Musical Mozart!: I Want to Escape My Fate
Updated: Sep 1, 2020
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(Act 1 Scene 14)
Wolfgang:
I don’t need anything anymore
Nor do I need anyone
This white wig is useless to me
It’s done!
Red lips and the scent of wine
Soft whispers of sweet nothings
I want to drown myself
In a life of real tears and laughter
I want to know
How do I lose my shadow
How do I refuse my fate
How do I deny myself
And become someone else
Who can I ask
When even I don’t understand
How do I lose my shadow
And find freedom?
I don’t need eternity
Nor a life worse than death
Futile dreams of tomorrow that haunt me
Be gone!
Beautiful symphonies
Pale in comparison
To a woman’s embrace
Who am I
I want to know
Wolfgang The Voices
How do I lose my shadow How do you lose your shadow
How do I refuse my fate How do you refuse your fate
How do I erase my conscience How do you erase your conscience
And run away And run away
Where can I go Where can you go
When I’m in my own way When you’re in your own way
How do I lose my shadow How do you lose your shadow
And find freedom? And find freedom?
Suffocating fear Look at the devil beside you
The weight of my fate In the form of a boy
Questions echo in silence You were only born
There is no one to answer To serve that little boy
A blinding flash Invisible eyes are all around
Takes my breath away Look at the devil beside you
The shadow that follows me In the form of a boy
Will kill me one day He’s there all the time
How do I lose my shadow How do you lose your shadow
How do I refuse my fate How do you refuse your fate
How do I deny myself How do you deny yourself
And become someone else And become someone else
Who can I ask Who can you ask
When even I don’t understand When even you don’t understand
How do I lose my shadow How do you lose your shadow
And find freedom? And find freedom?
How do I live How do you lose your shadow
How do you refuse your fate
Can I only accept How do you erase your conscience
My fate? And run away
Where can you go
I can’t do that
No, I can’t When you’re in your own way
I want to There is no escaping
Escape my fate Your fate
