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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Performer
Paul O'Neill
Electric Guitar
Robert Kinkel
Keyboards
Jon Oliva
Keyboards
Johnny Lee Middleton
Bass Guitar
Christian James
Background Vocals
Danielle Landherr
Background Vocals
Marni Elliot
Background Vocals
Al Pitrelli
Electric Guitar
Dave Wittman
Drums
Dorothy Lawson
Cello
Garo Yellin
Cello
Jonas Tauber
Cello
Anthony Piccolo
Choir Conductor
Adrian Ross
Choir
Caroline Ross
Choir
Evan Maltby
Choir
Jacob Ashworth
Choir
Mikhail Koffman
Choir
Sebastian Perez
Choir
Jeff Plate
Drums
Chris Caffery
Guitar
Mark Ferris
Viola
Mark Wood
Viola
Denis Stillwell
Violin
Laura Seaton-Finn
Violin
Mary Rowell
Violin
Paul Woodiel
Violin
Todd Reynolds
Violin
Dave Diamond
Vocals
Doug Thoms
Vocals
Guy Lemmonnier
Vocals
Jamie Torcellini
Vocals
Jody Ashworth
Vocals
Patti Russo
Vocals
Sylvia Tosun
Vocals
Zak Stevens
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Paul O'Neill
Composer
Robert Kinkel
Songwriter
Dr. Clement Kuen
Translation
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Paul O'Neill
Producer
Robert Kinkel
Additional Engineer
Dave Wittman
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
(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
Wile 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 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 placed 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
(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.)
(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.)
Writer(s): Paul O'neill, Robert Kinkel
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