The Phantom of the Opera movie - Notes / Twisted Every Way lyrics
rate meSong by Andrew Lloyd Webber<br /><br>
ANDRE: <br>
Ludicrous!<br>
Have you seen the score?<br>
<br>
FIRMIN: <br>
Simply ludicrous!<br>
<br>
ANDRE:<br>
It's the final straw! <br>
<br>
FIRMIN:<br>
This is lunacy!<br>
Well, you know my views <br>
<br>
ANDRE:<br>
...Utter lunacy!<br>
<br>
FIRMIN:<br>
But we daren't refuse ...<br>
<br>
ANDRE:<br>
Not another<br>
chandelier <br>
<br>
FIRMIN: <br>
...Look, my friend, what<br>
we have here ...<br>
<br>
ANDRE:<br>
"Dear Andre,<br>
Re my orchestrations:<br>
We need another first bassoon.<br>
Get a player with tone -<br>
and that third trombone<br>
has to go!<br>
The man could not be deafer,<br>
so please preferably one<br>
who plays in tune!"<br>
<br>
FIRMIN:<br>
"Dear Firmin,<br>
vis a vis my opera:<br>
some chorus-members must be sacked.<br>
If you could, find out which<br>
has a sense of pitch -<br>
wisely, though,<br>
I've managed to assign a<br>
rather minor role to those<br>
who cannot act!"<br>
<br>
CARLOTTA:<br>
Outrage!<br>
<br>
FIRMIN:<br>
What is it now?<br>
<br>
CARLOTTA:<br>
This whole affair is<br>
an outrage!<br>
<br>
ANDRE:<br>
Now what's the matter?<br>
<br>
CARLOTTA:<br>
Have you seen<br>
the size of my part?<br>
<br>
ANDRE:<br>
Signora, listen ...<br>
<br>
PIANGI:<br>
It's an insult!<br>
<br>
FIRMIN:<br>
Not you as well!<br>
<br>
PIANGI:<br>
Just look at this -<br>
it's an insult!<br>
<br>
FIRMIN:<br>
Please, understand ...<br>
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ANDRE:<br>
Signor! Signora!<br>
<br>
CARLOTTA:<br>
The things I have<br>
to do for my art!<br>
<br>
PIANGI:<br>
If you can call<br>
this gibberish "art" !<br>
<br>
CARLOTTA:<br>
Ah! Here's our little flower!<br>
<br>
FIRMIN:<br>
Ah Miss Daae,<br>
quite the lady<br>
of the hour!<br>
<br>
ANDRE:<br>
You have<br>
secured the largest role<br>
in this "Don Juan".<br>
<br>
CARLOTTA:<br>
Christine Daae?<br>
She doesn't have<br>
the voice!<br>
<br>
FIRMIN:<br>
Signora, please!<br>
<br>
RAOUL:<br>
Then I take it<br>
you're agreeing.<br>
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CARLOTTA:<br>
She's behind this ...<br>
<br>
ANDRE:<br>
It appears we have<br>
no choice.<br>
<br>
CARLOTTA:<br>
She's the one<br>
behind this!<br>
Christine Daae!<br>
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CHRISTINE:<br>
How dare you!<br>
<br>
CARLOTTA:<br>
I'm not a fool!<br>
<br>
CHRISTINE:<br>
You evil woman!<br>
How dare you!<br>
<br>
CARLOTTA:<br>
You think I'm blind?<br>
<br>
CHRISTINE:<br>
This isn't my fault!<br>
I don't want any<br>
part in this plot!<br>
<br>
FIRMIN:<br>
Miss Daae, surely ...<br>
<br>
ANDRE:<br>
But why not?<br>
<br>
PIANGI:<br>
What does she say?<br>
<br>
FIRMIN:<br>
It's your decision<br>
But why not?<br>
<br>
CARLOTTA:<br>
She's backing out!<br>
<br>
ANDRE:<br>
You have a duty!<br>
<br>
CHRISTINE:<br>
I cannot sing it,<br>
duty or not!<br>
<br>
RAOUL:<br>
Christine ...<br>
Christine ...<br>
You don't have to ...<br>
they can't make you ...<br>
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GIRY:<br>
Please, monsieur:<br>
another note.<br>
"Fondest greetings<br>
to you all !<br>
A few instructions<br>
just before<br>
rehearsal starts:<br>
<br>
ERIK:<br>
Carlotta must be<br>
taught to act ... ,"<br>
... not her normal trick<br>
of strutting round the stage.<br>
Our Don Juan must<br>
lose some weight -<br>
it's not healthy in<br>
a man of Piangi's age.<br>
And my managers<br>
must learn<br>
that their place is in<br>
an office, not the arts.<br>
<br>
As for Miss Christine Daae ...<br>
No doubt she'll<br>
do her best - it's<br>
true her voice is<br>
good. She knows, though,<br>
should she wish to excel<br>
she has much still<br>
to learn, if pride will<br>
let her<br>
return to me, her<br>
teacher,<br>
her teacher ...<br>
<br>
GIRY:<br>
Your obedient friend ...<br>
"... and Angel ..."<br>
<br>
RAOUL:<br>
We have all been<br>
blind - and yet the<br>
answer is staring us<br>
in the face ...<br>
This could be the<br>
chance to ensnare our<br>
clever friend ...<br>
<br>
ANDRE:<br>
We're listening <br>
<br>
FIRMIN:<br>
...Go on.<br>
<br>
RAOUL:<br>
We shall play his<br>
game - perform his<br>
work - but remember we<br>
hold the ace ...<br>
For, if Miss Daae<br>
sings, he is certain<br>
to attend ...<br>
<br>
ANDRE:<br>
We make certain<br>
the doors are barred ...<br>
<br>
FIRMIN:<br>
We make certain<br>
our men are there ...<br>
<br>
RAOUL:<br>
We make certain<br>
they're armed ...<br>
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ANDRE/FIRMIN/RAOUL:<br>
The curtain falls.<br>
His reign will end!<br>
<br>
GIRY:<br>
Madness!<br>
<br>
ANDRE:<br>
I'm not so sure ...<br>
<br>
FIRMIN:<br>
Not if it works ...<br>
<br>
GIRY:<br>
This is madness!<br>
<br>
ANDRE:<br>
The tide will turn!<br>
<br>
GIRY:<br>
Monsieur, believe me -<br>
there is no way of<br>
turning the tide!<br>
<br>
FIRMIN:<br>
You stick to ballet!<br>
<br>
RAOUL:<br>
Then help us!<br>
<br>
GIRY:<br>
Monsieur, I can't ...<br>
<br>
RAOUL:<br>
Instead of warning us ...<br>
<br>
RAOUL/ANDRE/FIRMIN:<br>
Help us!<br>
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GIRY:<br>
I wish I could ...<br>
<br>
RAOUL/ANDRE/FIRMIN:<br>
Don't make excuses!<br>
<br>
RAOUL:<br>
Or could it be that<br>
you're on his side?<br>
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GIRY:<br>
Monsieur, believe me,<br>
I intend no ill ...<br>
But messieurs, be careful -<br>
we have seen him kill ...<br>
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ANDRE/FIRMIN:<br>
We say he'll fall<br>
and fall he will!<br>
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CARLOTTA:<br>
She's the one behind this!<br>
Christine!<br>
This is a ploy to help,<br>
Christine!<br>
<br>
PIANGI:<br>
This is the truth!<br>
Christine Daae!<br>
<br>
<br>
RAOUL:<br>
This is his undoing!<br>
<br>
ANDRE/FIRMIN:<br>
If you succeed<br>
you free us all -<br>
this so called "angel"<br>
has to fall!<br>
<br>
RAOUL:<br>
Angel of music,<br>
fear my fury -<br>
Here is where you fall!<br>
<br>
GIRY:<br>
Hear my warning!<br>
Fear his fury!<br>
<br>
CARLOTTA:<br>
What glory can<br>
she hope to gain?<br>
It's clear to all<br>
the girl's insane!<br>
<br>
ANDRE:<br>
Christine sings<br>
We'll get our man ...<br>
<br>
PIANGI:<br>
She is crazy!<br>
She is raving!<br>
<br>
FIRMIN:<br>
If Christine helps<br>
us in this plan ...<br>
<br>
RAOUL:<br>
Say your prayers,<br>
black angel of death!<br>
<br>
CHRISTINE:<br>
Please don't <br>
<br>
ANDRE:<br>
...If Christine won't,<br>
then no-one can ...<br>
<br>
GIRY:<br>
Monsieur, I beg you,<br>
do not do this ...<br>
<br>
PIANGI/CARLOTTA:<br>
Gran Dio!<br>
Che imbroglio<br>
<br>
ANDRE/FIRMIN:<br>
This will seal his fate!<br>
<br>
CHRISTINE:<br>
If you don't stop,<br>
I'll go mad!<br>
Raoul, I'm frightened -<br>
don't make me do this ...<br>
Raoul, it scares me -<br>
don't put me through this<br>
ordeal by fire ...<br>
he'll take me, I know ...<br>
we'll be parted for ever ...<br>
he won't let me go ...<br>
What I once used to dream<br>
I now dread ...<br>
if he finds me, it won't<br>
ever end ...<br>
and he'll always be there,<br>
singing songs in my head ...<br>
he'll always be there,<br>
singing songs in my head ...<br>
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CARLOTTA:<br>
She's mad ...<br>
<br>
RAOUL:<br>
You said yourself<br>
he was nothing<br>
but a man ...<br>
Yet while he lives,<br>
he will haunt us<br>
till we're dead ... <br>
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CHRISTINE: <br>
Twisted every way, <br>
what answer can I give? <br>
Am I to risk my life, <br>
to win the chance to live? <br>
Can I betray the man <br>
who once inspired my voice? <br>
Do I become his prey? <br>
Do I have any choice? <br>
He kills without a thought, <br>
he murders all that's good . . . <br>
I know I can't refuse <br>
and yet, I wish I could . . . <br>
Oh God - if I agree, <br>
what horrors wait for me <br>
in this, the Phantom's opera . . .? <br>
<br>
RAOUL: <br>
Christine, Christine,<br>
don't think that I don't care - <br>
but every hope <br>
and every prayer <br>
rests on you now . . . <br>
RAOUL:<br>
So, it is to be war between us! But this time, clever <br>
friend, the disaster will be yours! <br>
<br>
CHORUS :<br>
Hide our sword now wounded knight! <br>
Your vainglorious gasconnade <br>
brought you to your final fight <br>
for your pride, high price you've paid! <br>
<br>
CHRISTINE:<br>
Silken couch and hay-filled barn <br>
both have been his battlefield. <br>
<br>
PIANGI:<br>
Those who tangle with Don Juan . . . <br>
<br>
REYER: <br>
No, no, no! Please. <br>
Don Juan, Signor Piangi - here is the phrase. "Those who tangle with Don Juan . . ." <br>
If you please? <br>
PIANGI:<br>
Those who tangle with Don Juan . . . <br>
REYER:<br>
No, no. Nearly - but no. <br>
"Those who tan, tan, tan . . ." <br>
PIANGI: <br>
Those who tangle with Don Juan . . . <br>
CARLOTTA: <br>
His way is better. At least he make it sound like <br>
music! <br>
GIRY: <br>
Signora - would you speak that way in the <br>
presence of the composer? <br>
CARLOTTA:<br>
The composer is not here. And if he were here, I <br>
would . . . <br>
GIRY: <br>
Are you certain of that, Signora . . .? <br>
REYER:<br>
So, once again - after seven. <br>
Five, six, seven . . . <br>
PIANGI:<br>
Those who tangle with Don Juan . . . <br>
CARLOTTA :<br>
Ah, piu non posso! What does it matter what notes <br>
we sing? <br>
GIRY: <br>
Have patience, Signora. <br>
CARLOTTA: <br>
No-one will know if it is right or if it is wrong. <br>
CARLOTTA: <br>
Those who tangle <br>
with Don Juan! <br>
PIANGI: <br>
Those who tan . . . tan . . . <br>
Is right? <br>
CHRISTINE:<br>
Not quite, Signor: <br>
Those who tan . . . tan . . . <br>
REYER:<br>
Ladies . . . Signor Piangi . . . if you please . . . <br>
<br>
ALL EXCEPT CHRISTINE:<br>
Poor young maiden! For the thrill <br>
on your tongue of stolen sweets <br>
you will have to pay the bill - <br>
tangled in the winding sheets! <br>
<br>
CHRISTINE:<br>
In sleep <br>
he sang to me, <br>
in dreams <br>
he came . . . <br>
that voice <br>
which calls to me <br>
and speaks <br>
my name . . . <br>
<br>
Little Lotte <br>
thought of everything and nothing . . . <br>
Her Father promised her <br>
that he would send her the Angel of Music . . . <br>
Her father promised her . . . <br>
Her father promised her<br>
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[Thanks to Kate Kornblum for lyrics]<br>
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