The Point of No Return

From Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Charles Hart

PHANTOM:

Passarino--go away!
For the trap is set and waits for its prey
You have come here
In pursuit of
Your deepest urge,
In pursuit of
That wish,
Which til now
Has been silent,
Silent

I have brought you
That are passions
May fuse and merge--
In your mind
Youve already
Succumbed to me
Dropped all defenses,
Completely succumbed me--
Now you are here with me:
No second thoughts,
Youve decided,
Decided

Past the point
Of no return*
No backward glances:
The games we played
Til now are at
An end

Pass all thought
Of if or when
No use resisting
Abandon thought,
And let the dream
Descend

What raging fires
Shall 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

CHRISTINE:

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,
Ive already
Imagined our
Bodies entwining,
Defenseless and silent--
And now I am
Here with you:
No second thoughts,
Ive 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 until
Were one ?

When will the blood
Begin to race,
The sleeping bud
Burst into bloom?
When will the flames,
At last, consume
Us

BOTH:

Past the point
Of no return,
The final threshold--
The bridge
Is crossed, so stand
And watch it burn
Weve past the point
Of no return