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conquerthenight · 11 months

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Because I can, here’s a list of some of my favorite lyrics from my English translation of Rebecca:

“She had tried her best/fought with all her might/but I rose to do what’s right” -Last Night I Dreamt of Manderley/Ich hab Geträumt von Manderley

“I wish I could find a way/to forever keep my memories/to have it close to me/where you were meant to be/and it would never fade” -Bottle Full of Memories/Zeit in Einer Flasche

“She’s set me free/she’s put her faith in me/Is she still holding on?/I’ll never know but I’ll be there so she won’t fall” -Naturally Enchanting/Zauberhaft Natürlich

“But we’ve learned/he’ll return/with the second Mrs. de Winter” -The Second Mrs. de Winter/Die Neue Mrs. de Winter

“She’s still here with me/where she’s meant to be/“She will never come back here”/That’s what they say to me/No, they cannot see/but I still fear her spirit with me/She’s watching, she’s listening” -She’s Still Here With Me/Sie Ergibt Sich Nicht

“No man in the world was ever there for her/She was proud and free/I stood right there by her side/No man could ever satisfy her love/In the end she never really died” -She’s Still Here With Me/Sie Ergibt Sich Nicht

“Help me face the night/Make me feel right/I’m afraid to be alone/lost in my world/Could I now have a future?/Lead me from this nightmare/to something true/Show me what love can do” -Help Me Face the Night/Hilf Mir Durch die Nacht

“He loves and hates without control/His enemy is his own soul” -Something is Wrong With Him/Was ist nur Los mit Ihm

“She’s gone/She’s gone now/She won’t come back/She’s down in the sea/long gone/and never to return” -She’s Gone/Sie’s Fort

“I was a fool/to hope I could be saved/that night forever haunts me, haunts me/please, my god/you know my fear/why have I come back here” -Please, My God/Gott, Warum

“With swing and Coca-Cola at the parties/I admire and desire what is big/Everything that I do is…American made” -I’m an American Woman

“I’ll finally show them/they can’t make me feel small/Tonight I will amaze them all” Tonight I Will Amaze Them All/Heut Nacht Verzauber Ich die Welt

“Rebecca, you’ve disappeared from sight/A thousand bright lights shine/You’re sorely missed tonight/Like a star. I will give you a sign” -Rebecca (Act 1 finale)/Rebecca (Finale Erste Akt)

“When you look into my eyes, do you still long for Rebecca?/When I walk through the halls of Manderley/they talk of none but Rebecca” -What if I’m not Enough/Und Das Und Das Und Das

“She hears what you say/and knows what you are thinking/Watching you even now/He is still her possession/You knew from the start/He never loved you/Just a toy for his affection” -Rebecca II

“With this news/someone’s in trouble/Destiny’s taking its course/Whoever did this is bound for the scaffold/Til then I’ll watch this play out” -The Shipwreck/Strandgut

“Why can I still that smile?/Her name inside my mind/The words she said have lost their hold/But even now she’s still in control” -Why Can I Still See That Smile/Kein Lächeln war je so Kalt

“I want to be at home here/not treated like I’m just a guest/I will live life as I please/She can’t control me now” -Mrs. de Winter is Me/Mrs. de Winter bin Ich

“The hull was pierced with holes/The boat would surely sink/It was no accident/whatever you may think/Unless something strange occurred/it’s suicide or murder” -The Inquest/Die Voruntersuchsung

“I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine/Don’t look like that/come off it/I’ll shut up/show me where to sign/You have your loot/Now I want mine/Yes, show me all my profit” -I’ll Scratch Your Back/Eine Hand Wäscht dir andere Hand

“Who is this man? This secret Dr. Baker/She was his patient/A gynecologist/What does he know of her?” -They Left at Eight/Sie füh’rn um Acht

“This was all just a game/she had thought she won/She tricked us all/She used another name that day/There was never a pregnancy” -The Revelation/Keiner hat sie Durchschaut

“Rebecca, I’ve always longed for you/There’s no point longing when you’ve disappeared from view/Even now, I stand waiting for you” -I Hear You Singing/Ich War Ihr Nah

“Conquer the night/Conquer the fear/Make the shadows disappear/Now we are free/We can bring in a future” -Conquer the Night/Jenseits der Nacht

“At last I feel the light of dawn surround us/The shades of night are gone forevermore” -Conquer the Night/Jenseits der Nacht

“The house I loved goes up in flames/The house that was my father’s pride and joy/is burning, lost for good/But with the house/burns all my memories/The past no longer haunts me, haunts me” -Manderley’s On Fire/Manderley In Flammen

“Only now and then/in our darkest days/something stirs the hurt inside/Yet we learn to live/mend and then forgive/and the past fades with the tide” -Last Night I Dreamt of Manderley (reprise)/Ich Hab Geträumt von Manderley (reprise)

“There are times in life/where we can forget/all the hurt that came before/We must take this time/search with all our might/and move on to make things right” -Last Night I Dreamt of Manderley (reprise)/Ich Hab Geträumt von Manderley (reprise)

#wow this got long #but i don’t care #english translation #kunze approved english demo #if you couldn’t tell #i’m really fond of danny’s songs #as well as the duets between ich and maxim #and the epilogue #my username was based off these lyrics #my writing partner and i wanted to put our demos of this on spotify #but now that the london production is happening i dont think the vbw will allow that #vbw answer my emails challenge #i’m sure charing cross will have better lyrics than mine #but i’m still proud of what i wrote #rebecca das musical #edit: added a quote from kein lächeln #because i forgot we heavily rewrote that song

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conquerthenight · 7 months

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Hehe remember when I said this?

Boy was I wrong :( /j

#this is a joke #don’t come for me #lonbecca #rebecca the musical #kunze approved english demo

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conquerthenight · 8 months

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I just watched Kara Lane’s newest Instagram video with the official version of “The Inquest” in the background and immediately pulled up my version of that same song because the melody sounds so satisfying. I got the idea to compare the two for science. Propaganda and lyrics for both versions is under the cut!

Official:

“Somebody sank the boat with holes drilled by a spike. It was no accident! You can say what you like. What will the coroner decide? Is it murder or suicide?”

Fanmade:

“The hull was pierced with holes. The boat would surely sink. It was no accident, whatever you may think! Unless something strange occurred, it’s suicide or murder!”

The meaning of this stanza is a bit different in each version solely because mine ends on ‘murder’ while the official translation ends on ‘suicide’. This is the main aspect of my propaganda for both versions.

Official Propaganda: Ending on ‘suicide’ feels like some are briefly contemplating that Rebecca’s death could be a murder, but the general consensus is to lean towards suicide and thus it takes some of the suspicion off of Maxim. Depending on your interpretation, this could be a good thing or a bad thing. It also makes Favell’s accusations just a bit more ridiculous.

Fanmade Propaganda: Ending on ‘murder’ gives the impression that people are clearly suspicious of Maxim or at least raising eyebrows. Again, depending on how you interpret things, this could be a good or bad thing. It also gives even more of a reason for the staff to wonder what will happen to them if it really was murder in “They Left At Eight”.

#rebecca the musical #rebecca das musical #english translation #lonbecca #rebecca london #kunze approved english demo #rebecca english fan version #would you rather #the inquest #lyric analysis #phoenix overthinking about rebecca again

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conquerthenight · 10 months

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I never thought I’d write a singable English version of Merkwürdig. My writing partner and I have quite literally been putting it off for 5 years. But now we’ve finally done it. Here’s what we wrote!

Gardener: Day by day goes by

The master’s gone away

Alone, once more

Robert: Yes, he’s left his lovely new young bride

To roam the halls alone

Again, once more

Mrs. Rutherford:

I saw her just last night

She ran away

A lamb who’s caught a fright

Women: And on that night

He drove the car

So quick

Men: But why?

He just left his wife alone

All by herself

Cook: What could have gone awry?

What could have led to such a big mistake?

Mrs. Rutherford: Why did he bring her back to Manderley?

Frith: His grief’s left him in such a dire state

Robert: She’s simply much too shy

I fear that he will notice far too late

Ensemble: We all can see that she’s not right for him

It’s clear

Since the day that she arrived

He’s off his head

Mrs. Rutherford: I heard she met his grandmother yesterday

Robert: And from the very first glance

She didn’t stand a chance

Men: That’s what was said

Why she fled

Robert: And when she came

Back here…

Gardener: She locked herself

Inside her room

Once more

Frith: I heard her crying

“Help me face the night”

Cook: I wonder why

He left her

here like this

All: She’s just not quite

How we thought

she would have been

#rebecca das musical #merkwürdig #kunze approved english demo #we really deviated from the german lyrics for this one #my writing partner wanted to make this song less of an ‘ich roast’ and more of a ‘why is maxim being so maxim’#his words not mine #so that’s what we did #there’s still SOME ich roasting #but the servants really pity her more than anything else #my god i’m so glad we were able to add in the bit about the visit to maxim’s senile grandmother #the reference to ‘hilf mir durch die nacht’ though #poor ich is going through it #someone stop me from adding more tags

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conquerthenight · 11 months

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Hello Rebecca fans!

You’ve seen me post incessantly about the singable English translation my friend and I wrote of the musical. But now, it’s time for you to hear the songs for yourself. They’re going to be uploaded to YouTube under the channel Rebecca Musical English. Currently we only have the Prologue up, so I think it’s only right I share it with you all!

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#rebecca das musical #kunze approved english demo #last night i dreamt of manderley #and yes that’s me singing as ich #get a load of this cast #the ensemble absolutely slayed #Youtube

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conquerthenight · 11 months

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Here are the lyrics to my singable English translation of “Ehrlichkeit und Vertrauen” from Rebecca. At the moment I don’t have a proper title for it (“Honesty and Compassion” doesn’t really have a nice ring to it) but anyways:

My opinion isn’t worth much

But I speak it nonetheless

What creates a loving marriage?

I think I could certainly guess

For if all one has is beauty

Nothing more and nothing less

There is something else that’s lacking

Something more I believe you possess

Honesty and compassion

And a love without conditions

With the strength to take what’s given

And overcome any storm

You are the one my friend was chosen for

Deep down inside you’re worth much more

Than all the grace and all the beauty

In the world

To be loved for a lifetime

Finding hope among the shadows

To be free from every burden

Forging ahead unafraid

She is the one my friend was chosen for

I clearly see she’s worth much more

Than all the grace and all the beauty

In the world

So much more

#someone suggest a song title bitte #frank crawley appreciation hours #this song is criminally underrated #why did it take me so long to write this #if kunze sees this: hi you can have your lyrics back #kunze approved english demo #i feel like this is implying frank has a crush on ich #but then he also says she was ‘chosen for’ maxim #so either it’s unrequited or he’s just a good bestie #rebecca das musical #rebecca the musical

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