一直記得從紐約回台灣的前幾天,紐約的友人帶我去欣賞了我最想去,卻一直都沒機會去的欣賞的"The Phantom of the Opera"(歌劇魅影)
當魅影唱起悲傷的歌,當時的我,感動的不知所措,因為那敲痛的是我的記憶,也是所有故事最美的一刻.
The Music of the night

Nighttime sharpens,
Heightens each sensation
Darkness stirs and
wakes imagination…
silently the senses
abandon their defences…

Slowly, gently
night unfurls its splendour…
Grasp it, sense it-
tremulous and tender…
Turn your face away
from the garish light of day,
turn your thoughts away
from cold, unfeeling light-
and listen to
the music of the night…

Close your eyes
and surrender to Your
darkest dreams!
Purge your thoughts
of the life
you know before!
Close your eyes
let your spirit
start to soar!
And you’ll live
as you’ve never
lived before…

Softly deftly,
music shall surround you…
Feel it, hear it,
closing in around you…
Open up your mind,
let your fantasies unwind,
in this darkness which
you know you cannot fight-
the darkness of
the music of the night…

Let your mind
start a journey through a
strange, new world!
Leave all thoughts
of the world
you know before!
Let your soul
Take you where you
long to be!
Only then
can you belong
to me…

Floating, falling,
sweet intoxication!
Touch me, trust me,
savour each sensation!
Let the dream begin,
let your darker side give in
to the power of
the music that I write-
the power of
the music of the night…

You alone
can make my song take flight-
help me make the music of the night…

July 21, 2005
Amopeter