11. Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
At the rehearsal for "Don Juan Triumphant", Monsieur Killian teaches the new piece of music to the chorus members on the piano.
(Chorus)
Hide our sword now wounded knight!
Your vainglorious asconnade brought you to your
final fight for your ride, high price you've paid!
As the chorus sings their part, Tyler arrives to rehearsal in time to sing his line.
(Tyler)
Silken couch and hay-filled barn!
Both have been his battlefield!
Ben Moody, who plays the title role, stands up to sing his line.
(Moody)
Those who tangle with Don Juan!
Killian stops him.
"No! No! No!"
"Moody's performance of the line was wrong.
"Chorus rest, please."
Everyone sits down except for Moody.
"Don Juan, Moody, here is the phrase."
He demonstrates the line.
"Those who tangle with Don Juan." If you please?"
"Those who tangle with Don Juan-"
"No, no. It's nearly there."
Killian taps on the piano.
"Those who tan, tan, tan."
Moody says the line again.
"Those who tangle with Don Juan."
But it is still wrong.
Moody feels bad, but Amy Lee smiles and enjoys it.
"His way is better! At least he makes it sound like music!"
Madame Jenna looks at her with disapproval.
"Signora, would you speak that way in the presence of the composer?"
Amy scoffs.
"The composer is not here. And if he were, I would."
"Are you certain of that, Signora?"
But Amy could react, Killian restarts the line.
"Moody, once again, after seven."
He gives the note and counts in.
"Five, six, seven."
Moody takes a deep breath.
"Those who tangle with Don Juan!"
Once again, he is wrong.
The chorus grows impatient, so they start practicing themselves. Amy is frustrated with their opinion on her husband's singing.
"I can't deal with this! What does it matter what notes we sing?!"
"Have patience, Signora."
"No one will know if it is right or wrong! No one will care!"
Amy starts mocking the chorus.
"Those who tangle with Don Juan!"
Moody listens and tries to get his line right.
"Those who tan, tan."
He turns to Tyler for help.
"Is it right?"
"Not quite, signor. Those who tan, tan."
Killian claps his hands to the chorus; attempting to restore the rehearsal.
"Ladies, Moody, if you please."
He thumps the piano keys and attracts the attention of the chorus. Everyone, except for Tyler, gather around the piano and sing the song accurately.
(Chorus)
Poor young maiden!
For the thrill on your tongue of stolen sweets!
You'll have to pay the bill!
Tangled in the winding sheets!
~
After rehearsal ends, Tyler is still conflicted about singing for the Phantom. If he dare refuse, revenge will ensue for himself, Gerard, and everyone in the Opera.
Unable to choose between Gerard and the Phantom, Tyler decides to go to the one person who's always been there for him.
His father.
As Tyler wanders to the cemetery, he sings to himself.
In sleep he sang to me
In dreams he came
That voice which calls to me
And speaks my name
Tyler soon walks into the cemetery, with a rose in his hand.
(Start song)
Little Lotte
Thought of everything and nothing
His father promised him he would send him the Angel of Music
His father promised him
His father promised him
Tyler looks upon the mausoleum of his father, with tears streaming down his cheeks.
You were once my one companion
You were all that mattered
You were once a friend and father
Then my world was shattered
Wishing you were somehow here again
Wishing you were somehow near
Sometimes it seems if I just dreamed
Somehow you would be here
Wishing I could hear your voice again
Knowing that I never would
Dreaming of you won't help me to do
All that you dreamed I could
Passing bells and sculpted angels
Cold and monumental
Seem for you the wrong companions
You were warm and gentle
As he looks upon his face of his father, Tyler's emotion builds up within him.
He could no longer hold back.
Too many years
Fighting back tears
Why can't the past just die!
Wishing you were somehow here again!
Knowing we must say goodbye!
Try to forgive, teach me to live!
Give me the strength to try!
No more memories!
No more silent tears!
No more gazing across the wasted years!
Help me say goodbye
Help me say goodbye!
~
Ryan fell upon his father's grave and placed the rose on the stone. As he wept, the Phantom emerges from above the mausoleum.
(The Phantom)
Wandering child
So lost
So helpless
Yearning for my guidance
Bewildered, Tyler looks up and murmurs breathlessly.
(Tyler)
Angel or father
Friend or Phantom
Who is it there standing?
(The Phantom)
Have you forgotten your angel?
(Tyler)
Angel, oh speak!
What endless longings!
Echo in this whisper!
During the moment, Gerard appears in the shadows and watches in disbelief.
(The Phantom)
Too long you've wandered in winter
(Gerard)
Once again he is his
(The Phantom)
Far from my far-reaching gaze
(Gerard)
Once again he returns
(Tyler)
Wildly my mind beats against you
(The Phantom)
You resist
(Both)
Yet your/the soul obeys
(Gerard)
To the arms of his angel
Angel or demon
Still he calls him, luring him back from the grave
Angel or dark seducer, who are you, strange angel?
(The Phantom)
Angel of music!
You denied me!
Turning from true beauty!
Angel of music!
Do not shun me!
Come to your strange angel!
(Tyler)
Angel of music!
I denied you!
Turning from true beauty!
Angel of music!
My protector!
Come to me, strange angel!
Tyler moves towards the figure of the Phantom, and he beckons him.
(The Phantom)
I am your Angel of Music!
Come to me, Angel of Music!
Fearing for his fiancé's life, Gerard calls out to the Phantom.
"Angel of darkness! Cease this torment!"
Inexorably, the Phantom continues to beckon Tyler.
(The Phantom)
I am your Angel of Music!
Come to me, Angel of Music!
Gerard calls out to Tyler; desperate to save him.
"Tyler! Tyler, listen to me! Whatever you may believe, this man, this thing, is not who he seems!"
He screams at the beckoning Phantom.
"Let him go! For God's sake, let him go! Tyler!"
Coming out of his trance, Tyler turns and sees his desperate fiancé.
"Gerard!"
He runs over to him and embraces him.
Enraged, the Phantom seizes his torch, lights it, and throws a fireball at Gerard.
"Bravo, monsieur! Such spirited words!"
He shoots another fireball at him.
"More tricks, monsieur!" Gerard cried.
"Let's see, monsieur, how far you dare go!"
He shoots another fireball.
"More deception! More violence!"
"Gerard, no!" Tyler cried.
Gerard continues to walk slowly towards the Phantom, with fireballs still landing ahead of him.
"That's right! That's right, keep walking this way!"
Two more fireballs are shot at Gerard.
"You can't win his love by making him your prisoner!"
"Gerard, don't!"
"Tyler, stay back!"
"I'm here! I'm here, monsieur! The angel of death!"
The Phantom shoots two more fireballs.
"Come on, come on, monsieur! Don't stop! Don't stop!"
He shoots three more fireballs at Gerard. He is almost at the Phantom's feet, but Tyler stops him.
"Gerard, come back!"
Tyler pulls him away.
"Don't go!" The Phantom cried.
The couple escape the cemetery, and the Phantom declaims in fury.
"So be it! Now, let it be war upon you both!"
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