The Exit (feat. Brendon Urie & Dan Young) (Razia's Shadow)
Characters: Adakias …. Thomas Dutton (Forgive Durden) Sangara …. Dan Young (This Providence) Pallis …. Brendon Urie (Panic At The Disco) Princess Anhura …. Greta Salpeter (The Hush Sound) Narration …. Aaron Weiss (mewithoutYou)
ADAKIAS Look at all that which surrounds me I’m supposed to call this home? The Dark has become so overwhelming, So why don’t I just go?
SANGARA & TOWNSFOLK Why can’t you be more like your brother? Together you would rule the throne, The evil and darkness would grow This kingdom needs you!
ADAKIAS “Why can’t you be more like Pallis?” they always ask Could this feeling deep in me be the prophecy? As a child I heard such wonderful stories Of The Lamps, and The Oracle, and Holy The Sea
SANGARA & TOWNSFOLK Silly boy, you speak of fiction Silly boy, you can’t just leave everything For some fairy-tale ending, myth or legend
ADAKIAS O, what’s the use? Well, maybe they’re right What’s the point of dreaming if it can never materialize?
Townsfolk are ashamed Why can’t I live up to my family name? Well it’s not me that you see, It’s just my pedigree
SANGARA & TOWNSFOLK You’re a reckless and romantic rogue Your head is in the clouds You’ll be chained here all your life, Shackled to the ground You’re not the chosen one!
ADAKIAS Don’t you ever dream of some place better? Or a life that’s greater? Don’t you ever feel like you’ve been Destined for something bigger than your skin?
PALLIS You are so foolish The Dark has been your home If you elope, I’ll hunt you down Through suffering you’ll atone
ADAKIAS Dear Pallis, you’re my brother You’ve loved and watched over me But there’s something bigger at stake My purpose is this journey
PALLIS Brother, you are shortsighted Naïve and starry-eyed You are not the chosen one This will be your demise
ADAKIAS Brother, I can’t help this feeling My heart tells me to run You were meant to rule the Dark I was meant to see the sun
Don’t you ever dream of some place better, Where the lights shine brighter? Don’t you ever feel like you’ve been Destined for something bigger than your skin? I think I’ll just go
NARRATION Adakias, tired of fiction and bound by his ambition, left his home for the city of Light. Disguised as a citizen, his identity was hidden within a city that sat glistening. He was eager for this new life. He contemplated, and hated, why had he waited so long? To flee his home, forever shaded, where the jaded were never wrong. He took a deep breath, he was finally gone. His hope was left strong that a meaning would be found that had kept him withdrawn. His stare had caught a light, and he fell for the sight. Her name was Princess Anhura and she suffered from the same strife. And, like Adakias, she spent most of her time dreaming of a different life.
PRINCESS ANHURA Don’t you ever feel like you’ve been Destined for something bigger than your skin?