Lyrics: Paul Gordon/John Caird
Music: Paul Gordon
Jane:
Sir, I have come back to you
Content, (Rochester: Great god...)
ready to stand here by your side (Rochester: Is it Jane?)
As you see fit ––
As your friend
Or as your bride (Rochester: My living Jane!)
Sir, you are my second self
And I will be your hands, I'll be your eyes
I am here
With my heart (Rochester: I can't see)
Rochester: But I can feel how I've loved you every day & Jane: How I've loved you stronger every day
Jane: How I've lived without your touch
Rochester: How I've struggled to survive
Both: Only god above can say.
Rochester: Am I hideous, Jane?
Jane: Very, sir... you always were, you know.
Rochester: I see the wickedness is still within you. But is it really you, Jane? Are you come back to me?
Jane: I am!
Rochester: And you are not dead in some ditch, or an outcast among strangers?
Jane: No, sir! I am an independent woman now!
Rochester: An independent woman?
Jane: My aunt has died and left me her fortune
Rochester:
Then you possess more wealth than I––what could I possibly offer you?
I am no better than the old chestnut
Struck down by lightning, its life cleft in two
For why should you marry
A blind man, a cripple
Tell me, Jane, what right do I have to you?
I prayed in the name of god
Don't let Jane suffer, don't let her die
For three days, in my despair
I cried to heaven: Where is Jane Eyre?
Then, from my lips came a voice, came a name
I cried "Jane" from the depths
I called out, I cried "Jane"
Rochester & Jane:
And I don't know what happened
But I thought I heard you...
Jane:
Did you speak these words out loud?
Rochester:
I did. If anyone was listening, he would have thought me mad... I called out with such frantic energy.
Jane:
And this was last Monday evening, just after sunset?
Rochester:
Yes, but what followed is the strangest point. Where the voice came from, I cannot tell, but I know whose voice it was. And the voice replied...
Jane:
Edward? Where are you? Wait for me!
Rochester:
Yes, yes... But how could you know that?
Jane:
The secrets of your heart
Are like the secrets of the house
They have finally been revealed
Rochester:
There is no more to hide
I have looked death in the face
And though a part of me has died
Both:
I will never lose faith
I will never lose heart
For you have restored my trust
And I know you're afraid
I'm as scared as you are
But willing to be brave
Brave enough for love
Rochester: Now I have your hand
Jane:
Touching mine with all its might
Holding on for precious life
Rochester:
The purifying flame
Has washed us clean of all our fears
Both:
It was a miracle of god
I will never lose faith
I will never lose heart
For you have restored my trust
And I know you're afraid
I'm as scared as you are
But willing to be brave
Brave enough for love
And when I heard your voice beyond the sky
I knew it was a sign from god above
One I could not deny
Jane:
So, gentle audience, I married him. No woman was ever nearer to her mate than I am, ever more absolutely bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh.
Rochester:
The secret of the flame
Is that there is no more to hide
It cures our blindness and our pride
Both:
And we'll never lose faith
We will never lose heart
For you have restored my trust
And I know you're afraid
I'm as scared as you are
But willing to be brave
Brave enough for love
Jane:
Edward continued blind the first two years of our marriage. Then, slowly, the sight in one eye began to return to him.
And when our firstborn was placed into his arms, he could see that the boy had inherited his own eyes, as they once were—large, brilliant and black. On this occasion, we acknowledged with full hearts, that God had tempered judgment with mercy.
Rochester:
I will never lose faith
I will never lose heart
For you have restored my trust
Jane:
And I know you're afraid
I'm as scared as you are...
BOTH
But willing to be brave
Brave enough for love
ROCHESTER, JANE AND ENSEMBLE
I will never lose faith
I will never lose heart
For you have restored my trust
And I know you're afraid
I'm as scared as you are
But willing to be brave
Brave enough for love!
I will never lose faith
I will never lose heart
For you have restored my trust
And I know you're afraid
I'm as scared as you are
But willing to be brave
JANE
Brave enough for love!
ALL
Brave enough for love