[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.]