The Great Comet of 1812 Off-Broadway Version
Dave Malloy
[PIERRE]
Where to now?
Where can I go now?
Not to the Club,
Not to pay calls
 
Mankind seems so pitiful,
So poor,
Compared to that softened,
Grateful last glance
She gave me through her tears
 
[CHORUS]
It was clear and cold
Above the dirty streets
Above the black roofs
Stretched the dark starry sky
 
[PIERRE]
This vast firmament
Open to my eyes
Wet with tears
 
[CHORUS]
And there in the middle,
Above Prechistensky Boulevard,
Surrounded and sprinkled on all sides by stars,
Shines the Great Comet of 1812
The Brilliant Comet of 1812
 
[PIERRE]
The comet said to portend
Untold horrors
And the end of the world
 
But for me,
The comet brings no fear
No, I gaze joyfully
 
And this bright star,
Having traced its parabola,
With inexpressible speed
Through immeasurable space
Seems suddenly
To have stopped
Like an arrow piercing the earth
 
Stopped for me
 
It seems to me
That this comet
Feels me
Feels my softened and uplifted soul
And my newly melted heart,
Now blossoming
Into a new life
Write the lyrics for a misc song made in 2013, titled "The Great Comet of 1812 Off-Broadway Version", by artist "Dave Malloy".