[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.]