Les Misérables (musical film) - ABC Café/Red and Black

ENJOLRAS
The time is near
So near it's stirring the blood in their veins!
And yet beware
Don't let the wine go to your brains!

We need a sign
To rally the people
To call them to arms
To bring them in line!

JOLY
Marius, wake up
What's wrong with you today?
You look as if you've seen a ghost

GRANTAIRE
Some wine and say what's going on!

MARIUS
A ghost you say, a ghost maybe
She was just like a ghost to me
One minute there, then she was gone!

GRANTAIRE
I am agog!
I am aghast!
Is Marius in love at last?
I've never heard him `ooh' and `aah'
You talk of battles to be won
And here he comes like Don Ju-an
It's better than an o-per-a!

ENJOLRAS
It is time for us all
To decide who we are
Do we fight for the right
To a night at the opera now?
Have you asked of yourselves
What's the price you might pay?
Is this simply a game
For a rich young boy to play?
The colours of the world
Are changing day by day

Red - the blood of angry men!
Black - the dark of ages past!
Red - a world about to dawn!
Black - the night that ends at last!

MARIUS
Had you seen her today
You might know how it feels
To be struck to the bone
In a moment of breathless delight

Had you been there tonight
You might also have known
How the world may be changed
In just one burst of light

And what was right seems wrong
And what was wrong seems right

GRANTAIRE
Red

MARIUS
I feel my soul on fire!

GRANTAIRE
Black

MARIUS
My world if she's not there!

ALL
Red

MARIUS
The colour of desire!

ALL
Black...

MARIUS
The color of despair!

ENJOLRAS
Marius, you're no longer a child
I do not doubt you mean it well
But now there is a higher call

Who cares about your lonely soul?
We strive toward a larger goal
Our little lives don't count at all!

ALL
Red - the blood of angry men!
Black - the dark of ages past!
Red - a world about to dawn!
Black - the night that ends at last!

GAVROCHE
General Lamarque is dead

ENJOLRAS
Lamarque! His death is the hour of fate.
The people's man.
His death is the sign we await!

On his funeral day they will honor his name.
With the light of rebellion ablaze in their eyes
From the light of their candles we will kindle the flame
On the tomb of Lamarque shall our barricade rise
The time is near!
Let us welcome it gladly with courage and cheer
Let us take to the streets with no doubt in our hearts
But a jubilant shout
They will come one and all

ALL
They will come when we call!