So many times out there
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

(Confiteor deō omnipotentī)
(Beatae Mariae, semper virginī)
(Beatō Michaelī archangelō)
(Sanctīs apostolīs, omnibus sanctīs)

Beata Maria, you know I am a righteous man
Of my virtue I am justly proud (Et tibi, Pater)
Beata Maria, you know I′m so much purer than
The common, vulgar, weak, licentious crowd (Quia peccāvī nimis)

Then tell me, Maria, why I see her dancing there
Why her smoldering eyes still scorch my soul (Cōgitātiōne)
I feel her, I see her
The sun caught in her raven hair
Is blazing in me out of all control (Verbō et opere)

Like fire, hellfire
This fire in my skin
This burning desire
Is turning me to sin

It′s not my fault (Mea culpa)
I'm not to blame (Mea culpa)
It is the gypsy girl
The witch who sent this flame (Mea maxima culpa)
It′s not my fault (Mea culpa)
If in God's plan (Mea culpa)
He made the devil so much
Stronger than a man (Mea maxima culpa)

Protect me, Maria
Don′t let this siren cast her spell
Don't let her fire sear my flesh and bone
Destroy Esmeralda
And let her taste the fires of hell
Or else let her be mine and mine alone

Minister Frollo, the gypsy has escaped.
(What?) She′s nowhere in the cathedral. She's gone.
But how, and—?
Never mind. Get out, you idiot.
I'll find her. I′ll find her if I have to burn down all of Paris!

Hellfire, dark fire
Now gypsy, it′s your turn
Choose me or your pyre
Be mine or you will burn

(Κύριε, ἐλέησον) God, have mercy on her
(Κύριε, ἐλέησον) God, have mercy on me
(Κύριε, ἐλέησον) But she will be mine
Or she will burn!

Writer(s): Stephen Laurence Schwartz, Alan Irwin Menken<br>Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com