Musical Mozart!: I Want to Escape My Fate

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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