Scene Nine – “Blood in the Sand”

From The First Fall – A Musical Origin of Humanity

Setting

The stage opens on the same smoldering ground where Scene Nine ended. The fire pit has burned low to gray ash. At stage right lies Abel’s grave, freshly covered — a simple mound of earth marked with a wooden staff driven into the soil. Beside it stand Adam, Eve, and Jack Righteous. The light is cold morning gold, breaking through smoke. Far in the distance, a faint red glow marks Haillion leading Cain away — silhouettes fading into horizon haze.

Action

Adam kneels at the grave, his hands trembling in the soil. He tries to pray, but no words come — only breath. Eve moves behind him, placing her hand on his shoulder. Jack watches silently, his face torn between grief and awe. A single note from a distant string instrument sounds, followed by the heartbeat rhythm of a low drum. Adam begins to sing — not to God, but to the earth. It is both confession and lament, both history and prophecy.

Song – “Blood in the Sand”

 [Intro – spoken, quiet fire crackle] One son lost… one cursed to roam. The ground I tilled now drinks our home. I once broke heaven’s vow — my son break mine now. [Verse 1 – soft, trembling voice, acoustic drum heartbeat] Blood in the sand where the seed once grew, The dust remembers more than I knew. My breath in both — now breath in none, The curse of father passed to son. The wind don’t speak, it only moans, Through the fields we built from stone and bones. I see my hand in every fall, The blood sings — I caused it all. [Chorus – low male chorus joins, faint echoes of “Cain” whispering beneath] Blood in the sand — the circle turn, Ash to ember, flesh to burn. Each birth a debt we still must pay, Each dawn repeats the yesterday. Blood in the sand — from dust, to man, We rise, we fall — we start again. [Verse 2 – Eve’s soft harmony enters, mournful and human] Eve cry low, “We bore the flame, But couldn’t tame what bore our name.” The girl she weeps, but life will wake, From broken hearts new worlds will make. I see the mark upon his brow, A sign of mercy, even now. For though he walks where light won’t land, The fire follows — by His hand. [Bridge – rising orchestral, faint chant of “fire ah come” underneath] I heard the earth beneath me groan, It whispered, “Father, you are not alone.” Through blood and birth, through pain and seed, Each fall will feed the root we need. Not end, not curse, but what must be — For every wound births memory. [Final Chorus – full choral swell with distant echoes of Cain’s earlier rage] Blood in the sand — the story stays, Written in hearts in a thousand ways. The fire don’t die — it only bend, From first to last, beginning to end. Blood in the sand — not shame, but span, The breath of God through every man. [Outro – Adam’s voice fades to a whisper, Eve hums the “I Will Protect Her” melody] One son gone. One lost to flame. Still I see… My soul in both their names. 

Staging During Song

As Adam sings, faint lights illuminate ghostly silhouettes of Cain and Abel reenacting their final moments in slow motion upstage — seen through mist, not as spirits but as memory. When Eve enters on harmony, she steps closer to Adam, laying a hand over his heart as he sings “The curse of father passed to son.” Jack quietly adds a third voice near the bridge, representing the next generation — sorrowful yet resolute. The final chorus fills the stage with soft white and amber light as if dawn itself were forgiving them. By the end, Adam’s voice fades; Eve’s humming carries the melody of “I Will Protect Her,” linking this lament back to Eden’s first promise.

Button

Adam stands, wiping tears with soil-stained hands. Eve holds the staff from Abel’s grave. Jack looks to the horizon — to where Haillion and Cain disappeared. He whispers, “Fire ah come,” echoing both faith and fear. The lights narrow to a single beam over the grave as the chorus hums faintly offstage. Then, silence.

Next: Scene Eleven — “The Proclamation of the King.”