Music of the Night
(from the Phantom of the Opera )
Webber Andrew Lloyd 
                         
    	
    C               G
    Night time sharpens
    F                             G
    heightens each sensation
    C              G      
    Darkness wakes
              F             G
    and stirs imagination
    F                 C
    Silently the senses
      F                        C 
    abandon their defences
     F                    Bb        
    Helpless to resist
                       C
    the notes I write
               G
    For I compose 
          F         G       C
    the music of the night...
    Slowly, gently
    night unfurls its splendour.
    Grasp it, sense it -
    tremulous and tender
    Hearing is believing
    music is deceiving
    Hard as lightning
    soft as candlelight
    dare you trust
    the music of the night...
                          Bb
    Close your eyes
                                         Eb
    for your eyes will only tell the truth
                   Ab
    And the truth
                                          D
    isn't what you want to see
               G
    In the dark
                             C
    it is easy to pretend
                  G
    that the truth
        B7                     E 
    is what it ought to be.
    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...
    Close your eyes
    start a journey through a
    strange new world!
    Leave all thoughts
    of the world 
    you knew before!
    Close your eyes
    and let music set you free...
    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...