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Pretty Little Danger Mind (feat. Emma Framson)

My World

From Haber, a new musical. Book, lyrics and music by Eric Kofman. This piece orchestrated by Andres Ballesteros, with vocals by Jordan Reynolds.

Lyrics:

RICHARD WILLSTATTER:
OH DEAR FRIEND, YOU ALWAYS SPOKE OF PROGRESS.
WHEN DID THE GODS OF PROGRESS LEAD US ALL ASTRAY?
WHEN GERMANY’S BRIGHT STARS, ARE SLOWLY BEING EXTINGUISHED,
TO WHOM NOW CAN WE TURN, TO LIGHT UP OUR WAY?

I LOOK BACK, ON THOSE EARLY, HEADY DAYS,
IT SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE TO IMAGINE, OUR HOPES AND DREAMS DYING.
OUR WHOLE LIVES LAY AHEAD OF US, AND SCIENCE HELD THE ANSWERS,
AND WE FOUGHT FOR A NATION THAT NOW LEAVES US BEHIND.

IT’S THICK IN THE AIR, THE SPIRIT OF PROGRESS.
ASSUMING ITS PLACE ON THE ALTARS OF PRAYER,
IT BASKS IN THE FLATTERING GLOW OF SUCCESS.
IT LIGHTS UP THE MIND’S EYE WITH FUTURES OF PLENTY,
PERVADING THE ZEITGEIST AS WE ROUND THE CENTURY,            
ONE REALLY DOES FEEL, THAT LIFE’S GREATEST SECRETS ARE ALL ABOUT TO BE REVEALED.

AND HOW MANY MEN, GIVEN THE KEY,
COULD RESIST THE URGE TO SEE WHERE IT LEADS?
COULD RESIST THE CHANCE TO PASS THROUGH HISTORY’S ARCHES,
THE PORTALS TO POWER AND GLORY AND FAME,
TO ETCH INTO STONE THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND NAME,
IT’S THE STUFF OF LEGEND, A FAUSTIAN BARGAIN, A MEPHISTOPHELEAN DEAL.
 
HEROES ARE MADE FROM THE SAME MOLD AS VILLAINS,
THEIR PORTRAIT LIT UP OR MADE DARK BY ITS FRAME.
AND HISTORY'S LEFT WITH MERE OUTLINES TO FILL IN,
A TALE TO RECOUNT,
A STATUE TO MOUNT,
A MYTH TO TEAR DOWN, 
AN ECHOING STORY AND NAME.

THE TWISTS OF HISTORY CAN BE SURPRISING,
AND FORTUNE FAVORS THOSE WHO ADAPT.
CAN YOU BLAME A HARD-WORKING PATRIOT FOR RISING,
UP FROM HIS STATION,
UP FOR HIS NATION,
UP TO THE OCCASION, 
WHEN HIS SHOULDER WAS TAPPED?

HABER YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN KNOWN AS A SAINT, DID                                
YOU GUESS THAT YOUR LEGACY WOULD BE SO TAINTED?                           
FIRST SEEN AS A SAVIOR, YOU FELL OUT OF FAVOR,                                     
THOUGH TRULY, YOU GAVE YOUR COUNTRY THE BULK OF YOUR SOUL.   
FROM THE PEAKS OF YOUR FAME YOU QUICKLY DESCENDED,                   
YOUR LONG RISE TO EMINENCE ABRUPTLY ENDED,                                    
AND YOUR HUBRIS AND PRIDE PUT YOU ON THE WRONG SIDE                 
OF A SENSELESS DIVIDE, SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL.	             

BUT HOW MANY MEN, GIVEN THE KEY,
COULD RESIST THE URGE TO SEE WHERE IT LEADS?
COULD RESIST THE CHANCE TO PASS THROUGH HISTORY’S ARCHES,
THE PORTALS TO POWER AND GLORY AND FAME,
TO ETCH INTO STONE THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND NAME,
IT’S THE STUFF OF LEGEND, A FAUSTIAN BARGAIN, A MEPHISTOPHELEAN DEAL.

Haber - The Spirit Of Progress (feat. Jordan Reynolds)

Cloak and dagger 

I don’t know what it is about us 
Why’s it gotta feel dangerous
Like a brushfire 
Like a trip wire
And it feels like a minefield when we talk 
Stepping on egg shells when we walk  
I’m so tired
Call a cease-fire
But then I go ahead and make it worse

Had enough with the cloak and dagger 
I don’t wanna grow old and wonder
Why we never tried 
Why we grew up playing chutes and ladders 
Always running from the first sign of life 
It isn’t right 
And it can’t be what we wanted 

Never seems like enough is enough
Why’s it gotta feel dangerous
You’re a live wire
And I’m a bad liar

And we’re armed, ready to explode
So why we gotta keep our voices low
I’m so tired of the trip wires
Ain’t it time we got what we deserved?

Had enough with the cloak and dagger 
I don’t wanna grow old and wonder
Why we never tried 
Why we grew up playing chutes and ladders 
Always running from the first sign of life 
It isn’t right 
And it can’t be what we wanted 

To be safe but always sorry
Never spiraling out of our control
Maybe we should just let go

Had enough with the cloak and dagger 
I don’t wanna grow old and wonder
Why we never tried 
Why we grew up playing chutes and ladders 
Always running from the first sign of life 
It isn’t right 

Had enough with the cloak and dagger 
I don’t wanna grow old and wonder
Why we never tried 
Why we grew up playing chutes and ladders 
Always running from the first sign of life 
It isn’t right 
And it can’t be what we wanted

Haber - The Spirit Of Progress (feat. Jordan Reynolds)

Eric Kofman

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