QUASIMODO
So many times out here
I've watched a happy pair
Of lovers walking in the night
They had a kind of glow around them
It almost looked like heaven's light
I knew I'd never know
That warm and loving glow
Though I might wish with all my might
No face as hideous as my face
Was ever meant for heaven's light
But suddenly an angel has smiled at me
And kissed my cheek without a trace of fright
I dare to dream that she
Might even care for me
And as I ring these bells tonight
My cold dark tower seems so bright
I swear it must be heaven's light
PRIESTS
Confiteor Deo Omnipotenti (I confess to God almighty)
Beatae Mariae semper Virgini (To blessed Mary ever Virgin)
Beato Michaeli archangelo (To the blessed archangel Michael)
Sanctis apostolis omnibus sanctis (To the holy apostles, to all the saints)
FROLLO
Beata Maria
You know I am a righteous man
Of my virtue I am justly proud
PRIESTS
Et tibit Pater (And to you, Father)
FROLLO
Beata Maria
You know I'm so much purer than
The common, vulgar, weak, licentious crowd
PRIESTS
Quia peccavi nimis (That I have sinned)
FROLLO
Then tell me, Maria
Why I see her dancing there
Why her smold'ring eyes still scorch my soul
PRIESTS
Cogitatione (In thought)
FROLLO
I feel her, I see her
The sun caught in raven hair
Is blazing in me out of all control
PRIESTS
Verbo et opere (In word and deed)
FROLLO
Like fire
Hellfire
This fire in my skin
This burning
Desire
Is turning me to sin
It's not my faul
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