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MIRROR OF DREAMS
G
I feel his shadow looming over me
Leaving me defeated & confused
His eyes still haunt me
If only I’d done more
Maybe I gave up on him too soon
M
I share your sorrow
But we’re not to blame
His heart’s always been a mystery
G+M
We’ll never fathom
We’ll never understand
Did he ever need us, were we real
Or mere reflections in the mirror of dreams

G
What holds his future
How’ll he survive
Without us to save him from himself
Where’s he run to
Will he return
I hope he knows I wish him well
M
It’s up to him now
There’s nothing we can do
I fear we can’t give him what he needs
G+M
Are we but phantoms inside his tangled mind
Will he ever need us, are we real
Or mere reflections in the mirror of dreams

THE LIGHTHOUSE
T
It’s time to put things in perspective
Find your way again
Let me take you to the lighthouse
Where you can hide away
P
I only want to be alone
To work the numbers on my own
I need to show my father
I need to show them all
I’m the one
T
Your time has come
P
To unlock the equation
P+T
The Theory of Everything

T
If you’re troubled by the visions
The chaos in your mind
If the voices start to whisper
Call me day or night
P
Don’t worry, I’ll be fine
T
Don’t underestimate the danger
P
I’m gonna make the theory shine
T
You’ll regret it sooner or later
P
I need to show my father
I need to show them all
I’m the one
T
Our time has come
P
I’ll find the equation
P+T
The Theory of Everything

THE ARGUMENT 2
F
Without him it’s all over
We’ve got to bring him home again
M
He doesn’t want to see you
Can’t you get that through your head
F
But you can make him listen
All I need’s one more chance
M
NO! I can’t take any more!
You never gave a damn!

THE PARTING
M
And so it ends
It’s time to let go
My spirit’s crushed
Forsaken & cold
I’m leaving you
No tears left to cry
You’ll never change
I’ve made up my mind
This is
Goodbye

F
So this is the end
How can I go on
My dream’s unfulfilled
Now I’m alone
I let them down
I pushed them away
No reason to live
I’m ending this pain
There’s no other way
O~nly one thing left to do

THE VISITATION
F
I’m down here on my knees
Feeling the weight of shame
How could I’ve done this
To you, my son

P
I can’t believe my eyes
Is it really you
Why should I forgive you
After all you’ve done

F
I was driven & blind
Not so unlike yourself
We can still work together
If you allow me

P
Why should I give you a chance
Why should I trust you now
Ha! I bet you’re helpless
Without me

F
If we join our minds
Then together we can do this
P+F
We both wanna be the first
We both wanna change the world
F
We can work all night
'Til we find out what the truth is
P+F
We’ll solve this mystery
Be a part of history

P
I’m so damn close
F
I’ll fill in the blanks
P
I could use a hand
F
Just give me this chance
P+F
For we’re on the verge of a breakthrough
P
The meds help me to see
F
It's too late to stop now
P
I'll take just a few more
F
Just 'til the answer’s found
P+F
We can make it
We’ll find the truth

F
Let’s join our minds
It’s our destiny to do this
We’re gonna be the first
We’re gonna change the world
We’ll work all night
'Til we find out what the truth is
We both know we’ll never sleep
P+F
'Til we make this quantum leap
We’re in this way too deep

THE BREAKTHROUGH
P
Isolate the graviton
F
Verify the Higgs-Boson

P
Demonstrate the tachyon
F
Find the missing baryons

P
Ride a wave of gravity
F
Unravel super symmetry

P
Einstein’s relativity
F
Meets Heisenberg’s uncertainty

P+F
Eureka
P
We found it
F
We solved it
P
We broke it
F
We did it

P+F
Eureka
P
We made it
F
We nailed it
P
We cracked it
F
We got it

THE NOTE
P
Dear friend
My work here is done
Science has evolved
As the sun set on father & son
The mystery was solved
I’m broken
I’m falling apart
Slowly fading away
I’m sorry
I took it all too far
Thank you for your faith

THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE
T
His mind took flight & his eyes have lost their light
All we have to go on is a note
They changed the world last night
Working together side by side
His father’s the only one who knows

G
You haven’t been told
That was his mother on the phone
There was a tragedy last night
His father can’t have been here
It had to be a ghostly dream
For at the fall of day he took his life

DARK ENERGY
-

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING PART 3
M
They were seduced by the mystery
Something forbidden’s uncovered here
My husband
G
My love
M
My son
G
All lost
M+G
Our world’s not ready to know
The Theory of Everything

We need a future to build
A new role to fulfill
We’ve got something to give
We’ll find a reason to live

THE BLACKBOARD
T
Will we ever understand
How two different hand styles
Came to grace this blackboard
What unseen forces did conspire
Uniting a father & his son