CHAPTAZZ - Faria (Official Video) | The Count of Monte Cristo

CHAPTAZZ - FARIA From the album WAIT AND HOPE, inspired by The Count of Monte Cristo The old man who dug in the wrong direction and saved a life doing it. Abbé Faria spent seven years tunnelling toward what he thought was the outer wall of the Château d'If. He came out in Edmond Dantès' cell instead. Over the years that followed he taught a barely literate sailor languages, mathematics, history and politics — then asked him one question that changed everything: who profited from your arrest? Edmond named three men and something in him woke up that never went back to sleep. Faria also gave him the treasure, and a warning about what the treasure would do to him. Edmond took the first and ignored the second. Warm afro-soul and gospel trap. A duet between a young man and a dying one. 📖 SOURCE Chapters 14 to 20 of The Count of Monte Cristo. Faria's arrival through the wall, the education, the deduction of the conspiracy, the map to the island of Monte Cristo, and Faria's death, which becomes Edmond's escape route. "There are two of us who came out of that wall." ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:13 Verse 1 0:45 Verse 2 1:17 Build 1:33 Chorus 2:05 Verse 3 2:37 Build / Chorus 3:09 Bridge 3:37 Final Chorus 4:05 Outro 🎧 STREAM Spotify, Apple Music & everywhere else: ▶️ THE ALBUM WAIT AND HOPE — 10 songs from The Count of Monte Cristo: ▶️ PREVIOUS ALBUM GREEN LIGHT — 8 songs from The Great Gatsby: 📚 THE PROJECT CHAPTAZZ turns the greatest books ever written into original music. One book, one album, one sound. Subscribe for the whole catalogue: [your channel link] 📕 READ THE BOOK The Count of Monte Cristo is in the public domain. Read it free at standardebooks.org ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ LYRICS [Intro — older weathered male voice, over drums] Faria… Seven years in the wrong direction… Faria… [Verse 1 — Chaptazz] Came up through the wall at night Seven years of digging wrong Old man with the wild eyes Dug for freedom, found a son First thing that he ever gave me Was a voice that wasn't stone Second thing he ever gave me Was the whole of his own mind [Verse 2 — Chaptazz] Taught me Latin, taught me Greek Taught me how a state gets run Took a sailor who could barely Write his name — and made a gun Then he asked me one small question Who was standing left to gain Made me tell it back in order Made me say the three names [Build] Danglars, Fernand, Villefort Danglars, Fernand, Villefort Something in my chest woke up And it never sat back down Danglars, Fernand, Villefort Danglars, Fernand, Villefort — [Chorus — both voices] Faria, Faria You gave me everything I am Faria, Faria You gave me the gold and the plan You said don't play God with it You said son, put it down Faria, Faria I was already too far gone [Verse 3 — Chaptazz] Went out quiet in the dark Held his hand and told a lie Said I'd use it like he asked Said I'd let the old thing die Then I sewed into his shroud Let them throw me off the rock Everything I ever was Started with an old man's knock [Build] Danglars, Fernand, Villefort Danglars, Fernand, Villefort Something in my chest woke up And it never sat back down Danglars, Fernand, Villefort Danglars, Fernand, Villefort — [Chorus — both voices] Faria, Faria You gave me everything I am Faria, Faria You gave me the gold and the plan You said don't play God with it You said son, put it down Faria, Faria I was already too far gone [Bridge — stripped back, two voices trading] He said there's two men in this wall Only one comes out whole He said the gold will give you everything Except the thing you sold I said old man, I hear you He said no you don't I said I hear you He said No You don't [Final Chorus — full, gospel choir] Faria, Faria You gave me everything I am Faria, Faria You gave me the gold and the plan You said don't play God with it You said son, put it down Faria, Faria I was already too far gone [Outro — fading] Sleep now, old man I'll take it from here Faria… I'll take it from here… ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Written and produced by CHAPTAZZ. All lyrics and concepts co-written by a human. Music produced using AI tools. #Chaptazz #TheCountOfMonteCristo #Faria #WaitAndHope #AfroSoul #GospelTrap #LiteraryMusic #BookInspiredMusic #AlexandreDumas #EdmondDantes #AbbeFaria #NewMusic2026 #AfroHouseMusic #ClassicLiterature #IndieArtist