The Consent
(from "The Music of the Night")
Soloist: Roger Bertholf


Research sharpens, heightens each sensation
Placebos stir and wake imagination
Silently the senses abandon their defenses

Slowly, wryly the drug unfurls within you
Feel it, sense it,
know that it will heal you

Turn yourself away from the treatment of the day
Turn your thoughts from old well meaning friends
And listen to the promises I bend

Close your mind and surrender to my latest scheme
Purge your thoughts of the pain you knew before
Close your mind, let your health begin to soar
And you'll feel as you never felt before

Softly, deftly, our new drug enriches
Know it, trust it healing deep within you
Open up your mind, let your greediness unwind in this
freedom that you know you will not fight
The freedom from the pain and fear of night

Take your health on a journey through a brave new world
Leave all the fear you knew before
Let our drug take you where you long to be
Only then can you belong to me

Floating, falling, sweet intoxication
Touch it, taste it, savor this sensation
Let the trip begin, let your pain and fear give in
To the truth of the promises I give
The promise of a longer life to live