Love Never Dies Script

Love Never Dies Script

Act 2

Raoul

One more

Bartender

Buddy, don’t you think you’ve had enough

It’s practically morning already

Raoul

One more, I said

Bartender

All right, all right

My shift is over anyways

So let’s settle the bill

Jeez, you’re in a bad way

Worse than most who come here

Hey, look, it’s the morning shift

Maybe he’ll know what to do with you

Raoul

Yes, what to do with me

That has always been the question

Ever since the beginning

She looks for sympathy

I give her sorrow

She asks for honesty

I’ve none to borrow

She needs my tender kiss

She begs it of me

I give her ugliness

Why does she love me

She yearns for higher things

Things I can’t give her

The rush that music brings

I can’t deliver

And even when she sings

And soars above me

I try to clip her wings

Why does she love me

One more drink, sir

That’s what I need

Don’t you think, sir

Leave the hurt behind

Did you hear me

Another drink

She wants the man I was

Husband and father

At least she thinks she does

She needn’t bother

Beneath this mask I wear

There’s nothing of me

Just horror

Shame

Despair

Why does she love me

How ‘bout you sir

Tell me: what am I to do, sir

Leave the hurt behind

Meg

Morning Bernie, coffee please

Hurry up before I freeze

I’ll just take it black

Vicomte, fancy meeting you here

Drowning out your sorrows?

Raoul

On the contrary,

Celebrating a reunion with old friends

Friends I long thought dead and buried

And you?

Meg

I’ve been for a swim

This town is coarse and cruel and mean

It’s hard to keep your conscience clean

Faceless in the crowd

Anything’s allowed

And so I come at dawn each day

Come to wash it all away

Sink into the sea

Blue and cool and kind

Let it set me free

Let the past unwind

Leave the hurt behind

Raoul

Miss Giry?

Meg

What do you think will happen, Vicomte

At the concert?

Have you thought

When he hears her sing again

When she sings

Raoul

Ah, Miss Giry, I wish I knew

But I’m afraid her music has always been somewhat of a mystery to me

Meg

There’s more to this than the music, monsieur

Believe me

I saw it

There’s something

I don’t know

Just take her away

Now

For all our sakes

Sail across the sea

Put us out of mind

Close your eyes and flee

Leave the past behind

Raoul

What do you mean

What are you talking about

Meg

Trust me, monsieur

Don’t let her sing

Once he gets into her soul

There’s nothing she won’t do for him

Leave this place behind

Raoul

Miss Giry, I’m not afraid of him

I've bested him before

And if he ever had the courage to meet me face to face, man to man

No, no, it can't be

Phantom

Not afraid of me, you say?

Raoul

Stay back or I'll kill you, I promise you

Phantom

Of course, as you say, you've beaten me before

But that was a long time ago, Vicomte

And we were playing a different game
Look at you, deep in debt

Stinking drunk, pitiful

Shall we two make a bet?

Devil take the hindmost

Raoul
Look at you, foul as sin

Hideous, horrible

Call the stakes, deal me in

Devil take the hindmost

Phantom (Raoul)
Our Christine shall choose tonight

(Let her choose)

Is she yours or mine?

(Draw the line)
If she sings, you lose tonight

(I won't lose)

You leave from here

(Fine)

Disappear

(Fine)

Raoul
And if she won't, if I win

Phantom

All your debt's wiped away

Raoul

Very well, let's begin

Both

Devil take the hindmost

Raoul (Phantom)
You think you have the odds

(Our old game)

You think you're in control

(It's been changed)
You think you've fixed the dice

(Every throw)

Well, I will gladly roll

(Risking her)
I'll bet against the house

(All the rules)

I'll even double down

(Rearranged)

Phantom

Fate has redesigned those

Raoul (Phantom)

Fortune's on my side
I won her long ago

(Cut the deck)

I won her from you then

(Let us play)
I beat you even now

(Roll your die)

I'll win her back again

(Once again)
(In the end)

And when the game is done

Phantom

Either way

Both

Devil take the hindmost
Now Christine shall choose at last

Is she yours or mine?

Raoul

We've a son, our bond's secure

Phantom

Are you sure?

Raoul

What?

Phantom

Are you so sure?

Raoul
What do you mean?

Phantom

Such a child, strange to see, talented, musical

Raoul

Huh?

Phantom

Is he more you or me?

Which one do you find most?

Raoul

You lie

Phantom (Raoul)
Deal the cards

(I call your bluff)

Let them fall

(The game is on)
Choose your hand

(And we will see)

Try your best

(Who wins out)
He who wins

(Once and for all)

Both

Wins it all

Devil take the hindmost

Phantom (Raoul)
Deal the cards

(I call your bluff)

Let them fall

(The game is on)
Choose your hand

(And we will see)

Try your best

(Who wins out)
He who wins

(Once and for all)

Both

Wins it all

Devil take the hindmost

Phantom
She walks, you leave together

Pockets full, debts paid

She sings, you leave alone

Devil take the Hindmost

Raoul

Good heavens, what have I done

I could loose her forever

My Christine

Squelch

Ladies, Gents

Dr. d

For you, good sir

Ms. F

And you my friends

All

Everyone, time for fun

Starting soon upon our stage

The performance

Of the age

Wonders and astonishments

For your delectation

Phantoms and automotons

For your fascination

Squelch

It will sweep you away

All

Brought from Paris to perform just one day

The beautiful, breathtaking

Christine Daae

Ms. F

But first, for those of you whose taste is a little more earthbound

Squelch

It’s coney Island’s Oh la la girl

Dr. D

The incomparable

All

Meg Giry

Meg

I took a little trip to Coney Island

To get awy from all the city sprawls

I couldn’t bear to choose

Which bathing suit to use

So goodness me, I guess I brought em all

But whe at last I got to Coney Island

And found myself a spot upon the sand

I noticed something strange

There ws no place to change

And so I asked my friends to lend a hand

Dancers

Ah

Ooh

Dancers

Bathing beauty take a look at me

Bathing beauty on the beach

Bathing beauty say hello

What a cutie, what a peach

Bathing beauty, watch her go
Posing under her parasol

She is what you call a real spectacle

Prim and proper with classic poise

But she's got the boys at the plaque to call
Bathing beauty on the beach

See her practically glow

Wearing a smile and giving Coney Island

A Bathing beaut of a show

Bathing beauty on the beach

Meg

Checks

Dancers

Ooh

Male Chorus

What a cutie, what a peach

Meg

Stripes

All

Bathing Beauty

Bathing Beauty

Meg

Dots

Dancers

Dots, Dots, dots, dots

Meg

Dots

All

Bathing Beauty on the beach

See her practically glow

Takin’ a sunnin’

Meg

See all the boys running

All

Rollin’ in clover

Meg

And getting’ tan all over

All

Wearing a smile

Meg

and giving coney Island

All

A bathing beaut of the show

Bathing beauty

Say

Meg

Hello

Dr. D

Meg Giry

In just a few moments

Christine Daae

Will be making her American debut

Meg

Mother, did you watch

Everything is solved

Mother did you see

The new routine

It went so well

I was worried just a touch

That it might have been too much

Just abit, well, rather free

But just listen to the crowd

Why, they’ve neve been so loud

Screaming only for me

And the master must have heard

Every note and every word

Tell me, mother, did he see

Antoinette

Meg, stop it

Meg

Even he will now concede

I’m th only one he’ll need

Antoinette

Meg, sweet fool

You did all that you could

Charming, bright

Yet still not enough

How you dance

They’re all entranced

All but the one whose enchantment we seek

Meg

He wasn’t even there

Antoinette

Where, poor child, do you think that he was

Yes, that’s right

In with her all along

Meg

Christine

Antoinette

Dreamin of their son

Their love

Too smitten to spare you a moment of thought

Meg

Their son

You’re wrong

Antoinette

All that you gave him has all been a waste

All that you gave him has now been erased

Meg

Stop it

Antoinette

Now he has them

As for us

We have both been replaced

Meg

NO

No

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Christine

Gustave, could you pass me those earrings

The sapphire ones

How do I look

Gustave

You look so beautiful

So very beautiful

Like a queen in a book

Christine

You to are beautiful

So very beautiful

Once this performance is through

We’ll spend some time

Just us two

Won’t that be fun

Gustave

Father, doesn’t mother look lovely tonight

Raoul

Indeed she does

As beautiful as the first time I came to her dressing room

Christine

And look at you, Raoul

You look just like that handsome boy in the opera box

The one who would always toss me a single red rose

Raoul

Please, Gustave, if you don’t mind

Could you wait outside awhile

Gustave

But when’s mother going to sing

We don’t want to miss it

Christine

Go and waith backstage, my dear

Soon, papa will fetch you there

You can both watch from the wings

Raoul

Since our wedding day

Things have gone astray

Christine

Raoul

Raoul

I’m not proud of the way that I’ve acted

Christine

We’ve both been

Raoul

The demands I’ve made

All our hopes mislaid

I’m aware of the price they’ve exacted

Though I’ve no right to ast you to

There’s one thing more I’d have you do

If you love me as I love you

Christine

Anything, Darling

Raoul

Don’t sing the song, dear

Christine

But, Raoul

Raoul

You’ve got to know

Something’s terribly wrong, dear

Christine

But I have to do this

It’s what we agreed to

Raoul

That Hell-spawned demon

He’s had us playing his game all along, dear

Christine

Let me just get through this,

Listen, please, I need to

Raoul

You need so much, it’s true

And I’ve denied you

You need the man you knew

Back here, beside you

You’ll have him back, I vow

Just ask it of me

But we must leave here now, if you still love me

Christine

Do you mean it, Raoul, truly

Raoul

I booked a passage for three to Carbary

On the “atlantic queen”

Let’s be on it for both our sakes

And the boy

Leave this place behind

Christine

Go and find Gustave

Tell the stage manager not to disturb me

I need some time

Phantom

You know his love is not enough

You know he isn’t what you need

You know you’re made of finer stuff

I think on that, we’re all agreed

It’s time to leave him in the dust

It’s time to be who you should be

It’s time to do now as you must

And set the music in you free

In moments, mere moments, drums will roll

There you’ll stand, just as before

The crowd will hush and then in one sweet rush

I will hear you sing once more

And music, our music, will swell and then unwind

Like two strands of melody at last entwined

Fufill us, complete us

Make us whole

Seal our bond for ever more

Tonight, for me

Embrace your destiny

Let me hear you sing

Once more

Christine

Twisted every way

What answer can I give

I know I can’t refuse

and yet I wish I could

Oh, god

Raoul

Christine, Christine

Don’t think that I don’t care

Phantom

But every hope and every prayer

rests on you now

Raoul

Will she sing

Will she flee

What is she

Thinking now

Is it him

Is it me

Devil take the hindmost

Does she stay

Does she go

Does she know even now

Please, Christine, stop the show

Devil take the Hindmost

Phantom

Obey your heart

Sing for me

You want it so

Stay and be mine

Eternally

Devil take the hindmost

Both

Now it’s time, so make your choice

Do it for our son

Use your head

No time to waste

Hesitate, we’re all undone

Antoinette

(Perhaps she wont go on

Perhaps she’ll loose her nerve

Perhaps her voice won’t serve and she will fail him now

And then my child and I will get what we deserve

Devil take the hindmost)

Raoul

(Will she stay

will she go

Does she know

Even now

Please, Christine, stop the show

Devil take the hindmost)

Phantom

(Obey your heart and

sing for me

sing for me

give me the child eternally

Devil take the hindmost)

(Repeat once)

All

Now it’s time

No turning back

All is on the line

Here it is, the final dance

One last chance to get what’s mine

Antoinette

I hope Christine is worthy of you

I hope her singing makes up for what your blindness ahs done to meg and me

Meg

Devil take the hindmost

Christine

Who knows when love begins

Who knows what makes it start

One day it’s simply there

Alive inside your heart

It slips into your thoughts

It infiltrates your soul

It takes you by surprise

Then sieses full control

Try to deny it and try to protent

But love wont let you go

once you’ve been possessed

Love never dies

Love never falters

Once it has spoken

Love is yours

Love never fades

Love never alters

Hearts may get broken

Love endures

Hearts may get broken

Love endures

And soon as you submit

Surrender flesh and bone

The love takes on a life

Much bigger than your own

It uses you at will

And drives you to despair

And forces you to feel

More joy than you can bear

Love brings you pleasure

And love brings you pain

And yet when both are gone

Love will still remain

Once it has spoken

Love is yours

Love never dies

Love never alters

Hearts may get broken

Love endures

Hearts may get broken

Love never dies

Love will continue

Love keeps on beating

When you’re gone

Love never dies

Once it is in you

Life may be fleeting

Love lives on

Life may be fleeting

Love lives on

Phanom

Ah, Christine

My Christine

What a triumph you gave me tonight

Ah, Christine

All those dark, silent years now set right

Ah, Christine

Christine

The song was beautiful

It sounded beautiful

Every note

Every word

And it felt beautiful

And I felt beautiful

Both

Lost in the music once more

Hearing it rise up and soar

Alive once again

Christine

My dearest wife

Raoul

Little lotte, I beg you forgive me

Christine

Raoul, no

Raoul

Little lotte, ah what fools we once were

Both

Long ago in our youth

Christine

In paris, at the opera

Raoul

Romantic Idiots

Christine

Those two people are gone

Both

Now I must go

Our choices are made

The opera is done

The last notes have been played

Raoul

May your angel of music watch over you now

And give you what I wish I gave you somehow

Yours, in regret,

Christine

Raoul

Gustave

Phantom

What is it?

Christine

Gustave

Phantom

What’s wrong

Christine

I told him to wait for Raoul

Before he asked me to

Surely he wouldn’t

Phantom

It’s that idiot Raoul

I will kill that drunken fool

If he dare take a child

A child that isn’t his

Squelch

Sir, the Vicomte De Chagny left here alone

Saw with my own eyes, sir

There was no one with him

Was there anyone else here backstage

Phantom

Madame Giry, she was here

With her vicious little sneer

And the comments she made

That ungrateful backbiting snake

Go now quickly

Bring her round

Bring the boy back safe and sound

Then I’ll make that vixen pay

Antoinette

What is the meaning of this

Phantom

The child, woman, what have you done with him

Antoinette

The boy, you think I took the boy

Why would I do such a thing

Do you think I don’t know who he is

Ms. F

I just past Meg’s dressing room

It was silent as a tomb

But her mirror was smashed

All in pieces on the floor

Antoinette

Could I have left her so distraught

God knows what she must have thought

Foolish child she must be caught

Christine

My poor Gustave

Antoinette

She won’t hurt him

Meg would never hurt him

Phantom

I know where she’s going but we must hury

Christine

Gustave

Gustave

Gustave

Miss Giry, I can’t swim

I want my mother

Meg

The sea is calm

The sea is grey

It washes everything away

Gustave

Please, you’re hurting me

I can’t swim

Meg

Don’t worry

It’s almost over

Sink into the deep

Blue and cool and kind

Then drift off to sleep

Let the past unwind

Leave the hurt behind

Christine

Gustave

Phantom

Let go of the boy

Meg

Not another step

Not another word

Always wondered how to make you watch

Well watch me now

I took a little trip to Coney Island

I took a little trip because of you

I did as mother said

And followed where you led

And tried to do what little I could do

But here’s the way it works on Coney Island

They make you pay for every little crumb

I gave what they would take

I gave it for your sake

Now look at me and see what I’ve become

Bathing beauty on the beach

Bathing beauty in her dressing room

Bathing beauty in the dark

On their laps

In their arms

In their beds

Antoinette

Meg, child

Meg

And who kept singing

Deperate for your favor

Who kept dancing

Hoping you would save her