#23 - 'KNOWLEDGE IS POWER'
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ACT 2 - Scene 7
Performed by
Totto
Totto's spy network has reported that Salai has changed his getaway plans, and he is puzzled. He tries to work out what the boy is up to.
Lyric
TOTTO
THIS CITY IS A RESTLESS PLACE
SO MANY SECRETS LIE WITHIN
ITS WALLS ARE MADE OF STONE
BUT STONE CAN PROVE A LITTLE THIN
AND EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE
CAN BE A CHANCE YOU TAKE
FOR HE WHO HAS THE KNOWLEDGE HAS THE POWER
AND POWER MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME
MY SPIES ARE EVERYWHERE
THERE IS NO HIDING FROM THE TRUTH
AND I MEAN EVERYWHERE
SOMEONE SHOULD TELL THAT FOOLISH YOUTH
HE CAN’T ESCAPE MY NET
I KNOW HIS EVERY MOVE AND
YET IT DOES SEEM STRANGE,
WHY REARRANGE HIS PLANS, I WONDER,
WHAT IS HE TRYING TO DO
I NEED TO THINK THIS THROUGH
THINGS ARE NOT THE WAY THEY SEEM
I NEED TO UNDERSTAND HIS SCHEME.
THIS STORY TAKES ANOTHER TURN
AND NOT FOR BETTER THAT’S MY FEAR
WITH BASTIANO GONE
THERE IS NO NEED TO DISAPPEAR
THE STORM HAS PASSED AND YET
THEY STILL MAKE PLANS TO GET AWAY..
AND ON A DIFFERENT DAY
IT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL TO ME
BUT WAIT, HOW COULD I BE SO BLIND
HE HAS ANOTHER TO PROTECT
HE KNOWS HIS BLOOD WILL FLOW
IF I SHOULD CARRY OUT MY THREAT,
I MIGHT HAVE KNOWN THAT SHE
WOULD NOT GIVE IN SO EASILY
THE LOVERS WILL DISCOVER THAT
IT DOESN’T PAY TO FOOL WITH ME
INSULT THE MACHIAVELLI NAME
THEY MUST BE TAUGHT A LESSON
A LESSON THEY’LL REMEMBER
FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES!