(Hawke and company arrive at the Hanged Man, decked out for the Deep Roads expedition. They walk out. A drunk walks across the stage with a sign saying time has passed. Hawke and company walk back in, looking exhausted.)
Hawke: Well, that was harrowing.
INTERMISSION - (with a sign indicating years have passed)
Curtain rise on Act 2
(Just like with the first song, this is map of Kirkwall, like the one used to navigate in the game. The icons for Lowtown, Hightown, Darktown, and the Gallows are large and can be pushed open or shut like windows. When the chorus sings, every window should be open and everyone leaning out. Otherwise, only the person singing will lean out their window, all the others will be shut)
(Noble leans out of Hightown window)
Noble:
That Hawke's made a place
Among the nobles with haste
There's a new face
Up here in Hightown
.
(Hawke leans out of Hightown window)
Hawke:
It's pretty strange
Not to scramble for change
To have affairs to arrange
Up here in Hightown
Chorus:
Kirkwall Kirkwall
The City of Chains
Amazing how fast
Fortunes change
but nothing will last
In the City of Chains
Kirkwall
.
(Dwarf Thug leans out of the Lowtown window)
Dwarf Thug:
Lowtown has got a new king
His tongue is a silver thing
He's pulling all the strings
Down here in Lowtown
.
(Varric leans out of the Lowtown window)
Varric:
Truth is I'm just
a storyteller, honest
The guy you can trust
Down here in Lowtown
Chorus:
Kirkwall Kirkwall
The City of Chains
In the back alley dust
Fortunes are made
But know better than to trust
Anyone in the City of Chains
Kirkwall
.
(Templar leans out the Gallows window)
Templar:
The mages all say
There's an apostate who saves
Any who run away
from the Gallows
.
(Bethany leans out the Gallows window)
Bethany:
Things are looking bleak
For mages who seek
Justice, there's no one to speak
Out here in the Gallows
Chorus:
Kirkwall Kirkwall
The City of Chains
The Templars will seek
A revolutionary mage
Stop the havoc he wreaks
Within the City of Chains
Kirkwall
.
(Homeless woman leans out of the Darktown window)
Homeless Woman:
We're just as poor
Hungry as before
Our suffering's more
Down here in Darktown
.
(Anders leans out of the Darktown window)
Anders:
The Templars come around
Even here underground
No mage is safe and sound
Down here in Darktown
Chorus:
Kirkwall, Kirkwall
The City of Chains
All mages will be found
No apostate will remain
They'll be in the Gallows or the ground
Beneath the City of Chains
Kirkwall
.
Kirkwall Kirkwall
They rise and they fall
In the City of Chains
There is room for us all
On the precipice of change
The mages hear freedom's call
And they
.
Leap!
.
It is only when you fall
That you learn whether or not
You can fly
Above the walls
Of the City of Chains
Kirkwall
.
(The map goes dark, and Lirene, mages, and Templars spread across the stage.)
Lirene:
The apostate leads mages
Out of the Gallows' cages
This defiance is not enough
Vengeance inside him rages
.
It's a dangerous game
Anders is holding a flame
Will he burn himself to ash
In freedom's name?
Freed mage:
The apostate believes
Every mage should be free
He'd risk anything
He's the one who freed me
Templar:
The apostate can't hide
From the Templars' eyes
We'll search all of Kirkwall
To put a stop to his lies
Another Mage:
He hides something dark
Something tears him apart
As though a demon lay in
The depths of his heart
Templar:
The mages whisper at night
They say he will fight
With a fearsome spirit
That he'll bring the light
Chorus:
The apostate leads mages
Out of the Gallows' cages
This defiance is not enough
Vengeance inside him rages
.
It's a dangerous game
Anders is holding a flame
Will he burn himself to ash
In freedom's name?