"And On a Night So Cold"
(Haunted and horrified, SALAMÓN wanders lost through the carnage and into the audience. One by one, the six stories weave themselves into a single song. Each line is numbered here, showing where they overlap.)
SALAMÓN:
(01) WHAT KIND OF HELL
(02) DID WE CREATE TONIGHT?
(03) SATAN'S FLAMING FACE
(04) WRITHING IN THIS ORANGE LIGHT.
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(09) ALL THIS DEATH
(10) AND YET I LIVE:
(11) A BEAUTIFUL CURSE
(12) I'LL NEVER FORGIVE
(13) MANÁ, WHO CAN SAY
(14) IF THIS WAR FOUGHT TODAY
(15) WAS A WAR TO MAKE ALL WARS CEASE
(16) OR A WAR TO END ALL PEACE?
(17) I TRIED SO HARD
(18) TO AVOID WHAT'S WRONG.
(19) IS MANÁ SO WEAK?
(20) IS MAN SO STRONG?
(21) WE'RE SISTERS
(22) AND BROTHERS.
(23) WE'RE SISTERS
(24) AND BROTHERS.
(25) AND ON A NIGHT SO COLD,
(26) SO FULL OF HOPES AND PAIN,
(27) CAN OUR WORLD BE CHANGED?
(28) CAN OUR WORLD BE CHANGED?
(29) AND WITH A FIGHT SO BOLD,
(30) HAS AN EMPTY SKY BROUGHT RAIN?
(31) HAS OUR WORLD BEEN CHANGED?
(32) HAS OUR WORLD BEEN CHANGED?
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(37) WHAT KIND OF HELL
(38) DID WE CREATE TONIGHT?
(39) WE SAW OUR FLAMING FACES
(40) WRITHING IN THIS ORANGE LIGHT.
(41) WHERE IS THE FUTURE WE PROMISED?
(42) WHERE ARE THE INSPIRING WORDS NOW?
(43) WE'RE IN SATAN'S DARKEST LAIR.
(44) WE'VE SINNED AND NOW WE'RE SCARED.
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♩♫ ♬ MUSIC ♬ ♫♩
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Instrumental Track (verse 1 and chorus) - composed by Rob Bartel, performed by robots:
Vocal Track (SALAMÓN, verse 1 and chorus) - composed by Rob Bartel, performed by robots:
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