歌手:Andrew Lloyd Webber
专辑:《The Phantom Of The Opera At The Royal Albert Hall》

Masquerade _ Why So Silent_ (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Masquerade! Paper faces on parade

Masquerade! Hide your face so the world will never find you

Masquerade! Every face a different shade

Masquerade! Look around, there's another mask behind you

Flash of mauve, splash of puce
Fool and king, ghoul and goose
Green and black, queen and priest
Trace of rouge, face of beast, faces
Take your turn, take a ride

On the merry-go-round in an inhuman race
Eye of gold, true is false
Who is who?
Curl of lip, swirl of gown
Ace of hearts, face of clown, faces

Drink it in, drink it up till you've drowned
In the light, in the sound but who can name the face?
Masquerade! Grinning yellows, spinning reds

Masquerade! Take your fill, let the spectacle astound you

Masquerade! Burning glances, turning heads

Masquerade! Stop and stare at the sea of smiles around you

Masquerade! Seething shadows breathing lies

Masquerade! You can fool any friend who ever knew you

Masquerade! Leering satyrs, peering eyes

Masquerade! Run and hide, but a face will still pursue you

What a night! What a crowd!
Makes you glad
Makes you proud
All the crème, de la crème
Watching us, watching them
All our fears are in the past
Three months of relief
Of delight, of Elysian peace
And we can breathe at last
No more notes, no more ghost
Here's a health, here's a toast
To a prosperous year
To the new chandelier
And may the splendor never fade

What a blessed release
And what a masquerade
Think of it, a secret engagement

Look, your future bride, just think of it
But, why is it secret? What have we to hide?

You promised me, no, Raoul, please don't, they'll see
Well then let them see, it's an engagement, not a crime

Christine, what are you afraid of?
Let's not argue
(It's not argue)
Please pretend
(I can only hope)
You will understand in time
(I'll understand in time)

Masquerade! Paper faces on parade
Masquerade! Hide your face so the world will never find you

Masquerade! Every face a different shade

Masquerade! Look around, there's another mask behind you

Masquerade! Burning glances, turning heads

Masquerade! Stop and stare at the sea of smiles around you Masquerade!

Grinning yellows,spinning reds
Masquerade! Take your fill, let the spectacle astound you

Why so silent, good monsieurs?

Did you think that I had left you for good?

Have you missed me, good monsieurs?
I have written you an opera!

Here I bring the finished score! Don Juan Triumphant!

I advise you to comply, my instructions should be clear,

Remember there are worse things than a shattered chandelier ...

Your chains are still mine You will sing for me ... !

Madame Giry. Madame Giry . . .
Monsieur, don't ask me - I know no more than anyone else.

That's not true. You've seen something, haven't you ?

I know nothing ... Please , monsieur don't ask me ...

Madame, for all our sakes ...

Very well. It was years ago. There was a travelling fair in the city.

Tumblers, conjurors, human oddities ...
Go on ...
And there was ... I shall never forget him: a man, Iocked in a cage ...
In a cage ...?
A prodigy, monsieur! Scholar, architect, musician.

A composer ...
And an inventor too, monsieur.

They boasted he had once built for the Shah of Persia, a maze of mirrors ...
Who was this man ...?
A freak of nature ...more monster than man ...
Deformed ...?
From birth, it seemed ...
My God, Christine!
And then ... he went missing. He escaped.:
Go on.
They never found him...it was said he had died ...
But he didn't die, did he?
The world forgot him, but I never can

For in this darkness I have seen him again ...
And so our Phantom's this man ...

I have said too much, monsieur. And there have been too many accidents ...
Accidents?! Madame Giry!