☞ "I Remember Mornings" to be sung by the character of Madam Mournington, cruel Headmistress of the Asylum, in my new musical The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, here performed by myself doing my very best to be the slightly older soprano that I am slightly not, quite yet anyway. I originally recorded these "Behind the Musical" songs as a tool to teach the eventual real actors what to do. I finally decided to share my secrets and release these recordings to you so that we can all go on this journey together, and bring this epic, empowering musical to the stage as a family:).
☞ For complete lyrics, turn on "Captions" for the video as I've taken great pains to type them in and line them up for you and drank a vat of Earl Grey in the process, or see them below.☕️
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I REMEMBER MORNINGS
from The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, an Original Musical
(Characters: Madam Mournington)
MADAM MOURNNGTON:
I remember mornings…
I remember stars…
I remember sunlight…
And moonlight, and firelight, and sky…
I remember all these things…but why?
This is no place for memories…
This is no place for tears…
These long forgotten memories
Must become forgotten years…
Here no one has a past…
Forget your memories fast…
They’ll haunt us if we let them last…
But why do I remember mornings?
In mourning still am I…
This is no place for pity…
They’re mad—this is the cost.
Yet every girl reminds me of the child…
The child I’ve lost…
I’ll look the other way…
Endure another day…
Embrace the part that I must play…
But why do I remember mornings?
In mourning still am I…
And so I’ll leave them as I found them…
My soul has turned to stone…
But these cages that surround them
Just as well may be my own…
Was I always grey?
Was I always cold?
When did I become so old?
Was I ever kind?
Did I ever laugh?
Did I ever love?
Did I ever live?
But I remember laughter,
And joy before she fell…
This life that followed after
Is no life…I live in hell!
God save me from my past…
Let darkness follow fast…
I’ve let her go and said my last goodbye…
But I remember mornings…
Now I’m in mourning ‘til I die…
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Music & lyrics by Emilie Autumn
Performed, recorded, & produced by Emilie Autumn in the Asylum
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