The Black Cat

“I grew, day by day, more moody, more irritable, more regardless of the feelings of others.” “Yet mad I am not…and very surely do I not dream.”

The Black Cat is the tale of a man, his cat, his wife and an accident. An unnamed man tells the story of how he comes to be, stating right at the beginning of the piece, ‘Tomorrow I die.’

He tells of his childhood, his love for animals, his wife and the series of events that have led up to this moment. As we listen to the story weaving in and out of song there is cause to question the line between sanity and madness and what can trigger the fatal step over that line. Is he confessing, is he boasting or is he simply mad?