QUASIMODO

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 stands so bright
I swear it must be heaven's light

PRIESTS

Confiteor Deo Omnipotenti           (I confess to God Almighty)
Beatae Mariae semper Virgini        (To Blessed Mary ever virgin)
Beato Michaeli archangelo           (To the blessed Archangel Michael)
Sanctis apostolis omnibus sanctis   (To the holy apostles, to all the saints.)

FROLLO

Beata Maria
You know I am a righteous man
Of my virtue I am justly proud

PRIESTS

Et tibi Pater   (And to you, Father)

FROLLO

Beata Maria
You know I'm so much
purer than
The common, vulgar,
weak, licentious crowd.

PRIESTS

Quia peccavi nimis   (That I have sinned)

FROLLO

Then tell me, Maria
Why I see her
dancing there
Why her smold'ring
eyes still scorch my soul

PRIESTS

Cogitatione   (In thought)

FROLLO

I feel her, I see her
The sun caught in
her raven hair
is blazing in me out
of all control

PRIESTS

Verbo et opere   (In word and deed)

FROLLO

Like fire
Hellfire
This fire in my skin
This burning
Desire
Is turning me to sin
                                              PRIESTS:
It's not my fault                   Mea culpa          (Through my fault)
I'm not to blame                    Mea culpa          (Through my fault)
It is the gypsy girl                Mea maxima culpa
The witch who sent this flame              (Through my most grievous fault)
It's not my fault                   Mea culpa          (Through my fault)
If in God's plan                    Mea culpa          (Through my fault)
He made the devil so much           Mea maxima culpa
stronger than a man                        (Through my most grievous fault)

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

Hellfire
Dark fire
Now gypsy, it's your turn
Choose me or
Your pyre
Be mine or you will burn

God have mercy on her
God have mercy on me

But she will be mine 
or she will burn!