Finale lyrics

(San Francisco version:)

Lestat:
Before today, this body bore the burden of its kind.
The quest to learn why I was made,
The endless search for signs.
Through all my rage and tender stages,
Through decades drenched in blood,
The source of our existence came between the ones I love.
Strange to say, but I still love much of this human world.
And though I have no mortal life
There's much there to observe.
And if condemned to loneliness and a loveless future now,
It's my intent to find new strength and blend into the crowd.
I'll never make another to satisfy desire.
Playing God for family only orchestrates the fire.
I know to kill the innocent is wrong!
And from the dead a new awakening comes.

Marius: (spoken)
So you still wish to go on?

Lestat: (spoken)
'I do. Those I love are gone, I have the least reason than I ever have and the most desire. I am curious. I want to see how it all unfolds. I'll applaude and I will weep.
Marius: (spoken)
Oh, yes! It is time.

Lestat: (spoken)
Time?

Marius: (spoken)
Come, I will take you down.

Lestat: (spoken):
Down?

Marius: (spoken)
Don't be afraid. It's very unlike you.

Lestat: (spoken)
Akasha! And Enkil! They're still alive!

Marius:
Their blood flows in all of us. Through them, we are connected to all of our kind, even those who have passed from the Earth.

Akasha: (spoken)
Lestat!

Gabrielle:
Together, you and I, my son have watched two world's collide and found the joy in knowing what it means to touch the other side.

Claudia's ghost:
The angels came in Heaven's name and swept my ashes up.

Armand:
The pulse of love within my life was never quite enough.

Louis:
The contant fight within me to be one of our kind.

Nicolas:
The miracle of music broke through my troubled mind.

Gabrielle, Claudia, Armand, Louis and Nicolas:
The light is gone, we've wandered from the sun
And from the dead, this new awakening comes.

Lestat:
And from the dead I feel a strength I've never known.
A thrill that fills my heart, helping me to stand alone.
And from the dead, their ancient eyes watch over me,
It seems from death this tortured heart is finally free.

I no longer see the Dark Gift as a bleak, eternal curse.
The family I've created still populate the Earth.
And some remain with God forever young.
And from the dead a new beginning comes.

All:
And from the dead we feel a strength we've never known.
A thrill that fills our hearts, helping us to stand alone.
And from the dead the ancient ones help us believe.
It seems from death's green roots there comes our family tree.

And from the dead, there comes a healing and a hope.
Like music on the wind, the perfect pitching of a note.
And from the dead, the cold pale moon begins to bleed.
It seems from death our tortured hearts are finally free.

Lestat:
It seems from death I sense this night was made for me.

(New York version - Marius Ending)

Lestat: (spoken)
So God, it’s come to this?
Every bit of me is broken!
My body, my mind, my heart!
What more do you want from me?
What? I didn’t ask for this!
And you allowed it to happen!
You allowed me to become this creature of the dark!
What do you want me to say?
That I accept what I am?
I accept! I am evil!
And I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.
Forgive me, Nicolas.
Forgive me, Louis.
Forgive me, Claudia.
Forgive me, Gabrielle, mother.
I am alone. But that is how it must be.
I see that now, God.
I finally see.
(sung)
I’m tired, I’ve been torn.
Cruel light of dawn
Comes now to claim back my soul.
Take me away.
Carry me back to your home.

Marius: (spoken)
Get up, Lestat.

Lestat: (spoken)
I can’t my legs are shattered.

Marius: (spoken)
Do you see that crimson glow over there?
I would get up.

Lestat: (spoken)
I can’t!

Marius: (spoken)
Lestat!
Get up, son.

Lestat: (spoken)
I am the vampire Lestat. And I will live forever.

(New York Version - Gabrielle Ending)

Lestat:
I'm tired. I am torn.
The cruel light of dawn
Comes now to claim back my soul.
Take me away.
Carry me back to Your home.

Gabrielle:
Rise up my boy.
The night is ours.
Eternity, and all the things we've missed
Could be ours to share forever
Bound together by the crimson kiss.

My son so dear!
The world's out there!

Lestat & Gabrielle:
Destiny calls!
And we should not resist!
For you and I have memories
Bound together by the crimson kiss!