(Open, black screen)
(Start nature sound effect)
(Cue Castle screen)
(Fade to black)
(Cue lion rose in the background, calling the animals to gather to Pride Rock for the Ceremony)
(The Circle of Life)
MS: Male singer
BS: Background singer
FS: Female singer
(Sunrise on African grassland (lightly treed), in time opening chant to The Circle of Life)
MS:
Nants ingonyama bagiti Baba (Here comes a lion, Father)
Sithi uhhmm ingonyama (Oh yes, it's a lion)
Nants ingonyama bagiti Baba (Here comes a lion, Father)
Sithi uhhmm ingonyama (Oh yes, it's a lion)
Siyo Nqoba (We're going to conquer)
Ingonyama Ingonyama nengw enamabala (A lion and a leopard come to this open place)
(repeats 5)
Ingonyama nengw enamabala (Sitha ngqwa!)
Ingonyama nengw enamabala (Eshe!)
(repeats 1)
FS:
From the day we walk on the planet
And, blinking, step into the sun
There's more to see than can ever be seen
More to do than can ever be before
FS:
There's far too much to take in here
More to find than can ever be found
But the sun rolling high
Through the sapphire sky
Keep great and small on the endless ground
FS:
It's the circle of life
And it moves us all
Liam bows to Robert, who smiles and nods at him.
FS:
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Appearance of Calum, the mandrill. He passes between ranks of animals, who bow down to him, he then climbs Pride Rock to where Robert is standing.
FS:
Till we find our place on the path unwinding
Calum and Robert hug each other in an embrace.
FS:
In the circle
The circle of life
Robert leads Calum over to Gwyneth, who is holding hers and Robert's newborn son Tom.
Calum puts the juice and sand he collects on Tom's brows— a ceremonial crown. He then picks Tom up and ascends to the point of Pride Rock. Robert and Gwyneth follow after him. With a crescendo in the music and a restatement of the refrain, Calum holds Tom up for the crowd to view.
FS:
It's the circle of life
And it moves us all
Through despair and love
Through faith and love
(The clouds part and sunbeam highlights Calum and Tom on Pride Rock)
FS:
Till we find our place
(The crowd bows down, one by one)
FS:
On the path unwinding
(Camera slowly zooms out to a striking panoramic view of the Presentation)
FS:
In the circle
The Circle of Life
(Bass drum hits and immediate switch to black with the title "The Lion King" in blood-red caps)
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the Lion King (Tomdaya)
FanficA lion cub prince is tricked by a treacherous uncle into thinking he caused his father's death and flees into exile in despair, only to learn in adulthood his identity and his responsibilities. Dedicated in memory to James Earl Jones for his voicing...
