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Permission to share something unusual? It's not really FAWM '26, but part of what the FAWM magic is for me...

In 2023, @carroll posted lyrics called "Another Open Door". I put these to music with a piano & vocals arrangement, https://on.soundcloud.com/ycD4gsOYSr1t4klMDS.

My plan had always been making an orchestral version for it. But it got delayed. And delayed... And delayed......

Then, one day last year, my daughter passed by, heard the piece, and liked it. So I offered her a deal - I'd complete the arrangement, she'd do the vocals.

So here ya go, a song from FAWM 2023, rearranged as musical, sung by my daughter Rebecca, then age 8, in what should have been 50/90 2025.

Öffne noch 'ne Tür (German version)

Manch Frage hat 'ne Antwort Zum Greifen nah parat Doch manche Reise führt dich Auf unbekannte Fahrt Zu sonderbaren Plätzen Hinein in eine Welt Wo, was mal so vertraut schien, Nun fremd wirkt und verstellt

Bieg ab ins Abenteuer Erkunde fern von hier Geh raus in die Welt Öffne noch 'ne Tür

Manch Rätsel hat 'ne Lösung Einfach auf der Hand Doch manchmal ist es knifflig Nirgends siehst du Land Du segelst über Meere Wo niemand vor dir war Hinter Horizonte Die keiner vor dir sah

Bieg ab ins Abenteuer Erkunde fern von hier Geh raus in die Welt Öffne noch 'ne Tür Geh es ein, das Wagnis Folge dei’m Gespür Wirf ab, was dich hält Öffne noch 'ne Tür

Dort im Dunkeln, wo es glitzert Wie ein weit entferntes Licht Wohin Hoffnung dich geführt hat Wo du sein kannst, wie du bist

Bieg ab ins Abenteuer Erkunde fern von hier Geh raus in die Welt Öffne noch 'ne Tür Geh es ein, das Wagnis Folge dei’m Gespür Wirf ab, was dich hält Öffne noch 'ne Tür Öffne noch 'ne Tür

Another Open Door (English version)

Some questions don’t have answers Waiting to respond Sometimes your journey takes you To places far beyond Past faces and strange places Down the rabbit hole Where what seemed so familiar Is now an unknown road

Each turn is an adventure A new place to explore A window in your mind Another open door

Some problems have solutions Easy to explore Sometimes it’s not that simple There is no nearby shore You have to sail an ocean Where nobody has gone Far past known horizons Toward an unknown dawn

Each turn is an adventure A new place to explore A window in your mind Another open door

In the darkness it flickers Like a far-away star Where your hope has been awakened Where you are what you are

Each turn is an adventure A new place to explore A window in your mind Another open door