All I Ask of you

アーサー・ラッカム 「古い庭園」
Arthur Rackham, A Garden of Old, 1923.



RAOUL
No more talk of darkness
Forget these wide-eyed fears
I’m here, nothing can harm you
My words will warm and calm you

Let me be your freedom
Let daylight dry your tears
I’m here, with you, beside you
To guard you and to guide you

CHRISTINE
Say you'll love me every waking moment
Turn my head with talk of summertime
Say you need me with you now and always
Promise me that all you say is true
That's all I ask of you


RAOUL
Let me be your shelter
Let me be your light
You're safe:
No one will find you
Your fears are far behind you


CHRISTINE
All I want is freedom
A world with no more night
And you, always beside me
To hold me and to hide me


RAOUL
Then say you’ll share with me one love, one lifetime
Let me lead you from your solitude

Say you need me with you here, beside you
Anywhere you go, let me go too
Christine, that's all I ask of you


CHRISTINE
Say you’ll share with me one love, one lifetime
Say the word and I will follow you

BOTH
Share each day with me, each night, each morning

CHRISTINE
Say you love me

RAOUL
You know I do

BOTH
Love me,
that's all I ask of you

Anywhere you go, let me go too
Love me, that's all I ask of you

CHRISTINE
I must go
They'll wonder where I am
Come with me Raoul

RAOUL
Christine, I love you

CHRISTINE
Order your fine horses
Be with them at the door

RAOUL
And soon you'll be beside me

CHRISTINE
You'll guard me and you'll guide me

PHANTOM
I gave you my music
Made your song take wing
and now, how you've repaid me
Denied me and betrayed me
He was bound to love you
When he heard you sing!

Christine ...
Christine ...

RAOUL / CHRISTINE
(in the distance)
Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime
Say the word and I will follow you
Share each day with me, each night, each morning

PHANTOM
You will curse the day you did not do,
All that the phantom asked of you!