[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! Now whats wrong today? You look as you've seen a ghost.
[Grantaire:] Some wine and say what's going on!
[Marius:] A ghost you say... a ghost may be. 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 \"ahh\".
You talk of battles to be won And here he comes like Don Juan. It is better than an opera!
[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 yourselve What's the price you might pay? Is it simply a game For a rich young boy to play? The colors 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 the moment of breathless delight!
Had you met her today You might also have known How the world can be change 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...
[Chorus:] Red...
[Marius:] The color of desire!
[Chorus:] Black...
[Marius:] The color of despair!
[Enjolras:] Marius, you 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 towards a larger goal. Our little lives don't count at all.
[Chorus:] 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!