[BEETHOVEN] 



AND HERE IN THE NIGHT 

AS I FEEL THE INFERNO 

I STARE IN THE DARK 

THINKING WHAT IS ETERNAL 



THE MAN OR THE MOMENT 

THE ACT OR THE REASON 

THESE THOUGHTS FILL MY HEAD 

AS I CONTEMPLATE TREASON 



OF DREAMS I HAVE HAD 

AND DREAMS I HAVE PONDERED 

WHEN LATE IN THE NIGHT 

MY MIND IT WOULD WANDER 



TO THINGS I HAVE DONE 

AND THEN QUICKLY REGRETTED 

WHILE DENYING VICES 

MY LIFE HAD SELECTED 



AND I THINK WHAT I'VE DONE 

OR HAVE YET TO BEGIN 

AND THE MAN I'VE BECOME 

AND THE MAN THAT I'VE BEEN 



NOW CAUGHT IN A WALTZ 

WITH THE ETERNAL DANCER 

I'M COURTED BY DEATH 

BUT DEATH ISN'T THE ANSWER 

I SAY 



ALL I WAS 

MEANT TO BE 

COULD I 

SUDDENLY 

JUST DECIDE 

NOT A THOUGHT 

WOULD SURVIVE 

COULD IT BE 

MY LIFE'S WORTH 

ENDED THERE 

WITH MY BIRTH 



IF I COULD SEE SOMEONE 

WHO'S BEEN THERE BEFORE ME 

AND TRADED HIS SOUL 

FOR A MOMENT OF GLORY 



HIS PENANCE OR MERCY 

BY SPIRITS DEBATED 

WHILE JUDGED ON A SCALE 

THAT'S BEEN HEAVILY WEIGHTED 



AND WHAT HAVE I DONE 

COULD THERE BE SUCH A SIN 

IN THIS MAN I'VE BECOME 

IN THIS MAN THAT I'VE BEEN 



NOW CALLING TO GOD 

FROM THE PIT'S VERY BOTTOM 

I PRAY HE FORGIVES 

EVERY SIN I'VE FORGOTTEN 

THIS DAY 



AND WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT 

THAT MY FATE IT WOULD CONJURE 

THIS TWIST IN THE ROAD 

ON WHICH I HAVE WANDERED 



EACH VISION AND DREAM NOW 

COMPLETELY DISMEMBERED 

TO GIVE ONE'S WHOLE LIFE 

AND FIND NOTHING'S 

REMEMBERED 



AND WHAT GOOD IS A LIFE 

THAT LEAVES NOTHING BEHIND 

NOT A THOUGHT OR A DREAM 

THAT MIGHT ECHO IN TIME 



THE YEARS AND THE HOURS 

THE SECONDS AND MINUTES 

AND EVERYTHING THAT 

MY LIFE HAS PLACED IN IT 

BETRAYED 

BETRAYED 

BETRAYED 



THE THINGS I HAVE DONE 

THE PLACES I'VE BEEN 

THE COST OF MY DREAMS 

THE WEIGHT OF MY SINS 



AND EVERYTHING THAT 

I'VE GATHERED IN LIFE 

COULD IT BE LOST 

COULD IT BE LOST IN THIS 

COULD IT BE LOST IN THIS 

NIGHT 



[Crushed by the dilemma he finds himself in and unable to reach a decision, Beethoven tries to recall the particular actions in his life that have led to his damnation. In anger, he confronts Fate for having dealt him such a cruel hand in life. Taken a back by his accusations, she offers to review his life with him and to change anything that he wishes to change.] 



[Delighted with this unexpected proposition, Beethoven accepts. When she asks where he would like to start, Beethoven says the first thing he would change is his childhood. Fate takes him back through time where he finds himself as a young child sitting at a piano. He has just been cruelly slapped by a tutor for having failed to receive an appointment to the emperor's court. His tutor is trying to create a new child wonder, similar to Mozart, but unlike Mozart, Beethoven is an awkward and gangly youth. Now, sitting alone at the piano, he is trying to console himself by playing a melody that he finds soothing. Beethoven recognizes the melody as the future Sixth Symphony and sitting down next to the child completes the tune. The child smiles at this kindly adult and after they talk for awhile, asks if they might meet again and finish the song. Beethoven reassures the child that one day that just might possibly happen.]