[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [00:04.28]The time is near [00:07.29]So near it's stirring the blood in their veins! [00:12.37]And yet beware [00:15.94]Don't let the wine go to your brains! [00:20.53]We need a sign [00:23.19]To rally the people [00:24.91]To call them to arms [00:26.33]To bring them in line! [00:29.38]JOLY:Marius wake up. [00:30.98]What's wrong today? [00:33.08]You look as if you've seen a ghost. [00:35.31]GRANTAIRE:Some wine and say what's going on! [00:38.33]MARIUS:A ghost you say... a ghost maybe [00:41.67]She was just like a ghost to me [00:44.68]One minute there, and she was gone! [00:48.99]GRANTAIRE:I am agog! [00:50.97]I am aghast! [00:52.32]Is Marius in love at last? [00:54.67]I've never heard him `ooh' and `aah' [01:00.23]You talk of battles to be won [01:02.94]And here he comes like Don Ju-an [01:05.85]It's better than an o-per-a! [01:14.84]ENJOLRAS:It is time for us all [01:17.26]To decide who we are [01:20.03]Do we fight for the right [01:22.36]To a night at the opera now? [01:25.87]Have you asked of yourselves [01:28.34]What's the price you might pay? [01:31.95]Is it simply a game [01:33.87]For a rich young boy to play? [01:36.33]The colors of the world [01:38.86]Are changing day by day [01:43.40]Red - the blood of angry men! [01:47.74]Black - the dark of ages past! [01:51.94]Red - a world about to dawn! [01:56.17]Black - the night that ends at last! [02:02.69]MARIUS:Had you been there tonight [02:04.01]You might know how it feels [02:07.55]To be struck to the bone [02:09.24]In a moment of breathless delight! [02:13.54]Had you been there tonight [02:14.33]You might also have known [02:17.66]How the world may be changed [02:20.58]In just one burst of light! [02:22.60]And what was right seems wrong [02:25.04]And what was wrong seems right! [02:29.35]GRANTAIRE:Red... [02:30.60]MARIUS:I feel my soul on fire! [02:33.63]GRANTAIRE:Black... [02:34.96]MARIUS:My world if she's not there! [02:37.87]ALL;Red... [02:39.01]MARIUS:The color of desire! [02:41.90]ALL:Black... [02:43.17]MARIUS:The color of despair! [02:46.80]ENJOLRAS:Marius, you're no longer a child [02:48.73]I do not doubt you mean it well [02:50.55]But now there is a higher call. [02:53.43]Who cares about your lonely soul? [02:57.27]We strive toward a larger goal [02:59.57]Our little lives don't count at all! [03:03.82]ALL:Red - the blood of angry men! [03:08.10]Black - the dark of ages past! [03:12.39]Red - a world about to dawn! [03:16.62]Black - the night that ends at last! [03:24.65]GAVROCHE:Listen everybody! [03:26.64]GAVROCHE:General Lamarque is dead! [03:29.22]ENJOLRAS:Lamarque is dead. His death is the hour of fate. [03:35.90]The people's man. [03:38.45]His death is the sign we await! [03:45.88]On his funeral day they will honor his name. [03:48.13]It's a rallying cry that will reach every ear! [03:51.36]In the death of Lamarque we will kindle the flame [03:54.67]They will see that the day of salvation is near! [03:57.69]The time is near! [03:59.88]Let us welcome it gladly with courage and cheer [04:02.81]Let us take to the streets with no doubt in our hearts [04:05.98]But a jubilant shout [04:07.45]They will come one and all [04:10.35]They will come when we call!