Masquerade

Firmin: Misseur Andre!
Andre:  Misseur Firmin!
Firmin: Dear Andre what a splendid party!
Andre:  The prolouge to a bright new year.
Firmin: Quite a night, I'm impressed.
Andre:  Well one does ones best.
ANDRE/FIRMIN: Here's to us!
Andre: A toast for the city.
Firmin: What a pity that the Phantom can't be here!

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 a 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
'til you drown in the light.
In the sound.

Raoul/Chistine: 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

Madam 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/Madam Giry: And all our fears
                are in the past!
Andre: Three 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 our friends who are here 

The Mirror of Erised

A scene from the movie "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone":



Albus Dumbledore: Back again, Harry? I see that you ,like so many before you, have discovered the delights of the mirror of Erised. I trust by now you realize what it does. Let me give you a clue. The happiest man on earth would look into the mirror and see only himself exactly as he is.

Harry: So then it shows us what we want, whatever we want.

Albus Dumbledore: Yes and no. It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest and most desperate desires of our hearts. Now, you Harry will never know your family. You see them standing beside you. But remember this Harry: This mirror gives us neither knowledge or truth. Men have wasted away in front of it, even gone mad. That is why tomorrow it will be moved to a new home. And I must ask you not to go looking for it again. It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.