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Music Of The Night Tab

by Andrew Lloyd Webber


Music of the Night
 From Phantom of the Opera
(For all of those who play piano also and hate transposing.) 

                                
Nighttime sharpens, heightens each sensation
                            
Darkness stirs and wakes imagination
                                 
Silently the senses abandon their defences

     

                               
Slowly, gently, night unfurls its splendour
                               
Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender
                                          
Turn your face away from the garish light of day
                                     
Turn your face away from cold, unfeeling light
                            
And listen to the music of the night

                                   
Close you eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams
                                            
Purge all thoughts of the world you knew before
                                       
Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar
                                   
And you'll live as you've never lived before

                                
Softly, deftly, music shall caress you
                            
Hear it, feel it, secretly possess you
                                 
Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind
                                       
In this darkness which you know you cannot fight
                              
The darkness of the music of the night

                                      
Let your mind start a journey through a strange, new world
                                       
Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before
         
                            
Let your soul take you where you long to be
                                       
Only then can you belong to me

                      
Floating, falling, sweet intoxication
                             
Touch me, trust me, savour each sensation
                                       
Let the dream begin, let your darker side give in
                             
To the power of the music that I write
                           
The power of the music of the night

          

                            
You alone can make my song take flight
                                   
Help me make the music of the night