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The FRANKENSTEIN World Premiere Recording features all of the essential and most memorable songs and scenes from the New York production.

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ACT ONE

1. PRELUDE

2. A GOLDEN AGE

3. FIND YOUR WAY HOME/
         GOLDEN AGE
Pt. 2

4. AMEN

5. BIRTH TO MY CREATION

6. 1:15 A.M.

7. DEAR VICTOR/BURN THE
         LABORATORY

8. THE HANDS OF TIME

9. YOUR FATHER'S EYES

10. THE CREATURE'S TALE Part 1

11. THE WAKING NIGHTMARE

12. THE CREATURE'S TALE Part 2

13. THE MUSIC OF LOVE

14. THE CREATURE'S TALE Part 3

15. WHY?

16. THE PROPOSITION

ACT TWO

17. A HAPPIER DAY

18. THE MODERN PROMETHEUS

19. ANOTHER LIKE HIM

20. THE WORKINGS OF THE HEART

21. AN ANGEL'S EMBRACE

22. THE WORKINGS OF THE HEART
        
Reprise

23. THESE HANDS

24. THE CHASE

25. THE COMING OF THE DAWN

26. AMEN Reprise

 

TRACK 25: THE COMING OF THE DAWN

 

VICTOR:

I HAVE SEARCHED ACROSS THE YEARS
FOR A GLIMPSE BEYOND THE TEARS
NOT CARING ONCE FOR THOSE I LEFT BEHIND
HAVING STRAYED SO FAR FROM HOME
I DESERVE TO STAND ALONE
FOR WHILE I CHASED THE SECRETS OF THE NIGHT
I NEVER SAW THE BEAUTY IN THE LIGHT

THE SUN THAT NEVER ROSE
THE DAWN THAT NEVER CAME
MY MORNING HAS DESERTED ME
WITH NO ONE LEFT BUT ME TO BLAME
NONE ARE BLIND AS THOSE WHO WILL NOT SEE
AND NOW THE LIGHT IS HERE
AND EVERYTHING IS CLEAR
BUT NOW I FEAR THE COMING OF THE DAWN
HAS COME TOO LATE FOR ME

IN THE THEATER OF MY MIND
THOUGH THE SHADOWS INTERTWINE
IT SEEMED MY EVERY STEP WAS STRONG AND TRUE
AND I ACTED JUST FOR ME
ON MY STAGE OF FANTASY
FOR NO ONE FEARS THE MORNING'S GENTLE BEAMS
EXCEPT THE FOOL WHO LIVES INSIDE HIS DREAMS

THE SUN THAT NEVER ROSE
THE DAWN THAT NEVER CAME
MY MORNING HAS DESERTED ME
TO BEAR THE DARKNESS OF MY SHAME
REACHING FOR TOMORROW I HAVE LOST TODAY
AND NOW THAT ALL THAT'S GRAY
IS FADING INTO DAY
I ONLY PRAY THE COMING OF THE DAWN
HAS COME TO LIGHT THE WAY

IS THIS THE GREAT DISCOV'RY I HAVE AWAITED?
IS THIS HOW A MAN IS TRULY CREATED?

THE SUN THAT NEVER ROSE
THE DAWN THAT NEVER CAME
WHY DO THE THINGS WE HAVE SEEM PRECIOUS
ONLY ONCE THEY'VE SLIPPED AWAY?
DREAMS OF GLORY HAVE THEIR PRICE TO PAY
BUT FAR BEYOND THE NIGHT LIE PROMISES OF LIGHT
AND MAYBE WITH THE COMING OF THE DAWN
THERE COMES ANOTHER DAY
MAYBE WITH THE COMING OF THE DAWN
THERE COMES ANOTHER DAY

 

 

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