Letters - The Great Comet Original Cast.mp3

[00:22.429]In nineteenth-century Russia, we write letters,
[00:26.080]We write letters,
[00:28.222]We put down in writing,
[00:30.412]What is happening in our minds,
[00:33.719]Once it's on the paper, we feel better,
[00:37.414]We feel better,
[00:39.261]It's like some kind of clarity,
[00:41.834]When the letter's done and signed,
[00:44.775]Dear Andrey,
[00:47.195]Dear old friend,
[00:48.103]How goes the war?
[00:49.950]Do we march on the French splendidly?
[00:55.767]Do our cannons crack and cry?
[00:58.382]Do our bullets whistle and sing?
[01:01.257]Does the air reek with smoke?
[01:06.461]I wish I were there,
[01:09.141]With death at my heels,
[01:12.883]Dolokhov is recovering,
[01:15.340]He will be all right, the good man,
[01:23.971]And Natasha is in town,
[01:26.710]Your bride to be so full of life,
[01:29.332]And mischief,
[01:30.310]I should visit,
[01:30.630]I hear she is more beautiful than ever,
[01:32.088]How I envy you and your happiness,
[01:35.016]Here at home I drink and read,
[01:37.767]And drink and read,
[01:39.128]And drink,
[01:40.578]But I think I've finally found it,
[01:42.154]What my mind has needed,
[01:46.140]For I've been studying the Cabal,
[01:48.817]And I've calculated the number of the beast,
[01:52.764]It is Napoleon!
[01:56.383]And I will kill him one day,
[01:58.590]He is no great man,
[02:01.340]None of us are great men,
[02:03.623]We are caught in the wave of history,
[02:06.743]Nothing matters,
[02:09.905]Everything matters,
[02:12.189]It's all the same,
[02:13.688]Oh, if only I could not see it,
[02:16.628]This dreadful, terrible "it",
[02:19.228]In nineteenth-century Russia, we write letters,
[02:23.154]We write letters,
[02:25.507]We put down in writing,
[02:27.770]What is happening in our minds,
[02:30.859]Dear Andrey,
[02:35.843]What more can I write,
[02:37.366]After all that has happened?
[02:41.246]What am I to do,
[02:42.900]If I love him,
[02:44.202]And the other one too?
[02:46.144]Must I break it off?
[02:48.877]These terrible questions,
[02:53.136]I see nothing but the candle in the mirror,
[02:56.838]No visions of the future,
[02:59.673]So lost and alone,
[03:04.046]And what of Princess Mary?
[03:06.641]Dear Natasha,
[03:10.186]I am in deep despair,
[03:12.163]At the misunderstanding there is between us,
[03:15.344]Whatever my father's feelings might be,
[03:20.975]I beg you to believe,
[03:23.424]That I cannot help loving you,
[03:26.383]He is a tired old man and must be forgiven,
[03:31.279]Please, come see us again,
[03:34.766]Dear Princess Mary,
[03:37.366]Oh, what am I to write?
[03:38.916]How do I choose?
[03:39.651]What do I do?
[03:40.329]I shall never be happy again,
[03:43.204]These terrible questions,
[03:45.916]I'm so alone here,
[03:48.971]So alone in here,
[03:52.920]And I see nothing,
[03:54.038]I see nothing but the candle in the mirror,
[03:58.343]No visions of the future,
[04:01.247]So lost and alone,
[04:05.645]In nineteenth-century Russia, we write letters,
[04:09.392]We write letters,
[04:11.771]We put down in writing,
[04:13.487]What is happening in our minds,
[04:16.410]Dear Natalie,
[04:19.531]A love letter,
[04:22.301]A love letter,
[04:24.939]A love letter,
[04:28.100]A letter from him,
[04:29.645]From the man that I love,
[04:30.761]A letter which I composed,
[04:33.781]A love letter,
[04:34.934]A love letter,
[04:36.342]A love letter,
[04:37.829]A love letter,
[04:39.110]A love letter,
[04:40.515]A love letter,
[04:41.851]A love letter,
[04:43.252]A love letter,
[04:44.812]Natalie, Natalie, Natalie,
[04:46.960]I must love you or die,
[04:50.938]Natalie, Natalie, Natalie,
[04:52.485]If you love me, say yes,
[04:55.198]And I will come and steal you away,
[04:58.790]Steal you out of the dark,
[05:01.467]Natalie, Natalie, Natalie,
[05:03.885]I want nothing more,
[05:07.381]Natalie, Natalie, Natalie,
[05:09.468]I must love you or die,
[05:12.944]Natalie, Natalie, Natalie,
[05:14.972]If you love me, say yes,
[05:17.714]And I will come and steal you away,
[05:21.105]Steal you out of the dark,
[05:23.893]Natalie, Natalie, Natalie,
[05:26.233]I want nothing more,
[05:29.022]Just say yes,
[05:32.284]Just say yes,
[05:35.655]Just say yes,