Tune: Iriao - For You | Instumental
Band Members Left to Right: Juno, Vaughne, Shkeamus, Paynter and Jakoba.
As the music begins to play, the sole spotlight shines down upon the pianist, playing the opening notes, positioned on the satellite stage in a sea of phone flashlights. Just before Shkeamus, the first of the vocalists begins, the camera fades from the aforementioned shot, to a shot of Shkeamus stood centre main stage. The LEDs on the back of the stage transition to a scene of falling yellow, orange and brown leaves, whereas the stage floor LEDs become a colourful mixture of all different still fallen leaves, with two clear paths leading from Shkeamus around both side runways and to the pianist on the satellite stage. The camera displays the autumn scene, and then steadly zooms and pans around Shkeamus during his verse.
Autumn leaves fall,
Like broken tear drops,
I don’t know why they fall but I’ll try to understand somehow.
Half way through the verse another vocalist, Juno, appears from behind Shkeamus and joins in with finishing the verse with him while positioning himself to stage left.
A faked smile,
A faked happiness,
Let me try and make it real even if it’s just for now.
As Vaughne and Paynter starts their joint verse, they appears seemly out of nowhere into the camera shot, blocking the view of Shkeamus and Juno and gradually walk towards stage right, with Paynter staying staying stage right but Vaughne continuing onto the right runway.
I’ll be a hand you can hold onto to,
When you feel that everyone looks straight through.
The camera then switches to Jakoba, the last of the five male vocalists, who is positioned on the corner of the left runway, opposite to where Vaughne is now stood, for his first line. The other four men join to finish the line during the lyrics "especially ", in which the camera pans out to show that the leaves are now being "blown" away.
My heart will always be open, especially for you.
This graphic continues as Shkeamus, still stood centre stage, takes control again and starts the next verse with the other four men providing backing harmonies. The camera, more zoomed in, pans across the entire stage, left to right, gradually showing each of the singers and the pianist, still on the satellite stage.
A true feeling, A familiar feeling.
One felt through the warmth of a heart that is healing.
Vaughne now takes control for a short solo, in which all of the leaves in the graphics have now gone, and the ground that it has revealed is left on show. In the second line Juno and Jakoba join in with Vaughne.
You may not feel it but I’ll try to help.
Help you feel this warmth, even if it’s just for now.
As the short bridge starts, a wave of spotlights flows out from the stage into the audience. All 5 men sing the bridge, however Paynter is the main vocalist during this section, with a few of the over men deliberately singing slightly quitter and as a note or two behind to create the proper effect.
To keep strength in your heart,
To keep trying in the dark.
As the next verse starts, all the graphics fade to black and any two levels of lights stay, a higher lever, basically shining from the top of the stage across the roof to the very top of the opposite seating area, which flashes in sync with the heavy percussion during the verse, and a lower lever, made up of 5 spotlights, each shining from behind one of the five vocalists. The camera once again slowly pans across the stage, but this time right to left and slightly higher so the pianist doesn't block the view of the centre stage. All 5 five men sing the verse in unison.
Trust my word and me, Trust me and you’ll see,
That the hurt doesn’t last forever, one day you’ll be free.
After the first two lines a red ring appears around the stage where the path through the leaves used to be, connect the 5 men and the pianist together, all flowing to a final point at the centre stage, just in front of where Shkeamus is stood, throughout the rest of the verse the men gradually start to move towards this final point, where as shape is beginning to form. During the final big note, the men are now stood around the centre point and the shape which has turned out to be a love heart, as the note progresses the men gradually raise an arm each, simultaneously raising the heart from the stage floor LED to the centre screen behind them. Halfway through the note Juno cuts out to sing a finishing backing line.
Overcome shunning,
And you’ll rise stunning.
Keep your head up high and you’ll feel the warmth,
Not just for now.
(You can once again feel proud.)
As the song ends the camera is now focused on the five men, stood near each other with their arms raised and shifts the focus from the men to the heart, which is now suspended in middle of the centre screen. The lights come back on as normal and the band members all wave and thank the audience for listening.
