a change in the air For the fixed and the frozen We come to the square We come to the square Under star or under cloud We come the midnight crowd With a drink in hand To watch and stand Another year Now we're here to see The turning of the... Fixed and frozen in the square Waiting for the turning of the...