[00:00:00] Letters (书信) - Original Broadway Company of Natasha/Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 [00:00:02] Written by:Dave Malloy [00:00:04] Producer:Dave Malloy/Sonny Paladino/Janet Kagan/Howard Kagan [00:00:24] In nineteenth century Russia we write letters [00:00:27] We write letters [00:00:29] We put down in writing [00:00:31] What is happening in our minds [00:00:35] Once it's on the paper we feel better [00:00:38] We feel better [00:00:40] It's like some kind of clarity [00:00:43] When the letter's done and signed [00:00:46] Dear Andrei [00:00:48] Dear old friend [00:00:49] How goes the war [00:00:51] Do we march on the French splendidly [00:00:57] Do our cannons crack and cry [00:00:59] Do our bullets whistle and sing [00:01:02] Does the air reek with smoke [00:01:08] I wish I were there [00:01:10] With death at my heels [00:01:14] Dolokhov is recovering [00:01:16] He will be all right the good man [00:01:19] And Natasha is in town [00:01:22] Your bride to be so full of life and mischief [00:01:26] I should visit [00:01:27] I hear she is more beautiful than ever [00:01:32] How I envy you and your happiness [00:01:36] Here at home [00:01:37] I drink and read and drink and read and drink [00:01:42] But I think I've finally found it [00:01:44] What my heart has needed [00:01:47] For I've been studying the cabal [00:01:50] And I've calculated the number of the beast [00:01:54] It is napoleon [00:01:56] Six hundred three score and six [00:01:59] And I will kill him one day [00:02:02] He's no great man [00:02:04] None of us are great men [00:02:06] We're caught in the wave of history [00:02:09] Nothing matters [00:02:11] Everything matters [00:02:13] It's all the same [00:02:15] Oh if only I could not see it [00:02:17] This dreadful terrible it [00:02:21] In nineteenth century Russia we write letters [00:02:24] We write letters [00:02:26] We write letters [00:02:26] We put down in writing [00:02:28] What is happening in our minds [00:02:32] Dear Andrei [00:02:37] What more can I write [00:02:39] After all that has happened [00:02:42] What am I to do if [00:02:44] I love him and the other one too [00:02:47] Must I break it off [00:02:50] These terrible questions [00:02:54] I see nothing but the candle in the mirror [00:02:58] No visions of the future [00:03:01] So lost and alone [00:03:05] And what of princess Mary [00:03:08] Dear Natasha [00:03:11] I am in deep [00:03:13] Despair at the misunderstanding there is between us [00:03:16] Whatever my father's feelings might be [00:03:22] I beg you to believe that I cannot help loving you [00:03:28] He is a tired old man and must be forgiven [00:03:33] Please come see us again [00:03:36] Dear princess Mary [00:03:38] Oh what am I to write [00:03:40] How do I choose [00:03:41] What do I do [00:03:42] I shall never be happy again [00:03:44] These terrible questions [00:03:47] I'm so alone here [00:03:50] So alone in here [00:03:53] And I see nothing [00:03:55] I see nothing but the candle in the mirror [00:04:00] No visions of the future [00:04:02] So lost and alone [00:04:05] Oh oh oh oh [00:04:07] In nineteenth century Russia we write letters [00:04:10] We write letters [00:04:12] We put down in writing [00:04:15] What is happening in our minds [00:04:17] Dear Natalie [00:04:21] A love letter [00:04:23] A love letter [00:04:26] A love letter [00:04:29] A letter from him from the man that I love [00:04:32] A letter which I composed [00:04:35] A love letter [00:04:36] A love letter [00:04:37] A love letter [00:04:38] A love letter [00:04:40] A love letter [00:04:41] A love letter [00:04:43] A love letter [00:04:44] A love letter [00:04:46] Natalie [00:04:47] Natalie [00:04:47] Natalie [00:04:48] I must love you or die [00:04:52] Natalie [00:04:52] Natalie [00:04:53] Natalie [00:04:54] If you love me say yes [00:04:56] And I will come and steal you away [00:05:00] Steal you out of the dark [00:05:03] Natalie [00:05:03] Natalie [00:05:04] Natalie [00:05:05] I want nothing more [00:05:08] Natalie [00:05:09] Natalie [00:05:10] Natalie [00:05:10] I must love you or die [00:05:14] Natalie