[Lyric] Track 17: A Happier Day (Frankenstein-A New Musical World Premiere Cast)

[Chorus:]
A happier day awaits for all
Who have enough faith to find it
For every cloud that scars our skies
A heaven is waiting behind it
All of our sorrows are simply the toll
That every traveler must pay
Upon the road of a thousand tomorrows
That leads to a happier day

[WALTON, SPOKEN:]
Captain Robert Walton, in a letter to his sister, November 9th
Though he was near death, gasping for each breath
Frankenstein continued his tale
It pained me to hear it. So much sorrow. Such great suffering...

[ALPHONSE, SPOKEN]
...but there is a time for all things. To reap and to sow... to weep
And to rеjoice. And a time to put tragedy in thе past. And today
My friends, we gather to celebrate Victor and Elizabeth's engagement
[GUEST, SPOKEN:]
To the Frankensteins

[Chorus, SPOKEN:]
To the Frankensteins!
[SUNG]
All of our sorrows are simply the toll
That every traveler must pay
Upon the road of a thousand tomorrows
That leads to a happier day

[HENRY:]
See them smile, see them laugh
See them dance and celebrate
I'd share their pleasure if I could
But to pretend would do no good
For something here is out of place

Haunted and distant, a man possessed
He shrouds himself in mystery
What is this sickness deep inside?
What is it Victor needs to hide?
What is this strange insanity?

I've barely seen him for these many months
But I can guess the reason why
Somehow he failed to write his destiny
And now he means again to try
Not every mountain must be climbed
Not every secret must be known
And though the future may be ours
It isn't ours alone

[ELIZABETH:]
I feel the world is finally slowing down
And I am standing on more solid ground
The dream I feared was lost is found
At last, or so it seems

I know there's something he still keeps from me
His wounded heart he guards with secrecy
What can I do to make him see
That love holds all we need?

I know you've demons still to slay
We all have roads that we must walk alone
But if you care for me, I pray
You'll leave your other world behind, unknown

[HENRY AND ELIZABETH, OVERLAPPING:]
Bound by a duty, I will try
(I cannot keep this flame alone)
To rescue Victor on my own
(The only path I'm left is yours)
And steer his pathway to the light
(For you the world's an open road)
Before he's lost to the unknown
(For me a room with but one door
Will sorrow be the toll)
For all our sorrows are the toll
(This weary traveler must pay)
Every life's traveler must pay
(Upon this dark, uncertain road)
Upon a dark, uncertain road
[TOGETHER]
To a happier day
[Chorus:]
A happier day awaits for all
Who have enough faith to find it
For every cloud that scars our skies
A heaven is waiting behind it
All of our sorrows are simply the toll
That every traveler must pay
Upon the road of a thousand tomorrows
That leads to a happier day