Saturday, March 10, 2007
@1:56 AM
Argh im into phantom of the opera again! tnx alot ck..haha
Somehow it brings back lots of memories of my sec4 years. But its so different altogether..it seemed that ive understood the brilliant masterpiece much much deeper this time round. For instance, 'masquerade', albeit how exultant and celebratory it appears to be, actually mocks man's hypocrisy and sanctimony. Wah i was totally owned when ck explained it to me la. The movie's rendition of this deceitful piece features people with faces hidden behind fanciful masks dancing and making merry in the grand hall 0f the theartre the phantom haunts. Apparently everyone was celebrating , in blithe,a prosperous new year and the absence of the phantom for the past 3 months. I really took everything at face-value the first time i watched the show..and back then i actually thought his was the dumbest song in the whole musical. I was the dumb one haha
Here's how the wonderfully crafted lyrics of the song go:
Masquerade!
Paper faces on parade . . .
Masquerade!
Hide your face, so the world willnever find you!
Masquerade!
very face a different shade . . .
Masquerade!
Look around -there's anothermask behind you!Flash of mauve . . .
Splash of puce . . .
Fool and king . . .
Ghoul and goose . . .
Green and black . . .
Queen and priest . . .
Trace of rouge . . .
Face of beast . . .
Faces . . .
Take your turn, take a rideon the merry-go-round . . .
in an inhuman race . . .
Eye of gold . . .
Thigh of blue . . .
True is false . . .
Who is who . . .?
Curl of lip . . .
Swirl of gown . . .
Ace of hearts . . .
Face of clown . . .
Faces . . .
Drink it in, drink it up,till you've drowned in the light . . .
in the sound . . .
Masquerade!
Grinning yellows,spinning reds . . .
Masquerade!
Take your fill -let the spectacle astound you!
Masquerade!
Burning glances,turning heads . . .
Masquerade!
Stop and stare at the sea of smiles around you!
Masquerade!
Seething shadows breathing lies . . .
Masquerade!
You can fool any friend whoever knew you!
Masquerade!
Leering satyrs, peering eyes . . .
Masquerade!
Run and hide -but a face will still pursue you!
It's really owning..this piece. It flawlessly potrays our vulnerability to the insidious intentions masked behind kind and deceitful facades the people around us put on. Inevitably, we ourselves, in a struggle to not lose out, put on facades of our own to present a similarly beguiling image of ourselves. That's why the world is so "colourful", that's why itz a masquerade of exaggerative pretense. Such a poignant notion put across in such a misleadingly mirthful manner...wah ownage.
WAh I was enlightened in lotz of othe ways..perhaps i'll talk more abt them next time..haha music redefined.
Siat LA