[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 [bad word] 
AND THE MAN THAT I'VE BEEN 
 
NOW CAUGHT IN 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 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 MOMENT OF GLORY 
 
HIS PENANCE OR MERCY 
BY SPIRITS DEBATED 
WHILE JUDGED ON SCALE 
THAT'S BEEN HEAVILY WEIGHTED 
 
AND WHAT HAVE I DONE 
COULD THERE BE SUCH SIN 
IN THIS MAN I'VE [bad word] 
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  [bad word] DISMEMBERED 
TO GIVE ONE'S WHOLE LIFE 
AND FIND NOTHING'S 
REMEMBERED 
 
AND WHAT GOOD IS LIFE 
THAT LEAVES NOTHING BEHIND 
NOT THOUGHT OR 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