Frankenstein-A New Musical World Premiere Cast
Track 8- Hands Of Time
[Elizabeth]:
So many worried months without a single letter
Won't you allay our fears, my darling?

[Henry]:
Such troubling news we’ve heard
Great fires and accusations
And yet from you my trusted friend, there's silence

[Elizabeth & Henry]:
Racing ever toward tomorrow, why do we?

[Henry]:
Could he not stay here at our side?

[Elizabeth]:
Could I not hold him in my arms forever?

[Henry]:
Could we change the world?

[Elizabeth]:
And somehow leave things just as they're designed

[Elizabeth & Henry]:
Would that be a crime?
If we tried to stay the hands of time
[Man, spoken]:
It was THAT man! Frankenstein!

[Woman, spoken]:
I saw him running from the courtyard!

[Man 2, spoken]:
What were you doing locked up that laboratory?

[William]:
So many years apart
I barely know you Victor
What if we never meet again, my brother?

[Justine]:
A time for everything
You’ll learn sweet Master William
The silent bonds we share with family
Are those that shall endure

[Justine & William]:
For always

[Physician, spoken]:
The patient is in a state of mental shock. Any inquests into the events at the University will have to await his full recovery
[Elizabeth & Henry]:
Racing ever toward tomorrow, why do we?

[Elizabeth]:
Your father longs for your embrace

[Justine]:
A young boy needs a brother's hand to guide him

[Elizabeth]:
Reach into the past

[Henry]:
Make the world the way it was before

[Elizabeth & Henry]:
Let the days unwind
Reverse the ever-twisting hands of time

[Victor, spoken]:
No... no! Stay away from me! Devil! Demon! Demon!


(OVERLAPPING)--

[Henry]:
Where have you gone... my childhood friend?
[Elizabeth]:
The twisting hands of time, they turn in one direction

[Henry]:
Walk with me again

[Elizabeth]:
And draw us ever toward tomorrow

[William]:
When will you return? I fear we'll never meet again

[Justine]:
A family lasts forever
A young boy needs a brother's hand

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[All]:
The twisting hands of time, they turn in one direction
And draw us ever-toward another day
So near and yet so far

[Elizabeth]:
My darling...

[Henry]:
Companion...

[Justine]:
Good master...

[William]:
Dear brother...