Notes..._Twisted Every Way

Ludicrous!
Have you seen the score?
Simply ludicrous!
It's the final straw!
Just lunacy!
Well, you know my muse
Utter lunacy!
But we daren't refuse
Not another chandelier
Look, my friend, what we have here!
Dear Andrée, my orchestrations
We need another first bassoon
Every note's overblown
And the third trombone has to go
The man cannot be deafer
So please, preferably one who plays in tune
They are firm and vis-à-vis my opera
Some chorus members must be sacked
If you could find out which has a sense of pitch
Wisely though, I've managed to assign
A rather minor role to those who cannot act
It's a little rage!
What is it now?
This whole affair is a little rage!
Signora, please!
Now, what's the matter?
Have you seen the size of the part?
Signora, listen...
He's an insult!
Not yours, well?
Just look at this
He's an insult!
Please understand...
Signor, Signora...
The things I have to do for my art!
If you can call this sh—gibberish art!
Oh, here's our little flower!
Ah, Miss Daaé, quite the lady of the hour
You have secured the largest role in this Don Juan
Christine Daaé, she doesn't have the voice
Signora, please!
Then I take it you're agreeing
She's behind this?
It appears we had no choice
She's the one behind this, Christine Daaé!
How dare you!
I'm not a fool!
You evil woman, how dare you!
You think I'm blind?
This isn't my fault
I don't want any part of this plot
Miss Daaé, surely, but why cut?
What did she say?
It's your decision, but why not?
She's backing out
You have a duty
I cannot sing it, duty or not
Christine, Christine
You don't have to, they can't make you
Please, monsieur, another note
Well...
Fondest greetings to you all
A few instructions just before rehearsal starts
Carlotta must be taught to act
Not her normal trick of strutting round the stage
Our Don Juan must lose some weight
It's not healthy in a man of Piangi's age
And my managers must learn
That their place is in an office, not the arts
As for Miss Christine Daaé
No doubt she'll do her best
It's true her voice is good
She knows though, should she wish to excel
She has much still to learn
If pride will let her return to me
Her teacher, her teacher
Your obedient friend
And angel
I can't, I won't do it
We have all been blind
And yet the answer is staring us in the face!
This could be the chance
To ensnare our clever friend
We're listening!
Go on!
We shall play his game
Perform his work, but remember we hold the ace
For if Miss Daaé sings
He is certain to attend
We make certain the doors are barred!
We make certain the men are there!
We make certain they're armed
The curtain falls
His reign will end
Madness!
I'm not so sure!
Not if it works!
This is madness!
The title's earned!
Monsieur, believe me
There is no way of turning the tide
You stick to ballet!
Then help us!
Monsieur, I can't
Instead of warning us
Help us!
I wish I would
Don't make excuses!
Or could it be that you're on his side?
She's a accomplice!
She's a accomplice!
Monsieur, believe me, I intend no ill
But Monsieur, be careful, we have seen and count
She's the one behind this, Christine!
This is all his doing!
This is all his doing!
This is his undoing!
They've executed the music!
Still I believe...
Still I believe...
Please, please, please, please!
Oh, don't be so mad!
Roly, I'm frightened, don't make me do this
Roly, it scares me, don't put me through this ordeal
By fire he'll take me, I know
We'll be parted forever
He won't let me go!
What I once used to dream, I now dread
If he finds me, it won't ever end
And he'll always be there, singing songs in my head
He'll always be there, singing songs in my head
She's mad
You said yourself
He was nothing but a man
Yet while he lives
He will haunt us till we're dead
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What answer can I give?
Am I to risk my life?
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Can I betray the man
Who once inspired my voice?
Do I become his prey?
Do I have any choice?
He kills without a thought
He murders all that's good
I know I can't refuse
And yet I wish I could
Oh, God, if I agree
What horrors wait for me
Living with phantoms abroad?
Christine, Christine
Don't think that I don't care
But every hope and every prayer
Rests on you now
I can't...
Christine!
So it is to be war between us. But this time
My clever friend, the disaster will be yours!
Hide your sword now, wounded knight
Your vain glory's cast for naught
Brought you to your final fight
For your pride, high price you've paid
Silken couch and hayfield moon
Both have been his battlefield
Chorus, rest please. Don Juan, Signor Piangi, see, this is the phrase
(Sung)
"Those who tangle with Don Juan," if you please
Nearly, but no
(Sung)
"Those who tang-tang-tang"
His way is better. At least he makes it sound like music!
Signora, would you speak that way in the presence of the composer?
The composer is not here, and if he were here I would tell him...
Can you be certain of that, Signora?
Once again, if you please, Signor Piangi
After seven. Five, six, seven
"Those who have been tangling with Don Juan..."
What does it matter what note we sing? No one will
Know if it is right or wrong. No one will care!
Poor young man, for the thrill
Of a tongue of stone and spit
You'll have to pay the bill
Tangled in the winding sheets
In sleep, he sang to me
In dreams, he came
That voice which calls to me
And speaks my name