JE T’AIME, AU-DELÀ — Beyond Goodbye —

[Intro — Female / Whisper] Female: There was a time I thought forever Meant never letting go But some stars burn Not to stay Only to show us Where to go Male, distant: I still see you… Female: I know. ⸻ [Verse 1 — Male] Male: I kept your name Inside the silence Like a prayer I couldn’t lose Every road Every stranger Still carried something back to you If I could turn The hands of time I’d find you before goodbye Female, softly: But we would still become Who we are tonight ⸻ [Verse 2 — Female] Female: I loved you more Than I knew how I almost disappeared Trying to hold A dying season Trying to keep you near But love should never Ask a heart To vanish just to stay Male: Then was I wrong To love you anyway? Female: No… You were never wrong To love me. ⸻ [Pre-Chorus — Call & Response] Male: If I call your name— Female: I’ll hear you in the rain Male: If I reach for you— Female: I’ll remember your hands Male: If another morning comes— Female: Then promise me you’ll rise Male: Without you? Female: Not without me… With everything We were. ⸻ [Chorus — Duet] Female: Je t’aime But I won’t ask you to stay Male: Je t’aime Though you’re walking away Female: Take the light we made together Male: Take my love beyond forever Both: If our roads can never meet again Let them lead us toward the sun Love was never wasted Love was never wrong We were real We were here We were one ⸻ [Orchestral Interlude] (Strings rise. Piano answers. Distant choir enters.) ⸻ [Bridge — Vocal Duel] Male: I don’t want another ending! Female: Then don’t call this the end! Male: What am I supposed to do With all the love that’s left? Female: Live! Male: Without you?! Female: LIVE! Take every broken piece of us And build another sky! Male: And if I still love you? Female: Then love me— From the other side of goodbye. ⸻ [Final Chorus — Full Orchestra / Harmony] Male: Je t’aime! Female: Je t’aime! Male: Même si tu pars— Female: Même si je pars— Male: I will carry you! Female: I will carry you! Both — Harmony: Not as a wound Not as a chain But as the fire That survived the rain Je t’aime Au-delà de nous Je t’aime Au-delà de tout And when tomorrow Calls our names Female: Go… Male: Go… Both: GO INTO THE LIGHT! ⸻ [Finale — Vocalise / Full Orchestra] Female: Je t’aime… Male, softly: Je t’aime… Both: La la la la la— La la la la la—aaah… Female — soaring: Aaaah—aaaaah—! Male — rising counter-melody: Ooooh—aaaaah—! Both / Choir: La-la-la-la-laaaa— Aaaaaah——! (Orchestra reaches full height, then suddenly falls away.) Female, whisper: Live. Male, distant: I will. (Piano. One final note.)