#29 - 'ALL TOO SOON'
ACT 2 - Epilogue
Performed by
Salai
More
than twenty years later, and Salai, having been wounded in a
duel, is on his deathbed. He looks back ruefully over his life.
The curtain falls...
Lyric
SALAI
LOOKING BACK OVER MY LIFE,
WHAT DO I SEE,
FLEETING SHADOWS OF SOME MAN I USED TO KNOW
A MAN I USED TO BE.
BUT I HAVE NO QUARREL WITH THE GODS THAT GIVE US TIME,
THEY TREAT US ALL THE SAME,
SOMETIMES I WONDER IF THEY EVEN KNOW MY NAME,
AND I THOUGHT I WAS THE STAR OF THIS MASQUERADE,
THIS STUPID ONE-ACT PLAY...
ALL TOO SOON, THE SHOW IS OVER,
BUT I’M STILL LEARNING MY LINES,
AND THOUGH I WASN’T ALWAYS CERTAIN
WHERE I OUGHT TO STAND I PLAYED MY PART
YOU’VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND, THAT I GAVE MY HEART
ALL TOO SOON, THE SHOW IS ENDING,
FOR THE VERY LAST TIME
BUT THE CROWD ARE ON THEIR FEET,
THEY’RE CRYING OUT FOR MORE!
WHAT! NO CURTAIN CALLS? IS THERE NO ENCORE?
THE CURTAIN FALLS, ALL TOO SOON
YET LOOKING BACK IS FOOLISH, YES I KNOW,
IT’S SUCH A POINTLESS MUSE,
THOSE STRINGS ARE PULLED ABOVE, WE DANCE BELOW,
MERELY TO AMUSE
SO WHY DO MORTALS PLAY THIS FUTILE GAME, AS IF WE HAD A CHOICE,
HAD SOME REASON TO BELIEVE WE HAVE A VOICE,
THAT MIGHT JUST ONCE BE HEARD,
THE STAGE IS EMPTY NOW, IT’S TIME TO TAKE MY BOW...
ALL TOO SOON, THE SHOW IS OVER,
BUT I’M STILL LEARNING MY LINES,
AND THOUGH I WASN’T ALWAYS CERTAIN
WHERE I OUGHT TO STAND I PLAYED MY PART
YOU’VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND, THAT I GAVE MY HEART
AND ALL TOO SOON, THE SHOW IS ENDING,
FOR THE VERY LAST TIME
BUT THE CROWD ARE ON THEIR FEET,
THEY’RE CALLING OUT FOR MORE!
WHAT! NO CURTAIN CALLS? IS THERE NO ENCORE?
THE CURTAIN FALLS, ALL TOO SOON
INSTRUMENTAL
ALL TOO SOON, THE LIGHTS ARE FADING,
THE MUSIC’S DYING AWAY
THIS IS REALLY MY LAST PERFORMANCE
IN THIS TRAGIC PLAY ?
NO CURTAIN CALLS
IS THERE NO ENCORE
THE CURTAIN FALLS...
...NO ENCORE
THE CURTAIN FALLS
ALL – TOO – SOON
TOO SOON