Love Never Dies Page #6

But I have to do this

It's what we agreed to

That hell-spawned demon

He's had us playing

his game all along, dear

Let me just get through this

Listen, please I need to

You need so much, it's true

And I've denied you

You need the man you knew

Back here beside you

You'll have him back, I vow

Just ask it of me

But we must leave here now

If you still love me

But, darling, I'm due

on stage in 10 minutes.

How can I possibly...

I beg you please. Please.

I have a passage for three to

Cherbourg on the Atlantic Queen.

It leaves tonight. Let's be

on it, for both our sakes.

And for Gustave.

Leave this place behind

Go and find Gustave.

Tell the stage manager not to disturb me.

I need some time.

You know his love is not enough

You know it isn't what you need

You know you're made of finer stuff

I think on that we're all agreed

It's time to leave him in the dust

It's time to be who you should be

It's time to do now as you must

And set the music in you free

In moments

Mere moments

Drums will roll

There you'll stand Just like before

The crowd will hush

And then in one sweet rush

I will hear you sing once more

And music, our music

Will swell and then unwind

Like two strands of melody

At last entwined

Fulfill us

Complete us

Make us whole

Seal our bond forevermore

Tonight, for me

Embrace your destiny

Let me hear you sing

Once more

STAGE MANAGER:

Five minutes, Miss Daa.

Twisted every way What answer can I give?

I know I can't refuse

And yet I wish I could

Oh, God

RAOUL:
Christine!

Christine!

Don't think that I don't care

PHANTOM:
But every hope

and every prayer

Rests on you now

(VOCALIZING)

Ready on the rail?

STAGE HAND 1:

Ready on the rail.

(CONTINUES VOCALIZING)

Will she sing?

Will she flee?

What is she thinking now?

Is it him?

Is it me?

Devil take the hindmost

STAGE MANAGER:

Ready on the floor?

STAGE HAND 2:

Ready on the floor!

RAOUL:
Will she stay?

PHANTOM:
Obey your heart

Will she go?

And sing for me

Does she know even now? You

want it so, stay and be mine

Please, Christine, stop the show Eternally

BOTH:
Devil take the hindmost

Now it's time So make your choice

Do it for our son

PHANTOM:
Use your head

RAOUL:
No time to wait

Hesitate We're all undone!

STAGE MANAGER:

Ready in the pit?

STAGE HAND 3:

Ready in the pit!

Perhaps she won't go on

Perhaps she'll lose her nerve

Perhaps her voice won't serve

And she will fail him now

And then my child and I

We'll get what we deserve

ALL:
Devil take the hindmost

Perhaps she won't go on

Perhaps she'll lose her nerve

Perhaps her voice won't serve

And she will fail him now

And then my child and I

We'll get what we deserve

ALL:
Devil take the hindmost

Now it's time No turning back

All is on the line

Here it is The final dance

One last chance To get what's mine

I hope Christine is worthy of you.

I hope her singing makes

up for what your blindness

has done to Meg and me.

Devil take the hindmost

STAGE MANAGER:
And curtain.

Who knows when love begins?

Who knows what makes it start?

One day it's simply there

Alive inside in your heart

It slips into your thoughts

It infiltrates your soul

It takes you by surprise

Then seizes full control

Try to deny it And try to protest

But love won't let you go

Once you've been possessed

Love never dies

Love never falters

Once it has spoken

Love is yours

Love never fades

Love never alters

Hearts may get broken

Love endures

Hearts may get broken

Love endures

And soon as you submit

Surrender flesh and bone

That love takes on a life

Far greater than your own

It uses you at whim

And drives you to despair

And forces you to feel

More joy than you can bear

Love gives you pleasure

And love brings you pain

And yet, when both are gone

Love will still remain

Once it has spoken

Love is yours

Love never dies

Love never alters

Hearts may get broken

Love endures

Hearts may get broken

Love never dies

Love will continue

Love keeps on beating

When you're gone

Love never dies

Once it is in you

Life may be fleeting

Love lives on

Life may be fleeting

(GASPS)

Love lives on

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

Ah, Christine My Christine

What a triumph you gave me tonight

My Christine

All the dark, silent years now put right

Ah, Christine

The song was beautiful

It sounded beautiful

Every note Every word

And it felt beautiful

And I felt beautiful

BOTH:
Lost in

the music once more

Feeling it rise up and soar

Alive once again

(GASPING)

"My dearest wife. "

Little Lotte, I beg you, forgive me

Raoul, no!

RAOUL:
Little Lotte Ah,

what fools we once were

BOTH:
Long ago, in our youth

"In Paris, at the opera"

Romantic idiots.

"Those two people

are gone. "

BOTH:
Now I must go

Our choices are made

The opera is done The last

notes have been played

May your angel of music Watch over you now

And give you what I wish I gave you somehow

Yours, in regret...

"Raoul. "

Gustave.

What is it?

Gustave.

What's wrong?

I told him to wait for Raoul.

Before he asked me to...

Surely he wouldn't...

That perfidious Raoul I

will kill that drunken fool

That he'd dare take this

child A child that isn't his

SQUELCH:
Sir.

The Vicomte de Chagny left here alone, sir

Saw with my own eyes, sir

There was no one with him

Was there anyone else here backstage?

Madame Giry, she was here

With that vicious little sneer

And that comment she made The

ungrateful, back-biting snake

Go now, quickly Bring her round

Bring the boy back safe and sound

Then I'll make that vixen pay

What is the meaning of this?

How dare your circus ghouls

manhandle me in this fashion?

The boy, woman!

What have you done with him?

The boy? You think I took the boy?

Why would I do such a thing?

Do you think I don't know who he is?

FLECK:
Sir?

I just passed Meg's dressing

room It was silent as a tomb

But her mirror was smashed

All in pieces on the floor

God, I left her so distraught

God knows what she must have thought

Foolish child, she must be caught

My poor Gustave!

But she won't hurt him!

Meg would never hurt him

I know where she's going.

But we must hurry!

(OMINOUS CARNIVAL

MUSIC PLAYING)

(ROARING)

Please, Miss Giry I want to go back

Gustave!

GUSTAVE:
Miss Giry,

I can't swim.

I want my mother

The sea is calm The sea is gray

It washes everything away

Please. You're hurting me. I can't swim.

Don't worry.

It's almost over.

Sink into the deep

Blue and cool and kind

Then drift off to sleep

Let the past unwind

Leave the hurt behind

CHRISTINE:
Gustave!

Mother?

PHANTOM:

Let go of the boy, now!

Not another step

Let go of him, girl.

Not another word

Always wondered how to make you watch

Well, watch me now

I took a little trip to Coney Island

I took a little trip because of you

I did as Mother said And

followed where you led

And tried to do what little I could do

But here's the way it works on Coney Island

They make you pay for every little crumb

I gave what they would take

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