“
He is not a great man. None of us are great men. We are just caught in the wave of history.
”
”
Dave Malloy
“
It seemed to Pierre that this comet fully responded to what was passing in his own softened and uplifted soul, now blossoming into a new life.
”
”
Leo Tolstoy (War and Peace)
“
Only looking up at the sky did Pierre cease to feel how sordid and humiliating were all mundane things compared with the heights to which his soul had just been raised.
”
”
Leo Tolstoy (War and Peace)
“
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
”
”
Dave Malloy (Natasha Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 - Soundtrack (2 CD))
“
All over?
If I were not myself,
But the brightest,
Handsomest,
Best man on earth,
And if I were free,
I would get down on my knees,
This minute,
And ask you for your hand.
And for your love.
”
”
Dave Malloy (Natasha Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 - Soundtrack (2 CD))
“
They say we are asleep until we fall in love
We are children of dust and ashes
But when we fall in love we wake up
And we are a god and angels weep
But if I die here tonight
I die in my sleep
”
”
Dave Malloy (Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812)
“
Here’s to happiness, freedom, and life!
May your travel be swift as a scythe cuts through the grass!
(Whoa!, Whoa!)
May your sorrows be counted and numbered as many
As drops of wine and vodka that stay in my glass!
”
”
Dave Malloy (The Abduction - from Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Sheet Music)
“
[PIERRE]
There's a ringing my head
There's a sickness in the world
And everyone knows
But pretends that they don't see
Oh, I'll sort it out later
But later never comes
And how many men before
Good Russian men
Believing in goodness and truth
Entered that door
With all their teeth and hair
And left it toothless and bald?
You empty and stupid
Contented fellows
Satisfied with your place
I'm different from you
I'm different from you
I still want to do something!
...Or do you struggle too?
I pity you
I pity me
I pity you
”
”
Dave Malloy (Pierre - from Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Sheet Music)
“
And the women, they all pity me
Because I'm married
But not in love
Frozen at the center
[WOMEN]
Il est charmant; il n'a pas de sexe
He is charming; he has no sex
”
”
Dave Malloy (Pierre - from Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Sheet Music)