( BEETHOVEN )

WHAT GOOD THIS DEAFNESS

THAT MY WHOLE LIFE I HAVE DREAD WHAT GOOD THIS
DEAFNESS WITH THESE VOICES IN MY HEAD

WHAT GOOD THIS DEAFNESS IF THIS PRATTLE I MUST
HEAR IF I WERE BLIND I'M SURE THEY WOULDN'T
DISAPPEAR

( TWIST )

DID YOU REALLY WANT TO BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING
DID YOU REALLY WANT TO BE HERE ALONE HAVE I
INTERRUPTED A MOMENT OF PRAYING WHILE YOUR LIFE'S
DECAYING YOUR SINS ARE THEY WEIGHING WHILE YOU'VE
BEEN CARVING YOUR STONE ALL ON YOUR OWN

DID YOU REALLY WANT TO SIT HERE IN SILENCE COULD
IT BE THAT BROODING IS PART OF YOUR ART IS IT AN
EXTENSION OF ARTISTIC LICENSE A MOODY DEFIANCE OF
ALL OF LIFE'S TYRANTS WHILE YOU'VE BEEN SEARCHING
YOUR HEART ALONE WITH US IN THE DARK

Beethoven implores the spirits to leave him alone,
but Twist tells him that as shadows they only
exist by the light that Beethoven's life has cast
and as that light is fading, it is only natural
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illumination. As the clock strikes midnight their
conversation is suddenly interrupted by the
appearance of Mephistopheles. His presence causes
all the other spirits to shrink silently back to
the corners of the room.

Mephistopheles informs Beethoven that he has come
to collect the composer's soul. Faced with eternal
damnation, the terrified composer claims that it
cannot be his time, that he has yet to complete
his Tenth Symphony. Mephistopheles looks at the
manuscript and then with seemingly
uncharacteristic generosity, offers to give him as
much additional time as he needs, but only if he
will tell him what parts he plans to add or
change. Beethoven is forced to admit that it is
his masterpiece and he would not change a single
note. His bluff called, Beethoven still can not
believe that this is how his life must end.
Mephistopheles assures him that not only is it so,
but his reaction is the nearly universal response
from every man who is about to be condemned to
hell. But he then tells Beethoven he is a very
fortunate man, for he has decided to offer the
maestro something very rarely offered to humans at
the end of their time, a second chance, a possible
way out of his most unfortunate dilemma.