Masquerade Lyrics - Phantom Of The Opera

CHORUS 

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 . . . 

Thigh of blue . . . 

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 . . . 

RAOUL/CHRISTINE 

But who can name the face . . .? 

ALL 

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! 

(The ENSEMBLE activity becomes background, as 

ANDRE, FIRMIN, MEG, GIRY, PIANGI and CARLOTTA 

come to the fore, glasses in hand) 

GIRY 

What a night 

MEG 

What a crowd! 

ANDRE 

Makes you glad! 

FIRMIN 

Makes you proud! 

All the creme 

de la creme! 

CARLOTTA 

Watching us watching them! 

MEG/GlRY 

And all our fears 

are in the past! 

ANDRE 

Six months... 

PIANGI 

Of relief! 

CARLOTTA 

Of delight! 

ANDRE/FIRMIN 

Of Elysian peace! 

MEG/GIRY 

And we can breathe at last! 

CARLOTTA 

No more notes! 

PIANGI 

No more ghost! 

GIRY 

Here's a health! 

ANDRE 

Here's a toast: 

to a prosperous year! 

FIRMIN 

To the new chandelier! 

PIANGI/CARLOTTA 

And may its 

splendour never fade! 

FIRMIN 

Six months! 

GIRY 

What a joy! 

MEG 

What a change! 

FIRMIN/ANDRE 

What a blessed release! 

ANDRE 

And what a masquerade! 

CHRISTINE 

Think of it 

(Spoken) 

A secret engagement. 

Look, your future bride. 

Just think of it. 

RAOUL (Spoken) 

But, why a secret? 

What have we to hide? 

CHRISTINE (Spoken) 

No, Raoul, please don't let them see 

RAOUL (Spoken) 

Well let them see. 

It's an engagement, not a crime. 

(Sung) 

Christine, what are you afraid of? 

CHRISTINE/RAOUL 

Let's not argue 

(Let's not argue) 

Please pretend 

(I can only hope) 

You will understand in time 

(I'll understand in time) 

ALL 

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! 

(Voices fade and turn to gasps as the lights dim and the Phantom appears at the top of the stairways ) 

PHANTOM 

Why so silent, good Messieurs? 

Did you think that I had left you for good? 

Have you missed me, good Messieurs? 

I have written you an opera. 

Here, I bring the finished score. 

Don Juan Triumphant! 

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 our star, Miss Christine Daae... 

No doubt she'll do her best 

It's true, her voice is good 

She knows, though 

Should she wish to excell 

She has much still to learn 

If pride will let her return to me, her teacher 

Her teacher... 

PHANTOM 

Your chains are still mine, 

(spoken) 

You belong to me! 

(The Phantom runs to the middle of the stairway and disappears into the floor hidden by fire. Raoul jumps into the hole in the floor with sword in hand and the floor closes again)