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Jasper's Confession Lyrics


Jasper:
I will not lie:
I wished Ned to die.
Twice dead am I?

A man could split in twain
Yet to all eyes remain
A soul genteel who can conceal the venom in his brain.
And if he draws upon the pause in madness,
Opium smoke supplies?
Why this great surprise?
There are two men in me,
And cunning bright is he
Who hides himself, resides himself where I?ve no eyes to see!
But now I think he?s at the brink of breaking through the door?
I?m in! He?s out!
I?m out! He?s free!
I?m free! I?m free once more!

How many times I?ve killed that Drood upon my flights,
My flights that burst the smug presumption of his rights,
His rights, as e?er his rights to share my Rosa?s bed;
It took no smoke for me to picture Edwin dead!
That night I poured them both deep cups of laudanum,
And then to toast my Ned and Neville I drank some.
That?s when my greatest flight of fancy did take place,
I watched my hand outstretched towards Edwin?s pale white face?

And in the moonfall,
I saw my fingers
Clutching his neck so tightly,
Touching his sleeve,
He fell so lightly?
Moonfall then fell on me.

But God, the deed was much too easily done,
As much as over once it had begun.
Such tragedy to finally make the kill,
And not to awake to taste the thrill.
Now I?ve confessed?
Now we both can rest!

[Thanks to ayankes@andover.edu for lyrics]
Last Update: June, 19th 2013

Mystery Of Edwin Drood, The Lyrics

  1. Act 1
  2. There You Are
  3. A Man Could Go Quite Mad
  4. Two Kinsmen
  5. Moonfall
  6. Moonfall Quartet
  7. Wages of Sin
  8. Ceylon
  9. Both Sides of the Coin
  10. Perfect Strangers
  11. No Good Can Come From Bad
  12. Never the Luck
  13. The Name of Love - Moonfall (Reprise)
  14. Act 2
  15. Settling Up the Score
  16. Off to the Races
  17. Don't Quit While You're Ahead
  18. The Garden Path to Hell
  19. Out on a Limerick
  20. Jasper's Confession
  21. Rosa's Confession
  22. Puffer's Confession
  23. The Writing on the Wall

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