Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Mephistopheles lyrics

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[MEPHISTOPHELES]

ALL OF YOUR LIFE NOW

YOU HAVE DENIED

THERE'D BE A TIME

WHEN YOU'D EVER DIE

STILL IT'S BEEN RUMORED THIS THING MUST BE

WHY IS IT THEN THAT YOU ACT SURPRISED

WHEN I APPEAR NOW TO BE YOUR GUIDE

WHY DO YOU HESITATE TO FOLLOW ME

SEE IT RISING

STARE AND WONDER

HEAR IT BECKON

YOU TO DANCE

FEEL IT HOLD YOU

TAKE YOU UNDER

I'M YOUR GOD OF SECOND CHANCE

AND NOW YOU CLAIM YOU ARE NOT PREPARED

SO MUCH TO DO YOU CAN NOT BE SPARED

STILL YOUR ENTREATIES DEATH WILL NOT HEAR

THE GRAVEYARD IS FILLED WITH IMPORTANT MEN

WHO COULD NOT BE SPARED BUT WERE IN THE END

AND SO I WHISPER NOW IN YOUR EAR

SEE IT RISING

STARE AND WONDER

HEAR IT BECKON

YOU TO DANCE

FEEL IT HOLD YOU

TAKE YOU UNDER

I'M YOUR GOD OF SECOND CHANCE

DOMINE

DOMINE

DOMINE

DOMINE

O DOMINE

O DOMINE

O DOMINE

O DOMINE

[The Devil then makes the composer an offer. If Beethoven will give him all his music, allowing Mephistopheles to wipe it from the memory of man, he will return his soul to him. Beethoven is overwhelmed by the situation. Fearing an eternity of damnation and torment he is desperate to reclaim his soul, but the thought of losing his music, his life's work, causes him to hesitate.]

[Mephistopheles, sensing his confusion, offers to leave for one hour before returning for Beethoven's answer. As the devil is turning to go, Beethoven notices that the hands of the clock are now turning faster than is normal. When he points this out to Mephistopheles, the devil replies that the maestro should consider it a final favor because where Beethoven is going, they never turn at all.]

[As the spirits cautiously re-emerge from the corners of the room, Beethoven agonizes over his decision.]