The Point of No Return

Lyrics

[PHANTOM as DON JUAN] Past the point of no return No backward glances The games we played till now 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 [CHRISTINE as AMINTA] 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? [PHANTOM & CHRISTINE] 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 Say you want me with you Here beside you Anywhere you go Let me go too Christine, that's all I ask of– [CHRISTINE 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.] [CARLOTTA, spoken] What is it? What has happened? Ubaldo! [ANDRÉ, spoken] Oh my God! My God! [FIRMIN, spoken] We're ruined, André, ruined! [GIRY, spoken] Monsieur le Vicomte! Come with me! [CARLOTTA, spoken] Oh, my darling! My darling! Who has done this to you? You! Why did you let this happen? [GIRY, spoken] Monsieur le Vicomte, I know where they are! [RAOUL, spoken] But can I trust you? [GIRY, spoken] You must! But remember: your hand at the level of your eyes! [RAOUL, spoken] But why? [GIRY, spoken] Why? The Punjab lasso, Monsieur First Buquet! And now Piangi! [MEG] Like this, Monsieur! I'll come with you [GIRY] No, Meg! No, you stay here! Come with me, Monsieur! Hurry, or we shall be too late!