Lyrics for "The Count of Monte Cristo (Musical)": "I Will Be There"; "All This Time"; "The Man I Used To Be"

So yeah, I just recently discovered a musical version of Alexandre Dumas' famous novel "The Count of Monte Cristo" (which I've been trying to read for ages) and it was awesome, and by awesome I mean SUPER AWESOME!! \o/

The songs are composed by the great Frank Wildhorn (known for great musicals who didn't make much appeal to Broadway critics like Jekyll and Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and Bonnie and Clyde) with lyrics by Jack Murphy... so yeah, there's no doubting how great these songs were...

Anyways, I decided to make this post because I already searched the internet looking for the lyrics of the songs, but sadly there are only a few...

BTW, I wrote the lyrics for I Will Be There, All This Time and The Man I Used To Be. There are videos at the end of the lyrics if you're unfamiliar with the song. If I feel like it, I would post the other song lyrics some other time :)

P.S. Writing the lyrics via listening is a pain in the a*s, but I managed to make it through. There are some parts in my lyrics that I thought were vague, marked with (*). If you saw an incorrect word or phrase in the lyrics, just put your comments and I will think it through :)

I WILL BE THERE

EDMOND:

In the light that falls at moonrise

In the rhythm of the rain

In the miracle of ordinary days

In the hush of night I will be in the whispers of lover

Everywhere, you will find me there

In the rustle of a curtain

In the bustle of the world 

In a thousand little unexpected ways

When you lift your gaze I will be like the shimmer of one small star

Out there, shining everywhere

I will be there beside you through the lonely nights that fall

So close your eyes, remember my embrace

I will be there like mercy, I will find you through it all

This do I swear, I will be there

MERCEDES:

In a language never spoken

Live the promises we've made

In the endless love that owned me heart and soul

In the certainty I will always be true and as near

As my next prayer, you will find me there

In the echo of the ocean

In the hunting of the wind

In mysterious extraordinary ways

Through the darkest sky I will be like the shimmer of one small star

Out there, shining everywhere

I will be there beside you through the lonely nights that fall

So close your eyes, remember my embrace

I will be there like freedom; I will find you through it all

This do I swear, I will be there

In the harbor quarter

EDMOND:

In the stone and mortar

BOTH:

In the star that we both share

MERCEDES:

In the sound of laughter

EDMOND:

Now and ever after

BOTH:

Look for me, I will be there

I will be there beside you through the lonely nights that fall

So close your eyes

EDMOND:

Remember my embrace

I will be there

MERCEDES:

Remember my embrace

We'll be there 

BOTH:

like justice; I will find you through it all

EDMOND:

This do I swear, I will be there

MERCEDES:

This do I swear, I will be there

BOTH:

This do I swear, I will be there

Arguably the most wonderful song in the show; this beautiful duet is sung by the leads Edmond Dantes and Mercedes upon reminiscing each other. Very wonderful!

ALL THIS TIME

Can a sky be so indifferent

Can what once was true be true no more

Can this life be an illusion

Just an illusion my broken heart can't ignore?

He was gone but not forgotten

In each ocean breeze, he lived again

Can his heart, distant and clever

Be lost forever, be lost forever?

When all this time

All these years

All those nights

Of looking for the star we share

Remembering all of our plans and dreams

Now it seems

It's me that's been a fool for all this time

Tell me no

Say that it's all a lie

And let me go

Back to the *hope I yearn--

For all this time

All these years

All those nights

Of looking for the star we share

Remembering our love's first kiss

But more than this

Give me what's been mine for all this time!

This song is sung by Brandi Burkhardt (at the Concept Album) on the role of Mercedes, the prima donna of the show. One of my favorites :). BTW, you should check Brandi on Google, she's gorgeous ;)

*(hope) I'm pretty sure she said hope, but "home" makes much more sense

THE MAN I USED TO BE

I've seen a thousand wonders

I've lived a hundred lifetimes

But not until this moment

Have miracles seemed real

As fleeting as a shadow

The time goes by unnoticed

The hate that drove me forward

Is gone and I am face to face with...

The man I used to be

Dreams I dared to dream

When love was all

The innocence of youth

Like memories of truth return

To learn forgiveness

The man I used to be

Cannot be outrun

*Our past still lives

Whatever else I've done

Forever in his eyes, he'll see

The man that I used to be

And all the years will melt away

And lights will fall much softer now

For all the pain is gone

Hope is what moves on

I will be there

As near as her next prayer

As merciful as sweet redemption

Once blind, now I see

Once a slave and free

Give me a star

To home would guide my heart

To resurrect *a part of me

The man who I used to be

This one is sung by Thomas Borchert, who is a talented and renowned performer at Germany, in the eponymous role of The Count of Monte Cristo. I like this one because it has a dark and melancholic tune in it.

*(upon a be) Okay, this line doesn't make sense at all, but it's the closest one that I could figure