Les Rois du Monde - Rom�o & Juliette

They Say in the Street

Mercutio
They say in the street, that Romeo is lost
That he deserves the blade of the people who sell their souls

Benvolio
They say in the street, that the son of Montaigu
Betrayed his parents, dishonoured his class

Mercutio & Benvolio
But you who lives like an angel, nothing disturbs you
You believe all is right, but life one day will take revenge

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
Don't talk to me of right

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
You have nothing on me

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
I believe that you will never love

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
From you, I keep no secrets

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
I look at you and I'm ashamed

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
I'm sick of what they say

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
The only thing for me that counts

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
Is that you love her too

Mercutio
They say in the street that by taking her virtue
You have lost yours and awakened the hate

Benvolio
They say in the street that for you have no way out
That to save your honour, you must leave this flower

Mercutio & Benvolio
But you who lives like an angel, nothing disturbs you
You believe all is right, but life one day will take revenge

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
What do you want me to say to you?

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
To punish me for my frankness?

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
You who know everything about me

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
You doubt so, why?

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
Why judge me so?

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
You my brothers, you my friends

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
I am free as you were

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
Before wanting to judge me

Mercutio & Benvolio
Of course it's life that chooses

Romeo
Of course it's life that chooses

Mercutio & Benvolio
But why the daughter of your ennemy?

Romeo
I can do nothing, it was written

Mercutio & Benvolio
When all the women want you in their beds

Romeo
No, no, oh no!

Mercutio & Benvolio
Why do you have to choose her?

Romeo
I live my life just as I am, I say it to you, oh yes

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
Go, look at yourselves

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
You are simply jealous

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
You forget all those nights

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
With those girls who bore us

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
You forget the confidence

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
Which bound us since childhood

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
When one prays in silence

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
For the chance to finally come

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
No, I have betrayed no one

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
I don't want anyone's pardon

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
With you I was someone

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
But without her, I am nothing

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
No, I have betrayed no one I do not want anyone's pardon Without her, without her, I am nothing

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right

Romeo
I am nothing

Mercutio & Benvolio
You had no right...

It's the Day

Tybalt
Women are only lessons
I took my first near my father at 15 years old
All the desires, all the pleasures, I know them so well
I am an excellent lover
The blondes, the brunettes, all except one
The only one who counts
The only one who counts

Cousin, cousin the joke is over
I saw her growing, I saw her leaving with him
How can she love the son of Montague?
It's a marriage spoiled by vice and virtue

It's the day, It's the day, It's the day, It's the day
Today I am writing a letter
Dear friend, yes, I will kill you
I will kill him, not wound
Like she wounded me
Juliette, I will make him pay for your weakness

Women are only prisons
Mine I made in the heart of Juliette at 15 years old
I never dared, I will never dare
To tell her that she is loved by Tybalt in secret but

It's the day, It's the day, It's the day, It's day
The day the men fight
The day the storm bursts
I will kill him, not wound
Like she wounded me
Romeo, I will make you pay for her weakness

{Chorus: It's the day}
My heart betrays me
{Chorus: It's the day}
Even if I fear the night
{Chorus: It's the day}
To die of jealousy
{Chorus: It's the day}
Is to die of love also

Don't talk to me of honour
It's for love that men die
I will find you Romeo, I will kill you Romeo
And you will know that all men have their hearts torn

The Duel

Mercutio
Tybalt, Tybalt, you are dead
Tybalt, Tybalt, finish laughing
You are not just conceited, no, you are worse
Your soul limps but you believe you run
All, all of you nauseates me
Tybalt, Tybalt, I will kill you

Tybalt
Mercutio, look at you
You have spirit but you have only that
You are only a buffoon, a failed poet
And when I hear your name
I hold my nose. Now it's finished
Finally my patience will be rewarded
Mercutio, I will kill you

Romeo
Stop, you are fools, you don't have the right
In your killing, you kill our ideas and our laws
Stop!

Chorus
Live, we want all to live
Without hating each other, without dying from it
To live and to talk, to respect, and even like each other
Free we are all free to follow, to refuse

Romeo
For those who you love, your mothers, your wives
Forget the hatred, put down your weapons
To live and to drink to chance
Drunk, but not on vengence

Chorus
Live, we want all to live
Without hating each other, without dying from it
To live and to talk, to respect, and even like each other

Romeo
Stop, you are fools, you don't have the right, no
Death waits its hour, await yours
Don't make the mistake, don't make the fault
To live to understand each other, to live and grow old together, oh, oh, oh...

Mercutio
He hates me so much, since so long ago, no, Romeo
His grace is too much, it's like a dog in rage
A coward who belives in his courage

Tybalt
What do you believe, you are not king, no
You are like us, even worse than us
You're now full of love and you piss kindness
You are like the vultures who await weakness
Live, Live it's to fight each other, life isn't a theater

Chorus
Live, we want all to live
Without hating each other, without dying from it
To live and to talk, to respect, and even like each other
Free we are all free to follow, to refuse
Live...

Death of Mercutio

Mercutio
Rom�o

Romeo
Mercutio, you're hurt

Mercutio
No, what can still hurt Mercutio, no?
But life, Rom�o, look, she escapes, she leaves us

Romeo
But you're bleeding!

Mercutio
No, I'm leaving
You were always so clumsy Rom�o
Why did you come between us?
I received the blow under your arm

Romeo
Oh Mercutio, I am so-

Mercutio
Don't be sorry, it's for children to be sorry, and Juliette loves a man, no?

Romeo
Mercutio...

Mercutio
Don't cry, love Juliette, Romeo
Love her with all your soul, with all your strength
She will give you what no woman has ever given me
Love her Romeo, love her

I die, in the dust, but I die, in your arms
Romeo, oh my brother, what will you do without me?
I die for you to live, but you will not live
I pass on the other bank, I will wait for you over there
Continue your war, but continue without me
I die in the dust, but I die like a king
I curse your families, I curse your houses
Romeo, so fragile, you will lose reason
Romeo...Romeo...

Romeo
Mercutio...Mercutio!
Don't leave me!
I beg you Mercutio, don't leave me!
Mercutio, my brother

Who will know one day, how much love you had
God life on earth, is only hell
Oh, oh...Tybalt, Tybalt, Tybalt!

God, life on earth is only hell
Adieu my friend, adieu

The Vengeance

Count Capulet
What is the price?
Who will pay for his life?
What is the fate?
That one gives to those who kill?

Lady Capulet
My son was killed
But you all here you know
That Tybalt before
Has already made blood run

The Prince
The affair is done
But now for it all to stop
I must believe you
I must know

Romeo
I didn't, I swear it to you
Want what happened
Vengence is not my nature
Nevertheless, I avenged him
It's therefore neccessary, to do something
When one sees dying, a brother

You, who you hate so much
How can you judge us
We are all three, your children
It's you alone, who have killed them
We are only mimes
We imitate, your crimes
Oh!

Chorus
What is the price?
Who will pay for his life?
What is the fate?
That one gives to those who kill?

The Prince
The affair is done
But now for it all to stop
I must believe you
I must know

Oh, what is the price

Power

The Prince
To be prince, to be king
To have all powers but no rights
To be prince here
To live under the laws

They envy me but for what?
They say 'him' while speaking of me
They fear me, They believe me
For they are hot, I'm cold
And yet I acknowledge it
I sacrifice all
For to keep on you

The power, the power, the power
Some are rich, some are beautiful
The mind never rests
They accept everything from gods
Some are certain to be happy
Some are evil in hell
The wind who blew on the seas
I don't know on earth

The lightest pain
What a big pleasure to have
Between their hands the power
It's better than gold, than ivory
When the world is his mirror
The power, the power

The power, one savours it
It's even stronger than love
Even softer than the velvet
Of the women who court me
The power, it's joy
And I enjoy their confidence
And when I give my seed
It's to history that I think
The power, it's fantastic
I am a man but public
In this world where all is bought
I am the only who can lend
In this world where all is sold
They give to me, or else I take
Among dwarves, I am the giant
And I lie, I lie, I lie

The power, ah! my friends
If you only knew the price
It's death who smiles at you
Eternity in one life
Virtue versus vice
It's the father who speaks to the son
I command, they obey
The power, that merits
One takes it, or one inherits it
And the day where one leaves it
Then one contructs their legend
The power that burns in you
The power that makes you crazy
The power, one is nailed there
And when it abandons you

One dies,
The power, the power, the power...
The power

Duet of Despair

The Nurse
The things are never, how one would like them to be
Juliette now you know, what I already knew
And you cry, you cry, my daughter, my sister
I feel your pain

God, men, are cruel
Men, are sure of themselves
Oh! God, men, are cruel
What do we have to do
To win your grace?
God, you who put us on earth
Why force us to conceal ourselves?
And watch the death of men

Frere Laurent
The prince, by chasing you out
Saved you, you know
They claimed your blood
The blood of Montague
And you poor, little, lost thing
You, you don't understand anymore

God, men, are cruel
Men, are sure of themselves
Oh! God, men, are cruel
What do we have to do
To win your grace?

Together
God, you who put us on earth
Why force us to conceal ourselves?
And watch the death of men

Chorus
God, men, are cruel
Men, are sure of themselves
Oh! God, men, are cruel
What do we have to do
To win your grace?
God, you who put us on earth
Why force us to conceal ourselves?
And watch the death of men

The Lark's Song

Romeo
Juliette, Juliette
I hear the lark's song
I will be strong but be ready
Juliette, I must go

Juliette
Romeo, Romeo
No, it's that of the nightingale
I feel that I will go mad
Romeo, if you leave

I don't want to
I can't
Live without you

Romeo
To love you, To love you
All of life to love you
May human justice not be so certain
They've never loved to be able to judge us

Juliette
To love you, tomorrow, you will be so far

Romeo and Juliette
To love you, To love you until the end of the night
To sleep in your arms, to die with you
To sleep in your arms, to die with you
To love you

Tomorrow

Count Capulet
Paris, It's decided you will have my daughter
Paris, I give to you my rose, my daffodil
I do it, for her well-being, so she forgets, her sorrow
And her heart, of satin, now belongs to you
Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, I will give you her hand

Lady Capulet
Juliette, you know the love your father has for you
Juliette, but tomorrow your childhood will be dead
He gives your hand to Paris, you will give the world a son
And may God, bless you, he gives you to Paris
Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, he will have, your hand

Count Capulet
Women have no choice

Lady Capulet
Men have all the rights

Count and Lady Capulet
But why do you cry, at least you know
That your hour of bliss is coming

Count Capulet
Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, he will have your hand

Juliette
Nurse, my father wants me to marry Paris

Chorus
Tomorrow...he will have your hand

Juliette
Nurse, why must I obey?

Chorus
Tomorrow...you can do nothing

Juliette
I prefer to kill myself

Chorus
How can you dare?

Juliette
To be obligated to love, this Paris so well born

Chorus
Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow

Juliette
I am already married

Chorus
He will have your hand

The Nurse
Juliette how can you still
Love when your cousin is dead
I beg of you, you must say yes
To this husband, you've been promised

The Nurse & Count Capulet
Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, he will have your hand

Chorus
Tomorrow, he will have your hand, he will have your hand

Juliette
I don't want, let me

Chorus
It's your father you must do as he tells you

Juliette
Call if off, out of pity, no!

Chorus
Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, he will have your hand

To Have a Girl

Count Capulet
To have a girl
A little opal
Eyes that shine
Skin so pale

To have a girl
It's to make a woman
A little virtuoso
Before her scale

To have a girl
A heart of sand
Gift of God
Gift of the devil

To have a girl
It's to commit a crime
Where the guilty is the victim
To have a girl

She is my life, she is my blood
She is the fruit of my 20 years
And I curse all her lovers
She is my life, she is my blood
To have a girl, it's to tremble with fear
That she wears make-up for a liar
To have a girl, it's to never anymore
To treat the women like I did her
To have a girl

I hate the men and their looks
I know their ruses and their victories
And when comes the day when one of them
Will take my girl while calling me 'Sir'
Then that day and for ever
I will close with double locks
My heart and I will become deaf
To have a girl it's to continue to hope
And believe still that when comes the day of my death
She will bear all at the bottom of her heart
This spark of this or that which in it's turn
And for love comes to cry the heart so heavy

To have a girl
A little opal
Of eyes shining
Skin so pale

To have a girl
It's to make a crime
Where the guilty is the victim
To have a girl
To have a girl

Why

Juliette
I remember his kisses
His looks when he watched me playing
Ah, the eyes of my father
Mine sought my mother
I remember it all
I remember it all

I remember those black nights
His fresh hand on my face after a nightmare
If you had, like me
A father like this one
One remembers it all
One remembers it all

Why? Why?
Life gives then she takes
Why? Why?
Why my father doesn't understand, why

I remember his poems
No man in the world could write me the same
Do I love my father less
By seeking to love another man?
I remember it all
I remember it all

Why, why
Life gives than she takes
Why, why
Why doesn't my father understand
Why, why in giving us life
The best of parents forget
Some day, we will move far from them
What once was three will be two

Why, why
Life gives then she takes
Why, why
Why doesn't my father understand, why
Why...

Without Her

Romeo
Of shade, she, has no need
Near her, all is a garden
The blue of her sky
It's not make up
The glow of her neck
Doesn't need jewels
When with her
It's like in church
When anyone calls
I will not answer
When I am in her arms
I forget that you are here

For her, I have left all
For her, oh, I have even killed
I am in a cage
As a bird too wise
Now, I'm angry
One has banished me, damaged me
And tonight I cry
Love is not a crime
It's you the cruel
Who believe us victims
Open your eyes, open your heart
To love them it's to steal misfortune

And I trail in the streets of Mantua
And I feel that I am becoming, crazy, without her

Of shade, she, has no need
Near her, all is a garden
The blue of her sky
It's not make up
The glow of her neck
Nothing must with jewels
When I am with her
It's like in church
When anyone calls
I will not answer
When I am in her arms
I forget that you are here
Oh...

The Poison

Juliette
Where do the
Where do the dreams of lovers go?
Their words, their fever
I return, I await you

May God guide us
I kill myself

Romeo why must it be
That they make
Our story
A comedy, a farce

May God guide us
I kill myself

Romeo it is neccessary for us to play this game
So we don't die
I must die a little
This poison here saves us
I will return at dawn

Chorus
Where do the
Where do the dreams of lovers go
Their words, their fever
I return, I await you
May God guide them

How Do I Tell Him?

Benvolio
Me, who isn't important
Who is only his childhood friend
Who only loves women and dancing
It's over...

We were yesterday still
So far, so far from death
She is fallen on the village
Like a spider weaving its thread

We were the kings of the world
Yes but our wounds are too deep
And even if tomorrow time stops
That will not revive Juliette
And it's me...
Who has to tell him that

How do I tell him? How do I tell him?
That the worst has happened
How do I tell him?
That the women he loves has killed herself
That the bliss is passed
That his childhood is over
That he only has one friend remaining
How do I tell him, that he'll suffer?
How do I tell him?

Me who has always lived
Without my parents on the street
When one loses a friend
One becomes, orphaned

When Mercutio sang to us that life is beautiful
Me I believed it
Mercutio will sing no more
And me now all alone, lost

We were the kings of the world
Yes but our wounds are too deep
And even if tomorrow some regret
That will not revive Juliette
And it's me...
Who has to tell him

How do I tell him? How do I tell him?
That the worst has happened, how do I tell him?
That the women he loves is dead
And in leaving she carries
Half of his love
She takes all of always

How do I tell him that he'll suffer, how do I tell him?
That the bliss is passed
That his childhood is over
That only one friend remains

Romeo's Death

Romeo
What have you done to her, to make her go away?
What have you done to her, which battle
Did you win, by separating us?
What have you done to her, that she chooses
To die far from me
Without me being able to hold her in my arms?
What have you done to make her leave me
The weight of your regrets, my sadness?

It's over, I leave
I wanted to know life, now I know
I am so tired
I don't want any more than to
Simply lie myself down and to take her hand
To hold her in my heart, to forget my pain

It's over, I leave
I wanted to know life, now I know
The honey of her kisses
The pain in her eyes
I will carry them
And give them to God
Adieu my Juliette
It's eternity which awaits us

It's over, I leave
Finally to lapse my memory to find peace
I am so tired
I don't want to know any more
Simply to lie myself down
To cross the mirror
To find my Juliette for eternity
She awaits us...

Juliette's Death

Juliette
Why should I stay and grow old
In this world where you are not
Is there a right to choose?
When the one who you love killed himself for you
I do not seek to understand us
I do not seek anymore of us
Burning of love leaves you in ashes
But remain hiddin with the cold of you
Me, I die of love
Me, I die of love

Romeo, Romeo
Life without you is only a word
Romeo, I love you too much
So that tonight the day will lie down
Without the taste of you on my mouth
Romeo, Romeo
I arrive await me on high
Romeo I love you too much
So that tomorrow the day will awake
Without the taste of you on my lips

Perhaps you have pain
Me, I have had so much for you
I leave you with your hate
But leave me to go far from you
Me, I die of love
Me, I die of love

I Don't Know

Frere Laurent

I don't know anymore, I don't know anymore
If I believe in man or if I don't
If God is still in my life
Oh, I don't know anymore, I am lost

For you I have left all
I gave you my soul
For you I renounced
The tender carresses of women
I believed in your kindness
But I have lost mine
I cannot love anymore
All these men filled with hate
And I envy the apostles, I envy all those who believe
I am a man like any other
Who softly drowns
And loses faith

I don't know anymore, I don't know anymore
What it is that you wanted
That men love each other and then kill each other?
Oh, I don't know anymore, I am lost

For you I have pardonned
For you I have done good
For you I have heard their secrets but mine
A little more each day
Becoming more and more heavy
I cry but you are deaf
I have lost my love
Oh, God it's my prayer
It's worth that of my brothers
I am a man like them
On my knees infront of God
And I am unhappy

However I remember
Before I blaspheme
I could say I love you to who I met
Life was easy
It was enough to love
But the ink of the gospels
In my heart has dried
You who know all on everything
Hear the voice of a man
Who tells you on his knees
That he is becoming mad

....I don't know anymore, I am lost
I don't know anymore, no, I don't know anymore
What it is that you wanted
That men love each other and then kill each other?
Oh, I don't know anymore, I am lost

I believe in man or if I don't
If God is still in my life
Oh, I don't know anymore, I am lost
I don't know anymore, no!....

Guilty

Lady Montaigu
Our lives are nothing more
Than lost boats
Why live still
When our children are dead?
And may God and men
See what we are

Lady Capulet
Their souls of crystal
Pardon us for the bad
That our gods in anger
Have let us make them
And may they rest in peace
And may they love forever

Lady Montaigu
One judges us, one blames us
Them in paradise, us in flames
It's here that 'Romeo and Juliette' is finished

Lady Capulet, Lady Montaigu and the Nurse
One judges us, one blames us
Them in paradise, us in flames
It's here that 'Romeo and Juliette' ends

The Company
Guilty, Guilty
The entire world will judges us
Guilty

The Nurse
To love

The Company
Guilty

The Nurse
It's the most beautiful thing

The Company
The entire world

Benvolio
It's to remain living

The Company
Will judge us
Guilty

Count Capulet
It's to rise so high

The Company
The entire world

Frere Laurent
To love

The Company
Will judge us
Guilty
To love it's to rise so high
Guilty
It's the most beautiful thing
The entire world
Will judge us
To love

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