Mephistopheles

(MEPHISTOPHELES)
 All of you life now
 You have denied
 There'd be a time
 When you'd ever die
 Still it's been rumored this thing must be
 Why is it then that you act surprised
 When I appear now to be your guide
 Why do you hesitate to follow me
 See it rising
 Stare and wonder
 Hear it beckon
 You to dance
 Feel it hold you
 Take you under
 I'm your god of second chance
 And now you claim you are not prepared
 So much to do you can not be spared
 Still your entreaties death will not hear
 The graveyard is filled with important men
 Who could not be spared but were in the end
 And so i whisper now in your ear
 See it rising
 Stare and wonder
 Hear it beckon
 You to dance
 Feel it hold you
 Take you under
 I'm your god of second chance
 DOMINE
 DOMINE
 DOMINE
 DOMINE
 O DOMINE
 O DOMINE
 O DOMINE
 O DOMINE
 (The Devil then makes the composer an offer. If Beethoven will give him all his music, allowing Mephistopheles to wipe it from the memory of man, he will return his soul to him. Beethoven is overwhelmed by the situation. Fearing an eternity of damnation and torment he is desperate to reclaim his soul, but the thought of losing his music, his life's work, causes him to hesitate.)
 (Mephistopheles, sensing his confusion, offers to leave for one hour before returning for Beethoven's answer. As the devil is turning to go, Beethoven notices that the hands of the clock are now turning faster than is normal. When he points this out to Mephistopheles, the devil replies that the maestro should consider it a final favor because where Beethoven is going, they never turn at all.)
 (As the spirits cautiously re-emerge from the corners of the room, Beethoven agonizes over his decision.)