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Stole the Show Lyrics [Verse 1: Parson James] Darling, darling, oh, turn the lights back on now We're watching, watching, as the credits all roll down And crying, crying, you know we're playing to a full house, house [Pre-Chorus 1: Parson James] No heroes, villains, one to blame While wilted roses fill the stage And the thrill, the thrill is gone Our debut was a masterpiece But in the end for you and me Oh, the show, it can't go on We used to have it all, but now's our curtain call So hold for the applause, oh And wave out to the crowd, and take our final bow Cause it's our time to go, but at least we stole the show At least we stole the show [Verse 2: Parson James] Darling, darling, you know that we are sold out And kisses fading, but the band plays on now So we're crying, crying, so let the velvet roll down, down [Pre-Chorus 2: Parson James] There's no heroes, villains, one to blame

Cause our debut was a masterpiece Our lines we read so perfectly But the show, it can't go on, no We stole the show Yeah at least we stole the show About “Stole the Show” “Stole the Show” is a single from Kygo’s debut album. It uses a show at a theatre as a metaphor for a great relationship ending. Vocalist Parson James wrote the original version of the song. He described the concept in an interview with V: Everyone was begging me to write a ballad, and I was not trying to write one because I didn’t think I had been in love before… it was about this guy that I was not in a relationship with, and pretended like we were. We would just be with each other when it was convenient. “Stole the Show” is sort of that thing like, Okay, we don’t hate each other, it’s fine, but this is going nowhere. We’ve put on a good act, but I think it’s time for us to close the curtains. When Kygo’s manager played him the track, he loved it and reached out to James via social media.

Cloud Nine [Tracklist + Album Cover] Levitating children, on-stage explosions, astonishing magic tricks and a spectacular, growing Christmas tree – The Nutcracker is packed full of remarkable illusions and special effects.
hookless shower curtain clawfoot tubAmong all of this wizardry, much of which relies on extensive behind-the scenes technical preparation, one of the ballet’s most magical scenes is in fact its simplest: the moment at the end of Act I when Clara and Hans-Peter find themselves whisked away to an enchanted land and snow begins to fall. The Waltz of the Snowflakes, as it has become known, was one of the most accomplished and best-loved scenes in Lev Ivanov’s original 1892 production of The Nutcracker. However, the ballet had a troubled inception – proving largely unpopular among audiences and critics – and its choreography, including that for the snowflakes, was consequently replaced over the years.

When Peter Wright created his 1984 production of The Nutcracker for The Royal Ballet, he decided to incorporate what remains of the original Waltz. With the help of Professor Roland John Wiley, he used his own steps to reconstruct the floor patterns danced by Ivanov’s female corps de ballet, forming his own version of this glittering snowstorm. The snowflakes start to fall to the fluttering of Tchaikovsky’s flutes, drifting onto stage with lightning-quick runs and dainty pas de chats into arabesque before disappearing. The magician Drosselmeyer intends to show his guests, the young Clara and Hans-Peter, the magic of a white Christmas. He sweeps his arms overhead and, with a glimmer of his fingers, whips up a storm. The snowflake corps begin to blow on in gusts, bourréeing and balancéing in small groups until the stage is filled with a shimmering flurry of white. Clara and Hans-Peter appear during a lull in the blizzard, as the corps women kneel to the floor – sweeping their arms in synchronized ports de bras with twinkling fingers – and a distant choir begins to sing.

The couple dance together, he spinning her in pirouettes, whipping her round in arabesque and lifting her into the air as she floats and skips through the snow. Then the wind picks up again and the snowflakes rise to form three circles, one of which surrounds the pair. As Clara and Hans-Peter continue to dance, the women move in and out of groups and constellations that recall both flurries of snow being buffeted about by squally winds, and the intricate, geometric structures of snowflakes. Here, just as described by a fan of Ivanov’s original Nutcracker, ‘the hachures and patterns of snow crystals, the monograms and arabesques of the plastique of frost [gather] into one well-proportioned, artistically finished vision’. The music builds and the women come together to form a wheel, like the crystals of a giant snowflake. Clara and Hans-Peter link hands with them as they spin round the stage, swept along by a series of fleet ballonnés and petits jetés. Once again, it seems as if the wind dips momentarily before lifting again – this time blowing a real gale.