Jekyll and Hyde Musical (to be continued)

Lost in the darkness
JEKYLL:
Lost in the darkness,
Silence surrounds you.
Once there was morning,
Now endless night.

If I could reach you,
I'd guide you and teach you
To walk from the darkness
Back into the light.

Deep in your silence,
Please try to hear me;
I'll keep you near me
Till night passes by.

I will find the answer.
I'll never desert you -
I promise you this -
Till the day that I die...

Facade
ENSEMBLE:
There's a face that we wear
In the cold light of day -
It's society's mask,
It's society's way,
And the truth is
That it's all a façade!

There's a face that we hide
Till the nighttime appears,
And what's hiding inside,
Behind all of our fears,
Is our true self,
Locked inside the façade!

Every day
People, in their own sweet way,
Like to add a coat of paint,
And be what they ain't!

That's how our little -
Game is played,
Livin' like a masquerade
Actin' a bizarre charade -
While playing the saint!

But there's one thing I know,
And I know it for sure:
This disease that we've got
Has got no ready cure!
And I'm certain
Life is terribly hard -
When your life's a façade!



Look around you!
I have found
You cannot tell, by lookin' at the surface,
What is lurkin' there beneath it!
See that face!
Now, I'm prepared to bet you,
What you see's not what you get -
'Cause man's a master of deceit !

So, what is the sinister secret?
The lie he will tell you is true? -
It's that each man you meet
In the street
Isn't one man but two!

Nearly everyone you see -
Like him an' her,
An' you, an' me -
Pretends to be
A pillar of society -
A model for propriety -
Sobriety
An' piety -
Who shudders at the thought
Of notoriety!

The ladies an' gents 'ere before you -
Which none of 'em ever admits -
May 'ave saintly looks -
But they're sinners an' crooks!

Hypocrites!
Hypocrites!

There are preachers who kill!
There are killers who preach!
There are teachers who lie!
There are liars who teach!
Take yer pick, dear -
"Cause it's all a façade!

If we're not one, but two,
Are we evil or good?
Do we walk the fine line -
That we'd cross if we could?
Are we waiting -
To break through the façade?

One or two
Might look kinda well-to-do -
Hah! They're bad as me an' you,
Right down they're boots!

I'm inclined to think -
Half mankind
Thinks the other half is blind!
Wouldn't be surprise to find -
They're all in cahoots!

At the end of the day,
They don't mean what they say,
They don't say what they mean,
They don't ever come clean -
And the answer -
Is it's all a façade!
Is it's all a façade!
Man is not one, but two,
He is evil and good,
An' he walks the fine line
We'd all cross if we could!

It's a nightmare -
We can never discard -
So we stay on our guard -
Though we love the façade -
What's behind the façade?
Look behind the façade!

Pursue the truth
EKYLL:
How can I pursue the truth,
When they can block each step I take?

UTTERSON:
Henry, you have come too far -
Remember what you have at stake!

JEKYLL:
John, I know I'm right!
I must let my vision guide me!
I'm so weary of the fight!
There's so little left inside me!

UTTERSON:
If you know that you are right,
Then you've got to see it through,
You've got to see it through!

JEKYLL:
Seven years ago,
I started out on this alone,
And it's alone I'll see it through
To its conclusion!

Who are they
To judge what I am doing?
They know nothing
Of the endless possibilities I see!
It's ludicrous I'm bound by their decision!

UTTERSON:
Seems vision
Is a word
They never heard!

JEKYLL:
If it mattered less,
I'd treat them with derision -
It's absurd!

UTTERSON:
And yet, the fact remains,
Those bastards hold the reins!

Facade Reprise 1
ENSEMBLE
If you live around here,
You need cash in the bank,
'Cause the houses 'round here
Are all flashy and swank,
An' the front bit
Is what's called a façade!

If you live around here,
You need lots of panache!
If you live in town, dear,
Then you must cut a dash!
'Tisn't hard, dear,
To create a façade!

Here tonight it's festive -
But the guests are getting restive -
'Cause the guest of honour's
Causing a dilemma!

Doctor Jekyll Tardy
For his own engagement party -
His betrothal
To sir Danvers' daughter, Emma!

Emma's reason
STRIDE:
Emma Carew,
Can this be you?
What kind of man
Is this you've taken?

Can you not see
The kind of life
That this would be?
You are mistaken!
Time to awaken,
Before it's too late,
Before you forever
Determine your fate!

EMMA:
But, Simon, you knew
I had to be free.
What I choose to do
Is decided by me!

From the day my mother died,
My father , full of good intentions,
Treated me as though I were a young child.
Maybe his idea was just to wait
Until I grew up,
And then look at me
And hope that I'd be her.

It's easy to accept that
From a father
He'd rather
Things remained the way they were.
But when it comes to marriage,
I must pick whom I prefer!
I am not the weak young thing
You're seeking, Simon,
Someone seventeen, obedient and sweet.
I am not the protégée
To waste your time on.
I'm complete -
In Henry's eyes I see
What I am meant to be! -

I must go on
JEKYLL:
I must go on
With the work I'm committed to -
How can I not,
When my theories are true?
And I will prove,
If I'm ever permitted to,
Things are not wrong,
Just because they are new!

EMMA:
Henry, I adore,
Always have done,
Always will do,
And your dreams are mine!

I will always understand.
However hard the path you've planned,
Our lives will intertwine...

JEKYLL:
Who knows where my work will lead me?

EMMA:
Nowhere where you will not need me!

JEKYLL:
Emma, please I beg you, heed me!

EMMA:
Just don't leave me on my own!

JEKYLL:
The only thing I fear is the unknown...

EMMA:
When this all began,
We knew there'd be a price to pay!
Too late now to turn away -
We have come too far!
I know we'll find a way...