Vampire ad memoriam
May. 5th, 2006 08:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
winterI assembled those today for a friend's English friend who's going to see Tanz here, so I thought I might as well stick it here. One day I'll find myself having translated the whole musical...
HE, HO, HE! (HEY, HO, HEY!)
ALFRED: (speaks)
Professor? Professor!
(sung)
Hey, ho, hey! Where are you, Professor?
Hey, there, hey! Which way should I go?
(spoken)
I know what happened. He sat down to write my observations in his notebook. And when Professor Abronsius is writing things down, the world around him ceases to exist. I hope he doesn't cease to exist himself...
(sings)
Hey, ho, hey! Give me a sign, Professor!
Hey, ho, hey! I can't see a thing!
(spoken)
Professor! I have to find him, or he'll freeze to death. And that would be a miserable end for a man like him. The newspaper will only say "Scientist perished in Transylvania". Not a word of me, though - no-one is going to miss Alfred...
(sings)
Hey, ho, hey! I'm alone here, Professor!
Your student and pupil and assistant is alone!
(ALFRED sees ABRONSIUS'S frozen body and scrambles to pick him up and carry him offstage)
KNOBLAUCH (GARLIC)
CHAGALL and GUESTS:
Garlic, garlic!
Garlic, garlic!
A little pipe, a little vodka
And a good fiddleplayer too
Heals the throat
Makes women lusty
And the daily grind is over
DORFNARR:
But the best comes at the end
DRAGAN:
When the owner calls us to eat
KOLYA:
When the stew is steaming
DRAGAN:
And everyone's chewing
DORFNARR, DRAGAN and KOLYA:
Until they stink out of their pores!
ALL:
Until they stink out of their pores!
CHAGALL and GUESTS:
Garlic, garlic
That is our passion
Garlic, garlic
Gives body and soul strength
It enlarges what was small
It makes noble what was mean
And makes harder what was soft
And makes harder what was soft
REBECCA:
In the meat there are maggots
The vegetables are gone to rot
The fat is rancid
The sauce is acid
But everyone says it's good
GUESTS:
Pass the serving dishes on!
Lots of garlic if you please
It works brilliantly
For the stomach juice
Every bite tastes even better!
Every bite tastes even better!
ALL:
Garlic, garlic
Puts all the guts in order
Garlic, garlic
Makes the old young again
Makes the muscles swell again
Makes the juices flow again
Garlic brings premiere relief!
Garlic brings premiere relief!
MAGDA:
The young people just want to screw
And the old keep on complaining
CHAGAL:
Garlic makes men out of boys
And turns grey-hairs into Romeos!
ALL:
There's nothing healthier on Earth
Especially in winter and here
DRAGAN:
So open your mouths
We belch out loud
DORFNARR:
Urrhg!
MORON:
We're free of all our cares
ALLE:
We're free of all our cares
REBECCA:
Garlic, garlic
I've always believed in it
Garlic, garlic
And sharp sauerkraut
CHAGAL:
All the best cooks from Prague
Were speechless when they tried it
MAGDA:
They all fell ill and in a few
They passed so much gas they died
REBECCA:
In the place of the normal bleating
Everyone says, "It tastes yummy"
CHAGAL:
Is the stew now fat and mealy
Every bite makes you blissful
REBECCA, CHAGAL und MAGDA:
Because garlic works miracles!
ALL:
Because garlic works miracles!
Because garlic works miracles!
Because garlic works miracles!
(Insert Alfred and Abronsius arriving and getting defrosted and weirded out. Far too much dialogue :P)
ALL (except Alfred and Abronsius):
Garlic, garlic
That is our passion
Garlic, garlic
Gives body and soul strength
Turns every loser into a winner
Turns every wet hen into a warrior
when there's garlic brewing in him
when there's garlic brewing in him
When there's garlic in me
Garlic in you
when there's garlic brewing in us
CHAGAL (speaks):
I should now show the Sirs to their room.
ALL:
Garlic, garlic
Puts all the guts in order
Garlic, garlic
Makes the old young again
Makes the muscles swell again
Makes the juices flow again
And brings premiere relief!
And brings premiere relief!
Garlic releases the juices
Strengthens power
Brings premiere relief
Garlic!
GOTT IST TOT (GOD IS DEAD)
All these years I was a voice in your head
Now you look for me, with hunger and dread
Have faith - only the merest moment keeps us apart
And when I call you, don't hold yourself back
Tormented by dreams and eager for joy
God is dead, no-one looks up to him now
We have been sentenced to eternal life
We're always drawn to the sun
Though we flee from its light
We trust only liars, despise sacrifice
The souls we don't hate, we also don't love
What I hold dear falls to ash
Only my poison gives you hope
And to survive, you must perish
Dive with me into the chasm of the night
And let's lose ourselves
We'll be together until eternity ends
My shadow falls upon you-
Sarah: I hear a voice calling...
Have faith - only the merest moment keeps us apart
And when I call you, don't hold yourself back
Tormented by dreams and eager for joy
EINLADUNG ZUM BALL (INVITATION TO THE BALL)
(from upstairs/the roof)
Good evening! Do not fear me, my dear
I am the angel that you have desired
The waiting is now almost over
Because I'm inviting you
At the great ball this year
We will dance through the night
Until through your longing
A woman you become
(Von Krolock disappears in a puff of smoke and reappears right by the
bathtub Sarah's sitting in)
Or would you rather that everything stays as is
Do you believe that it would be enough for you?
I know for sure that it would not be enough for you
Would you rather pray, until you go gray and bitter
Do you believe that it would be enough for you?
I know for sure that it would not be enough for you
They warned you against evil and danger
But you've already realised
That their safety was only a sham
All they promised you, all that was a lie
Each of them betrayed you, just as they bribed you
But I'll give you what you lack
A journey on the wings of the night
In the true reality, in the rapture of the dark
Prepare your heart - I'm inviting you to the Midnight Ball!
But I'll give you what you lack
A journey on the wings of the night
To escape everyday life, in the rapture of the dream
It's so soon, so far - I'm inviting you to the Midnight Ball!
(Alfred panics outside the bathroom door, Von Krolock makes an exit
through, apparently, the wall)
DIE ROTEN STIEFEL (STÄRKER ALS WIR SIND) [THE RED SHOES - STRONGER THAN
WE ARE]
SARAH:
Should I or should I not
On one hand it's wrong to do
But on the other hand for ages
I've long dreamt of it
So what of it?
Why shouldn't I wear them?
I'm old enough and I've missed out on so many things
Tomorrow I'll be good again
Right now I'm feeling bad
Tomorrow I'll want to sleep
Right now I'm wide awake
Now I'll do what I want to
Now I want what I feel
And I feel a longing for happiness
And a thirst for life
I want music, I want to dance and glide
Completely free, like an angel
Flying through the clouds
Weightless and light as light
Falling on water
KROLOCK:
Do what reason doesn't let you do
And don't ask if you'll regret it in the morning
SARAH:
The temptation wants to take me over completely
And it could also destroy me
But still I can't resist, because...
KROLOCK & SARAH:
What sets us free has to be
Stronger than we are
It drags us along, because it is
Stronger than we are
We follow it, who knows where!
REBEKA:
When music clouds the mind
And there is desire to dance
When the soul is going mad
Then only prayer will help us
REBEKA & MAGDA:
God, save us from the horror
Whose fears now seduce us
Don't let us gaze into the deep
For the abbyss touches us
ENSEMBLE:
God, free us from the drive
To do what is forbidden
Let the drive to damnation
Sleep in the depths of our hearts
And forgive us our hunger
For the evil and the night
Don't let us lose our heads
When the beast awakes in us!
God protect us from the lust
To want more than is our due
And turn every curse from us
When the desire overcomes us
God, lock up our wishes
Blind us please to temptation
Give us strength not to be bad
Make us stronger than we are
SARAH:
What sets me free must be
Stronger than I am
It drags me along, for it is
Stronger than I am!
KROLOCK:
What sets us free has to be
Stronger than we are
VOR DEM SCHLOSS (1 ACT FINALE)
VAMPIRES: [come out into the audience, climb walls and generally scare
people]
Be prepared - it looks like the waiting is finally over
Be prepared - there were no living here for weeks and now two are coming
Be prepared - finally a new, delectable, abominable loss of faith
Be prepared - there will be something to sink your teeth into soon
Be prepared - finally some well-mannered guest, two true gentlemen
Be prepared - lately just peasants came here, dirty and dumb as a post
Be prepared - finally a stylish, delightful, oppressive perversity
Be prepared - very soon now there will be something to sink your teeth
into
VON KROLOCK: [comes out of the castle, looms and swirls his cape, sings]
Hail the Night, that brings me joy by leading new guests here
Gentlemen, I welcome guests, so please don't hesitate
Fear is my mantle, the night is my domain
I am Count von Krolock. This castle belongs to me
Hail the Night, that hides all that is hideous from our eyes
It gently stirs dark dreams and lets the dead rise again
Follow me into my darkness and never come out again
Who comes to me of his own free will
Will get answers to questions he didn't ask
I'll let you into the mystery of my world
Beyond tired of solitude, I look forward to having guests
The future is already past, and the present is accursed
Endless is the sea of time
And yet you can only live on its shores
For the malady of sadness
There is never any cure
ABRONSIUS: [speaks]
No offence, your Grace. We've come here quite by accidenta nd we just
want to take a quick look at your magnificent mansion. Late thirteenth
century, if I'm not mistaken?
VON KROLOCK: [speaks]
I see, an educated man. With whom do I have the pleasure?
ABRONSIUS: [speaks]
Professor Abronsius, from Königsberg.
VON KROLOCK: [speaks]
THE professor Abronsius?
ABRONSIUS: [speaks]
You've heard of me?
VON KROLOCK: [sings]
I read your book - the Tale of the Bat
Superb, I was enchanted
ABRONSIUS: [sings]
That's wonderful, because back home
Most people don't regard me highly
Logic, logic - no-one appreciates logic
VON KROLOCK:
You simply must sign your book for me
And stay here for a long time
ABRONSIUS:
Yes, of course. I can study here
And conduct my research
VON KROLOCK: [turns to Alfred]
Who is that young man?
Certainly, a student
ABRONSIUS: [speaks]
Alfred, my assistant.
VON KROLOCK: [sings]
Count Alfred. My pleasure.
HERBERT: [appears, wrapped in a cape]
VON KROLOCK: [sings]
This is my son Herbert
He's overjoyed - of course
The two of you will be fast friends...
HERBERT: [throws back his cape, revealing the most flamboyant blue
velvet outfit this side of Liberace's closet, and sings]
Finally, someone who'll help me pass the time!
EVERYBODY: [go inside the castle]
VON KROLOCK: [speaks]
Please, gentlemen, come in! Do make yourself at home. Koukol!
KOUKOL: [appears, snivels]
VON KROLOCK: [speaks]
Koukol will show you to your room.
ABRONSIUS: [speaks]
My apologies, your Grace. I completely forgot how late it is. You must
be tired.
VON KROLOCK: [speaks]
I'm a nightowl. I'm completely useless by day, I'm afraid.
ABRONSIUS: [follows Koukol into the corrdor]
HERBERT: [stops stalking Alfred and exits, too]
VON KROLOCK: [profers the sponge that Sarah gave to Alfred in a very
flustered moment of mutual "omg he/she likes me"]
Alfred? Haven't you lost something?
ALFRED: [reaches for it, flustered]
My sponge!
VON KROLOCK: [snatches the sponge away, capeswirl, sings]
Hail the man, who makes use of his youth to find new paths
Hail the man, who follows his heart and doesn't ask professors
For only then, when you come of age, all dreams will come true
Who's as young and as intrigued by life as you are
Needs no commands from senile fools
Who can never understand what draws you near
I know what you feel and think
I can almost touch your yearning
If you but give me your trust
Then I will show you the way
ALFRED: [sings]
That sponge means
A lot to me...
VON KROLOCK:
I understand!
ALFRED:
She gave it to me...
VON KROLOCK [finally lets Alfred have the sponge]:
The object of your desire
Is nearer than ever
ALFRED [looks around in wonder]:
Truly?
VON KROLOCK:
Trust me. In the dreamland of night
I give the orders and cast every spell
Sink with me in the sea of time
Learn from me, what it means to live
Taste the happiness of sadness
Feel the ecstasy, give in to it
Search with me for the Dark Grail
I will teach you what it means to love
Throw down the chains of morality
Follow your most secret desires
Since you love this life
Your love wll be your life
And set you free!
CARPE NOCTEM
Follow me, trust the Night
Only it can save your soul
Curse the day and its bright might
Unchain your longing
Follow me, come feel the night
Only what we believe is true
Flee from those that would guard you
Don't let them steal your dreams
Over tombs and over ruins
Will the bells of death now toll
And all the devils are now waking
And all the angels have to fall
We hunger to break laws
We're craving now for blood
We only live for our lust
And feed poison to our spawn
The world in brightest daylight
Never gave happiness to none
So dive into the sea of nothingness
Where it's always cold and dark
And when you're drunk on darkness
Dazed and high, then feel
Feel the Night
Feel the Night!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Libera me, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Requiem da, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Libera me, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Requiem da, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Libera me, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Requiem da, Domine!
Exultate Kyrie! Pie Agne, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Sanctus, Sanctus, exultate!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Libera me, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Requiem da, Domine!
Gruppe 2 (gleichzeitig):
Feel the Night! And don't let it pass you by
Feel the Night! Come, close your eyes so you can see
Feel the Night! What's been foretold must come to pass
Feel the Night! And don't let it pass you by
Feel the Night! Feel the Night!
Feel the Night! Be free!
>From the tombs and from the ruins
Will the dead army rise up
And all the fears will come true
And all the hopes ground down to dust
Our Order only Chaos
To change is to destroy
We want to live for our lust
We want to be predators
The world in brightest daylight
Never gave happiness to none
So dive into the sea of nothingness
Where it's always cold and dark
And when you're drunk on darkness
Dazed and high, then feel
Feel the Night
Feel the Night!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Libera me, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Requiem da, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Libera me, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Requiem da, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Libera me, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Requiem da, Domine!
Exultate Kyrie! Pie Agne, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Sanctus, Sanctus, exultate!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Libera me, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Requiem da, Domine!
Gruppe 2 (gleichzeitig):
Feel the Night! And don't let it pass you by
Feel the Night! Come, close your eyes so you can see
Feel the Night! What's been foretold must come to pass
Feel the Night! And don't let it pass you by
Feel the Night! Feel the Night!
Feel the Night! Be free!
Carpe noctem! Carpe noctem!
Carpe noctem! Carpe noctem!
Carpe noctem! Carpe noctem!
Carpe noctem! Carpe noctem!
Gruppe 2:
Feel the Night! And don't let it pass you by
Feel the Night! Come, close your eyes so you can see
Feel the Night! And don't let it pass you by
Feel the Night! Come, close your eyes so you can see
Alle Vampire:
Follow me, trust the Night
Only it can save your soul
Curse the day and its bright might
Unchain your longing
Follow me, come feel the night
Only what we believe is true
Flee from those that would guard you
Don't let them take away your dreams
WENN LIEBE IN DIR IST (WHEN LOVE IS IN YOU)
ALFRED: (reads)
Counsels for lovers
How to win a heart
(sings)
When love is in your heart
Then it sings all around you
When your moment comes
Then your eyes speak for you
And the one that you love
Understands what you say
And even if you're silent
Your heart betrays that
Love is in your heart
That doesn't want to keep still
Show just truthfully,
What you've been hiding so long
No wish is now dangerous
When love calls it forward
And the one that you love
Will feel what you give
And the hope for happiness
Comes true
When love is in your heart
Then don't hold yourself back
(reads)
Often a kiss says as much as a thousand words...
(ALFRED searches for the bathroom where he met Sarah, but finds
Krolock's son Herbert there instead)
Oh, excuse me!
HERBERT: (speaks)
Stay, I'd love to read with you
Father is quite delighted with you
I'd like us to be friends
ALFRED: (speaks)
But I have to-
HERBERT: (sings)
You have to be nice to me
I'd like to understand you
What makes you so pale? Are you ill?
ALFRED:
I'm fine, thanks
HERBERT:
But no, you have fever, my friend!
You should be in bed now
No, what do my eyes see?
You tremble in fear, Mon Chéri!
ALFRED:
No, I'm not trembling!
HERBERT:
But yes, you're fearful, my friend!
ALFRED:
As I heard, there's be a ball hereabouts
HERBERT:
You have a wonderful mouth
ALFRED:
A ball!
HERBERT:
And your eyes!
ALFRED:
My eyes?
HERBERT:
The eyelashes as fine as threads of pure gold
Yes, tonight there's a ball
I will take you there
Wine and music, and candlelight
It'll be gigantic, romantic
With you in my arms, I'll be in the seventh heaven!
(grabs Alfred and draws him into a waltz)
(stops and snatches Alfred's book)
Oh, what are you reading?
ALFRED:
A book-
HERBERT:
Poetry, yes!
I knew it, I can see it
You are in love, my friend
(starts dancing with Alfred again)
It's such a coincidence
I'm in love, too
Just try and guess, with who
Yes, I love you
When love is in my heart
Then I cannot resist!
(Herbert tries to bite Alfred, who sticks the book between Herbert's
teeth and runs away)
(Alfred runs across the audience and to the other side of the stage,
where he backs into Herbert again)
(Herbert grabs Alfred, rolls them both around v. suggestively on the
floor, gets ready to either ravish or bite him when-)
ABRONSIUS: (appears with an umbrella and lays into Herber)
What is this? Sodomy and gomorrah! And you, Alfred - how did you entice
him into it????
SIE IRREN, PROFESSOR (YOU ARE WRONG, PROFESSOR)
VON KROLOCK: (sings)
Hey, ho, hey! Truly fitting, professor
Just one bite, and it'll all be over
Too much curiosity is deadly, professor
One must become what one observes!
ABRONSIUS: (speaks)
You're underestimating the power of science, Von Krolock!
I'll pickle you in Alcohol and include you in my collection!
Soon you'll only be doing your mischief in gothic novels!
VON KROLOCK: (sings)
What are you running from? What do you fear, Alfred?
Only here you'll find what you're looking for!
ABRONSIUS: (speaks)
He's fighting against you!
VON KROLOCK: (speaks)
Wrong again, professor!
Alfred's soul is already mine!
UNSTILLBARE GIER (UNQUENCHABLE HUNGER)
Finally, the night. No star in the sky
The moon hides itself in dread of me
No light in the sea of the world
No false rays of hope
Just the silence, and in me
The shadow-pictures of my torment
The corn was golden and the sky was clear
Sixteen-seventeen, it was summer then
We lay in the whispering grass
Her touch on my skin was tender and warm
She had no idea I was already lost
Even I then believed I could yet win
But that day it happened for the first time
She died in my arms
Whenever I reach my hand toward the light
Nothing is all I seize
I want to go up in flames and turn to ashes
Yet I have never burnt!
I want to fly higher and higher,
And still into the void I sink
I want to be an angel or to be a devil
Yet I'm nothing but a despicable creature
That always wants what it cannot ever get
If I had but a moment of happiness
I'd take eternal grief in stride
But all hope is now hopeless
Because the hunger never stops
One day, when the Earth is dead
And with it dies the last man
There will be nothing
But the barren desert
An unquenchable greed
All that remains is the great emptiness
An unquenchable greed
The pastor's daughter let me in by night
Seventeen-thirty, on the first of May
With her heart's blood I wrote a poem
On her snow-white skin
And the page boy from Napoleon's ranks
Eighteen-thirteen, in the castle's gates
That his sadness did not break my heart
I'll never forgive myself
Yet always when I reach for the life
I feel only how it shatters
I want to understand the world and know all
And I do not know myself!
I want to be free and freer
And my chains are always there
I want to be a saint or to be a criminal
And I'm nothing but a despicable creature
A crawling, lying thing
That must destroy whatever it loves
Some believe it'll all turn to good
And thus they take grief in stride
I want finally once to be sated
But the hunger never stops
Some believe in humanity
Some in money and fame
Some believe in Art and Science
In Love and in Heroism
Many believe in gods
Of all shapes and kinds
In miracles and signs
In heaven and hell
In sins and in virtues
And in the Bible and the prayer book
But the true power that reigns over us
Is the damnable, endless, consuming, destroying
Always unquenchable Greed!
You mortals of tomorrow
I have a prophecy for you now
Before the next millennium begins
The only god that all will serve
The unquenchable Greed
TANZ DER VAMPIRE (DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES)
ABRONSIUS:
We have escaped, my intellect has won
And it can warn humanity against its doom
In Königsberg they'll go green from envy
When they're handing me the Nobel prize
Through my research I have obtained proof
The living dead walk among us
They climb out of their coffins by night
And suck blood from the throats of the living
Luckily our reason can overcome them
We're safe thanks to brains and to science
Our goals are now clear, our methods are proven
We're practical and englightened
Progress can't be stopped
The world is no longer what it was
VAMPIRES:
Take what you want, or you'll be taken yourself
Be a bitch or they'll tell you to heel
Grab the dough, and buy the whole world
Just don't hold back, it's the law of the strong
Shake your fist, or you'll get punched
Push forward or you'll be overlooked
If you want to decide instead of following others
You must learn to go onwards over dead bodies
Now we're going from the night into the sun
Because finally nothing holds us back
Our goals are now clear, our methods are proven
We are dead, but we live, as long as you feed us
It's our turn, and now the world is ours (and now the world is ours)
We're coming out of the night
Watch out! Now we want glitter and shine
Watch out! Now we want everything and all
Watch out! The vampires invite you to dance!
The vampires invite you to dance!
Set heaven on fire and send roses to Lucifer
The world belongs to the liars and the ruthless
Shake the hands of murderers and crawl before the rich
The world belongs to toadies and the merciless
The vampires invite you to dance!
Now we want everything and all
The vampires invite you to dance!
Now we want everything and all
Set heaven on fire and send roses to Lucifer
The world belongs to the liars and the ruthless
Shake the hands of murderers and crawl before the rich
The world belongs to toadies and the merciless
We want to have fun and to be as we are
We don't hide anymore, the dance of the wild hearts begins!
The vampires invite you to dance!
Now we want everything and all
The vampires invite you to dance!
Now we want everything and all
Now we're going from the night into the sun
Because finally nothing holds us back
Our goals are now clear, our methods are proven
We are dead, but we live, as long as you feed us
It's our turn, and now the world is ours (and now the world is ours)
We're coming out of the night
We drink blood, we have no rules
What happens to this world, we don't give a damn
We drink blood, we have no rules
What happens to this world, we don't give a damn
We drink your blood and then we eat your soul
Nothing's gonna stop us, let the bad times roll!
We drink your blood and then we eat your soul
Nothing's gonna stop us, let the bad times roll!
Now the vampires invite you to dance!
And just because this one's not in most lyrics collections, seeing as it only appeared from Stuttgart onwards:
Die Roten Stiefel (Stärker als wir sind)
Sarah:
Darf ich oder nicht?
Einerseits wär es verkehrt
doch andererseits hab ich
schon lang davon geträumt!
Was ist schon dabei?
Warum soll ich sie nicht tragen?
Ich bin alt genug und hab schon viel zu viel versäumt.
Morgen bin ich wieder brav
Heute bin ich schwach
Morgen brauch ich Schlaf
Heute bin ich wach.
Jetzt tu ich was ich will,
jetzt will ich was ich Fühl
und ich fühl den Hunger nach Glück
und den Durst auf das Leben
Ich will Musik,
ich will tanzen und schweben
Schrankenlos frei, wie ein Engel
der durch Wolken fliegt
Schwerelos leicht, wie das Licht
das sich im Wasser wiegt
Krolock:
Tu was die Vernunft nicht erlaubt
und frag nicht
ob Du es morgen bereu´n wirst
Sarah:
Die Versuchung will, ich soll ihr ganz gehören
und sollte sie mich auch zerstören
Ich kann mich sowieso nicht wehren, denn ...
Krolock & Sarah:
Was uns befreit, das muß
stärker sein als wir es sind
Es trägt uns weit, weil es
stärker ist als wir es sind
Wir folgen ihm
Wer weiss wohin!
Wenn Musik das Herz verwirrt
und die Sehnsucht tanzen geht
wenn die Seele sich verirrt
dann hilft nur noch ein Gebet
Gott, bewahr uns vor dem Grau´n
dessen Schrecken uns verführt
lass uns nicht in tiefen schau´n
deren Abgrund uns berührt
Gott befrei uns von dem Drang
das Verbotene zu tun
lass den Hang zum Untergang
im tiefsten Grund der Seele ruh’n
Und vergib uns unser Giern
nach dem bösen und der Nacht
Lass uns nicht den Kopf verliern
wenn das Tier in uns erwacht!
Gott beschütz uns vor der Sucht
mehr zu wollen als uns frommt
und versperr uns jede Flucht
wenn die Lust uns überkommt.
Gott schließ unsere Wünsche ein
mach uns für Versuchung blind
gib uns Kraft nicht schwach zu sein
mach uns stärker als wir sind
Sarah:
Was mich befreit, das muss
stärker sein als ich es bin,
es trägt mich weit
weil es stärker ist
als ich es bin!
was uns befreit,
das muss stärker
sein als wir es sind
Gott beschütz uns vor der Sucht,
mehr zu wollen als uns frommt
und versperr uns jede flucht
wenn die Lust uns überkommt.
Gott schließ unsere Wünsche ein
mach uns für Versuchung blind
gib uns Kraft nicht schwach zu sein
mach uns stärker als wir sind
HE, HO, HE! (HEY, HO, HEY!)
ALFRED: (speaks)
Professor? Professor!
(sung)
Hey, ho, hey! Where are you, Professor?
Hey, there, hey! Which way should I go?
(spoken)
I know what happened. He sat down to write my observations in his notebook. And when Professor Abronsius is writing things down, the world around him ceases to exist. I hope he doesn't cease to exist himself...
(sings)
Hey, ho, hey! Give me a sign, Professor!
Hey, ho, hey! I can't see a thing!
(spoken)
Professor! I have to find him, or he'll freeze to death. And that would be a miserable end for a man like him. The newspaper will only say "Scientist perished in Transylvania". Not a word of me, though - no-one is going to miss Alfred...
(sings)
Hey, ho, hey! I'm alone here, Professor!
Your student and pupil and assistant is alone!
(ALFRED sees ABRONSIUS'S frozen body and scrambles to pick him up and carry him offstage)
KNOBLAUCH (GARLIC)
CHAGALL and GUESTS:
Garlic, garlic!
Garlic, garlic!
A little pipe, a little vodka
And a good fiddleplayer too
Heals the throat
Makes women lusty
And the daily grind is over
DORFNARR:
But the best comes at the end
DRAGAN:
When the owner calls us to eat
KOLYA:
When the stew is steaming
DRAGAN:
And everyone's chewing
DORFNARR, DRAGAN and KOLYA:
Until they stink out of their pores!
ALL:
Until they stink out of their pores!
CHAGALL and GUESTS:
Garlic, garlic
That is our passion
Garlic, garlic
Gives body and soul strength
It enlarges what was small
It makes noble what was mean
And makes harder what was soft
And makes harder what was soft
REBECCA:
In the meat there are maggots
The vegetables are gone to rot
The fat is rancid
The sauce is acid
But everyone says it's good
GUESTS:
Pass the serving dishes on!
Lots of garlic if you please
It works brilliantly
For the stomach juice
Every bite tastes even better!
Every bite tastes even better!
ALL:
Garlic, garlic
Puts all the guts in order
Garlic, garlic
Makes the old young again
Makes the muscles swell again
Makes the juices flow again
Garlic brings premiere relief!
Garlic brings premiere relief!
MAGDA:
The young people just want to screw
And the old keep on complaining
CHAGAL:
Garlic makes men out of boys
And turns grey-hairs into Romeos!
ALL:
There's nothing healthier on Earth
Especially in winter and here
DRAGAN:
So open your mouths
We belch out loud
DORFNARR:
Urrhg!
MORON:
We're free of all our cares
ALLE:
We're free of all our cares
REBECCA:
Garlic, garlic
I've always believed in it
Garlic, garlic
And sharp sauerkraut
CHAGAL:
All the best cooks from Prague
Were speechless when they tried it
MAGDA:
They all fell ill and in a few
They passed so much gas they died
REBECCA:
In the place of the normal bleating
Everyone says, "It tastes yummy"
CHAGAL:
Is the stew now fat and mealy
Every bite makes you blissful
REBECCA, CHAGAL und MAGDA:
Because garlic works miracles!
ALL:
Because garlic works miracles!
Because garlic works miracles!
Because garlic works miracles!
(Insert Alfred and Abronsius arriving and getting defrosted and weirded out. Far too much dialogue :P)
ALL (except Alfred and Abronsius):
Garlic, garlic
That is our passion
Garlic, garlic
Gives body and soul strength
Turns every loser into a winner
Turns every wet hen into a warrior
when there's garlic brewing in him
when there's garlic brewing in him
When there's garlic in me
Garlic in you
when there's garlic brewing in us
CHAGAL (speaks):
I should now show the Sirs to their room.
ALL:
Garlic, garlic
Puts all the guts in order
Garlic, garlic
Makes the old young again
Makes the muscles swell again
Makes the juices flow again
And brings premiere relief!
And brings premiere relief!
Garlic releases the juices
Strengthens power
Brings premiere relief
Garlic!
GOTT IST TOT (GOD IS DEAD)
All these years I was a voice in your head
Now you look for me, with hunger and dread
Have faith - only the merest moment keeps us apart
And when I call you, don't hold yourself back
Tormented by dreams and eager for joy
God is dead, no-one looks up to him now
We have been sentenced to eternal life
We're always drawn to the sun
Though we flee from its light
We trust only liars, despise sacrifice
The souls we don't hate, we also don't love
What I hold dear falls to ash
Only my poison gives you hope
And to survive, you must perish
Dive with me into the chasm of the night
And let's lose ourselves
We'll be together until eternity ends
My shadow falls upon you-
Sarah: I hear a voice calling...
Have faith - only the merest moment keeps us apart
And when I call you, don't hold yourself back
Tormented by dreams and eager for joy
EINLADUNG ZUM BALL (INVITATION TO THE BALL)
(from upstairs/the roof)
Good evening! Do not fear me, my dear
I am the angel that you have desired
The waiting is now almost over
Because I'm inviting you
At the great ball this year
We will dance through the night
Until through your longing
A woman you become
(Von Krolock disappears in a puff of smoke and reappears right by the
bathtub Sarah's sitting in)
Or would you rather that everything stays as is
Do you believe that it would be enough for you?
I know for sure that it would not be enough for you
Would you rather pray, until you go gray and bitter
Do you believe that it would be enough for you?
I know for sure that it would not be enough for you
They warned you against evil and danger
But you've already realised
That their safety was only a sham
All they promised you, all that was a lie
Each of them betrayed you, just as they bribed you
But I'll give you what you lack
A journey on the wings of the night
In the true reality, in the rapture of the dark
Prepare your heart - I'm inviting you to the Midnight Ball!
But I'll give you what you lack
A journey on the wings of the night
To escape everyday life, in the rapture of the dream
It's so soon, so far - I'm inviting you to the Midnight Ball!
(Alfred panics outside the bathroom door, Von Krolock makes an exit
through, apparently, the wall)
DIE ROTEN STIEFEL (STÄRKER ALS WIR SIND) [THE RED SHOES - STRONGER THAN
WE ARE]
SARAH:
Should I or should I not
On one hand it's wrong to do
But on the other hand for ages
I've long dreamt of it
So what of it?
Why shouldn't I wear them?
I'm old enough and I've missed out on so many things
Tomorrow I'll be good again
Right now I'm feeling bad
Tomorrow I'll want to sleep
Right now I'm wide awake
Now I'll do what I want to
Now I want what I feel
And I feel a longing for happiness
And a thirst for life
I want music, I want to dance and glide
Completely free, like an angel
Flying through the clouds
Weightless and light as light
Falling on water
KROLOCK:
Do what reason doesn't let you do
And don't ask if you'll regret it in the morning
SARAH:
The temptation wants to take me over completely
And it could also destroy me
But still I can't resist, because...
KROLOCK & SARAH:
What sets us free has to be
Stronger than we are
It drags us along, because it is
Stronger than we are
We follow it, who knows where!
REBEKA:
When music clouds the mind
And there is desire to dance
When the soul is going mad
Then only prayer will help us
REBEKA & MAGDA:
God, save us from the horror
Whose fears now seduce us
Don't let us gaze into the deep
For the abbyss touches us
ENSEMBLE:
God, free us from the drive
To do what is forbidden
Let the drive to damnation
Sleep in the depths of our hearts
And forgive us our hunger
For the evil and the night
Don't let us lose our heads
When the beast awakes in us!
God protect us from the lust
To want more than is our due
And turn every curse from us
When the desire overcomes us
God, lock up our wishes
Blind us please to temptation
Give us strength not to be bad
Make us stronger than we are
SARAH:
What sets me free must be
Stronger than I am
It drags me along, for it is
Stronger than I am!
KROLOCK:
What sets us free has to be
Stronger than we are
VOR DEM SCHLOSS (1 ACT FINALE)
VAMPIRES: [come out into the audience, climb walls and generally scare
people]
Be prepared - it looks like the waiting is finally over
Be prepared - there were no living here for weeks and now two are coming
Be prepared - finally a new, delectable, abominable loss of faith
Be prepared - there will be something to sink your teeth into soon
Be prepared - finally some well-mannered guest, two true gentlemen
Be prepared - lately just peasants came here, dirty and dumb as a post
Be prepared - finally a stylish, delightful, oppressive perversity
Be prepared - very soon now there will be something to sink your teeth
into
VON KROLOCK: [comes out of the castle, looms and swirls his cape, sings]
Hail the Night, that brings me joy by leading new guests here
Gentlemen, I welcome guests, so please don't hesitate
Fear is my mantle, the night is my domain
I am Count von Krolock. This castle belongs to me
Hail the Night, that hides all that is hideous from our eyes
It gently stirs dark dreams and lets the dead rise again
Follow me into my darkness and never come out again
Who comes to me of his own free will
Will get answers to questions he didn't ask
I'll let you into the mystery of my world
Beyond tired of solitude, I look forward to having guests
The future is already past, and the present is accursed
Endless is the sea of time
And yet you can only live on its shores
For the malady of sadness
There is never any cure
ABRONSIUS: [speaks]
No offence, your Grace. We've come here quite by accidenta nd we just
want to take a quick look at your magnificent mansion. Late thirteenth
century, if I'm not mistaken?
VON KROLOCK: [speaks]
I see, an educated man. With whom do I have the pleasure?
ABRONSIUS: [speaks]
Professor Abronsius, from Königsberg.
VON KROLOCK: [speaks]
THE professor Abronsius?
ABRONSIUS: [speaks]
You've heard of me?
VON KROLOCK: [sings]
I read your book - the Tale of the Bat
Superb, I was enchanted
ABRONSIUS: [sings]
That's wonderful, because back home
Most people don't regard me highly
Logic, logic - no-one appreciates logic
VON KROLOCK:
You simply must sign your book for me
And stay here for a long time
ABRONSIUS:
Yes, of course. I can study here
And conduct my research
VON KROLOCK: [turns to Alfred]
Who is that young man?
Certainly, a student
ABRONSIUS: [speaks]
Alfred, my assistant.
VON KROLOCK: [sings]
Count Alfred. My pleasure.
HERBERT: [appears, wrapped in a cape]
VON KROLOCK: [sings]
This is my son Herbert
He's overjoyed - of course
The two of you will be fast friends...
HERBERT: [throws back his cape, revealing the most flamboyant blue
velvet outfit this side of Liberace's closet, and sings]
Finally, someone who'll help me pass the time!
EVERYBODY: [go inside the castle]
VON KROLOCK: [speaks]
Please, gentlemen, come in! Do make yourself at home. Koukol!
KOUKOL: [appears, snivels]
VON KROLOCK: [speaks]
Koukol will show you to your room.
ABRONSIUS: [speaks]
My apologies, your Grace. I completely forgot how late it is. You must
be tired.
VON KROLOCK: [speaks]
I'm a nightowl. I'm completely useless by day, I'm afraid.
ABRONSIUS: [follows Koukol into the corrdor]
HERBERT: [stops stalking Alfred and exits, too]
VON KROLOCK: [profers the sponge that Sarah gave to Alfred in a very
flustered moment of mutual "omg he/she likes me"]
Alfred? Haven't you lost something?
ALFRED: [reaches for it, flustered]
My sponge!
VON KROLOCK: [snatches the sponge away, capeswirl, sings]
Hail the man, who makes use of his youth to find new paths
Hail the man, who follows his heart and doesn't ask professors
For only then, when you come of age, all dreams will come true
Who's as young and as intrigued by life as you are
Needs no commands from senile fools
Who can never understand what draws you near
I know what you feel and think
I can almost touch your yearning
If you but give me your trust
Then I will show you the way
ALFRED: [sings]
That sponge means
A lot to me...
VON KROLOCK:
I understand!
ALFRED:
She gave it to me...
VON KROLOCK [finally lets Alfred have the sponge]:
The object of your desire
Is nearer than ever
ALFRED [looks around in wonder]:
Truly?
VON KROLOCK:
Trust me. In the dreamland of night
I give the orders and cast every spell
Sink with me in the sea of time
Learn from me, what it means to live
Taste the happiness of sadness
Feel the ecstasy, give in to it
Search with me for the Dark Grail
I will teach you what it means to love
Throw down the chains of morality
Follow your most secret desires
Since you love this life
Your love wll be your life
And set you free!
CARPE NOCTEM
Follow me, trust the Night
Only it can save your soul
Curse the day and its bright might
Unchain your longing
Follow me, come feel the night
Only what we believe is true
Flee from those that would guard you
Don't let them steal your dreams
Over tombs and over ruins
Will the bells of death now toll
And all the devils are now waking
And all the angels have to fall
We hunger to break laws
We're craving now for blood
We only live for our lust
And feed poison to our spawn
The world in brightest daylight
Never gave happiness to none
So dive into the sea of nothingness
Where it's always cold and dark
And when you're drunk on darkness
Dazed and high, then feel
Feel the Night
Feel the Night!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Libera me, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Requiem da, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Libera me, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Requiem da, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Libera me, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Requiem da, Domine!
Exultate Kyrie! Pie Agne, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Sanctus, Sanctus, exultate!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Libera me, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Requiem da, Domine!
Gruppe 2 (gleichzeitig):
Feel the Night! And don't let it pass you by
Feel the Night! Come, close your eyes so you can see
Feel the Night! What's been foretold must come to pass
Feel the Night! And don't let it pass you by
Feel the Night! Feel the Night!
Feel the Night! Be free!
>From the tombs and from the ruins
Will the dead army rise up
And all the fears will come true
And all the hopes ground down to dust
Our Order only Chaos
To change is to destroy
We want to live for our lust
We want to be predators
The world in brightest daylight
Never gave happiness to none
So dive into the sea of nothingness
Where it's always cold and dark
And when you're drunk on darkness
Dazed and high, then feel
Feel the Night
Feel the Night!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Libera me, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Requiem da, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Libera me, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Requiem da, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Libera me, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Requiem da, Domine!
Exultate Kyrie! Pie Agne, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Sanctus, Sanctus, exultate!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Libera me, Domine!
Dies irae, Kyrie. Requiem da, Domine!
Gruppe 2 (gleichzeitig):
Feel the Night! And don't let it pass you by
Feel the Night! Come, close your eyes so you can see
Feel the Night! What's been foretold must come to pass
Feel the Night! And don't let it pass you by
Feel the Night! Feel the Night!
Feel the Night! Be free!
Carpe noctem! Carpe noctem!
Carpe noctem! Carpe noctem!
Carpe noctem! Carpe noctem!
Carpe noctem! Carpe noctem!
Gruppe 2:
Feel the Night! And don't let it pass you by
Feel the Night! Come, close your eyes so you can see
Feel the Night! And don't let it pass you by
Feel the Night! Come, close your eyes so you can see
Alle Vampire:
Follow me, trust the Night
Only it can save your soul
Curse the day and its bright might
Unchain your longing
Follow me, come feel the night
Only what we believe is true
Flee from those that would guard you
Don't let them take away your dreams
WENN LIEBE IN DIR IST (WHEN LOVE IS IN YOU)
ALFRED: (reads)
Counsels for lovers
How to win a heart
(sings)
When love is in your heart
Then it sings all around you
When your moment comes
Then your eyes speak for you
And the one that you love
Understands what you say
And even if you're silent
Your heart betrays that
Love is in your heart
That doesn't want to keep still
Show just truthfully,
What you've been hiding so long
No wish is now dangerous
When love calls it forward
And the one that you love
Will feel what you give
And the hope for happiness
Comes true
When love is in your heart
Then don't hold yourself back
(reads)
Often a kiss says as much as a thousand words...
(ALFRED searches for the bathroom where he met Sarah, but finds
Krolock's son Herbert there instead)
Oh, excuse me!
HERBERT: (speaks)
Stay, I'd love to read with you
Father is quite delighted with you
I'd like us to be friends
ALFRED: (speaks)
But I have to-
HERBERT: (sings)
You have to be nice to me
I'd like to understand you
What makes you so pale? Are you ill?
ALFRED:
I'm fine, thanks
HERBERT:
But no, you have fever, my friend!
You should be in bed now
No, what do my eyes see?
You tremble in fear, Mon Chéri!
ALFRED:
No, I'm not trembling!
HERBERT:
But yes, you're fearful, my friend!
ALFRED:
As I heard, there's be a ball hereabouts
HERBERT:
You have a wonderful mouth
ALFRED:
A ball!
HERBERT:
And your eyes!
ALFRED:
My eyes?
HERBERT:
The eyelashes as fine as threads of pure gold
Yes, tonight there's a ball
I will take you there
Wine and music, and candlelight
It'll be gigantic, romantic
With you in my arms, I'll be in the seventh heaven!
(grabs Alfred and draws him into a waltz)
(stops and snatches Alfred's book)
Oh, what are you reading?
ALFRED:
A book-
HERBERT:
Poetry, yes!
I knew it, I can see it
You are in love, my friend
(starts dancing with Alfred again)
It's such a coincidence
I'm in love, too
Just try and guess, with who
Yes, I love you
When love is in my heart
Then I cannot resist!
(Herbert tries to bite Alfred, who sticks the book between Herbert's
teeth and runs away)
(Alfred runs across the audience and to the other side of the stage,
where he backs into Herbert again)
(Herbert grabs Alfred, rolls them both around v. suggestively on the
floor, gets ready to either ravish or bite him when-)
ABRONSIUS: (appears with an umbrella and lays into Herber)
What is this? Sodomy and gomorrah! And you, Alfred - how did you entice
him into it????
SIE IRREN, PROFESSOR (YOU ARE WRONG, PROFESSOR)
VON KROLOCK: (sings)
Hey, ho, hey! Truly fitting, professor
Just one bite, and it'll all be over
Too much curiosity is deadly, professor
One must become what one observes!
ABRONSIUS: (speaks)
You're underestimating the power of science, Von Krolock!
I'll pickle you in Alcohol and include you in my collection!
Soon you'll only be doing your mischief in gothic novels!
VON KROLOCK: (sings)
What are you running from? What do you fear, Alfred?
Only here you'll find what you're looking for!
ABRONSIUS: (speaks)
He's fighting against you!
VON KROLOCK: (speaks)
Wrong again, professor!
Alfred's soul is already mine!
UNSTILLBARE GIER (UNQUENCHABLE HUNGER)
Finally, the night. No star in the sky
The moon hides itself in dread of me
No light in the sea of the world
No false rays of hope
Just the silence, and in me
The shadow-pictures of my torment
The corn was golden and the sky was clear
Sixteen-seventeen, it was summer then
We lay in the whispering grass
Her touch on my skin was tender and warm
She had no idea I was already lost
Even I then believed I could yet win
But that day it happened for the first time
She died in my arms
Whenever I reach my hand toward the light
Nothing is all I seize
I want to go up in flames and turn to ashes
Yet I have never burnt!
I want to fly higher and higher,
And still into the void I sink
I want to be an angel or to be a devil
Yet I'm nothing but a despicable creature
That always wants what it cannot ever get
If I had but a moment of happiness
I'd take eternal grief in stride
But all hope is now hopeless
Because the hunger never stops
One day, when the Earth is dead
And with it dies the last man
There will be nothing
But the barren desert
An unquenchable greed
All that remains is the great emptiness
An unquenchable greed
The pastor's daughter let me in by night
Seventeen-thirty, on the first of May
With her heart's blood I wrote a poem
On her snow-white skin
And the page boy from Napoleon's ranks
Eighteen-thirteen, in the castle's gates
That his sadness did not break my heart
I'll never forgive myself
Yet always when I reach for the life
I feel only how it shatters
I want to understand the world and know all
And I do not know myself!
I want to be free and freer
And my chains are always there
I want to be a saint or to be a criminal
And I'm nothing but a despicable creature
A crawling, lying thing
That must destroy whatever it loves
Some believe it'll all turn to good
And thus they take grief in stride
I want finally once to be sated
But the hunger never stops
Some believe in humanity
Some in money and fame
Some believe in Art and Science
In Love and in Heroism
Many believe in gods
Of all shapes and kinds
In miracles and signs
In heaven and hell
In sins and in virtues
And in the Bible and the prayer book
But the true power that reigns over us
Is the damnable, endless, consuming, destroying
Always unquenchable Greed!
You mortals of tomorrow
I have a prophecy for you now
Before the next millennium begins
The only god that all will serve
The unquenchable Greed
TANZ DER VAMPIRE (DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES)
ABRONSIUS:
We have escaped, my intellect has won
And it can warn humanity against its doom
In Königsberg they'll go green from envy
When they're handing me the Nobel prize
Through my research I have obtained proof
The living dead walk among us
They climb out of their coffins by night
And suck blood from the throats of the living
Luckily our reason can overcome them
We're safe thanks to brains and to science
Our goals are now clear, our methods are proven
We're practical and englightened
Progress can't be stopped
The world is no longer what it was
VAMPIRES:
Take what you want, or you'll be taken yourself
Be a bitch or they'll tell you to heel
Grab the dough, and buy the whole world
Just don't hold back, it's the law of the strong
Shake your fist, or you'll get punched
Push forward or you'll be overlooked
If you want to decide instead of following others
You must learn to go onwards over dead bodies
Now we're going from the night into the sun
Because finally nothing holds us back
Our goals are now clear, our methods are proven
We are dead, but we live, as long as you feed us
It's our turn, and now the world is ours (and now the world is ours)
We're coming out of the night
Watch out! Now we want glitter and shine
Watch out! Now we want everything and all
Watch out! The vampires invite you to dance!
The vampires invite you to dance!
Set heaven on fire and send roses to Lucifer
The world belongs to the liars and the ruthless
Shake the hands of murderers and crawl before the rich
The world belongs to toadies and the merciless
The vampires invite you to dance!
Now we want everything and all
The vampires invite you to dance!
Now we want everything and all
Set heaven on fire and send roses to Lucifer
The world belongs to the liars and the ruthless
Shake the hands of murderers and crawl before the rich
The world belongs to toadies and the merciless
We want to have fun and to be as we are
We don't hide anymore, the dance of the wild hearts begins!
The vampires invite you to dance!
Now we want everything and all
The vampires invite you to dance!
Now we want everything and all
Now we're going from the night into the sun
Because finally nothing holds us back
Our goals are now clear, our methods are proven
We are dead, but we live, as long as you feed us
It's our turn, and now the world is ours (and now the world is ours)
We're coming out of the night
We drink blood, we have no rules
What happens to this world, we don't give a damn
We drink blood, we have no rules
What happens to this world, we don't give a damn
We drink your blood and then we eat your soul
Nothing's gonna stop us, let the bad times roll!
We drink your blood and then we eat your soul
Nothing's gonna stop us, let the bad times roll!
Now the vampires invite you to dance!
And just because this one's not in most lyrics collections, seeing as it only appeared from Stuttgart onwards:
Die Roten Stiefel (Stärker als wir sind)
Sarah:
Darf ich oder nicht?
Einerseits wär es verkehrt
doch andererseits hab ich
schon lang davon geträumt!
Was ist schon dabei?
Warum soll ich sie nicht tragen?
Ich bin alt genug und hab schon viel zu viel versäumt.
Morgen bin ich wieder brav
Heute bin ich schwach
Morgen brauch ich Schlaf
Heute bin ich wach.
Jetzt tu ich was ich will,
jetzt will ich was ich Fühl
und ich fühl den Hunger nach Glück
und den Durst auf das Leben
Ich will Musik,
ich will tanzen und schweben
Schrankenlos frei, wie ein Engel
der durch Wolken fliegt
Schwerelos leicht, wie das Licht
das sich im Wasser wiegt
Krolock:
Tu was die Vernunft nicht erlaubt
und frag nicht
ob Du es morgen bereu´n wirst
Sarah:
Die Versuchung will, ich soll ihr ganz gehören
und sollte sie mich auch zerstören
Ich kann mich sowieso nicht wehren, denn ...
Krolock & Sarah:
Was uns befreit, das muß
stärker sein als wir es sind
Es trägt uns weit, weil es
stärker ist als wir es sind
Wir folgen ihm
Wer weiss wohin!
Wenn Musik das Herz verwirrt
und die Sehnsucht tanzen geht
wenn die Seele sich verirrt
dann hilft nur noch ein Gebet
Gott, bewahr uns vor dem Grau´n
dessen Schrecken uns verführt
lass uns nicht in tiefen schau´n
deren Abgrund uns berührt
Gott befrei uns von dem Drang
das Verbotene zu tun
lass den Hang zum Untergang
im tiefsten Grund der Seele ruh’n
Und vergib uns unser Giern
nach dem bösen und der Nacht
Lass uns nicht den Kopf verliern
wenn das Tier in uns erwacht!
Gott beschütz uns vor der Sucht
mehr zu wollen als uns frommt
und versperr uns jede Flucht
wenn die Lust uns überkommt.
Gott schließ unsere Wünsche ein
mach uns für Versuchung blind
gib uns Kraft nicht schwach zu sein
mach uns stärker als wir sind
Sarah:
Was mich befreit, das muss
stärker sein als ich es bin,
es trägt mich weit
weil es stärker ist
als ich es bin!
was uns befreit,
das muss stärker
sein als wir es sind
Gott beschütz uns vor der Sucht,
mehr zu wollen als uns frommt
und versperr uns jede flucht
wenn die Lust uns überkommt.
Gott schließ unsere Wünsche ein
mach uns für Versuchung blind
gib uns Kraft nicht schwach zu sein
mach uns stärker als wir sind
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Date: 2006-05-05 10:12 pm (UTC)One of these days, I should probably go and compare the interpretative differences between the German and Polish versions, too - there are quite a few, and they probably impact my fics in ways I'm not aware of myself...