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re: NJC: Lestat. Lestat lestat lestat. Lestat!

Posted by:	Venom 12:46 am UTC 05/08/07
In reply to:	NJC: Lestat. Lestat lestat lestat. Lestat! - Wilbury 11:52 am UTC 05/04/07

I'm glad you enjoyed it :) Here are the lyrics in their order if you'd like them. From the Dead *********** In the winter of my 21st year I went out alone on horseback to kill a pack of wolves Before today this bloody field was my own hunting ground I stalked my prey, I tracked it down, I move without a sound Then like a plague this wolfpack came and tipped the scales of change How strange to be the hunter and then become the game When I set out to kill found meal and henceforth blood did flow My horse came out from under me, my dogs died in the snow But fear was never present, I was sad but not afraid The man I was before this fight is ever changed today My blood, it rose like thunder In this noble breath Purified by battle And the smell of death Their wild abandon howling fills my lungs And from the dead this new awakening comes And from the dead I feel the strength I've never known A thrill that fills my heart yet chills me to the bone And from the dead the power of the wolf is torn It seems as if from death a whole new world is born And from the dead I feel the strength I've never known A thrill that fills my heart yet chills me to the bone And from the dead the power of the wolf is torn It seems as if from death a whole new world is born See me, wolf killer See me, wolf killer Wolf killer Nothing Here ******** Gabrielle: I see the longing in your eyes You always were the dreaming child This house is old and torn apart It holds no future, has no heart The world is changing everyday But here they cling to their old ways They taunt you with their cruel tongues On you their callous jokes are hung There's so much in you that I can sense You hate them for their ignorance I hate them for the ties that bind Your freedom with their narrow minds You'll only suffer if you stay These cold gray walls will have their way I beg of you to free your mind And leave this sinking ship behind It’s in the past They’ll always leave A crumbling future Up ahead And years of grief And bitter tears I tell you that There’s nothing here There's nothing here You don't belong You must escape While you're still young The path for you Is bright and clear I tell you, boy There's nothing here The colors run so deep out there Find joy to trade for this despair Go seek the wonders of the stage Of music, and the printed page This century is moving faster Share the joy and hear the laughter Find precious bodies for your bed And chase the dreams inside your head The knowledge waits for thirsty minds Beyond these peasant Philistines Whose world revolves ‘round horse and cart Who belch and jeer and curse the arts The time is now, I beg of you Cast off the old, embrace the new Drink deep of life and love, my son And damn this house to kingdom come It’s in the past They’ll always leave A crumbling future Up ahead And years of grief And bitter tears I tell you that There’s nothing here There's nothing here You don't belong You must escape While you're still young The path for you Is bright and clear I tell you, boy There's nothing here The path for you Is bright and clear I tell you, boy There's nothing here In Paris ***** Listen to me, let me speak of Wondrous works of art That dwell within that fabled city Its architecture fills my heart Let me tell you I have seen Where great ideas are born Illuminating all the darkness In the corners of the world Ask of me, I will tell you Let your conscience be your guide There's nothing but a hellhole here While Paris waits, your virgin bride Is it true, were you once a pupil Of the great Mozart It's true, but I was hopeless then Clumsy as a horse and cart Could it be I dreamed so long To act upon the stage and sing The footlights smoking at my feet As curtains rise like velvet wings Come with me, let me show you The opera and the comedy The Latin Quarter where the girls Are raven haired and fancy free you'll play the dashing rogues And infiltrate the grand salons And walk in wonder through the Louvre Across the Seine to the Sorbonne In cafes we will feed our heads With absinthe and philosophy Engage the students of Voltaire And damn the aristocracy In Paris the bells of Notre Dame ring out In Paris we'll trade our soft voices for shout I'll not rest until the ramparts of that city Stand before us bright and clear Penniless in Paris is better than the life we're leading here In Paris we'll search for fame In Paris we'll be born again And though the streets aren't paved with gold In Paris we'll put our trust For Paris, she was made for us Paris, she was made for us In Paris we will liberate our souls I've heard that there's infernal noise The stench and cut-throats out to rob The hungry crowds that fill the street Where anarchy consumes the mob And so there is, and in this life There's always two sides to a coin There's no adventure without danger It's lions not sheep we're off to join We'll rent a room above the din Somewhere along the Boulevard And find employment on the stage The unwashed mass we'll disregard And what of Marie Antoinette She dances at the Palais Royal Along with all the common folk I hear they call her 'Louis Whore' My friend the Monarchical God Are out of touch and out of vogue But can men live without belief Change is coming so I'm told Fashion there is everything But still there is a call to science It's time of reason, not suspicion All nations worldwide look to France And bright you'll shine, a brand new star And I will play the violin We'll take the city by the throat And revel in it's glorious sin Ring us wine us, raise a toast To the eighteenth century man We are the vintage of an era Golden sons of Abraham In Paris the bells of Notre Dame ring out In Paris we'll trade our soft voices for shout I'll not rest until the ramparts of that city Stand before us bright and clear Penniless in Paris is better than the life we're leading here In Paris we'll search for fame In Paris we'll be born again And though the streets aren't paved with gold In Paris we'll put our trust For Paris, she was made for us Paris, she was made for us In Paris we will liberate our souls The Thirst ******* Lestat: How can this be? This devil leaves And God abandons me I’m left here looking At these flames that too could set me free The vessel that I used to be Is tainted now and ripped apart Bathed in madness by that fiend Who’s robbed me of my human heart To contemplate This crimson hell Is more than I can stand Did I sin so to seal my fate Offered up by hell’s own hand? My skin that once was golden brown Is cold and white as winter snow These evil points that pierce my gums These lacquered nails that seem to glow But wait, did I invite this fate, This invitation from the damned? This introduction to the dark Was never in my mortal plan And if indeed this cruel joke Was somehow in my destiny Should I embrace its wicked ways And haunt the night for what I need? To die in such a way And simply to be born again A thing of terrifying strength A bringer of bewitching pain And blood become the drug I need Will blood fulfill the thirst in me? The thirst that sends them to their graves The thirst for that which I will crave The treasure of his countless kills the blunder of his fangs I'll spend through out eternity On this immortal man For now I am a thing of darkness Thrown from this ungodly swoon Immortal from a savage kiss Kept from my eventual doom My life is gone But I'll live on Dead, but still alive Lost to those Who loved me once A demon now inside No fear of crawling creatures now Of foulest slime and swarming rats Let them embrace their new messiah And speak of the vampire Lestat For I did not invite this fate, This invitation from the damned? This introduction to the dark Was never in my mortal plan And if indeed this cruel joke Was somehow in my destiny Then I'll embrace its wicked ways And haunt the night for what I need To die in such a way And simply to be born again A thing of terrifying strength A bringer of bewitching pain And blood become the drug I need Let blood fulfill the thirst in me The thirst that sends them to their graves The thirst for that which I will crave This thirst This thirst is strong It overpowers All right and wrong The thirst I feel it coming on The thirst I feel it coming on The thirst I feel it coming on! Make Me As You Are ************** Lestat: I cannot hide what I've become It's clear a mother knows her son Even though your sight grows dim, you see the pallor of my skin The blood red eyes sunk in my face You feel the chill in my embrace The gothic legend of your youth stands here tonight as God's own truth Gabrielle: And from that truth I feel no fear Two kinds of death are present here Mine's the age-old act of dying But yours is like the phoenix rising Your mother's frail and feeble husk will soon be nothing more than dust So let's not dwell on wasted years My time is short, my choice is clear Make me as you are, tear the hands off clocks that tick away my final hours I want to rage against the light and leave the sun behind I want to feel the power of everlasting youth inside Take me, give me new life And we'll live beneath the stars Together and forever, I beg you Make me as you are Lestat: This cursed gift with which I live I know not if it's mine to give But out of love I can't refuse With much to gain, nothing to lose Gabrielle: the risk is mine, and if we fail I'll shake the demons by their tails And spit into the devil's face And say hell's now, was that misplaced? I'm still a fledgling in this frame I've only killed when hunger reigned Death was final in my wake But yes this is the chance we'll take Oh blessed thoughts of sweet release From nagging nurse, and hovering priest To rid myself of stoop and cane To breathe without this burning pain Make Me As You Are Tear the wings off angels that would lift me from your heart I want to dance beneath the moon And slip into the dark I want to feel the night awaken when I leave my mark Take me, give me new life And we'll live beneath the stars Together and forever, I beg you Make Me, Make Me, Make Me As You Are Tear the hands off clocks that tick away my final hours I want to rage against the light And leave the sun behind I want to feel the path of everlasting youth inside Take me, give me new life And we'll live beneath the stars Together and forever I beg you, Make Me As You Are I beg you, Make Me As You Are To Live Like This ************* Armand: Just look at you, who do you think you are? To flaunt our laws with your rash ways To mock our rules with disregard You presence here is poison in our veins Your human traits sour our belief Your arrogance should be your shame In your Spanish leather boots, silver buttons on your vest Gold embroidery down your britches, diamond broach upon your chest We were born the devil's darkest And shun your forms of godliness While you parade among the living We haunt the solemn world of death Lestat: Just look at me? Well I say, look at you You haunt these walls like half-starved rats A filthy, tattered, vermin crew Where is it written Who said to live like this? show me the face of such a fool who'd trade this gift for shit and piss What's to fear on hallowed ground Cold stone angels bound to good A crucifix is nothing more, just a dead man on two bits of wood Your self-imposed archaic ways are simply lies to bind your will Above this wretched crypt you live in shine forms of light that cannot kill Trust in me, there is no need For anyone to live like this and not believe The night holds more than darkness and the stars Don't fear the world out there because of who you are So come with me and you will see there is no need to live like this No need Armand: You act so bold, as if you have the right To challenge us, this ancient coven while you are new to this cursed life Lestat: I bring you proof, you see it with your eyes I've danced within the church of God Seen operas sung and still survived Armand: From one who drank his mother's blood, a quest to be some harlequin Lestat:I see the words dry in your mouth, it seems your hold is wearing thin Armand:Beware the smooth-tongued libertine, he'll share with you his grand demise Lestat:His logic crumbling like a corpse, no God or monster rules your lives Lestat: Trust in me, there is no need For anyone to live like this and not believe The night holds more than darkness and the stars Don't fear the world out there because of who you are So come with me and you will see there is no need to live like this No need Trust in me, there is no need For anyone to live like this and not believe The night holds more than darkness and the stars Don't fear the world out there because of who you are So come with me and you will see there is no need to live like this No need Origin of The Species ***************** Marius: Indulge me if you will my friends For I've a tale to spin Of all the vampires on this earth Of my unholy kin I am the oldest one by far Marius is my name When I was born it was the time The Roman empire reigned When he was born it was the time the Roman empire reigned Marius:And like you mortals as you age The weaker you become For us is quite the opposite The years just make us strong But like you we feel pain and loss And suffer heartbreak too We ponder our existence In the same way as you do We ponder our existence In the same way as you do Marius:In the myth of your creation There's poor Adam and sweet Eve Temptation and a serpent And the devil's apple tree We have Enkil and Akasha An Egyptian king and queen The mother and the father Of we pale and bloody fiends The mother and the father Of we pale and bloody fiends Marius tell us more Marius tell us more Tell us more, tell us more Marius, tell us more Marius:Four thousand years ago before the pyramids were built Enkil and Akasha ruled with wise benevolence A splendor of Egyptian life was prosperous and good But in their kingdom enemies were present And so it happened that a demon came in to the town And took a liking to the home of some unfortunate Who pleaded to wise Enkil for his council and advise Before his home this demon desecrated The king in all the faith decided to engage the ghoul In hopes his evil ways by chance he might dissuade The queen would not allow her king to face this deed alone And in her choice the hand of fate was played The demon tossed the furniture, his malevolence abounded And while they pleaded to be heard they found themselves surrounded Assassins of the enemy, their collective knives gleaming Hacked and stabbed the royal pair and left the bodies bleeding As they lay dying on the ground a poltergeist did swoop And entered in the wounds of their illustrious monarchy Their reanimated bodies bore an terrifying glow Alive to them but dead to you and me The demon in their veins, they gained a supernatural power But one that left them sorely lacking human traits No longer to partake of food and drink or bear a child Their hunger only blood could satiate They could not face the blazing sun It's magnificence was deadly But the power of gods and eternal life Is a simply wonderful medley In the sands of Egypt to this day Dwell Enkil and Akasha The rulers of the vampire race Our beloved mother and father Welcome to the New World ******************** What more could one expect Of something new? A feast of saints and sinners A home spun web of bold beginnings, This new world boasts a most collective stew For what indeed Could match this potpourri. Here the immigrant is plentiful, the pagan Indian colorful, This America seemed the ideal spot for me. The German and the Irish flock here With hope and family, The melody of language fills the streets, Like myself, there are the French Who bring their old world common sense While the Spanish bring their fine nobility. Here the tribal garb, the manners Of the free people of color Seems strange to me When others are enslaved. This New Orleans, this melting pot Is overflowing with cast offs Who've been dragged or freely came across the waves. And here there's cheers in the streets as they shout out the windows Welcome to the new world of the cajun and the creole. Welcome to the new world, You preening, puffed up Europeans. Shake loose your pious shackles For some good old superstition. Welcome to the new world For wealth of new beginnings This port is filled with sailors Bent on drunkeness and lechery Who captor tavern filled with whores and rum While priests run rampant blessing Any malcontent confessing It's apparent they're outnumbered by the scum. The poet and the artist Find these mean streets most romantic, nchanted by the bayou's sticky heat It's a civilized debauchery A society built on sorcery Who could inspire the most illiterate of beasts And here's there's cheers in the streets as they shout out the windows 'Welcome to the new world Of the Cajun and the Creole. Welcome to The New World. You preening, pufffed up Europeans. Shake loose your prior shackles For some good old superstition. And welcome to the New World For a wealth at new beginnings.' So I think for me a mansion On some reputable plantation Would well be suit this nouveau pioneer For I'm sold upon this city And the grand old Mississippi and the variations of cuisine that are here (Laughter) EMBRACE IT ****** LOUIS Where is the glory in the new me? Where is the feeling of achievement in the shadows of the evening? Where is the satisfaction in your killing creed? Who am I now? I don't know. I must question my existence and deal with your persistence That somehow and some way you set me free. And I don't think that I can take another night of these instincts that I fight. This overwhelming dread of feeling damned inside. LESTAT Oh God help us, just look at you. Shrinking away from my point of view. Showering me with your pious blame. The gift that I give is exempt from shame. Embrace it, embrace it. Make no mistake these dismal traits are temporary ties To everlasting life Embrace it, embrace it. LOUIS You seek my trust after the lies. Well, in this superficial splendor The decades will seem endless. And will the drudgery of torment be my bride? LESTAT What lies are these of what you speak? Are you so blinded by contrition? That you sense in me ambitions A failure to practice what I preach. I don't think that I could take another night of your continence inside The wilted flower act that shuns the vampire's bite LOUIS Oh God help me, just look at you. Striding through Hell with nothing to prove. A glorious ghost on infinity's views. Then if it's to be tell me what should I do? LESTAT Embrace it, embrace it. Make no mistake these dismal traits are temporary ties To everlasting life Embrace it, embrace it. LESTAT & LOUIS So God help us to see it through. Two of Lucifer's angels are on the loose. LESTAT Oh merciful and majestic boy, The gift that I bestowed is to be enjoyed. Embrace it. LESTAT & LOUIS Embrace it. LESTAT Make no mistake these dismal traits are temporary ties To everlasting life Embrace it, embrace it. I WANT MORE ********* CLAUDIA Don't chastise me, I'm a child Acting as a child does. You ply me with lifeless dolls When what I want is blood. You took me from the streets to complete this union. Do you expect some little saint kneeling for communion? I want more! I want more! Look at you, you disapprove, like two fussy mothers. Who are you to criticize the habits of another. Did I rock the family boat by dining on the help? Aren't I just a little beast? Well, I can't stop myself! I want more! I want more! I want more! I want more! I want more! I don't want their milk and honey They can keep those fine herb teas. I don't need their chocolate hot and sweet. It's thick and red for me! For everyone that comes along, Knocking on this door. Don't blame me - it's your fault That I want more! Look at me, I'm so sweet. I'm innocent and charming. But all you see is some spoiled brat A child so demanding. Don't fuss so! You both know the rapture of the bite. It's not monstrous! It's just Claudia's healthy appetite! And I want more! I want more! Should I be the little miss And while away the hours? I think not, I'd rather hunt Than cut up paper flowers. Thanks to you the things I do verge on the obscene. What a pair of hypocrites! Well, this cat wants her cream! I want more! I want more! I want more! I want more! I want more! I'll wander through the streets at night And find a charming couple. Who'd fear that such an angel lost Could find herself in trouble. They can't resist my trembling lips My eyes so filled with tears. They rest my head upon their necks... Oh, dear! More!! I want more! I want more! I don't want their milk and honey. They can keep those fine herb teas. I don't need their chocolate hot and sweet. It's thick and red for me! For everyone that comes along, Knocking on this door. Don't blame me - it's your fault That I want more! I want more! I want more! I want more! I want more! I want more! I'LL NEVER HAVE THAT CHANCE ********************** CLAUDIA I have spent so many years In fancy lace and beaded gowns. I have set my hair a hundred ways. My face, I've painted up and powdered down. This body bares a telling tale. They pinch my cheek and wish me well. For all their patronizing smiles This frame remains a prison cell. They look at me and what they see Is one more painted china doll. A sweet and coddled daughter with A painted fan, a sweet treat and a parasol. Inside of me there lives someone Who could have been somebody's wife. Who could have seen their children grow. Who could have had a normal life. Who could have fiercely loved a man And felt his kisses deep and moist. Instead I give this kiss of death. And in this I have no choice. Imagine walking down the aisle. I'll never have that chance. A wedding dress of virgin white. The very best from France. A cottage in the country, The pleasures of romance, Sunlight laying on my skin. I'll never have that chance. So no, I'll never have that chance.. They glide around society's swans, With slim long necks and perfect breasts, While i remain the frozen child, A baby bird without the wings to leave her nest. This body bares a telling tale, They pinch my cheek and wish me well for all their patronizing smiles this frame remains a prison cell. The mirror with its cruel laugh Reflects this ageless face of mine In taunting ways as if to say 'Childhood is not something you can leave behind.' Inside of me there lives someone Who never felt a mother's love, Who could have heard the bells on sunday, Kneeling in the church of God, Who would have loved a rainy day And never had to feel the fire. Instead I hunger for the vein That holds the life force I desire. Pleasures of fine wines and dining I'll never have that chance the taste of chocolate and champagne, The very best from France, The arching of a rainbow And the way the colors dance. The miracle of giving birth, I'll never have that chance. Imagine walking down the aisle. I'll never have that chance. A wedding dress of virgin white. The very best from France. A cottage in the country, The pleasures of romance, Sunlight laying on my skin. I'll never have that chance. So no, I'll never have that chance.. I'll never have that chance... SAIL ME AWAY ******** LESTAT When stars are born. Are they cast out? To wander cold and lonely lost in space. A loveless point of light That can't return. Forever fixed within one place. When love is lost and dreams are cast. Like bruised and battered pieces left to die. When hands that reach out are betrayed. How can my tortured soul survive? There's only one thing left. And that's the one thing that I needed most of all. But the freedom that I've gained Is the loss that led me aimless to the shore. And I'm borne high on these waves. Swept by the wind and alone. Sail me away, carry me back to my home. I'm tired, I've been torn. A cruel wretched storm churns like a gail in my bones. Oh sail me away. Carry me back to my home. sail me away. Carry me back to my home. These scars run deep. The future holds a hunger for an innocence that passed away. Your callous shadows mock. And make it clear some things were not enough to make you stay. The moment time stands still Is the moment that the writing's on the walls. The words are clear as ringing bells That pride is present right before the fall. And I'm borne high on these waves. Swept by the wind and alone. Oh, sail me away. Carry me back to my home. I'm tired, I've been torn. A cruel wretched storm churns like a gail in my bones. Oh sail me away. Carry me back to my home. Sail me away! Carry me back to my home! TO KILL YOUR KIND ************* ARMAND Be still I say. For you excel In virtues common in the infidel. Mongrel bitch who feels compelled To twist the rules to suit herself. Do you look at me and see a fool? Do we look like we bend for the likes of you? What posesses you to cross that line? When you know what it means to kill your kind? ENSEMBLE No greater crime than to kill your kind. No greater crime than to kill your kind. No greater crime than to kill your kind! No greater crime than to kill your kind. No greater crime than to kill your kind. No greater crime than to kill your kind! ARMAND This demon rides a carousel. She will swing high and low on the gates of hell. 'Bet rats in the gutter pick her teeth on the floor Make's a doll play the role of a common whore. So look at me and squirm inside. Do you think in the world there's a place to hide? From the ancient ones To the next in line. It's always been a sin to kill your kind! ENSEMBLE No greater crime than to kill your kind. No greater crime than to kill your kind. No greater crime than to kill your kind No greater crime than to kill your kind. No greater crime than to kill your kind. No greater crime than to kill your kind! ARMAND Excuse me, cheri, if this is unexpected. Present company excepted. Ignorance of what we teach Leaves help somewhere out of your reach. No Judas kiss is needed here. My friends the evidence is clear. ENSEMBLE There's no greater crime than to kill your kind! ARMAND Cowar upon your dirty work. Strong blood running back from the ashes of the earth. Correct me, but it seems your schemes Come back to haunt your virgin dreams. We count not here for sex and age. Compassion is a weakness of the mortal race! Enough is enough! I'm done so take her! No greater crime than to kill your maker! ENSEMBLE No greater crime than to kill your kind. No greater crime than to kill your kind. No greater crime than to kill your kind! ENSEMBLE No greater crime than to kill your kind. No greater crime than to kill your kind. No greater crime than to kill your kind! No greater crime than to kill your kind. No greater crime than to kill your kind. No greater crime than to kill your kind... No greater crime than to kill your kind. No greater crime than to kill your kind. No greater crime than to kill your kind... AFTER ALL THIS TIME ************** ARMAND What taste is this Upon my lips? A taste so sweet, what can it be? What is this scent upon the air That fills my lungs and comforts me? And whispers low How does it feel? To savor up such just revenge. To smell the fragrancy of loss? And drunkenly inhale his pain. Oh, can it be Your countenance is stripped of all it's dash and dare? And what of your bold confidence? Could it have drowned in your despair? And after all this time I wash my hands of your charade. And celebrate your fall from grace. Preserve that sad look on your face. And praise what God might manifest Himself to beings such as us. For vengeance that at last is mine Comes sweetly after all this time. If you'll allow me to recall How my requests were swept aside. At every instance I beseached you, I was shut out and denied. You shattered what I once believed From the moment you arrived. And now you wonder why I gloat here Reveling in your grand demise. You're arrogant beyond comtempt. You beg to share my precious blood. I'd no sooner you in my veins Then to see you with the ones you love. And after all this time I wash my hands of your charade. And celebrate your fall from grace. Preserve that sad look on your face. And praise what God might manifest Himself to beings such as us. For vengeance that at last is mine Come sweetly after all this time... From The Dead Reprise ******************* Before today this body bore the burden of his kind The quest to learn why I was made, the endless search for signs Through all my rage and tender stages, through decades drenched in blood The source of our existence came between the ones I loved The wellspring of our live is me, a power beyond belief She feeds me understanding and overwhelming sense of peace From what I've learned I've come to terms with bonds of brotherhood I'm seeing clearly now when I never thought I could I'll never make another, to satisfy desire Blame God for family only orchestrates the fire I know to slay the innocent is wrong And from the dead this new awakening comes chorus: And from the dead I feel the strength I've never known A thrill that fills my heart helping me to stand alone And from the dead their ancient eyes watch over me It seems from death this tortured heart is finally free And from the dead there comes a healing and a hope Like music on the wind, the perfect pitching of a note And from the dead the cold pale moon begins to bleed It seems from death I sense this night was made for me I only take what's evil to satiate my thirst Prey on those who murder, I'll only drain the worst I know to slay the innocent is wrong And from the dead this new awakening comes And from the dead I feel the strength I've never known A thrill that fills my heart helping me to stand alone And from the dead their ancient eyes watch over me It seems from death this tortured heart is finally free And from the dead there comes a healing and a hope Like music on the wind, the perfect pitching of a note And from the dead the cold pale moon begins to bleed It seems from death I sense this night was made for me It seems from death I sense this night was made for me


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