[BEETHOVEN]
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AND HERE IN THE NIGHT
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AS I FEEL THE INFERNO
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I STARE IN THE DARK
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THINKING WHAT IS ETERNAL
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THE MAN OR THE MOMENT
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THE ACT OR THE REASON
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THESE THOUGHTS FILL MY HEAD
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AS I CONTEMPLATE TREASON
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OF DREAMS I HAVE HAD
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AND DREAMS I HAVE PONDERED
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WHEN LATE IN THE NIGHT
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MY MIND IT WOULD WANDER
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TO THINGS I HAVE DONE
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AND THEN QUICKLY REGRETTED
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WHILE DENYING VICES
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MY LIFE HAD SELECTED
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AND I THINK WHAT I'VE DONE
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OR HAVE YET TO BEGIN
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AND THE MAN I'VE BECOME
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AND THE MAN THAT I'VE BEEN
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NOW CAUGHT IN A WALTZ
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WITH THE ETERNAL DANCER
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I'M COURTED BY DEATH
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BUT DEATH ISN'T THE ANSWER
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I SAY
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ALL I WAS
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MEANT TO BE
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COULD I
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SUDDENLY
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JUST DECIDE
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NOT A THOUGHT
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WOULD SURVIVE
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COULD IT BE
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MY LIFE'S WORTH
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ENDED THERE
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WITH MY BIRTH
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IF I COULD SEE SOMEONE
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WHO'S BEEN THERE BEFORE ME
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AND TRADED HIS SOUL
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FOR A MOMENT OF GLORY
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HIS PENANCE OR MERCY
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BY SPIRITS DEBATED
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WHILE JUDGED ON A SCALE
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THAT'S BEEN HEAVILY WEIGHTED
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AND WHAT HAVE I DONE
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COULD THERE BE SUCH A SIN
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IN THIS MAN I'VE BECOME
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IN THIS MAN THAT I'VE BEEN
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NOW CALLING TO GOD
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FROM THE PIT'S VERY BOTTOM
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I PRAY HE FORGIVES
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EVERY SIN I'VE FORGOTTEN
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THIS DAY
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AND WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
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THAT MY FATE IT WOULD CONJURE
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THIS TWIST IN THE ROAD
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ON WHICH I HAVE WANDERED
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EACH VISION AND DREAM NOW
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COMPLETELY DISMEMBERED
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TO GIVE ONE'S WHOLE LIFE
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AND FIND NOTHING'S
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REMEMBERED
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AND WHAT GOOD IS A LIFE
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THAT LEAVES NOTHING BEHIND
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NOT A THOUGHT OR A DREAM
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THAT MIGHT ECHO IN TIME
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THE YEARS AND THE HOURS
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THE SECONDS AND MINUTES
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AND EVERYTHING THAT
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MY LIFE HAS PLACED IN IT
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BETRAYED
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BETRAYED
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BETRAYED
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THE THINGS I HAVE DONE
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THE PLACES I'VE BEEN
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THE COST OF MY DREAMS
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THE WEIGHT OF MY SINS
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AND EVERYTHING THAT
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I'VE GATHERED IN LIFE
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COULD IT BE LOST
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COULD IT BE LOST IN THIS
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COULD IT BE LOST IN THIS
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NIGHT
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[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.]
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[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.]
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What Is Eternal
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra |