[BEETHOVEN] IN EVERY LIFE IT HAS BEEN SAID THERE COMES A TIME TO JOIN THE DEAD ADMIT THERE IS NO SECOND CHANCE AND JOIN DEATH IN A FINAL DANCE ACROSS THE FLOOR ETERNITY UNTIL THE FINAL MOMENTS BLED AND IN THE DARK TO TAKE HIS HAND ACCEPT THAT IT IS TIME TO WED I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING BECAUSE ALL THAT I SEE IS HIS FACE GRINNING MEPHISTOPHELES I NEED TO FIND AN ANSWER FOR THIS ONE CAN NOT BE WITHIN THE WORDS OF MEPHISTOPHEL... [TOWARDS TWIST] TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW DID YOU REALLY THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE AN EVER AFTER DO YOU THINK I'M SCARED TELL ME DOES IT SHOW WHEN INSIDE THIS DEAFNESS I CAN ALWAYS HEAR HIS WHISPERING [TOWARDS GHOSTS] THERE COMES A TIME YOU DECIDE WHAT FROM YOUR LIFE WILL BE REAL WHAT SCARS YOU WILL KEEP ALIVE WHAT YOU ARE WILLING TO HEAL BUT CAN I GAMBLE THIS NIGHT WITH EVERYTHING THAT I AM AND CAN I ERASE MY LIFE OR DO I STAY HERE AND BE ... (DAMNED) [TOWARDS TWIST] TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW DID YOU REALLY THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE AN EVER AFTER DO YOU THINK I'M SCARED TELL ME DOES IT SHOW WHEN INSIDE THIS DEAFNESS I CAN ALWAYS HEAR HIS LAUGHTER I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING BECAUSE ALL THAT I SEE IS HIS FACE GRINNING MEPHISTOPHELES I NEED TO FIND AN ANSWER FOR THIS ONE CAN NOT BE WITHIN THE WORDS OF MEPHISTOPHELES [I] DON'T NEED THIS PATH BEFORE ME DON'T NEED FORGOTTEN GLORY DON'T NEED THESE THREATS OF VIOLENCE DON'T NEED ETERNAL SILENCE DON'T NEED THESE MIDNIGHT VISIONS DON'T NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS DON'T NEED TO BE UNCERTAIN DON'T NEED THIS FINAL CURTAIN [II] SOMEWHERE OUT THERE HE STILL GAZES AS I WANDER THROUGH HIS MAZES DEATH AND LIFE HERE TRUTH OR LIES EVERY THOUGHT IS WELL DISGUISED [III] NOW IT IS TOO LATE THIS PATH TO TAKE DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY LIFE THIS WAY MEDUSA DREAMS THE DEAD STILL SCREAM DON'T WANT TO SEE MY LIFE BETRAYED [IV] ALL THESE THINGS ARE NOW BEFORE ME ENDLESS DEATH OR TIMELESS GLORY ON THIS NIGHT OF GHOSTS RETURNING TO THE LIGHT OF BRIDGES BURNING NOW IT IS TOO LATE THIS PATH TO TAKE DON'T WANT TO SEE MY LIFE BE...( TRAYED ) [TOWARDS TWIST] TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW DID YOU REALLY THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE AN EVER AFTER DO YOU THINK I'M SCARED TELL ME DOES IT SHOW WHEN INSIDE THIS DEAFNESS I CAN ALWAYS HEAR HIS LAUGHTER I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING BECAUSE ALL THAT I SEE IS HIS FACE GRINNING MEPHISTOPHELES I NEED TO FIND AN ANSWER FOR THIS ONE CANNOT BE WITHIN THE WORDS OF MEPHISTOPHELES THE COST OF PATIENCE WHEN THERE'S NO TIME BEFORE ME OF HESITATION ALL FOR THIS TWISTED GLORY AND MY SALVATION THE COST OF HOW IT'S GOTTEN THE COST OF WHAT'S GAINED ALL FORGOTTEN ALL FORGOTTEN [When Mephistopheles returns to find his offer refused, he quickly replaces it with another. If Beethoven will only give him the un-released Tenth Symphony (which no one else has heard, so he reasons it will never be missed) he will return the maestro's soul. Beethoven agonizes once more. The ghost of Mozart appears and tells him that it is the greatest musical piece ever created; it is the voice of God, and he cannot allow it to be destroyed. As the apparition of Mozart fades, he once again decides that he is unable to destroy this music.] [In a final desperate attempt to obtain the Tenth Symphony, Mephistopheles points out through a window to a child sleeping in the gutter. He tells the old man that he owns this child's life and in great detail lists all the horrors and suffering that she will experience in her short existence.]
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