Discover the story of the song > The Waking Nightmare – frankenstein-a new musical world premiere cast

The song is about a creature (the protagonist) who has been created by someone named Frankenstein. The creature is unsure whether they are alive or in purgatory and feels like there is an animal gnawing inside their brain. They are constantly hunted, suffer like a human and wonder why they were created. The chorus tells the creature that they are an object of shame without a soul or a name, and that they will be haunted and banished from this earth. The creature feels lost and alone, colder than stone, and all they will ever hear are screams of terror and scorn. They are in a waking nightmare and every moment tastes of death.