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For the first time, Dorian notices that his portrait seems to have changed its expression.

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--DORIAN--
“FOR THAT I WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING...”

NO THIS ISN’T HAPPENING
IT LOOKS SO MENACING

BUT I KNOW MY EYES WEREN’T GLARING THIS WAY
OR STARING SO FIERCELY ON THAT FATEFUL DAY

THE TWIST OF THE MOUTH
SMILES WITH A SLY SENSUALITY
MASKING BRUTALITY

THIS ISN’T REALITY
WHY DOES MY MIND
CONJUR UP SUCH A SCENE?

I SHOULD BE RESTING
MY HEADACHE IS TESTING ME
I NEED ESCAPE
INTO THOUGHTS MORE SERENE

SO THE SUN RISES AGAIN
OH WHAT A NIGHT THIS HAS BEEN

STOP STARING
YOU DEMON SPAWN
I TELL YOU
FROM ME BEGONE

MORE OF THIS
AND I’LL BE
CLOSE TO INSANITY

YOU CAN’T CHANGE
YOU’RE ONLY ART
USELESS THING
DEAD
AND WITHOUT A HEART

I’M GOING TO BED
TO THINK I’D CONSIDER
SUCH MAD SUPPOSITIONS
AS PICTURES THAT CHANGE
THEIR OWN COMPOSITIONS
I MUST HAVE A FEVER
THAT’S CAUSING THESE VISIONS

I KNOW NOTHING’S CHANGED
IN MY DUPLICATE FACE
BUT MY MIND IS OBSESSED
WITH A NEED TO REPLACE
THE ORIGINAL WITH THIS SATANIC DISGRACE

MAYBE THE EVIL
IN HIS COLD EXPRESSION
IS TRULY A MIRROR
AND ACCURATE IMPRESSION
OF DARKNESS IN ME
COULD THIS BE
THE FACE OF MY SOUL I SEE?

--YES
I’VE BEEN GIVEN A WARNING

I CAN MAKE AMENDS
STARTING THIS MORNING

I WANT TO BE LOVED FOR ME
NOT JUST WHAT PEOPLE SEE
BUT WHAT I SECRETLY
KNOW I EVENTUALLY
CAN TRULY BE

UNDER THE SURFACE OF SKIN
THERE IS A LITTLE BOY WITHIN
FRIGHTENED AND SMALL
NOT KNOWING SIN
ASKING ME WHERE DOES LOVE BEGIN?
ASKING ME WHEN
ASKING ME WHERE DOES LOVE BEGIN?

LISTEN LITTLE DORIAN
THERE’S A STORY IN YOUR FUTURE
I CAN TEACH

(A gentle derangement comes to his eyes.)

--LOVE CAME TO US
ALL AFLAME FOR US
LOVE WAS WITHIN OUR REACH

THE SUN RISES ONCE MORE
LIGHTING THE WAY TO LOVE’S DOOR
I’LL ASK HER PLEASE TO FORGIVE
AND TO LOVE ME
AS LONG AS I LIVE

(DORIAN slowly pulls the curtain back over the picture’s staring face.)

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from "Dorian​-​The Remarkable Mister Gray", released June 21, 2010
Jason Bailey as DORIAN.

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Randy Bowser Salem, Oregon

Randy Bowser - ASCAP, SAG-AFTRA

Composer, director, actor.

Professional premiere of "KARLOFF" was in 2014, Salem, OR.

Professional premiere of "Dorian Gray" was in 2010, in Moscow, Russia.
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