Rosa's Confession Lyrics > Mystery Of Edwin Drood, The
Rosa's Confession Lyrics
Rosa:
Were you so blind? You could not see? I killed him, yes!
And it was wonderful to do, I do confess!
To have him done, to do him in, to see it through?
You surely know by now I meant to murder you!
Thought you I was so blind
As not to know your mind:
Of what intent each compliment you claimed you meant as kind.
To feel myself unrobed and probed
With every movement of your eyes?
Oh, but realize!
A child can go quite mad,
And not know good from bad
And calmly plan to kill a man, and feel but only glad.
To rid herself, to bid herself a murderous goodbye?
Not Edwin who
I sought, but you!
I meant for you to die!
But the night was far from bright,
Thick with wet and thunder.
Thatching fell, dispatched from hell,
Is it yet a wonder?
Could not see the arms of me
Stretched out with scarf in hand.
Saw your coat and tied Ned?s throat
Just like a deadly wedding band?
So long a time
They?ve thought
That I?m a Dresden doll,
Quite na?ve,
But I believe
This pain, my brain,
More tortured than they might conceive!
With these late additions,
I have now revealed
Murderous admissions
Hitherto concealed?
Damn you all, I say,
You let him drive me mad!
Madness led to this;
No good can come from bad!
No good, no good can come from bad!
[Thanks to ayankes@andover.edu for lyrics]
Last Update: June, 19th 2013
Mystery Of Edwin Drood, The Lyrics
- Act 1
- There You Are
- A Man Could Go Quite Mad
- Two Kinsmen
- Moonfall
- Moonfall Quartet
- Wages of Sin
- Ceylon
- Both Sides of the Coin
- Perfect Strangers
- No Good Can Come From Bad
- Never the Luck
- The Name of Love - Moonfall (Reprise)
- Act 2
- Settling Up the Score
- Off to the Races
- Don't Quit While You're Ahead
- The Garden Path to Hell
- Out on a Limerick
- Jasper's Confession
- Rosa's Confession
- Puffer's Confession
- The Writing on the Wall