The Point Of No Return - Live At The Royal Albert Hall/2011

Lyrics

DON JUAN (PHANTOM) You have come here In pursuit of Your deepest urge In pursuit of That wish Which till now Has been silent Silent . I have brought you That our passions May fuse and merge - In your mind You've already Succumbed to me Dropped all defences Completely succumbed to me - Now you are here with me: No second thoughts You've decided Decided . Past the point Of no return - No backward glances: Our games of make believe Are at an end . Past all thought Of "if" or "when" - No use resisting: Abandon thought And let the dream Descend . What raging fire Shall flood the soul? What rich desire Unlocks its door? What sweet seduction Lies before Us . . .? Past the point Of no return The final threshold - What warm Unspoken secrets Will we learn? Beyond the point Of no return . AMINTA (CHRISTINE) You have brought me To that moment Where words run dry To that moment Where speech Disappears Into silence Silence . I have come here Hardly knowing The reason why . In my mind I've already Imagined our Bodies entwining Defenseless and silent - And now I am Here with you: No second thoughts I've decided Decided . Past the point Of no return - No going back now: Our passion-play Has now, at last Begun . Past all thought Of right or wrong - One final question: How long should we Two wait, before We're one . . .? When will the blood Begin to race The sleeping bud Burst into bloom? When will the flames At last, consume Us . . .? BOTH Past the point Of no return The final threshold - The bridge Is crossed, so stand And watch it burn . We've passed the point Of no return . [PHANTOM] Say you'll share with me One love, one lifetime Lead me, save me from my solitude [He takes from his finger a ring and holds it out to her. Slowly, she takes it and puts it on her finger] Say you want me with you here beside you Anywhere you go, let me go too Christine, that's all I ask of--- NOOOOO!!!!!!!! [We never reach the word 'you,' for Christine quite calmly reveals the Phantom's face to the audience. As the forces of law close in on the horrifying skull, the Phantom sweeps his cloak around her and vanishes] [Meg pulls the curtain upstage, revealing Piangi's body, garotted, propped against the bed, his head gruesomely tilted to one side. She screams. Police, stagehands, etc. rush onto the stage in confusion.] (spoken) [CARLOTTA] What is it? What has happened? Ubaldo! [ANDRE] Oh my god… My god [FIRMIN] We're ruined, André—ruined! [GIRY (to Raoul)] Monsieur le Vicomte! Come with me! Monsieur le Vicomte, I know where they are! [RAOUL] But can I trust you? [GIRY] You must. But remember: your hand at the level of your eyes! [RAOUL] But why? [GIRY] Why? The Punjab Lasso, Monsieur. First Bouquet, now Piangi [MEG (holding up her hand)] Like this, Monsieur. I'll come with you [GIRY] No, Meg! No, you stay here! (to Raoul) Come with me, Monsieur. Hurry, or we shall be too late!