The Pledge Lyrics

ROCHESTERDamn the passion, damn the skiesDamn the light that's in her eyesI know too well where it has led beforeShe saves me but I can't be savedFrees me but I'm still enslavedNow...Read Full Lyrics

ENSEMBLESympathies existPresentiments and signsThat baffle our mortal comprehensionTo dream or to seeOr to feel or to hearWhat seems not to be thereBut such things existThings beyo...Read Full Lyrics

JANEWhat a fool I have been to wonderIf he might have a care for meHow insane the thought that youCould be to him dear in any wayThat a more absurd young girl has livedI doubt that...Read Full Lyrics

BLANCHEIn the light of the virgin morningI look out through a misty hazeThe estate has an ancient beautyMother must appraise As I stroll through the pinks and rosesAs I savour the ...Read Full Lyrics

ROCHESTERI see a flame in the palm of your handOh sisterYou're peevish and puny and spoiled and blandOh sisterYou have no principlesYou have no tasteYour education was truly a wast...Read Full Lyrics

ROCHESTERJane...you are to undertake the education of the five daughters of Mrs. Dionysus O'Gall. At Bitternut Lodge, in Connaught, Ireland. JANEIreland! I really must object... RO...Read Full Lyrics

MRS. FAIRFAXI cannot believe it! ADELEWhat is it, Madame? MRS. FAIRFAXHe means to marry her...a governess!A slip of a girlNo breeding, no brassNo kinship, no classA slip of a girl ...Read Full Lyrics

JANEWhat can I do, I feel his loveWould I be judged my God aboveIf I were to stay here by his side?Surely there would be no blameIf I do not take his nameI'll have his heartBut I'l...Read Full Lyrics

ROCHESTERIs this how you would leave me?In ruin and despair?My hope is quenched, my life is lostLaid waste beyond repairI was wrong when I deceived youBut there was no other wayYou...Read Full Lyrics

JANEI see my makerAnd my mind's at restThere will be no pain to feelOnly joy within my breastI see his goodnessAs he comes for meSoon I'll be exaltedAnd my soul will be set free Bu...Read Full Lyrics