Frankenstein A New Musical - The Modern Prometheus

	  		
VICTOR: 
Verse 1:
Dm 
So still the shadow of a woman lies 
                           Bbmaj7 
The future sleeping in her form 
                 C         Bb 
Dare I free her from her death? 
                 C               Bb 
Quicken now her pulse and breath 
              A         Dm 
And make her once again reborn? 
Dm 
Why does the knife quake in my fingers? 
                          Bbmaj7 
Why is my heart an empty shell? 
Bb           C 
What if she awakes like him 
Bb             C 
Murderous and vile within? 
    Bb    A             Dm 
An angel banished into hell? 
  Dm G Bb 
No! 

Bb                             Dm 
I've come too far to turn back now 
Bb                        Dm 
The darkness will not be denied 
Bb           C             Dm 
And now the modern Prometheus 
 C   Bb       A          Dm 
Is ready to create his bride! 


Spoken interlude 
ADAM, SPOKEN: 
        Gm 
Do not delay, Victor 
                                                     Eb 
For I will be ever watching and when your labors are through 
                   Dm 
I shall appear to claim what is mine 

Heed my wishes. You may be my creator, but I am your master- 

Obey 


VICTOR: 
Bb                             Dm 
I've come too far to turn back now 
Bb                        Dm 
There's nothing left I need decide 
Bb         C        F  Dm 
I am the modern Prometheus 
 C   Bb     A         Dm 
Ready to create his bride 



HENRY: 
Dm 
What heresy have you devised? 

Is this the science you conceived? 
Bb 
With nature's every law defied 
      Gm             Em    A 
What good could ever be achieved? 



VICTOR, SPOKEN: 
Dm 
The power of life and death rests in my hands, Henry 

I dared before Ingolstadt, but this time will be different! 

She will be different! 

HENRY, SPOKEN: 

The question is not what you can do 

The question is what you should do! 

VICTOR: 
Bb                             Dm 
I've come too far to turn back now 
Bb                     Dm 
Soon you'll see I'm justified! 
Bb         C        F  Dm 
I am the modern Prometheus 
 C   Bb     A         Dm 
Ready to create his bride! 


HENRY, SPOKEN: 
Dm 
Men mustn't try to act like god! 

Prometheus was merely myth! 

SUNG 
Bb 
And if you toy with nature's course 
     Gm                A 
Your fate will be the same as his! 

VICTOR: 
Dm 
I cannot believe what I am hearing 
         Bb 
A great discovery is near 

Lesser men may wait behind 
              C        Bb 
Paralyzed of heart and mind 
         A              Dm 
But I am not afraid to dare 

Em 
We'll change the course of history 
                              C 
Please see beyond your petty fears 

I was once a dreamer, now I'm man's redeemer! 
                      B   Em 
We're on the verge of new frontiers! 

VICTOR, HENRY, AND ADAM, OVERLAPPING: 
       C            Em 
She's going to be perfect! 
(You've gone too far to turn back now) 
                             (Can't you see what you've become?) 
C               Em 
God is here on earth! 
(My wishes shall not be denied) 
                       (This science is insanity!) 
C         D          G Em 
I am the modern Prometheus 
(You are the modern Prometheus) 
(You're not the modern Prometheus) 
G    C       Am 
Bear witness to her birth! 
(Ready to create my bride) 
(You cannot save humanity) 


VICTOR, SPOKEN: 
B      F         Eb 
  The destiny of humanity will not be stayed, Henry! 

HENRY, SPOKEN: 

I will not allow you to destroy yourself, Victor! 
                                     C 
I will do everything in my power to see that 

This abomination is exposed and brought to an end! 

VICTOR, SPOKEN: 
F                   Bb    Em 
No!