I'd thought I'd finished my initial notes, but then I realized I forgot about "The Story in Your Eyes."
In the final verse, there's some internal rhyme in the line "And it's certain that the curtain's gonna fall." To some degree, that internal rhyme emphasizes the certainty, as if the words' starting to resemble each other represents the inevitability of the end.
The "more" of "Forevermore" has nine syllables instead of the usual one (the whole word is sung to the phrase D E G G B A G A B A G A), so it provides a musical sense of eternity.
I'm familiar with "The Story in Your Eyes" mostly because it's on both of the compilation albums I have (20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Moody Blues and The Best of the Moody Blues). Originally, it's on Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, which I've listened to only twice. I listened to it somewhat recently (20 March) and noticed that the end of the line "It's been shining down upon me now" descends to represent that "shining down" musically (A B C B A G F# E D).
Yester-day, after I realized I'd forgotten about it, I also realized that "away" in the line "Wash all our heartaches away" is sung with a melisma (G G F#) and that "fall" in the line "And it's certain that the curtain's gonna fall" is sung with a glissando (A to F#), both of which musically represent movement (downward movement specifically for "fall"). While referencing the song in order to find specific notes and write this post, I also realized that the line "For the love that's deep inside us now" descends (it's sung to the same melody as "It's been shining down upon me now"), musically illustrating that depth.
