VICTOR:Verse 1:
Dm So still the shadow of a woman lies Bbmaj7 The future sleeping in her form C Bb Dare I free her from her death? C Bb Quicken now her pulse and breath A Dm And make her once again reborn? Dm Why does the knife quake in my fingers? Bbmaj7 Why is my heart an empty shell? Bb C What if she awakes like him Bb C Murderous and vile within? Bb A Dm An angel banished into hell? Dm G Bb No!Spoken interlude ADAM, SPOKEN: Gm Do not delay, Victor Eb For I will be ever watching and when your labors are through Dm I shall appear to claim what is mine Heed my wishes. You may be my creator, but I am your master- Obey VICTOR:Bb Dm I've come too far to turn back now Bb Dm The darkness will not be denied Bb C Dm And now the modern Prometheus C Bb A Dm Is ready to create his bride!HENRY: Dm What heresy have you devised? Is this the science you conceived? Bb With nature's every law defied Gm Em A What good could ever be achieved? VICTOR, SPOKEN: Dm The power of life and death rests in my hands, Henry I dared before Ingolstadt, but this time will be different! She will be different! HENRY, SPOKEN: The question is not what you can do The question is what you should do! VICTOR:Bb Dm I've come too far to turn back now Bb Dm There's nothing left I need decide Bb C F Dm I am the modern Prometheus C Bb A Dm Ready to create his brideHENRY, SPOKEN: Dm Men mustn't try to act like god! Prometheus was merely myth! SUNG Bb And if you toy with nature's course Gm A Your fate will be the same as his! VICTOR: Dm I cannot believe what I am hearing Bb A great discovery is near Lesser men may wait behind C Bb Paralyzed of heart and mind A Dm But I am not afraid to dare Em We'll change the course of history C Please see beyond your petty fears I was once a dreamer, now I'm man's redeemer! B Em We're on the verge of new frontiers! VICTOR, HENRY, AND ADAM, OVERLAPPING: C Em She's going to be perfect! (You've gone too far to turn back now) (Can't you see what you've become?) C Em God is here on earth! (My wishes shall not be denied) (This science is insanity!) C D G Em I am the modern Prometheus (You are the modern Prometheus) (You're not the modern Prometheus) G C Am Bear witness to her birth! (Ready to create my bride) (You cannot save humanity) VICTOR, SPOKEN: B F Eb The destiny of humanity will not be stayed, Henry! HENRY, SPOKEN: I will not allow you to destroy yourself, Victor! C I will do everything in my power to see that This abomination is exposed and brought to an end! VICTOR, SPOKEN: F Bb Em No!Bb Dm I've come too far to turn back now Bb Dm Soon you'll see I'm justified! Bb C F Dm I am the modern Prometheus C Bb A Dm Ready to create his bride!