Felipe

The Point Of No Return

Felipe


Past the point of no return - 
no backward glances: 
our games of make belive 
are at an end . . . 

Past all thought of "if" or "when" - 
no use resisting: 
abandon thought, 
and let the dream descend . . . 

What raging fireshall flood the soul? 
What rich desire unlocks its door? 
What sweet seduction lies before us . . .? 
Past the point of no return, 
the final threshold, what warm, 
unspoken secrets will we learn? 
Beyond the point 
of no return . . . 

You have brought me to that moment 
where words run dry, to that moment 
where speech disappears into silence, 
silence . . . 

I have come here, hardly knowing 
the reason why . . . 
In my mind, I've already 
imagined our bodies entwining 
defenceless and silent - 
and now I am here with you: 
no second thoughts, I've decided, 
decided . . . 

Past the point of no return 
no going back now: 
our passion-play has now, at last, 
begun . . . 

Past all thought of right or wrong - 
one final question: 
how long should we two wait, before 
we're one . . .? 

When will the blood begin to race 
the sleeping bud burst into bloom? 
When will the flames, at last, consume 
us . . .? 

Past the point of no return 
the final threshold, the bridge 
is crossed, so stand and watch it burn . . . 

We've passed the point of no return . . . 
(By now the audience and the POLICE have realized that SIGNOR PIANGI is dead behind the curtain, and it is 
the PHANTOM who sings in his place. CHRISTINE knows it too. As final confirmation, the PHANTOM sings): 

Say you'll share with me one 
love, one lifetime . . . 
Lead me, save me from my solitude . . . 
(He takes from his finger a ring and holds it out to her. 
Slowly she takes it and puts it on her finger.) 
Say you want me with you, 
here beside you . . . 
Anywhere you go let me go too, 
Christine that's all I ask of . . .