How Long Must This Go On? Lyrics

BEAST:
I’m just fooling myself. She’ll never see me as anything…but a monster.

How long must this go on? This cruel trick of fate?
I simply made one careless wrong decision
And then the witch was gone, and left me in this state
An object of revulsion and derision
Hated...Is there no one who can show me
How to win the world's forgiveness?

(He looks to the Rose. One more petal falls. He groans.)

No! What did they say? Shower her with compliments…impress her with your wit…Act like a gentleman. Act like a gentleman. Act like a gentle man!