Hlose. In the spring of 1117. My heart is yearning to sing. For in the convent of 1116. I never knew such a spring. With him I will fly like a song-bird.
Hlose. Teach me. Teach me to sing. Show me the key. To play my truth. Teach me to dance. From earth to sky. Teach me to fly. As high as you. . Choir. Teach me.
Abelard. For every song I sing, for every melody I write. You bring the words, you make them rhyme. You hold the beat and wake the time. Hlose. I yearn to sing your songs.
Chorale. Now in the end is a beginning. Now in the end is a reckoning. Now in the end is a beginning. . Guibert. Fly through the rage. The desperate rage of the heart.
Archbishop. Peter Abelard, your books are to be burned wherever they are. found, and you are to be sentenced to perpetual silence.. Prepare the fires!.
Hlose. Now and always. Together we'll be. We'll turn space upside down. Call time a clown. Live faithful and free. Now, now and always. Now. . Abelard.
Abelard. Look to yourself. The truth is within you. The truth is around you. Look to yourself. Trust in yourself. Let no power frighten you. Let reason enlighten you.
Hlose. How do the blossoms know it's spring?. Who tells the bud that it's a rose?. How does the blue finch learn to sing?. How does a girl become a woman?.
Hlose. Such a cold, unyielding fear. Why does the wind call out my name. Swirling storms that move in circles. Setting skies aflame. . Choral. Fulbert, Fulbert.
You're my everything. the sun that shines above you. makes the blue birds sing. the stars that twinkle way up in the sky. tell me I'm in love. . When I kiss your lips.
Crowd. Abelard! Abelard! Abelard!. . William. Just look at all these trappings, flags, lanterns. When will these. unbridled revels end?. Lotulfe. Didn't you hear the news?.
Abelard. I fly where the winds kiss the blue sky. To find places scented and lush. I whisper my dreams to the noon thrush. And never let sweet freedom die.
Abelard. When the day is dark and empty. When the pouting sun has gone astray. I seek out what's deep inside me. To find that fire that lights my way.
Abelard. I've known your faithful love throughout the years. I've seen you take my part through joy and tears. Stay with me now, dear one or I shall fall.
Abelard. I've seen the troubled look within your eyes. I've heard the worried sighs behind the smiles. We knew the risks right from the start. What could we do but choose the heart?.
And as the circus came to town,. I'd sit and watch the clown spinning round and round in circles. . And as a circle never ends, neither does my love for you,.
Abelard. Do I hold you?. Do I ask you to go?. Do I touch you?. If I dare what I mean. Would I frighten you?. Would I make a scene. And cause you to turn away?.
Chorale. We represent all of mankind. Come with us, we'll stroke your mind. Forget the sadness of your fate. The strain upon your brain. And celebrate.
Cantabile. Ashes to ashes and dust to dust. Ashes to ashes and dust to dust. Ashes to ashes and dust to dust. So be careful whom you trust.
Guibert. It's a servant's duty to know everything. How else could they help out?. How else could they help out?. . Blanche. I would never stoop to look through keyholes, no.