CHORUS:
Masquerade! Paper faces on parade
Masquerade! Hide your face so the world will never find you
Masquerade! Every face a different shade
Masquerade! Look around, there's another mask behind you.

Flash of mauve/Splash of puce/Fool and king/Ghoul and goose
Green and black/Queen and priest/Trace of rouge/Face of beast
Faces!/Take your turn, take a ride/On the merry-go-round/in an inhuman race
Eye of gold/True is false/Who is who?
Curl of lip/Swirl of gown/Ace of hearts/Face of clown
Faces!/Drink it in, drink it up/Till you've drowned/In the light/In the sound
But who can name the face?

Masquerade! Grinning yellows, spinning reds
Masquerade! Take your fill, let the spectacle astound you
Masquerade! Burning glances, turning heads
Masquerade! Stop and stare at the sea of smiles around you

Masquerade! Seething shadows breathing lies
Masquerade! You can fool any friend who ever knew you
Masquerade! Leering satyrs, peering eyes
Masquerade! Run and hide, but a face will still pursue you.

CARLOTTA:
What a night!

Firmin
What a crowd!

Andre:
Makes you glad

FIRMIN
Makes you proud! All the crème, De la crème

MADAME GIRY: (Overlapping)
Watching us….

MEG (Overlapping)
Watching them

CARLOTTA: (Overlapping)
All our fears are in the past

Andre:
Three months

Piangi:
Of relief!

Carlotta:
Of delight!

Andre
Of Elysian peace!

PIANGI
And we can breathe at last.

Carlotta:
No more notes

Piangi:
No more ghost

Madame Giry:
Here's a health

Andre
Here's a toast, to a prosperous year

Firmin:
To our friends who are here

Piangi and Carlotta:
And may the splendor never fade!

Firmin/Andre:
What a blessed release!

Madame Giry:
And what a masquerade!

Christine:
Think of it, a secret engagement.
Look, your future bride. Just think of it.

Raoul:
But, why is it secret? What have we to hide? You promised me.

Christine:
No, Raoul, please don't, they'll see.

Raoul:
Well then let them see. It's an engagement, not a crime.
Christine, what are you afraid of?

Christine(and Raoul in parenthesis):
Let's not argue(Let's not argue)/Please pretend (I can only hope)/You will understand in time (I'll understand in time)

CHORUS
Masquerade! Paper faces on parade
Masquerade! Hide your face so the world will never find you
Masquerade! Every face a different shade
Masquerade! Look around, there's another mask behind you
Masquerade! Burning glances, turning heads
Masquerade! Stop and stare at the sea of smiles around you
Masquerade! Grinning yellows, Spinning reds
Masquerade! Take your fill, let the spectacle astound you.

PHANTOM:
Why so silent, good Messieurs? Did you think that I had left you for good?
Have you missed me, good Messieurs? I have written you an opera.
Here, I bring the finished score: Don Juan Triumphant!
I advise you to comply, my instructions should be clear
Remember there are worse things than the shattered chandelier!

Your chains are still mine,
You belong to me!

(The Phantom runs to the middle of the stairway and disappears into the floor hidden by fire. Raoul jumps intoo the hole in the floor with sword in hand and the floor closes again)