ÄNGLARNAS SÅNGBOK

NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY

Claudius kämpar med sin skuld och hans plikt över att avslöja Antonios förräderi och sin hand i att beordrandet av Antonios avrättning.

[CLAUDIUS]
I must do what is right
Reveal the dark, hard truth
Bring it to light
Why must this curse fall on me?
My friend is not and was never my enemy

If I must betray this man I've known
Since we were children
It will live with me for all eternity
I'll never forgive myself
No matter how hard I try
No matter how hard I try

I know that I don't have a choice
But this voice keeps pleading deep in my soul
It's begging me to save him, to hold back,
forget, and let this go

But I know it's my duty,
and that I must take control

So I must betray this man who I've known
Since we were children
It will live with me 'til I die
I won't forgive myself
No matter how hard I try
No matter how hard I try

This is all my fault, why didn't I stay?
Try to sway him, persuade him,
make him change his mind
I walked away, thought I had more time
Why did I wait?
Now it's already too late
And the only way that I can
try to make things right
Is by exposing what he's done
And let them take his life

As I must betray this man, my friend
Who I've loved for years
It will live with me for all eternity
I won't forgive myself
No matter how hard I try
As I must betray this man, my friend
Who I've loved for years
It will live with me 'til I die
I won't forgive myself
No matter how hard I try
It will live with me 'til I die
No matter how hard I try