Oh - no, this is actually really good! There's like a billion recurring musical motifs, and the characters are pretty interesting. There's a narrator in it too, just like me...but they killed him.

[Which...gives the Balladeer some thoughts, certainly. Some none too pleasant ones. But, nonetheless.]

Listen to this, this song's good.

[He flips back from the libretto to find the music.]

Mother cannot guide you.
Now you're on your own.
Only me beside you.
Still, you're not alone.
No one is alone.
Truly, no one is alone.