[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