Juliet & Romeo (2025) Movie Script
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Oh way, oh way, oh
Oh way, oh way, oh
In the year 1301,
Italy was still only an idea.
Oh way, oh way, oh...
The most powerful families
ruled their cities
as self-governed states.
Oh way, oh way, oh...
As the battle for control raged
between the royals
and the tyrannical new Pope
seeking to seize it all...
Oh way, oh way, oh...
...in fair Verona, the conflict
had already arrived,
with the royals' Prince Escalus
sent to choose
which family to align with
against the Pope's
coming assault.
The Montagues,
with an eldest son and heir
already rebelling against the
future being demanded of him,
or the Capulets,
with a sole daughter
as their only promise
for the future,
called back
from years away at school
for a secret alliance
she couldn't possibly
have expected.
Two families
on a path towards war.
Two star-crossed lovers
caught in the tragedy
that would take their lives.
Oh way, oh...
That was the past
that precedes our tale.
But if these are
to be my final words,
then let them
at least be the truth.
For we all share the guilt
for the real cause
of the death
of these two young hearts,
who accidentally
and far too innocently
simply fell in love.
Seems you've done
what no other could, Friar.
You've brought Capulet
and Montague together.
Yes.
Then let that be my history,
for Romeo of Montague
and Juliet of Capulet,
these are the pages
that will tell
how their story
ended here tonight.
And it shall be so written.
And from your hand,
may history forever read it so,
the tragedy of Juliet
and her Romeo.
Romeo?
Where the hell are thou, Romeo?
How are you?
Uh, cutting it a little
close there, aren't you?
All's well that ends well.
-Uh, no, not usually.
-Oh.
As you should well know, cousin.
-Romeo.
-My friend.
A new one from Dante?
-Thank you, Rodrigo.
-Come on, Romeo.
Something strange
in the water
Come on, take us up.
Something different
in the sky
Even the hottest fire
Can't warm the coldest night
Eyes blinded by the colors
Welcome, gentlemen.
Ears deafened to the sounds
What used to be familiar
Feels so strange to me now
I know I'm meant
for something more
I'd die for what
I'm living for
Even though
I am on my own, yeah
Even though, even though
Nothing is stranger
When the stranger is you
You
Nothing is stranger
When the stranger is you
You
Everything, everything
has changed from
Everything that you knew
Nothing is stranger
When the stranger is you
You.
-Ah-ho, well, finally.
-Mercutio.
Finally, I see some
friendly faces. Brother.
-Come sit.
-It's nice to see you.
What do you say we just
go and get a drink instead?
-Oh, doesn't that sound lovely?
-They look scared.
They don't look scared.
They look a little scared.
Oh, look at the Capulet.
He's like a walking wall.
Brother,
you didn't tell your father
that I was fighting
in your stead, did you?
Thought he'd enjoy the surprise.
No, you didn't.
Come on.
They're just games, Mercutio.
No, they're not.
-Be cool. Be cool.
-Romeo.
Too much of a coward to fight me
yourself, Montague?
Good to see you, too, Tybalt.
Oh, I was so
looking forward to it.
Hey!
-Come on!
-I said, "Be cool."
This is cool!
We're having a great time!
My cloak.
-Lay off, lay off.
-My cloak.
Just remember
his weak left hand.
-For the Capulets.
-Capulets!
-Montagues!
-Montagues!
Come on.
-You see that?
-Yeah!
We're here, my lady.
Lady Juliet.
You're just leaving?
Tell me if it gets interesting.
Romeo.
The fight is back here.
They are beautiful, sir.
And rare.
Works this precious
do not appear often, my lady.
Which you, no doubt,
told your last customer
and will surely tell your next.
Romeo.
Are you okay?
Uh, yeah.
Don't I look okay?
Well, you are under assault.
Yeah, uh,
I'll take care of you later.
-Mm.
-Uh...
Did he really hit you so hard
you've lost all your words?
No, it-it's just, uh,
I don't know you,
and I know everyone.
How can I not know you?
Let me help you.
You dropped your book.
You're not interested
in watching the match?
Two boys swinging their swords
at one another?
I'm okay.
You read Dante Alighieri.
I heard he was writing about
his, uh, exile from the Church.
They, uh, smuggle copies
into our school
whenever they make
their way to France.
-You go to school in France?
-I do.
What are you doing in Verona?
Just visiting?
Oh, was that a question?
No, no, that was an answer
with a clever inflection
at the end, I guess.
You keep it
until you get back to France.
Are either one of you actually
gonna buy something from me?
Sadly, I have no money.
I gave my last gold to the man
who attacked me
with the pillows.
Quite the pair we make, eh?
Two fools without fortune.
-You sure I don't know you?
-Where is she?
-Oh.
-Um, I have to go.
What, now? To where?
Uh, wherever it is
I should be next, I suppose.
An adventure. I like adventures.
I love adventures, too.
It's just,
I-I don't know your name.
Then it's a mystery
and an adventure,
something for each of us.
I'll let you know how it ends.
Herbs to ease your nerves,
young Montague?
You look like
you could use some.
I thought you promised Friar
you'd stop practicing
your dark arts.
Science is neither dark nor art.
It's just nature.
And these are just herbs,
I swear,
but they will make you dream.
Add it to my tab.
Your tab is getting rather full,
Master Montague.
Look at you.
-Juliet.
-Oh.
I've missed you, too, Daddy.
Go and see your mother.
Juliet, all of Verona will now
raise their eyes to you.
Keep running
till I'm out of breath
Away, oh
Keep running
till there's nothing left, no
Nothing is stranger
When the stranger is you
You.
Yeah!
Hey! Hey!
There's to be
an exhibition match.
Blood's what they came for.
And blood's what they've got.
Did you at least win?
Juliet.
Look who's no longer
the little girl
who left us to see the world.
Look who's no longer
the young boy
play-fighting in the stables.
You play-fight
on larger fields now, cousin.
We really did miss you.
Am I to wait until morning?
It's good to be home, isn't it?
Coming, Mother.
So is the new year.
Talk later?
I want to hear everything.
Might a friend join you
in your search
for the bottom of that bottle?
Yeah, what bottle?
This is a house of God.
Did you offer him a drink, then?
A toast?
Yeah, how about to blindness?
Play-fighting
for the prince today?
You think we had a choice?
Montagues and Capulets have been
drawing swords
since before you were born,
but this time it is different.
Maybe.
But nothing I do
will make a difference.
Yeah, are you trying
to fool you or me?
You are the heir to Montague,
and in the end,
this end will be of your making,
whether you like it or not.
And I, for one, would have it
in no better hands than yours.
Oh, you're in a happy mood.
What aren't you telling me?
Well...
I did meet a girl today.
You meet a girl every day.
No, no, no.
Not like this one.
No, it was...
...her smile.
Oh.
You're really back.
I can't believe it's really you.
I thought I'd never
see you again.
It all seems smaller.
Mm, well, I think it was we
who were smaller.
You shouldn't have come back.
I have a thing for you.
I've missed you and envied you,
but I think I smiled
most of all knowing
that you were so far from here.
-Um...
-There's a whole story.
But I mean it, Juliet,
you should have never come back.
And yet...
here I am, so...
...what are you to do with me?
You two look up to no good.
Oh, but it's the only
look I have.
Have you really not been told
why I've been called back?
All will be clear in time.
I'm sure.
Come, let's get you settled.
Tonight.
She seems happy-- Juliet.
Well, she's home, finally.
Why wouldn't she be happy?
This alliance we're making,
is it really necessary
what you're planning?
We've always
held our own before.
Things have never
been this way before.
It's either Rome or the Pope.
What we do here now
is the future of Verona.
Are you well?
-Yes, sir.
-Good man.
I trust you enjoyed the games
tonight, Your Highness?
Not as much as I suspect
you and Lord Capulet
enjoyed presenting them.
I asked for this meeting
to pledge my house to Rome.
An oath of good faith.
Well, should Rome finally choose
to seize Verona for the Crown,
then as all others
across the empire have fallen,
so will you fall with them.
With or without your faith
or your pledge.
Prince who speaks his truth.
Then let me mirror it
with my own,
should Rome
truly cast her eyes on us,
to join a fight
against Pope Boniface.
You'd be well served to have
a loyal representative here.
And you'd be
our loyal law of Verona?
That I would.
Lord Capulet is off
maneuvering,
manipulating, plotting.
With Lord Paris?
As you certainly well knew,
Lord Bernardo.
If Rome's to win this war,
it needs faithful warriors.
Not diplomats.
And yet you couldn't even
marshal your own son
to fight for your side today.
He was raised without
the weight of war.
The next time you see him,
trust me, he'll be different.
You were wrong about him.
He's more primal than proud.
Time will tell.
He's not wrong about
the Capulets and the Montagues.
No, I swear, I swear.
I was visited by a dream,
and that dream was...
...that I won!
Queen ma'am looking lovely
as usual, darling.
You'll clean yourselves up
before entering my house.
Your house? My dear Vesante,
I thought your house
was our home.
Come to be healed, have you?
And you, master of it all,
did we at least win today?
Well...
you'd have to ask the prince.
He's the only audience
who mattered.
And? Did you?
Did you ask the prince?
He seemed busy.
Busy.
Mercutio, are those
for Veronica, then?
Oh, no, this one
is for Veronica.
She just has
to take it off me first.
No, these I have purchased
so that all of you can do
what you like with them.
Now...
one of our members tonight
seems a bit more quiet
than usual.
-Out.
-Out.
And he wasn't at
my exhibition match, either.
-Out!
-Out!
Where were you tonight, brother?
Mm-hmm?
-No.
-Oh, he's in love.
-He's in love!
-No, I'm not...
Yes, he is. Yes, he is.
The smiles are knowing,
and the dimples are growing.
Tell us who she is, brother.
Oh, come on. What's in a name?
Well, more than I care
to share with you.
-What about with me?
-Especially you.
Oh!
Seems like all the more mystery
to solve, then, to me.
And would you rather
stay here and solve his
or come upstairs
and unravel mine?
Ooh.
You fought well today, Mercutio.
Well, as I said,
one of us had to.
Now, this next round...
is on me, everybody!
I see
-Your head in the clouds
-No.
And, baby, I know
how to bring you down
Hey, hey, I'm feeling it now
So lay back and let me
take off your crown
Let down your hair
and blow out the lights
Don't you be scared,
tell me what you like
There's a whole lot
of wrong here
But we get it right,
yeah, we get it right
Yeah, we get it right
Just 'cause
I love you tonight
Don't mean
I'm-a love you tomorrow
I know we're closer tonight
Than we've ever been before
Oh, oh, oh, whoa
I just need a little,
not too much
Can I get a minute
of your touch?
I don't want it all,
I just want enough
Just 'cause
I'm falling tonight
Don't mean
I'm falling in love
Baby, when we're all alone
We do things
I can't do on my own
Don't know
where this will lead
But I know that
there's no guarantee
So come here,
we can blow out the lights
Don't you be scared,
tell me what you like
There's a whole lot
of wrong here
But we get it right,
yeah, we get it right
Yeah, we get it right
Just 'cause
I love you tonight
Don't mean
I'm-a love you tomorrow
And I know
we're closer tonight
Than we've ever been before
Oh, oh, oh, whoa
I just need a little,
not too much
Can I get a minute
of your touch?
I don't want it all,
I just want enough
Just 'cause
I'm falling tonight
Don't mean
I'm falling in love
-Hey!
-Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Whoa, whoa
Whoa
Just 'cause
I love you tonight
Don't mean
I'm-a love you tomorrow
Just 'cause
we're closer tonight
Than we've ever been before
Whoa
I just need a little,
not too much
Can I get a minute
of your touch?
I don't want it all,
I just want enough
Just 'cause
I'm falling tonight
Don't mean, no, oh, oh
Hey, Romeo.
Oh, oh, oh
Just 'cause
I'm falling tonight
Don't mean, no, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Just 'cause
I'm falling tonight
Don't mean
I'm falling in love.
Tell me, dear apothecary,
what did you make of today?
I believe that Rome
and the Church
now cast their eyes
toward our beautiful Verona.
And now I fear that neither
will turn away this time.
You sneak out here every night?
Yeah, well, you got to escape
and see the real world.
Good evening, ladies.
Thank you, sir.
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Warm welcome, Father.
You risked us all today.
You shamed us all.
Don't you get it?
Mighty Rome is coming
for Verona.
And it can have it.
Listen to me.
They choose the Capulets,
and we are done.
Nothing--
there'll be nothing left.
Not just the comfort
of these walls we'll lose.
It's our blood. It's everything.
You will stand with this family
or you'll stand alone, son.
Ooh, ooh, ooh,
ooh, ooh, ooh
In between rhyme and reason
I am caught in the storm
And the heat
of the cross fire
Is all I know
If my blood
is gold and silver
Why do I feel at home
In the rags of my brothers
Down below?
Romeo! Romeo!
Something better
than this has got to be coming
Know that
it's got to be coming
Even if I can't see it
down the road
Something better than this
has got to be coming
And I say, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Let these roads
Take us home
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Let these roads
Take us home
And the streets
that I wander
Let's go.
Don't feel the same no more
'Cause these lives
and this city
I've outgrown
Veronica.
Something better than this
has got to be coming
And I say, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Let these roads
Take us home
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Let these roads
-Let's get you out of here.
-Take us home
And I say, oh
Come on.
Oh, oh, oh
Let these roads take us home
Know that it's got
to be coming
Better than this
has got to be coming.
What? Hey, it's me.
Sorry.
Your lip.
It was your father?
Listen, I know I'm only
your younger cousin,
but I could also be your friend.
You can trust me.
Well, look who blessed our path.
And without his normal entourage
to shield him.
Haven't you had enough fighting
for today, Tybalt?
Oh, not enough to keep me
from you, Montague.
Come, let us play that match
you hid from today
and prove which family
should be left standing.
I had no reason
to fight you then.
This is not the night
to pick one with me.
Oh, whoa, whoa, hey!
What is this?
Oh, such a shame to see.
And three against
one and a half-- Leopold.
I could've taken them.
These are such unfair odds.
Oh, for the poor Capulets,
perhaps.
You don't want this fight.
And yet this fight
is what we have.
-Play on.
-Whoa! Whoa! Hey!
Leopold, don't you bite me.
Romeo, behind you!
Did you just bite my thumb?
Stop it!
Montagues! Let's go!
Oi, watch it!
Are you okay?
-Get him!
-Tybalt, this way!
Quick, quick, quick, quick!
They're up ahead!
-Stop them!
-Stop! Stop!
Get in!
They're up ahead!
They're at the back there!
Help me out.
He went down there.
They're at the back there!
-Stop right there!
-You!
It's okay, I think you can
loosen up your lips now.
I'm, uh, not sure what to say.
You can tell me
I'm a good kisser.
You're a great kisser, actually.
Oh.
I don't know
why I just said that.
The truth shall set you free.
Not usually, no.
Did you learn that in France?
I just need to stop talking.
I thought I lost you.
Wait, you know him?
Oh, you idiot.
She's the girl, huh?
Perhaps we should delay
these interrogations for later.
This way. Come on.
Hey, you! You there, stop!
Who are you?
Really.
Well, what's in a name, really?
And I say, oh
Come on.
Oh, oh, oh
Know that it's got
to be coming
Better than this
has got to be coming
I know that it's
got to be coming.
In here.
Well, this is ominous.
Gonna have to ask him
about those.
-Come on.
-You okay?
I just need a...
If you...
Yeah.
Oh.
I loosened it for you.
This is equally curious.
I have to ask him
about that, too.
We're above
the ancient catacombs.
Do you trust me?
Not yet.
Get your own.
Shoot.
How'd you know
all this was down here?
I've been surveying
these salt mines
since I was old enough to walk.
My family owns half of them.
Yeah?
And the other half?
What's down there?
Leads outside the city walls.
An escape.
That's good to know.
Come on. It's this way.
Friar?
Friar?
You were fighting with them.
The Montagues.
Against the Capulets.
Whom you were hiding from.
Though now at least
I know why you seem so...
Familiar?
Daughter of Capulet.
But no longer the...
young girl I once saw
playing in the river
as if it were her own ocean.
And you...
...no longer the boy I once saw
scaling the city walls
as if the whole world
could be yours.
I don't remember me.
Not the way you do.
Maybe you choose not to.
And you?
Yeah.
Maybe I do, too.
It's so strange, isn't it?
We've both played the opposites
of the same part, but...
never really spoken
before today.
Strangers for a... a lifetime.
Until now.
I suppose I should
properly introduce myself.
-I'm...
-Romeo.
Over here!
-Hurry. We're closed!
-Are you all right in there?
All clear in here!
Check across the square!
Come back after confession.
Sorry, Your Eminence.
-To the square! Go!
-Run! Quick, quick!
Ow.
Why have you come back
after all these years?
Do your parents tell you
all their plans for you?
Nor would I listen
if they tried.
You're cut... from the door.
I guess my blood's
now on your hands.
Saint Gabriel in heaven
defend us.
It's really not what it seems.
Uh...
Okay, maybe...
maybe it is what it seems.
If either of your fathers
found you here,
they'd burn the church
to the ground
and care not what God
thought of it.
She's the girl.
The one with the smile.
That was between us, Friar.
He told you about my smile?
You told him you like my smile?
We're getting you home.
-Oh, God, save us.
-And me?
God has far more words for you
than we can deal with now.
I need to find safer passage.
Well, I'll keep her here
until you do.
And we won't move
until you return. We swear.
His poison has gotten
to you already.
Hmm. Is poison what this is?
Now, you stay here.
I need to find the horses.
Sit.
A true gentleman on top of all.
Give me your hand.
Let me heal it for you.
And a surgeon, too.
That's very good.
Yes.
What?
Your eyes.
I've never seen a look
like that at me before.
Calm yourself. Getting a little
carried away, aren't you?
Carried to where?
From where?
Every thought before now
was just an idea.
Really?
Well, I can't tell
if your poetry is prose.
Poetry it is, then.
Are you kidding me?
The sunlight will reveal
this treason.
It was just a kiss, Friar.
A Montague and a Capulet?
It would set the world on fire.
When can I see you again,
Lady Capulet?
Call me Juliet.
We'll leave the names
that haunt us out of it, yeah?
Hold on. Ha!
Let's go.
I'm breathing in
Like I've never
breathed before
And now the air,
it fills me up inside
I couldn't see
But now I'm seeing
so much more
Something's there
Something I can't deny
Whatever it is
It's under my skin
I'll never be the same
They say the world
is spinning round
But you come along
and time slows down
I knew it the second
that I saw your face
I knew that my heart
would never beat the same
Open the gate!
It's funny how
One day I've got it
figured out
But now I know
I don't know anything
I try to speak
But words are falling
out my mouth
Can't understand
What's happening to me
Whatever it is
It's under my skin
I'll never be the same
They say the world
is spinning round
But you come along
and time slows down
I knew it the minute
that you said your name
I knew that my heart
would never beat the same
I have my feet
on solid ground
You stole it
from under me somehow
I knew it the minute
that you walked away
I knew that my heart
would never beat the same
-Here I am
-Here I am
-Did I see
-Did I see
My future in your eyes?
-I feel like
-Could it be
That I've known you
For my whole life
'Cause they say the world
is spinning round
But you come along
and time slows down
I knew it the moment
that I saw your face
I knew that my heart
would never beat the same
I had my feet
on solid ground
You stole it
from under me somehow
I knew it the second
that you
-Walked away
-Walked away
I knew that my heart
would never beat the same
Yeah
Beat the same, yeah
Oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Welcome back, Friar.
Did you not see
the look in her eyes?
She's changed.
Oh, not so very much.
In every way that matters.
It takes a mother to know.
Can we not let her enjoy
her return just for one moment
before we have to tear it all
away from her again?
At her own peril, husband.
And remember it was I
who said it.
Your strongest herbs,
good apothecary,
to calm my nerves.
It's been a night.
You seem rattled, dear Friar.
Well, not as rattled as them.
Yes.
Observe.
Ah, yes.
Ah.
That's witchcraft.
You're playing with life.
And death, which is the point
of medicine, isn't it?
To extend life over death?
You mean they're not
really dead?
It's a trick?
Well, I've slowed their hearts
to as close as if it were
with this one.
Yes, and then?
And then an antidote
to renew their heart when ready.
Could you imagine
what it would do
for those whose hearts
were failing them?
Oh, no, no.
That is a dark art,
to force nature's hand.
No, not forcing.
No, I'm-I'm holding.
I'm holding it.
Sit.
-I will...
-What?
...make you those herbs
to calm your nerve.
Come and pick your poison
A potion,
an ointment, a lotion
A spritz of an eau de parfum
My altar of devotion
needs only but a notion
Then my neurons,
they all go kaboom!
A pinch or a dash,
some of this, some of that
Shake it real good
and stir with a spoon
The stronger the herbs,
the calmer the nerves
Now let's see
what this old man can do
Listen.
You're in the right place
at the right time
I'm the right guy
with the right formula
The right chemistry,
the right recipe
The right remedy,
here, I'll pour for ya
One for the Crown
and one for the Church
And one for the heart
when the heart hurts
Use the heart of a goose,
viperarum
And nutmeg
that's expertly ground, yes
I should write this down
-It's dangerous magic
-It's science
The fact is it's taken me
years to perfect
Like water into wine?
I can do that anytime
I learned it
from a man in Tibet
You're playing with fire
Well, hear me out, Friar
There's a thin line
between life and death
-Hmm, perhaps.
-And I'm a maestro of math
-Yes, but... Yes, but...
-A captain of my craft
If you wanted
the best of the best
-Well, I guess.
-You're in the right place
-At the right time
-When?
-I'm the right guy
-Who?
-With the right formula
-What?
-The right chemistry
-Right, right
The right recipe,
the right remedy
Here, I'll pour for ya
One for below
And one for above
And one for the lovers
who've yet to find love
Ooh, some periwinkle flowers
Mixed with earthworms
and grapes
Don't make a sound
-Shh.
-Uh...
I should write this down
I need a plume
and an inkwell
To document details
A piece of papyrus,
I'm burning the brightest
My brain is in flames,
and I couldn't be more excited
Bursting out of my skin,
every thought from within
-So I should write this
-Down
Down, down, down,
down, down, down
-I should write this
-Down
Down, down, down, down
Listen, you're in
the right place
At the right time
I'm the right guy
with the right formula
The right chemistry,
the right recipe
The right remedy,
here, I'll pour for ya
One for the Crown
and one for the Church
And one for the heart
when the heart hurts
One for below
And one for above
And one for the lovers
who've yet to find love
And one for the future
and one for the Friar
And one for yours truly
who's drunk and who's tired
Prepare me my quill
and my parchment
Before I pass out
I should write this.
I should never have
let you go out.
I didn't realize it was
your permission that allowed it.
You didn't go alone, Rosaline.
How can I protect you
if you keep secrets from me?
And how can I reveal myself
to someone who doesn't even
trust himself?
Lord Capulet has to know
I'm by his side.
Rosaline.
Drafting a new sermon, Friar?
It is our written history.
Drafted by former friars
far greater than me.
Shall I take your confession?
You assume I've sins to confess?
You have the ear
of both Montague and Capulet.
Ah.
I have simply come
for more honest counsel.
Do you believe there can ever
be true peace?
-It's not a trick question.
-But it is a trick answer.
If the stars could be aligned,
if hearts could mend minds.
But y-yes, for the first time,
I think I may see a path.
Is that a riddle hidden in
your parchment there somewhere?
Maybe a riddle hidden
in plain sight all along.
But I beg you for more time
before telling you more.
I only hope there is
time to give, Friar.
Your Verona seems
so very fragile now.
Where are you off to?
To not waste any more time
with the likes of you.
As memory serves,
you were just wasting your time
enjoying my likes very much.
Well, don't expect me
to write sonnets about it.
"Oh, I've just met
the most obnoxious boy,
"and he keeps making
terrible jokes,
and he's a very good kisser."
Come on.
You are still a Montague,
adopted name or not.
And one day
you'll be lost to us.
Married off to a proper girl.
Tell me I'm wrong.
Yeah.
Nurse says you have news?
Were your manners lost
on your travels
along with your sense of time?
I had good dreams, Mother.
Thanks for asking.
Well, we're having
guests tonight.
A grand ball
to celebrate your return.
Guests?
Well, I don't think
I'm ready for guests quite yet.
You've had six years
to be ready.
-I just mean that I...
-I know what you mean.
I was you once.
Listen to me, you'll pick out
your finest dress,
and you will paint your face
with whatever mask
you need to hide behind.
But you will be the Capulet
you've been raised to be.
Darling.
Juliet.
All my life
I've tried to live
inside these lines
Never asking why
I sacrificed
Parts of myself
for this disguise
Was it all a lie?
And all of these questions
lead to questions
With no answers
I'm trying to find my truth
Every move that I make
Feels like dancing with fate
Is this all
I was meant to be?
Every night, every day
Feels like living in chains
No, this can't be my destiny
'Cause I'm more
than the mask I wear
At war with the mask I wear
Oh, this cross I bear
is the mask I wear
I'm more
than the role I play
At war every goddamn day
Oh, it's always there
This crown I wear
-Different roads
-Different paths
Different time and place
Is it real?
Different feels,
all the same mistakes
-Will I find
-And will I find
Will I find myself?
Will I find
Will I find myself?
Different roads,
never knowing
Where the story goes
Isn't that better
than everything before?
-And will I find
-And will I find
Will I find myself?
-Will I find
-And will I find
Will I find myself?
-I'm more
-I'm more
I'm more
than the crown I wear
At war with the mask I wear
This cross I bear
-Is the name I wear
-Is the name I wear
I'm more
than the role I play
At war every goddamn day
Oh, it's always there
This mask I wear
All my life
I've tried to live
inside these lines.
You know,
it's always a wonder to me.
You have all these servants
at your command,
and yet here you are
doing the hard labor.
Ah, it's all
too easily forgotten,
the feeling of hard work
with your own hands.
Something you've never lost.
If only you could steer my son.
It's not an easy place
at your side for Romeo.
Nor was mine by my father's,
yet there I stood.
War's coming, Mercutio.
True blood will be spilled.
The important question is:
Who bleeds first?
Capulet plans
his big move tonight.
Tonight, sir?
The grand ball
and an announcement.
He'll trade his heart
for an army.
Paris.
Sir, how do you know this?
'Cause it's exactly what
I would do if I had the chance.
You'll go for me,
see if I'm right.
You want me
to go to the Capulets?
-Sir, I...
-It's a masquerade.
You'll go in a mask.
They'll be none the wiser.
If I'm right, we strike first.
All our fortunes rest
in you now, Mercutio.
It's you alone that I trust.
It's what you've always wanted,
isn't it?
Isn't it?
Be worthy of that trust.
Whoa. Good boy.
How'd you know I was out here?
Where else would you be going?
Your father spoke to me.
About her?
About you.
Your reaction just now
worries me even more.
Look, Romeo,
whatever plot you're planning,
-you need...
-I have no plot.
My father plays you, Mercutio.
Maybe.
But when my mother died
and he took me in
as one of his own,
not just by name but by virtue,
that speaks of the man.
With respect,
you never had to answer
the demands of your own father.
With respect,
my father's thoughts
were so consumed by drink
that he had no time for demands.
You never speak of him.
Since boys, we've known
each other's every word,
but your life before now
has been a grander secret
-than I've ever kept.
-Yes, but my secrets
don't send swordsmen
to our streets.
They don't put you, Romeo, into
the very heart
of our sworn enemy.
She's not our enemy.
Of course she is.
Father's right about one thing.
This battle is coming.
Not if I can bind
what's always divided us.
Blood?
Well, that's what's divided us.
Can you bind that?
And tonight they plot for more.
What? Haven't you heard?
Oh, there'll be a grand ball
to celebrate their alliance
with Lord Paris against us.
That's awfully friendly,
isn't it?
If that happens, Romeo,
they will outnumber you
three to one.
And your father needs
every Montague by his side,
including his true son.
And as much as you might cringe
at the hearing of it now,
you'll never disown
your own name.
What's in a name, Mercutio?
Everything.
Everything.
God, just take the...
Take the upper path.
There'll be less familiar faces
to recognize you there.
What?
You're my truest friend.
Whatever separate paths
we're forced to take now.
Oh, no, I'm your brother,
and I always will be,
different paths and parents
or not.
What's in a name, indeed?
All right, go.
Come on.
We never leave a lady waiting.
Romeo.
Montague.
It's a good name.
Yours isn't that bad, either.
Are you insane?
They'll-they'll kill you
if they find you.
Then lower your voice
and climb down to meet me.
I-I can't leave my party.
It's my party in my honor.
Well, then I'll have you back
in time to be honored. I...
I promise.
To go where?
More dreams of climbing walls
that divide us?
No, no more dreams.
I-I'm asking you, Juliet...
To what?
To turn our prose into poetry.
A Montague and a Capulet?
They're just names.
What are you doing?
What are you doing? Stop it.
-I'm coming up.
-Oh, my gosh.
Why do they always call it
falling in love
When the last thing
you'd ever wanna do
Is fall?
So how come I find myself
stuck out here on the edge
Wondering,
what am I doing here
Just hanging on?
My heart's ready to fly
I know
Can't stop,
so I'm letting go
Gravity's pulling me,
I'm never meant
To be this high in the sky,
so turbulent
Don't look down
Everything that I thought
I'd never get
Up in the air
but without a safety net
-Off the ground
-Lady Juliet?
Where's she gone?
Just don't look down
Come on, we have to go around.
I never got this
fascination with the stars
Thinkin', what good's
a star down here?
Until you
You led me to
a constellation just for us
And I can't keep
my feet on the ground
No
Come on
What am I waiting for?
I ain't holding on no more
Don't look down
Everything that I thought
I'd never get
Up in the air
But without a safety net
Off the ground
I disappear in your arms
when I'm with you
You and me
but without a parachute
Hold me now
Hold
Just don't look down
Oh
I love kissing you.
Lady Capulet?
Gravity's pulling me,
I'm never meant
To be this high in the sky,
so turbulent
Don't look down
Everything that I thought
I'd never get
Up in the air
But without a safety net
Off the ground
Do you trust me now?
I disappear in your arms
when I'm with you
Just don't
Jump!
Look down
Why do they always call it
falling in love
When the last thing
you'd ever wanna do
Is fall?
Is it truly your intention
to bring war to my church?
Not war, Friar.
Oh.
You look to mend the world?
We look to bind our hearts.
The world can make of it
what it will.
Please, my friend,
will you help us?
And you'd both defy
your own family and fate?
Who's to say that this
isn't our fate?
Hear our wedding vows.
You'll find no defiance.
We can be the reflection
of what Verona still can become.
Yes, through the most
unexpected union of all.
Well, that will be a sight
for Rome to see.
Do you believe it can be?
I believe that history
is not carved in stone,
nor is our future already
written in these pages.
What I believe...
...is in the two of you.
Well?
Here I am
Here I am
And I see
And I see
My future in your eyes
-I know now
-I know now
That I've known you for my
Whole life
'Cause they say the world
is spinning round
But you came along
and time slowed down
I knew it the minute
that I saw your face
I knew that my heart
would never beat the same.
Maybe we should just escape...
...to unpathed waters.
And undreamed shores.
You know that first night
in the church?
Hmm.
We never actually confessed.
Well, we didn't actually sin,
if you remember.
Oh, is that how you remember it?
Come on.
Are you sure?
Yes, I am.
Are you?
Yes.
Do you really have to go?
Yes, I have to go.
Remember, it's my party?
Well, save me a dance at least?
Mm, we'll see.
What if the Friar's
wrong about the prince?
Then we'll leave
these walls forever.
I do have another plan.
If it comes to that.
But let it not come to that.
It's you and me now, forever.
Your guests have arrived.
And your face is flushed.
Then I will keep my mask on,
and none will be the wiser.
I'm afraid, my lady.
Me, too.
Friar, can I help you?
Have I caught you at a bad time,
Your Highness?
My lady.
Feels like
I'm holding everything
Locked inside
Taking over me,
but I feel alive
And I'll keep fighting
For these lies
Secrets killing me
It's like my heart's on fire
So dangerous, so dangerous
Perfect liars
So dangerous,
the thought of us
But it doesn't matter
'cause all that matters
Is following
the lights above
When every secret
we're trying to keep
Is dangerous,
the thought of us
Finally!
Now, Master Paris,
the Lady Juliet of Capulet.
My rose...
of Verona.
Juliet.
You are more beautiful than all
words spoken of you combined.
We are pleased
you could join us, Lord Paris.
Right. Yeah.
Well, it would've been
most curious
had I not attended
my own announcement.
What announcement is that?
It appears your parents
have left it to me
to share all the good news.
Twisted games
Tongue tied, never speak
You have
to keep eyes on all of them.
Wrapped in chains
So tight, pulling me
It's worth the pain
-To keep us safe
-Romeo.
What's in a name?
Secrets killing me
It's like my heart's on fire
So dangerous, so dangerous
Perfect liars
So dangerous,
the thought of us
But it doesn't matter
'cause all that matters
Is following
the lights above
When every secret
we're trying to keep
Is dangerous,
the thought of us
Your announcement
appears the more important
of the hour, Lord Paris.
Your Lord Paris,
as from this night on,
you will forever be my lady.
You really don't know.
Juliet, we're to be married
tomorrow.
It's been decided.
Not by me.
Juliet!
Juliet, sweetheart, please.
What do you think
you're doing, young lady?
You cannot just walk away
like that.
All of Verona waits,
and you dare turn
from he who tries to claim you?
I just met him.
What the heart wants
Shouldn't be a crime
Forever's only once
I'd risk it all
a thousand times
My dear Verona,
tomorrow when we join our hearts
at the sunset,
all our resources,
along with our unmatched forces,
shall become one
when the houses
of Paris and Capulet
are joined as one.
Game's up.
This communion
shall no man ever part.
Still my heart's on fire
So dangerous, so dangerous
Perfect liars
So dangerous,
the thought of us
But it doesn't matter
'cause all that matters
Is following
the lights above
When every secret we're trying
to keep is dangerous
The thought of us
It's like my heart's on fire
So dangerous, so dangerous
Perfect liars
So dangerous,
the thought of us
But it doesn't matter
-'Cause all that matters
-I'm here.
Is following
the lights above
When every secret
we're trying to keep
Is dangerous,
the thought of us
My heart's broken.
It was mine before his.
But come tomorrow...
We'll stop tomorrow
before it comes.
This isn't how our story ends,
I promise you that.
It's like my heart's on fire
So dangerous, so dangerous
Perfect liars
So dangerous,
the thought of us
But it doesn't matter
'cause all that matters
Is following
the lights above
When every secret
we're trying to keep
Is dangerous,
the thought of us.
-Montague.
-Who is that?
-Tybalt.
-Get out.
Tybalt, I'm sorry.
Get out. Get out.
-Are you all right?
-Yes.
Who is that man?
He was masked, my lord.
-Guards!
-Halt!
You!
Who are you?
-Stop that man!
-Out the way!
Hey, stop!
Stop that man!
-Stay here. Guard them.
-Yes, sir.
-Stop right there!
-You, stop!
-Come here!
-Romeo!
Come on, Tybalt.
You have no idea
what you're doing.
The prince of cats.
Lovely to see you.
No, no, no, no, no. Stop.
-Stop. Stop.
-This is all your fault!
-You shouldn't be here.
-Neither should he.
-And you are?
-I'm Montague!
Or have you
forgotten us already?
Stop right there!
Your Highness, as you were.
Hey, you, stop there!
I'll take care of this.
So... who are you?
Who are you?
Oh way, oh way, oh
Come here!
-Come here!
-Excuse me!
Coming through!
-Come on, let's go.
-Come on!
Stop! I said stop!
-Ride!
-Hyah!
Let's go!
Secure the doors!
Close the gate.
My horse.
Look, up there!
There, on the tower.
Is it Montague?
Come here.
She'll never be yours.
No!
Where is he?
There's no movement
in the water.
He's still down there.
Shut the gates!
Where is he?
-Where is he?
-Juliet.
Where is he? What did you do?
She's mine to defend now.
I'm my own to defend,
both of you.
-I'm so sorry, Juliet.
-What did you do, Tybalt?
-I'm sorry.
-What did you do?
Enough!
Your swords
will sheath themselves
or fall to mine.
A curfew across the city
and harsh punishment
to any who dare break it.
You two back inside. Let's go.
Move! Move!
Ticktock,
time is outracing me
Don't stop
Quicken my paces
and don't look back
No, don't look back
Footsteps follow behind me
And voices
screaming inside me
Just don't look back
No, don't look back
Running through the warnings
At any given moment
we might break down
Don't look now
'Cause the streets
are on fire tonight
Oh way, oh way, oh,
oh way, oh
Everything we thought
that we knew is burning bright
Oh way, oh way, oh way, oh.
Tommaso!
Tommaso.
What is that look in your eye?
The rumors and cries
are all confirming the same.
A spy fell from the top
of the Capulet tower
and was lost
to the water's rage.
And a Montague sword
found in their wake.
-And Romeo is not here.
-Don't do this.
He jumped because
he had no choice.
-We left him there.
-We couldn't have known!
We just left him!
Now, where's Tybalt?
He's on his way into Verona.
It is not the night to fight,
Mercutio!
Benvolio, what about this
don't you understand?
The fight's already here!
We can beat them
by sneaking across the river.
Think fast
Feeling the embers
in my back
Try to remember
they're closing in
They're closing in
Running through the warnings
At any given moment
we might break down
-Go, go, go, go, go!
-Don't look now
Our forces may not be
a match tonight.
But I've sent word to Rome
for all we'll ever need.
Without my command?
In the name of your command,
whether you rise to it or not.
We will take Verona,
Your Highness.
Everything we thought
that we knew
Is burning bright
Where is he?
Where's Mercutio?
They closed the bridge to town--
no one in or out.
Where is he going?
Everything
we thought that we knew
Is burning bright.
Keep the families apart!
-Back! Back!
-Get down from your horse.
Stop! Stop!
-Mercutio!
-Excuse me.
-No, no.
-Come on! Come on.
Keep an eye on him.
Move.
Come on!
Let me through!
It's Tybalt.
Tybalt.
Tybalt!
-No!
-Hyah! Hyah!
Oh way, oh...
You killed him!
Oh way, oh
Oh way, oh
Oh way, oh way, oh...
Help! Please help me!
Come on!
Oh way, oh way, oh
Oh way, oh
Let me through!
Tommaso!
Paris.
Oh way, oh way, oh
-Oh way, oh
-Paris!
Oh way, oh way, oh
Oh way, oh
Enough!
No, it's not.
Oh way, oh way, oh
Oh way, oh
Oh way, oh way, oh
Oh way, oh way, oh
Oh way, oh way, oh
Oh way, oh
Oh way, oh way, oh
Mercutio!
Oh way, oh way, oh
Oh way, oh way, oh
It was your own
who invaded our walls tonight.
It was for love, Tybalt.
Not war.
-"For love."
-He never would've jumped
if it weren't for you.
You killed him. My brother.
You killed him, Tybalt.
You.
I warn you,
tonight is no exhibition.
And I wear no armor to play.
Well, then, let our revels
truly be forever ended.
Mercutio!
Tybalt, please, I beg you, stop!
Brother, stop.
Mercutio! Why?
My sword...
it was already set to strike.
And with your weak left hand.
Mercutio. Hey.
Mercutio.
My brother's a ghost.
No ghost.
But a shadow
for all I've caused.
Please forgive me.
It's not much of a wound.
It's not.
Oh, nor much of a lie.
Let me through.
You know you
shouldn't have come
between us, brother.
That was a poor play.
I only meant
to stop what I began.
I fear that you
probably have stopped
more of me than planned.
Wait. Wait. Wait.
Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait.
Wait. Wait.
A plague.
On both your houses.
Your...
houses.
Mercutio.
Tybalt.
You were right at the start.
I am fortune's fool.
Run, boy!
Run? I can no longer breathe.
Run!
I'm so, so sorry.
Please, take him.
Burned by love
Everything is turned to dust
There is nothing left of me
But a scar for every memory
Broke in half
I'll never have
a second chance
Deep inside the madness
No life within the blackness
Holding on to what's missing
Though my stars keep fading
There never will be
Get me out of Verona.
Someone to love again
Someone
who knows every secret
Someone who knows
every weakness
Someone whose kisses linger
On and on and on and on
I'd risk my life to steal it
For one more chance
to feel it
Two hearts like one
always beating
On and on and on and on
Someone to love again
Someone, someone, someone
Someone, someone, someone,
someone, someone
To love again, to love again
-To love, to love again
-Juliet!
-Someone, someone
-Back inside.
Someone
Someone to love again
To love again,
to love again, to love.
The prince spared
his life, Juliet...
...so long as he never returns
to this one.
Then it's
a death sentence still.
He killed Tybalt, Juliet.
Has he so blinded you
you can't even mourn
your own loss?
I do not defend him blindly.
Tybalt killed his brother first.
If all were reversed...
It would still not
right the world.
Then whatever will?
For you to right this house.
If not the world,
at least tend
to your family's wounds.
You would still have me
marry Lord Paris?
In a different life,
maybe love...
could be your only guide.
Just not in this one.
We're all out
of conversations
We've run out
of words to say it
Nothing's gonna change
the way this feels
Can't untie
these complications
I don't have the strength
to save this
'Cause even in the darkness
It's so clear
There's nothing left
to keep us standing here
Maybe I'm not meant for you
Maybe I'm not
meant for you
Maybe you're not
meant for me
So hard to hear the truth
Sometimes hearts
are meant to break
Instead of meant to be
Disconnected conversations
We burnt out
our constellations
Followed every star
Until the end
No act of random chance
Is gonna turn them on again
Maybe I'm not meant for you
Maybe you're not
meant for me
Sometimes hearts
are meant to break
Instead of meant to be
We were never meant to be
No
We're all out
of conversations.
Lightning, strike.
Lord, please tell me
what's right.
Do I follow my heart or no?
'Cause I can't make up my mind.
Looking for answers, Lord.
Come, give me a sign.
Talk to me. Now.
-Romeo's going to escape!
-Yeah, it's all right, boy!
-Easy!
-I delivered the message
to Mantua, and I shouldn't have
read it, but I did, Friar.
And I broke his trust.
Mercutio.
Will you take my confession?
I believe I just did.
Eh?
I call it hot chocolate, huh?
You don't ever knock.
I didn't know you had visitors.
Tiny, tiny little visitors.
It's okay.
You're smuggling them
out of Italy?
You think the Pope
is tough on the royals?
You should see what my people
have to go through.
What? You're Jewish?
L'chaim.
And that's how you're planning
to smuggle them to safety--
the families.
You've created a potion
to make them appear dead.
You can't just smuggle
Romeo and Juliet out.
Their families would never
stop looking for them.
Only if there was still someone
to be searching for.
Throughout history,
history has only been told
by the pen of the Church.
And I, my dear, dear apothecary,
am the Church.
Who would ever doubt
the word of God?
Pretty sure you doubt it
with every word you speak.
Then I pay you for my own sins
and absolve you
of all of your own.
The noble Friar breaks all
of his commandments tonight.
Now, they must take the antidote
before the moon starts to fall
to the new day,
or else they will never
awaken again.
Romeo.
A heavy message it must be
for you to ride all this way
-to find me.
-The Friar sent me, Romeo.
You come to serve
my death warrant?
No.
What death?
Your life was spared.
Listen, it won't take long for
the Capulets to track you here.
They must believe
you've abandoned her.
I'd rather die
than live without her.
You don't have to.
We have a plan.
What do you pray for...
...from a God who shows
no care to listen?
For an end, my lady.
With a prayer
that he is listening.
Even if we can't understand
his silence.
And you pray for another life?
Yes.
That's exactly what I pray for.
A potion to numb my pain?
An escape from your pain.
If it works, drink this potion,
and like a death you'll lie.
And while your Capulets mourn,
I'll send the good Benvolio
to bring your Romeo to wake you.
With this one.
And away you both steal
free and forever,
never to return
to reveal the truth
of your empty tombs.
And Romeo knows your plan?
He just waits for word
that you do.
But there is a chance
that this is a sleep
from which you may never wake.
Who brings me the antidote?
I will walk you through it.
Then go, dear friend,
and ensure that our Romeo knows
that tonight I drink to him.
I must speak to Benvolio.
-Friar? Friar.
-Where's Benvolio?
Please, Friar.
You can't be here, Friar.
Please.
Where's my son?
-Where have you hidden him?
-Actually,
it's not for me to say, my Lord.
We'll see about that.
My lord.
We are running out of time!
I don't want to lose
another day
Waiting for the world
to finally change
Time to rise above it all,
be brave
I won't fall
Never letting go
of what I have
Trusting that the fates
will bring you back
I won't run away,
I'll stay and stand
Stand so tall
I believe in now,
I believe in now this time
I can see it now,
I can feel it now inside
It's taken all of me
to be strong
I know a better tomorrow
will come along
Oh
This time
Oh
This time
I can see it now,
I can feel it now inside
I believe in now,
I believe in now this time
This time will be
the last time that we
Say goodbye
This time will be
the last time that we
Have to fight
This time
I believe in now,
I believe in now this time
I can see it now,
I can feel it now inside
It's taken all of me
to be strong
I know a better tomorrow
will come along
Oh
This time
Oh
This time
I can see it now,
I can feel it now inside
I believe in now,
I believe in now this time.
From now...
...till ever.
Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!
Lord Paris is here.
Fetch Juliet.
We're to church, my lady.
My lady.
Oh, heaven help us.
-What have you heard?
-Let us get you out of here.
What have you heard?
Get my cloak.
It's the worst news
of all, Friar.
What?
His dear Juliet is dead.
I must speak to Benvolio.
It's too late for that, Friar.
Benvolio is already off
to Mantua
to tell Romeo what's lost.
He can't.
I must speak to Benvolio first.
Romeo must know
that the message is mine,
or he'll believe we failed.
Failed what, Friar?
Tommaso, the antidote shattered.
The last of it.
Now there's no way
for either of them
to ever come back to us.
Romeo.
A friendlier face
there couldn't be.
So let us drink and lie
and pretend all's well.
What?
Tell me, cousin, what news?
It's okay. I know the truth.
She's gone, Romeo.
Taken poison to keep
from being forced
to ever break her vows to yours.
Our gentle Friar has cursed you
carrying the news to me,
Benvolio.
No, it-it wasn't Friar, Romeo.
When you spoke with the Friar
and he asked you
to call me back to get her...
I didn't come to call you back
but to beg you to go forever
and far from here.
Benvolio, but when you spoke
to Friar, what did he
say to you about the plan?
There's no plan!
Romeo, the Friar's lost.
Since the night you fled.
Our Friar is gone.
Your Juliet is gone.
Juliet never got the message.
All is lost.
They will come
for you next, Romeo.
-They won't have to.
-You cannot return to Verona.
Verona's where she rests!
Wherever else would I go?
Look to my father
when I'm gone, cousin.
Only his dark hand
could've ever dimmed the light
of our bright Friar.
Hyah!
Hyah!
Romeo!
Whoa. Benvolio, where is he?
He's already on his way
to the church.
Leopold, catch up!
He cannot drink the poison!
Hyah!
Hey! Hey!
Who goes there?
Who is it?
Oh, dear.
Romeo?
Romeo!
What if I
Let my heart decide?
Will the stars
escape the sky?
Will the stars
escape the sky?
What if I
Can't wake up my mind?
Will the sun
refuse to shine?
Will the sun refuse
to shine?
And I wonder
If we could ever just finish
All that we started
and stay here
Without broken hearts
Without broken hearts
in the end
And I wonder
If two worlds
could ever be one
When gravity tears
at our souls
And pulls us apart
Pulls us apart in the end
In the end
In the end
Oh, oh, oh, oh
We could be perfect
Perfect, just us in the end.
You stare and judge
and ask how it all came to this,
but if these are to be
my final words,
then let them at least
be the truth.
Here where I place ink
to parchment
to confess.
We all share the guilt
for the real causes of the
deaths of these young hearts,
who accidentally
and far too innocently
simply fell in love.
Not innocently.
You coerced them into it.
And filled his head with a world
he could never have.
It seems you've done
what no other could, Friar.
You've brought Capulet
and Montague together.
Then let that be my history.
Then it shall be so written.
And may God forgive you,
though I fear he'll not
forgive this much lost.
Nurse, you too have played
your part in this.
No. No.
-Yes.
-No, I didn't!
-Please! Wait, please, no!
-No!
Your cover for the good nurse
does not make her innocent.
It just carves
your own guilt with her.
I carved my own guilt
long before.
May their deaths be quick
and their bodies washed away
in the river's rush
to cleanse this place
of all that's happened here.
Let them finally lay,
at least in peace together.
And as for you,
my men wait outside
to reclaim your swords,
and then you shall return
to the castles you keep
to prepare them.
For what?
For our Roman soldiers,
arriving to claim Verona
for the Crown.
Your story
of Capulet and Montague,
this is where it finally
comes to an end.
-The Romans are here!
-Hey, you two.
-Yes, my lord?
-Take her to the stronghold.
Keep her safe.
Go.
Boys, our story will end.
They all do.
But not today.
With me.
It's the Romans!
-Leave them to me.
-Yes, sir.
Hold the line!
Yes. And you, too.
Good.
You are certain no one suspects?
No, all believe
what we've laid out.
And the apothecary?
Has his own work to do
far from here.
He will serve us well.
And him?
I believe he's on our side.
For Romeo of Montague
and Juliet of Capulet,
these are the pages
that will tell
how their story
ended here tonight,
for you to place
in the archives of history.
We just had to write it down.
And so from your hand,
may history forever read it so,
the tragedy of Juliet
and her Romeo.
May God protect you both.
-He's just letting us go?
-Come on.
What madness is this?
What's madness--
if you don't help me.
God, God.
Now, true apothecary,
to your work.
-We have a plan.
-An escape.
What I believe
is in the two of you.
Strangers for a lifetime.
Until now.
You can't just
smuggle Romeo and Juliet out.
Their families would never
stop looking for them.
Only if there was
still someone
to be searching for.
Have I caught you
at a bad time, Your Highness?
And that's how you're planning
to smuggle them to safety--
the families.
You've created a potion
to make them appear dead.
The antidote shattered.
The last of it.
Romeo knows your plan?
He just waits
for word that you do.
We'll stop tomorrow
before it comes.
This isn't how our story ends,
I promise you that.
And away you both steal
free and forever,
never to return.
These are the pages
that will tell
how their story
ended here tonight.
And so from your hand,
may history forever read it so,
the tragedy
of Juliet and her Romeo.
We just had to write it down.
I'll explain later.
Let's get the horses.
Where are we going?
Wait.
So, where to now?
Let them remember us well.
To unpathed waters?
And undreamed shores.
They say the world
is spinning round
But you come along
and time slows down
I knew it the second
that I saw your face
I knew that my heart
Would never beat the same
I had my feet
on solid ground
You stole it
from under me somehow
I knew it the second
that you walked away
Walked away
I knew that
my heart would never
Beat the same, yeah, oh
Beat the same, yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
It's funny how
One day I've got it
figured out
But now I know
I don't know anything
-I try to speak
-I try to speak
But words
are falling out my mouth
-Can't understand
-Can't understand
What's happening to me
Whatever it is
It's under my skin
Oh
I'll never be the same
They say the world
is spinning round
But you come along
and time slows down
I knew it the minute
that you said your name
I knew that my heart
would never
Beat the same
I had my feet
on solid ground
You stole it
from under me somehow
I knew it the minute
that you walked away
I knew that my heart
would never beat the same
-Here I am
-Here I am
-Did I see
-Did I see
My future in your eyes?
-I feel like
-Could it be
That I've known you
For my whole life
'Cause they say
the world is spinning round
But you come along and time
Slows down
I knew it the moment
that I saw your face
I knew that
my heart would never
Beat the same
Oh, with feet
on solid ground
You stole it
from under me somehow
I knew it the second
that you walked away
Walked away
I knew that
my heart would never
Beat the same, yeah, oh
Beat the same, yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh
Oh, oh, oh.
I see
your head in the clouds
And, baby,
I know how to bring it down
Hey, hey, I'm feeling it now
So lay back and let me
take off your crown
Let down your hair and
Blow out the lights
Don't you be scared,
tell me what you like
There's a whole lot
of wrong here
But we get it right
Yeah, we get it right,
yeah, we get it right
Just 'cause
I love you tonight
Don't mean
I'm-a love you tomorrow
I know we're closer tonight
than we've ever been before
Oh, oh, oh, whoa
I just need a little,
not too much
Can I get a minute
of your touch?
I don't want it all,
I just want enough
Just 'cause
I'm falling tonight
Don't mean
I'm falling in love
Baby, when we're all alone
We do things
I can't do on my own
Don't know
where this will lead
But I know
That there's no guarantee
So come here, we can
Blow out the lights
Don't you be scared,
tell me what you like
There's a whole lot
of wrong here
But we get it right
Yeah, we get it right,
yeah, we get it right
Just 'cause
I love you tonight
Don't mean
I'm-a love you tomorrow
And I know
we're closer tonight
Than we've ever been before
Oh, oh, oh, whoa
I just need a little,
not too much
Can I get a minute
of your touch?
I don't want it all,
I just want enough
Just 'cause
I'm falling tonight
Don't mean
I'm falling in love
-Hey!
-Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Whoa, whoa
Whoa
Just 'cause
I'm falling tonight
Don't mean
I'm falling in love.
Oh way, oh way, oh
Oh way, oh way, oh
In the year 1301,
Italy was still only an idea.
Oh way, oh way, oh...
The most powerful families
ruled their cities
as self-governed states.
Oh way, oh way, oh...
As the battle for control raged
between the royals
and the tyrannical new Pope
seeking to seize it all...
Oh way, oh way, oh...
...in fair Verona, the conflict
had already arrived,
with the royals' Prince Escalus
sent to choose
which family to align with
against the Pope's
coming assault.
The Montagues,
with an eldest son and heir
already rebelling against the
future being demanded of him,
or the Capulets,
with a sole daughter
as their only promise
for the future,
called back
from years away at school
for a secret alliance
she couldn't possibly
have expected.
Two families
on a path towards war.
Two star-crossed lovers
caught in the tragedy
that would take their lives.
Oh way, oh...
That was the past
that precedes our tale.
But if these are
to be my final words,
then let them
at least be the truth.
For we all share the guilt
for the real cause
of the death
of these two young hearts,
who accidentally
and far too innocently
simply fell in love.
Seems you've done
what no other could, Friar.
You've brought Capulet
and Montague together.
Yes.
Then let that be my history,
for Romeo of Montague
and Juliet of Capulet,
these are the pages
that will tell
how their story
ended here tonight.
And it shall be so written.
And from your hand,
may history forever read it so,
the tragedy of Juliet
and her Romeo.
Romeo?
Where the hell are thou, Romeo?
How are you?
Uh, cutting it a little
close there, aren't you?
All's well that ends well.
-Uh, no, not usually.
-Oh.
As you should well know, cousin.
-Romeo.
-My friend.
A new one from Dante?
-Thank you, Rodrigo.
-Come on, Romeo.
Something strange
in the water
Come on, take us up.
Something different
in the sky
Even the hottest fire
Can't warm the coldest night
Eyes blinded by the colors
Welcome, gentlemen.
Ears deafened to the sounds
What used to be familiar
Feels so strange to me now
I know I'm meant
for something more
I'd die for what
I'm living for
Even though
I am on my own, yeah
Even though, even though
Nothing is stranger
When the stranger is you
You
Nothing is stranger
When the stranger is you
You
Everything, everything
has changed from
Everything that you knew
Nothing is stranger
When the stranger is you
You.
-Ah-ho, well, finally.
-Mercutio.
Finally, I see some
friendly faces. Brother.
-Come sit.
-It's nice to see you.
What do you say we just
go and get a drink instead?
-Oh, doesn't that sound lovely?
-They look scared.
They don't look scared.
They look a little scared.
Oh, look at the Capulet.
He's like a walking wall.
Brother,
you didn't tell your father
that I was fighting
in your stead, did you?
Thought he'd enjoy the surprise.
No, you didn't.
Come on.
They're just games, Mercutio.
No, they're not.
-Be cool. Be cool.
-Romeo.
Too much of a coward to fight me
yourself, Montague?
Good to see you, too, Tybalt.
Oh, I was so
looking forward to it.
Hey!
-Come on!
-I said, "Be cool."
This is cool!
We're having a great time!
My cloak.
-Lay off, lay off.
-My cloak.
Just remember
his weak left hand.
-For the Capulets.
-Capulets!
-Montagues!
-Montagues!
Come on.
-You see that?
-Yeah!
We're here, my lady.
Lady Juliet.
You're just leaving?
Tell me if it gets interesting.
Romeo.
The fight is back here.
They are beautiful, sir.
And rare.
Works this precious
do not appear often, my lady.
Which you, no doubt,
told your last customer
and will surely tell your next.
Romeo.
Are you okay?
Uh, yeah.
Don't I look okay?
Well, you are under assault.
Yeah, uh,
I'll take care of you later.
-Mm.
-Uh...
Did he really hit you so hard
you've lost all your words?
No, it-it's just, uh,
I don't know you,
and I know everyone.
How can I not know you?
Let me help you.
You dropped your book.
You're not interested
in watching the match?
Two boys swinging their swords
at one another?
I'm okay.
You read Dante Alighieri.
I heard he was writing about
his, uh, exile from the Church.
They, uh, smuggle copies
into our school
whenever they make
their way to France.
-You go to school in France?
-I do.
What are you doing in Verona?
Just visiting?
Oh, was that a question?
No, no, that was an answer
with a clever inflection
at the end, I guess.
You keep it
until you get back to France.
Are either one of you actually
gonna buy something from me?
Sadly, I have no money.
I gave my last gold to the man
who attacked me
with the pillows.
Quite the pair we make, eh?
Two fools without fortune.
-You sure I don't know you?
-Where is she?
-Oh.
-Um, I have to go.
What, now? To where?
Uh, wherever it is
I should be next, I suppose.
An adventure. I like adventures.
I love adventures, too.
It's just,
I-I don't know your name.
Then it's a mystery
and an adventure,
something for each of us.
I'll let you know how it ends.
Herbs to ease your nerves,
young Montague?
You look like
you could use some.
I thought you promised Friar
you'd stop practicing
your dark arts.
Science is neither dark nor art.
It's just nature.
And these are just herbs,
I swear,
but they will make you dream.
Add it to my tab.
Your tab is getting rather full,
Master Montague.
Look at you.
-Juliet.
-Oh.
I've missed you, too, Daddy.
Go and see your mother.
Juliet, all of Verona will now
raise their eyes to you.
Keep running
till I'm out of breath
Away, oh
Keep running
till there's nothing left, no
Nothing is stranger
When the stranger is you
You.
Yeah!
Hey! Hey!
There's to be
an exhibition match.
Blood's what they came for.
And blood's what they've got.
Did you at least win?
Juliet.
Look who's no longer
the little girl
who left us to see the world.
Look who's no longer
the young boy
play-fighting in the stables.
You play-fight
on larger fields now, cousin.
We really did miss you.
Am I to wait until morning?
It's good to be home, isn't it?
Coming, Mother.
So is the new year.
Talk later?
I want to hear everything.
Might a friend join you
in your search
for the bottom of that bottle?
Yeah, what bottle?
This is a house of God.
Did you offer him a drink, then?
A toast?
Yeah, how about to blindness?
Play-fighting
for the prince today?
You think we had a choice?
Montagues and Capulets have been
drawing swords
since before you were born,
but this time it is different.
Maybe.
But nothing I do
will make a difference.
Yeah, are you trying
to fool you or me?
You are the heir to Montague,
and in the end,
this end will be of your making,
whether you like it or not.
And I, for one, would have it
in no better hands than yours.
Oh, you're in a happy mood.
What aren't you telling me?
Well...
I did meet a girl today.
You meet a girl every day.
No, no, no.
Not like this one.
No, it was...
...her smile.
Oh.
You're really back.
I can't believe it's really you.
I thought I'd never
see you again.
It all seems smaller.
Mm, well, I think it was we
who were smaller.
You shouldn't have come back.
I have a thing for you.
I've missed you and envied you,
but I think I smiled
most of all knowing
that you were so far from here.
-Um...
-There's a whole story.
But I mean it, Juliet,
you should have never come back.
And yet...
here I am, so...
...what are you to do with me?
You two look up to no good.
Oh, but it's the only
look I have.
Have you really not been told
why I've been called back?
All will be clear in time.
I'm sure.
Come, let's get you settled.
Tonight.
She seems happy-- Juliet.
Well, she's home, finally.
Why wouldn't she be happy?
This alliance we're making,
is it really necessary
what you're planning?
We've always
held our own before.
Things have never
been this way before.
It's either Rome or the Pope.
What we do here now
is the future of Verona.
Are you well?
-Yes, sir.
-Good man.
I trust you enjoyed the games
tonight, Your Highness?
Not as much as I suspect
you and Lord Capulet
enjoyed presenting them.
I asked for this meeting
to pledge my house to Rome.
An oath of good faith.
Well, should Rome finally choose
to seize Verona for the Crown,
then as all others
across the empire have fallen,
so will you fall with them.
With or without your faith
or your pledge.
Prince who speaks his truth.
Then let me mirror it
with my own,
should Rome
truly cast her eyes on us,
to join a fight
against Pope Boniface.
You'd be well served to have
a loyal representative here.
And you'd be
our loyal law of Verona?
That I would.
Lord Capulet is off
maneuvering,
manipulating, plotting.
With Lord Paris?
As you certainly well knew,
Lord Bernardo.
If Rome's to win this war,
it needs faithful warriors.
Not diplomats.
And yet you couldn't even
marshal your own son
to fight for your side today.
He was raised without
the weight of war.
The next time you see him,
trust me, he'll be different.
You were wrong about him.
He's more primal than proud.
Time will tell.
He's not wrong about
the Capulets and the Montagues.
No, I swear, I swear.
I was visited by a dream,
and that dream was...
...that I won!
Queen ma'am looking lovely
as usual, darling.
You'll clean yourselves up
before entering my house.
Your house? My dear Vesante,
I thought your house
was our home.
Come to be healed, have you?
And you, master of it all,
did we at least win today?
Well...
you'd have to ask the prince.
He's the only audience
who mattered.
And? Did you?
Did you ask the prince?
He seemed busy.
Busy.
Mercutio, are those
for Veronica, then?
Oh, no, this one
is for Veronica.
She just has
to take it off me first.
No, these I have purchased
so that all of you can do
what you like with them.
Now...
one of our members tonight
seems a bit more quiet
than usual.
-Out.
-Out.
And he wasn't at
my exhibition match, either.
-Out!
-Out!
Where were you tonight, brother?
Mm-hmm?
-No.
-Oh, he's in love.
-He's in love!
-No, I'm not...
Yes, he is. Yes, he is.
The smiles are knowing,
and the dimples are growing.
Tell us who she is, brother.
Oh, come on. What's in a name?
Well, more than I care
to share with you.
-What about with me?
-Especially you.
Oh!
Seems like all the more mystery
to solve, then, to me.
And would you rather
stay here and solve his
or come upstairs
and unravel mine?
Ooh.
You fought well today, Mercutio.
Well, as I said,
one of us had to.
Now, this next round...
is on me, everybody!
I see
-Your head in the clouds
-No.
And, baby, I know
how to bring you down
Hey, hey, I'm feeling it now
So lay back and let me
take off your crown
Let down your hair
and blow out the lights
Don't you be scared,
tell me what you like
There's a whole lot
of wrong here
But we get it right,
yeah, we get it right
Yeah, we get it right
Just 'cause
I love you tonight
Don't mean
I'm-a love you tomorrow
I know we're closer tonight
Than we've ever been before
Oh, oh, oh, whoa
I just need a little,
not too much
Can I get a minute
of your touch?
I don't want it all,
I just want enough
Just 'cause
I'm falling tonight
Don't mean
I'm falling in love
Baby, when we're all alone
We do things
I can't do on my own
Don't know
where this will lead
But I know that
there's no guarantee
So come here,
we can blow out the lights
Don't you be scared,
tell me what you like
There's a whole lot
of wrong here
But we get it right,
yeah, we get it right
Yeah, we get it right
Just 'cause
I love you tonight
Don't mean
I'm-a love you tomorrow
And I know
we're closer tonight
Than we've ever been before
Oh, oh, oh, whoa
I just need a little,
not too much
Can I get a minute
of your touch?
I don't want it all,
I just want enough
Just 'cause
I'm falling tonight
Don't mean
I'm falling in love
-Hey!
-Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Whoa, whoa
Whoa
Just 'cause
I love you tonight
Don't mean
I'm-a love you tomorrow
Just 'cause
we're closer tonight
Than we've ever been before
Whoa
I just need a little,
not too much
Can I get a minute
of your touch?
I don't want it all,
I just want enough
Just 'cause
I'm falling tonight
Don't mean, no, oh, oh
Hey, Romeo.
Oh, oh, oh
Just 'cause
I'm falling tonight
Don't mean, no, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Just 'cause
I'm falling tonight
Don't mean
I'm falling in love.
Tell me, dear apothecary,
what did you make of today?
I believe that Rome
and the Church
now cast their eyes
toward our beautiful Verona.
And now I fear that neither
will turn away this time.
You sneak out here every night?
Yeah, well, you got to escape
and see the real world.
Good evening, ladies.
Thank you, sir.
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Warm welcome, Father.
You risked us all today.
You shamed us all.
Don't you get it?
Mighty Rome is coming
for Verona.
And it can have it.
Listen to me.
They choose the Capulets,
and we are done.
Nothing--
there'll be nothing left.
Not just the comfort
of these walls we'll lose.
It's our blood. It's everything.
You will stand with this family
or you'll stand alone, son.
Ooh, ooh, ooh,
ooh, ooh, ooh
In between rhyme and reason
I am caught in the storm
And the heat
of the cross fire
Is all I know
If my blood
is gold and silver
Why do I feel at home
In the rags of my brothers
Down below?
Romeo! Romeo!
Something better
than this has got to be coming
Know that
it's got to be coming
Even if I can't see it
down the road
Something better than this
has got to be coming
And I say, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Let these roads
Take us home
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Let these roads
Take us home
And the streets
that I wander
Let's go.
Don't feel the same no more
'Cause these lives
and this city
I've outgrown
Veronica.
Something better than this
has got to be coming
And I say, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Let these roads
Take us home
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Let these roads
-Let's get you out of here.
-Take us home
And I say, oh
Come on.
Oh, oh, oh
Let these roads take us home
Know that it's got
to be coming
Better than this
has got to be coming.
What? Hey, it's me.
Sorry.
Your lip.
It was your father?
Listen, I know I'm only
your younger cousin,
but I could also be your friend.
You can trust me.
Well, look who blessed our path.
And without his normal entourage
to shield him.
Haven't you had enough fighting
for today, Tybalt?
Oh, not enough to keep me
from you, Montague.
Come, let us play that match
you hid from today
and prove which family
should be left standing.
I had no reason
to fight you then.
This is not the night
to pick one with me.
Oh, whoa, whoa, hey!
What is this?
Oh, such a shame to see.
And three against
one and a half-- Leopold.
I could've taken them.
These are such unfair odds.
Oh, for the poor Capulets,
perhaps.
You don't want this fight.
And yet this fight
is what we have.
-Play on.
-Whoa! Whoa! Hey!
Leopold, don't you bite me.
Romeo, behind you!
Did you just bite my thumb?
Stop it!
Montagues! Let's go!
Oi, watch it!
Are you okay?
-Get him!
-Tybalt, this way!
Quick, quick, quick, quick!
They're up ahead!
-Stop them!
-Stop! Stop!
Get in!
They're up ahead!
They're at the back there!
Help me out.
He went down there.
They're at the back there!
-Stop right there!
-You!
It's okay, I think you can
loosen up your lips now.
I'm, uh, not sure what to say.
You can tell me
I'm a good kisser.
You're a great kisser, actually.
Oh.
I don't know
why I just said that.
The truth shall set you free.
Not usually, no.
Did you learn that in France?
I just need to stop talking.
I thought I lost you.
Wait, you know him?
Oh, you idiot.
She's the girl, huh?
Perhaps we should delay
these interrogations for later.
This way. Come on.
Hey, you! You there, stop!
Who are you?
Really.
Well, what's in a name, really?
And I say, oh
Come on.
Oh, oh, oh
Know that it's got
to be coming
Better than this
has got to be coming
I know that it's
got to be coming.
In here.
Well, this is ominous.
Gonna have to ask him
about those.
-Come on.
-You okay?
I just need a...
If you...
Yeah.
Oh.
I loosened it for you.
This is equally curious.
I have to ask him
about that, too.
We're above
the ancient catacombs.
Do you trust me?
Not yet.
Get your own.
Shoot.
How'd you know
all this was down here?
I've been surveying
these salt mines
since I was old enough to walk.
My family owns half of them.
Yeah?
And the other half?
What's down there?
Leads outside the city walls.
An escape.
That's good to know.
Come on. It's this way.
Friar?
Friar?
You were fighting with them.
The Montagues.
Against the Capulets.
Whom you were hiding from.
Though now at least
I know why you seem so...
Familiar?
Daughter of Capulet.
But no longer the...
young girl I once saw
playing in the river
as if it were her own ocean.
And you...
...no longer the boy I once saw
scaling the city walls
as if the whole world
could be yours.
I don't remember me.
Not the way you do.
Maybe you choose not to.
And you?
Yeah.
Maybe I do, too.
It's so strange, isn't it?
We've both played the opposites
of the same part, but...
never really spoken
before today.
Strangers for a... a lifetime.
Until now.
I suppose I should
properly introduce myself.
-I'm...
-Romeo.
Over here!
-Hurry. We're closed!
-Are you all right in there?
All clear in here!
Check across the square!
Come back after confession.
Sorry, Your Eminence.
-To the square! Go!
-Run! Quick, quick!
Ow.
Why have you come back
after all these years?
Do your parents tell you
all their plans for you?
Nor would I listen
if they tried.
You're cut... from the door.
I guess my blood's
now on your hands.
Saint Gabriel in heaven
defend us.
It's really not what it seems.
Uh...
Okay, maybe...
maybe it is what it seems.
If either of your fathers
found you here,
they'd burn the church
to the ground
and care not what God
thought of it.
She's the girl.
The one with the smile.
That was between us, Friar.
He told you about my smile?
You told him you like my smile?
We're getting you home.
-Oh, God, save us.
-And me?
God has far more words for you
than we can deal with now.
I need to find safer passage.
Well, I'll keep her here
until you do.
And we won't move
until you return. We swear.
His poison has gotten
to you already.
Hmm. Is poison what this is?
Now, you stay here.
I need to find the horses.
Sit.
A true gentleman on top of all.
Give me your hand.
Let me heal it for you.
And a surgeon, too.
That's very good.
Yes.
What?
Your eyes.
I've never seen a look
like that at me before.
Calm yourself. Getting a little
carried away, aren't you?
Carried to where?
From where?
Every thought before now
was just an idea.
Really?
Well, I can't tell
if your poetry is prose.
Poetry it is, then.
Are you kidding me?
The sunlight will reveal
this treason.
It was just a kiss, Friar.
A Montague and a Capulet?
It would set the world on fire.
When can I see you again,
Lady Capulet?
Call me Juliet.
We'll leave the names
that haunt us out of it, yeah?
Hold on. Ha!
Let's go.
I'm breathing in
Like I've never
breathed before
And now the air,
it fills me up inside
I couldn't see
But now I'm seeing
so much more
Something's there
Something I can't deny
Whatever it is
It's under my skin
I'll never be the same
They say the world
is spinning round
But you come along
and time slows down
I knew it the second
that I saw your face
I knew that my heart
would never beat the same
Open the gate!
It's funny how
One day I've got it
figured out
But now I know
I don't know anything
I try to speak
But words are falling
out my mouth
Can't understand
What's happening to me
Whatever it is
It's under my skin
I'll never be the same
They say the world
is spinning round
But you come along
and time slows down
I knew it the minute
that you said your name
I knew that my heart
would never beat the same
I have my feet
on solid ground
You stole it
from under me somehow
I knew it the minute
that you walked away
I knew that my heart
would never beat the same
-Here I am
-Here I am
-Did I see
-Did I see
My future in your eyes?
-I feel like
-Could it be
That I've known you
For my whole life
'Cause they say the world
is spinning round
But you come along
and time slows down
I knew it the moment
that I saw your face
I knew that my heart
would never beat the same
I had my feet
on solid ground
You stole it
from under me somehow
I knew it the second
that you
-Walked away
-Walked away
I knew that my heart
would never beat the same
Yeah
Beat the same, yeah
Oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Welcome back, Friar.
Did you not see
the look in her eyes?
She's changed.
Oh, not so very much.
In every way that matters.
It takes a mother to know.
Can we not let her enjoy
her return just for one moment
before we have to tear it all
away from her again?
At her own peril, husband.
And remember it was I
who said it.
Your strongest herbs,
good apothecary,
to calm my nerves.
It's been a night.
You seem rattled, dear Friar.
Well, not as rattled as them.
Yes.
Observe.
Ah, yes.
Ah.
That's witchcraft.
You're playing with life.
And death, which is the point
of medicine, isn't it?
To extend life over death?
You mean they're not
really dead?
It's a trick?
Well, I've slowed their hearts
to as close as if it were
with this one.
Yes, and then?
And then an antidote
to renew their heart when ready.
Could you imagine
what it would do
for those whose hearts
were failing them?
Oh, no, no.
That is a dark art,
to force nature's hand.
No, not forcing.
No, I'm-I'm holding.
I'm holding it.
Sit.
-I will...
-What?
...make you those herbs
to calm your nerve.
Come and pick your poison
A potion,
an ointment, a lotion
A spritz of an eau de parfum
My altar of devotion
needs only but a notion
Then my neurons,
they all go kaboom!
A pinch or a dash,
some of this, some of that
Shake it real good
and stir with a spoon
The stronger the herbs,
the calmer the nerves
Now let's see
what this old man can do
Listen.
You're in the right place
at the right time
I'm the right guy
with the right formula
The right chemistry,
the right recipe
The right remedy,
here, I'll pour for ya
One for the Crown
and one for the Church
And one for the heart
when the heart hurts
Use the heart of a goose,
viperarum
And nutmeg
that's expertly ground, yes
I should write this down
-It's dangerous magic
-It's science
The fact is it's taken me
years to perfect
Like water into wine?
I can do that anytime
I learned it
from a man in Tibet
You're playing with fire
Well, hear me out, Friar
There's a thin line
between life and death
-Hmm, perhaps.
-And I'm a maestro of math
-Yes, but... Yes, but...
-A captain of my craft
If you wanted
the best of the best
-Well, I guess.
-You're in the right place
-At the right time
-When?
-I'm the right guy
-Who?
-With the right formula
-What?
-The right chemistry
-Right, right
The right recipe,
the right remedy
Here, I'll pour for ya
One for below
And one for above
And one for the lovers
who've yet to find love
Ooh, some periwinkle flowers
Mixed with earthworms
and grapes
Don't make a sound
-Shh.
-Uh...
I should write this down
I need a plume
and an inkwell
To document details
A piece of papyrus,
I'm burning the brightest
My brain is in flames,
and I couldn't be more excited
Bursting out of my skin,
every thought from within
-So I should write this
-Down
Down, down, down,
down, down, down
-I should write this
-Down
Down, down, down, down
Listen, you're in
the right place
At the right time
I'm the right guy
with the right formula
The right chemistry,
the right recipe
The right remedy,
here, I'll pour for ya
One for the Crown
and one for the Church
And one for the heart
when the heart hurts
One for below
And one for above
And one for the lovers
who've yet to find love
And one for the future
and one for the Friar
And one for yours truly
who's drunk and who's tired
Prepare me my quill
and my parchment
Before I pass out
I should write this.
I should never have
let you go out.
I didn't realize it was
your permission that allowed it.
You didn't go alone, Rosaline.
How can I protect you
if you keep secrets from me?
And how can I reveal myself
to someone who doesn't even
trust himself?
Lord Capulet has to know
I'm by his side.
Rosaline.
Drafting a new sermon, Friar?
It is our written history.
Drafted by former friars
far greater than me.
Shall I take your confession?
You assume I've sins to confess?
You have the ear
of both Montague and Capulet.
Ah.
I have simply come
for more honest counsel.
Do you believe there can ever
be true peace?
-It's not a trick question.
-But it is a trick answer.
If the stars could be aligned,
if hearts could mend minds.
But y-yes, for the first time,
I think I may see a path.
Is that a riddle hidden in
your parchment there somewhere?
Maybe a riddle hidden
in plain sight all along.
But I beg you for more time
before telling you more.
I only hope there is
time to give, Friar.
Your Verona seems
so very fragile now.
Where are you off to?
To not waste any more time
with the likes of you.
As memory serves,
you were just wasting your time
enjoying my likes very much.
Well, don't expect me
to write sonnets about it.
"Oh, I've just met
the most obnoxious boy,
"and he keeps making
terrible jokes,
and he's a very good kisser."
Come on.
You are still a Montague,
adopted name or not.
And one day
you'll be lost to us.
Married off to a proper girl.
Tell me I'm wrong.
Yeah.
Nurse says you have news?
Were your manners lost
on your travels
along with your sense of time?
I had good dreams, Mother.
Thanks for asking.
Well, we're having
guests tonight.
A grand ball
to celebrate your return.
Guests?
Well, I don't think
I'm ready for guests quite yet.
You've had six years
to be ready.
-I just mean that I...
-I know what you mean.
I was you once.
Listen to me, you'll pick out
your finest dress,
and you will paint your face
with whatever mask
you need to hide behind.
But you will be the Capulet
you've been raised to be.
Darling.
Juliet.
All my life
I've tried to live
inside these lines
Never asking why
I sacrificed
Parts of myself
for this disguise
Was it all a lie?
And all of these questions
lead to questions
With no answers
I'm trying to find my truth
Every move that I make
Feels like dancing with fate
Is this all
I was meant to be?
Every night, every day
Feels like living in chains
No, this can't be my destiny
'Cause I'm more
than the mask I wear
At war with the mask I wear
Oh, this cross I bear
is the mask I wear
I'm more
than the role I play
At war every goddamn day
Oh, it's always there
This crown I wear
-Different roads
-Different paths
Different time and place
Is it real?
Different feels,
all the same mistakes
-Will I find
-And will I find
Will I find myself?
Will I find
Will I find myself?
Different roads,
never knowing
Where the story goes
Isn't that better
than everything before?
-And will I find
-And will I find
Will I find myself?
-Will I find
-And will I find
Will I find myself?
-I'm more
-I'm more
I'm more
than the crown I wear
At war with the mask I wear
This cross I bear
-Is the name I wear
-Is the name I wear
I'm more
than the role I play
At war every goddamn day
Oh, it's always there
This mask I wear
All my life
I've tried to live
inside these lines.
You know,
it's always a wonder to me.
You have all these servants
at your command,
and yet here you are
doing the hard labor.
Ah, it's all
too easily forgotten,
the feeling of hard work
with your own hands.
Something you've never lost.
If only you could steer my son.
It's not an easy place
at your side for Romeo.
Nor was mine by my father's,
yet there I stood.
War's coming, Mercutio.
True blood will be spilled.
The important question is:
Who bleeds first?
Capulet plans
his big move tonight.
Tonight, sir?
The grand ball
and an announcement.
He'll trade his heart
for an army.
Paris.
Sir, how do you know this?
'Cause it's exactly what
I would do if I had the chance.
You'll go for me,
see if I'm right.
You want me
to go to the Capulets?
-Sir, I...
-It's a masquerade.
You'll go in a mask.
They'll be none the wiser.
If I'm right, we strike first.
All our fortunes rest
in you now, Mercutio.
It's you alone that I trust.
It's what you've always wanted,
isn't it?
Isn't it?
Be worthy of that trust.
Whoa. Good boy.
How'd you know I was out here?
Where else would you be going?
Your father spoke to me.
About her?
About you.
Your reaction just now
worries me even more.
Look, Romeo,
whatever plot you're planning,
-you need...
-I have no plot.
My father plays you, Mercutio.
Maybe.
But when my mother died
and he took me in
as one of his own,
not just by name but by virtue,
that speaks of the man.
With respect,
you never had to answer
the demands of your own father.
With respect,
my father's thoughts
were so consumed by drink
that he had no time for demands.
You never speak of him.
Since boys, we've known
each other's every word,
but your life before now
has been a grander secret
-than I've ever kept.
-Yes, but my secrets
don't send swordsmen
to our streets.
They don't put you, Romeo, into
the very heart
of our sworn enemy.
She's not our enemy.
Of course she is.
Father's right about one thing.
This battle is coming.
Not if I can bind
what's always divided us.
Blood?
Well, that's what's divided us.
Can you bind that?
And tonight they plot for more.
What? Haven't you heard?
Oh, there'll be a grand ball
to celebrate their alliance
with Lord Paris against us.
That's awfully friendly,
isn't it?
If that happens, Romeo,
they will outnumber you
three to one.
And your father needs
every Montague by his side,
including his true son.
And as much as you might cringe
at the hearing of it now,
you'll never disown
your own name.
What's in a name, Mercutio?
Everything.
Everything.
God, just take the...
Take the upper path.
There'll be less familiar faces
to recognize you there.
What?
You're my truest friend.
Whatever separate paths
we're forced to take now.
Oh, no, I'm your brother,
and I always will be,
different paths and parents
or not.
What's in a name, indeed?
All right, go.
Come on.
We never leave a lady waiting.
Romeo.
Montague.
It's a good name.
Yours isn't that bad, either.
Are you insane?
They'll-they'll kill you
if they find you.
Then lower your voice
and climb down to meet me.
I-I can't leave my party.
It's my party in my honor.
Well, then I'll have you back
in time to be honored. I...
I promise.
To go where?
More dreams of climbing walls
that divide us?
No, no more dreams.
I-I'm asking you, Juliet...
To what?
To turn our prose into poetry.
A Montague and a Capulet?
They're just names.
What are you doing?
What are you doing? Stop it.
-I'm coming up.
-Oh, my gosh.
Why do they always call it
falling in love
When the last thing
you'd ever wanna do
Is fall?
So how come I find myself
stuck out here on the edge
Wondering,
what am I doing here
Just hanging on?
My heart's ready to fly
I know
Can't stop,
so I'm letting go
Gravity's pulling me,
I'm never meant
To be this high in the sky,
so turbulent
Don't look down
Everything that I thought
I'd never get
Up in the air
but without a safety net
-Off the ground
-Lady Juliet?
Where's she gone?
Just don't look down
Come on, we have to go around.
I never got this
fascination with the stars
Thinkin', what good's
a star down here?
Until you
You led me to
a constellation just for us
And I can't keep
my feet on the ground
No
Come on
What am I waiting for?
I ain't holding on no more
Don't look down
Everything that I thought
I'd never get
Up in the air
But without a safety net
Off the ground
I disappear in your arms
when I'm with you
You and me
but without a parachute
Hold me now
Hold
Just don't look down
Oh
I love kissing you.
Lady Capulet?
Gravity's pulling me,
I'm never meant
To be this high in the sky,
so turbulent
Don't look down
Everything that I thought
I'd never get
Up in the air
But without a safety net
Off the ground
Do you trust me now?
I disappear in your arms
when I'm with you
Just don't
Jump!
Look down
Why do they always call it
falling in love
When the last thing
you'd ever wanna do
Is fall?
Is it truly your intention
to bring war to my church?
Not war, Friar.
Oh.
You look to mend the world?
We look to bind our hearts.
The world can make of it
what it will.
Please, my friend,
will you help us?
And you'd both defy
your own family and fate?
Who's to say that this
isn't our fate?
Hear our wedding vows.
You'll find no defiance.
We can be the reflection
of what Verona still can become.
Yes, through the most
unexpected union of all.
Well, that will be a sight
for Rome to see.
Do you believe it can be?
I believe that history
is not carved in stone,
nor is our future already
written in these pages.
What I believe...
...is in the two of you.
Well?
Here I am
Here I am
And I see
And I see
My future in your eyes
-I know now
-I know now
That I've known you for my
Whole life
'Cause they say the world
is spinning round
But you came along
and time slowed down
I knew it the minute
that I saw your face
I knew that my heart
would never beat the same.
Maybe we should just escape...
...to unpathed waters.
And undreamed shores.
You know that first night
in the church?
Hmm.
We never actually confessed.
Well, we didn't actually sin,
if you remember.
Oh, is that how you remember it?
Come on.
Are you sure?
Yes, I am.
Are you?
Yes.
Do you really have to go?
Yes, I have to go.
Remember, it's my party?
Well, save me a dance at least?
Mm, we'll see.
What if the Friar's
wrong about the prince?
Then we'll leave
these walls forever.
I do have another plan.
If it comes to that.
But let it not come to that.
It's you and me now, forever.
Your guests have arrived.
And your face is flushed.
Then I will keep my mask on,
and none will be the wiser.
I'm afraid, my lady.
Me, too.
Friar, can I help you?
Have I caught you at a bad time,
Your Highness?
My lady.
Feels like
I'm holding everything
Locked inside
Taking over me,
but I feel alive
And I'll keep fighting
For these lies
Secrets killing me
It's like my heart's on fire
So dangerous, so dangerous
Perfect liars
So dangerous,
the thought of us
But it doesn't matter
'cause all that matters
Is following
the lights above
When every secret
we're trying to keep
Is dangerous,
the thought of us
Finally!
Now, Master Paris,
the Lady Juliet of Capulet.
My rose...
of Verona.
Juliet.
You are more beautiful than all
words spoken of you combined.
We are pleased
you could join us, Lord Paris.
Right. Yeah.
Well, it would've been
most curious
had I not attended
my own announcement.
What announcement is that?
It appears your parents
have left it to me
to share all the good news.
Twisted games
Tongue tied, never speak
You have
to keep eyes on all of them.
Wrapped in chains
So tight, pulling me
It's worth the pain
-To keep us safe
-Romeo.
What's in a name?
Secrets killing me
It's like my heart's on fire
So dangerous, so dangerous
Perfect liars
So dangerous,
the thought of us
But it doesn't matter
'cause all that matters
Is following
the lights above
When every secret
we're trying to keep
Is dangerous,
the thought of us
Your announcement
appears the more important
of the hour, Lord Paris.
Your Lord Paris,
as from this night on,
you will forever be my lady.
You really don't know.
Juliet, we're to be married
tomorrow.
It's been decided.
Not by me.
Juliet!
Juliet, sweetheart, please.
What do you think
you're doing, young lady?
You cannot just walk away
like that.
All of Verona waits,
and you dare turn
from he who tries to claim you?
I just met him.
What the heart wants
Shouldn't be a crime
Forever's only once
I'd risk it all
a thousand times
My dear Verona,
tomorrow when we join our hearts
at the sunset,
all our resources,
along with our unmatched forces,
shall become one
when the houses
of Paris and Capulet
are joined as one.
Game's up.
This communion
shall no man ever part.
Still my heart's on fire
So dangerous, so dangerous
Perfect liars
So dangerous,
the thought of us
But it doesn't matter
'cause all that matters
Is following
the lights above
When every secret we're trying
to keep is dangerous
The thought of us
It's like my heart's on fire
So dangerous, so dangerous
Perfect liars
So dangerous,
the thought of us
But it doesn't matter
-'Cause all that matters
-I'm here.
Is following
the lights above
When every secret
we're trying to keep
Is dangerous,
the thought of us
My heart's broken.
It was mine before his.
But come tomorrow...
We'll stop tomorrow
before it comes.
This isn't how our story ends,
I promise you that.
It's like my heart's on fire
So dangerous, so dangerous
Perfect liars
So dangerous,
the thought of us
But it doesn't matter
'cause all that matters
Is following
the lights above
When every secret
we're trying to keep
Is dangerous,
the thought of us.
-Montague.
-Who is that?
-Tybalt.
-Get out.
Tybalt, I'm sorry.
Get out. Get out.
-Are you all right?
-Yes.
Who is that man?
He was masked, my lord.
-Guards!
-Halt!
You!
Who are you?
-Stop that man!
-Out the way!
Hey, stop!
Stop that man!
-Stay here. Guard them.
-Yes, sir.
-Stop right there!
-You, stop!
-Come here!
-Romeo!
Come on, Tybalt.
You have no idea
what you're doing.
The prince of cats.
Lovely to see you.
No, no, no, no, no. Stop.
-Stop. Stop.
-This is all your fault!
-You shouldn't be here.
-Neither should he.
-And you are?
-I'm Montague!
Or have you
forgotten us already?
Stop right there!
Your Highness, as you were.
Hey, you, stop there!
I'll take care of this.
So... who are you?
Who are you?
Oh way, oh way, oh
Come here!
-Come here!
-Excuse me!
Coming through!
-Come on, let's go.
-Come on!
Stop! I said stop!
-Ride!
-Hyah!
Let's go!
Secure the doors!
Close the gate.
My horse.
Look, up there!
There, on the tower.
Is it Montague?
Come here.
She'll never be yours.
No!
Where is he?
There's no movement
in the water.
He's still down there.
Shut the gates!
Where is he?
-Where is he?
-Juliet.
Where is he? What did you do?
She's mine to defend now.
I'm my own to defend,
both of you.
-I'm so sorry, Juliet.
-What did you do, Tybalt?
-I'm sorry.
-What did you do?
Enough!
Your swords
will sheath themselves
or fall to mine.
A curfew across the city
and harsh punishment
to any who dare break it.
You two back inside. Let's go.
Move! Move!
Ticktock,
time is outracing me
Don't stop
Quicken my paces
and don't look back
No, don't look back
Footsteps follow behind me
And voices
screaming inside me
Just don't look back
No, don't look back
Running through the warnings
At any given moment
we might break down
Don't look now
'Cause the streets
are on fire tonight
Oh way, oh way, oh,
oh way, oh
Everything we thought
that we knew is burning bright
Oh way, oh way, oh way, oh.
Tommaso!
Tommaso.
What is that look in your eye?
The rumors and cries
are all confirming the same.
A spy fell from the top
of the Capulet tower
and was lost
to the water's rage.
And a Montague sword
found in their wake.
-And Romeo is not here.
-Don't do this.
He jumped because
he had no choice.
-We left him there.
-We couldn't have known!
We just left him!
Now, where's Tybalt?
He's on his way into Verona.
It is not the night to fight,
Mercutio!
Benvolio, what about this
don't you understand?
The fight's already here!
We can beat them
by sneaking across the river.
Think fast
Feeling the embers
in my back
Try to remember
they're closing in
They're closing in
Running through the warnings
At any given moment
we might break down
-Go, go, go, go, go!
-Don't look now
Our forces may not be
a match tonight.
But I've sent word to Rome
for all we'll ever need.
Without my command?
In the name of your command,
whether you rise to it or not.
We will take Verona,
Your Highness.
Everything we thought
that we knew
Is burning bright
Where is he?
Where's Mercutio?
They closed the bridge to town--
no one in or out.
Where is he going?
Everything
we thought that we knew
Is burning bright.
Keep the families apart!
-Back! Back!
-Get down from your horse.
Stop! Stop!
-Mercutio!
-Excuse me.
-No, no.
-Come on! Come on.
Keep an eye on him.
Move.
Come on!
Let me through!
It's Tybalt.
Tybalt.
Tybalt!
-No!
-Hyah! Hyah!
Oh way, oh...
You killed him!
Oh way, oh
Oh way, oh
Oh way, oh way, oh...
Help! Please help me!
Come on!
Oh way, oh way, oh
Oh way, oh
Let me through!
Tommaso!
Paris.
Oh way, oh way, oh
-Oh way, oh
-Paris!
Oh way, oh way, oh
Oh way, oh
Enough!
No, it's not.
Oh way, oh way, oh
Oh way, oh
Oh way, oh way, oh
Oh way, oh way, oh
Oh way, oh way, oh
Oh way, oh
Oh way, oh way, oh
Mercutio!
Oh way, oh way, oh
Oh way, oh way, oh
It was your own
who invaded our walls tonight.
It was for love, Tybalt.
Not war.
-"For love."
-He never would've jumped
if it weren't for you.
You killed him. My brother.
You killed him, Tybalt.
You.
I warn you,
tonight is no exhibition.
And I wear no armor to play.
Well, then, let our revels
truly be forever ended.
Mercutio!
Tybalt, please, I beg you, stop!
Brother, stop.
Mercutio! Why?
My sword...
it was already set to strike.
And with your weak left hand.
Mercutio. Hey.
Mercutio.
My brother's a ghost.
No ghost.
But a shadow
for all I've caused.
Please forgive me.
It's not much of a wound.
It's not.
Oh, nor much of a lie.
Let me through.
You know you
shouldn't have come
between us, brother.
That was a poor play.
I only meant
to stop what I began.
I fear that you
probably have stopped
more of me than planned.
Wait. Wait. Wait.
Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait.
Wait. Wait.
A plague.
On both your houses.
Your...
houses.
Mercutio.
Tybalt.
You were right at the start.
I am fortune's fool.
Run, boy!
Run? I can no longer breathe.
Run!
I'm so, so sorry.
Please, take him.
Burned by love
Everything is turned to dust
There is nothing left of me
But a scar for every memory
Broke in half
I'll never have
a second chance
Deep inside the madness
No life within the blackness
Holding on to what's missing
Though my stars keep fading
There never will be
Get me out of Verona.
Someone to love again
Someone
who knows every secret
Someone who knows
every weakness
Someone whose kisses linger
On and on and on and on
I'd risk my life to steal it
For one more chance
to feel it
Two hearts like one
always beating
On and on and on and on
Someone to love again
Someone, someone, someone
Someone, someone, someone,
someone, someone
To love again, to love again
-To love, to love again
-Juliet!
-Someone, someone
-Back inside.
Someone
Someone to love again
To love again,
to love again, to love.
The prince spared
his life, Juliet...
...so long as he never returns
to this one.
Then it's
a death sentence still.
He killed Tybalt, Juliet.
Has he so blinded you
you can't even mourn
your own loss?
I do not defend him blindly.
Tybalt killed his brother first.
If all were reversed...
It would still not
right the world.
Then whatever will?
For you to right this house.
If not the world,
at least tend
to your family's wounds.
You would still have me
marry Lord Paris?
In a different life,
maybe love...
could be your only guide.
Just not in this one.
We're all out
of conversations
We've run out
of words to say it
Nothing's gonna change
the way this feels
Can't untie
these complications
I don't have the strength
to save this
'Cause even in the darkness
It's so clear
There's nothing left
to keep us standing here
Maybe I'm not meant for you
Maybe I'm not
meant for you
Maybe you're not
meant for me
So hard to hear the truth
Sometimes hearts
are meant to break
Instead of meant to be
Disconnected conversations
We burnt out
our constellations
Followed every star
Until the end
No act of random chance
Is gonna turn them on again
Maybe I'm not meant for you
Maybe you're not
meant for me
Sometimes hearts
are meant to break
Instead of meant to be
We were never meant to be
No
We're all out
of conversations.
Lightning, strike.
Lord, please tell me
what's right.
Do I follow my heart or no?
'Cause I can't make up my mind.
Looking for answers, Lord.
Come, give me a sign.
Talk to me. Now.
-Romeo's going to escape!
-Yeah, it's all right, boy!
-Easy!
-I delivered the message
to Mantua, and I shouldn't have
read it, but I did, Friar.
And I broke his trust.
Mercutio.
Will you take my confession?
I believe I just did.
Eh?
I call it hot chocolate, huh?
You don't ever knock.
I didn't know you had visitors.
Tiny, tiny little visitors.
It's okay.
You're smuggling them
out of Italy?
You think the Pope
is tough on the royals?
You should see what my people
have to go through.
What? You're Jewish?
L'chaim.
And that's how you're planning
to smuggle them to safety--
the families.
You've created a potion
to make them appear dead.
You can't just smuggle
Romeo and Juliet out.
Their families would never
stop looking for them.
Only if there was still someone
to be searching for.
Throughout history,
history has only been told
by the pen of the Church.
And I, my dear, dear apothecary,
am the Church.
Who would ever doubt
the word of God?
Pretty sure you doubt it
with every word you speak.
Then I pay you for my own sins
and absolve you
of all of your own.
The noble Friar breaks all
of his commandments tonight.
Now, they must take the antidote
before the moon starts to fall
to the new day,
or else they will never
awaken again.
Romeo.
A heavy message it must be
for you to ride all this way
-to find me.
-The Friar sent me, Romeo.
You come to serve
my death warrant?
No.
What death?
Your life was spared.
Listen, it won't take long for
the Capulets to track you here.
They must believe
you've abandoned her.
I'd rather die
than live without her.
You don't have to.
We have a plan.
What do you pray for...
...from a God who shows
no care to listen?
For an end, my lady.
With a prayer
that he is listening.
Even if we can't understand
his silence.
And you pray for another life?
Yes.
That's exactly what I pray for.
A potion to numb my pain?
An escape from your pain.
If it works, drink this potion,
and like a death you'll lie.
And while your Capulets mourn,
I'll send the good Benvolio
to bring your Romeo to wake you.
With this one.
And away you both steal
free and forever,
never to return
to reveal the truth
of your empty tombs.
And Romeo knows your plan?
He just waits for word
that you do.
But there is a chance
that this is a sleep
from which you may never wake.
Who brings me the antidote?
I will walk you through it.
Then go, dear friend,
and ensure that our Romeo knows
that tonight I drink to him.
I must speak to Benvolio.
-Friar? Friar.
-Where's Benvolio?
Please, Friar.
You can't be here, Friar.
Please.
Where's my son?
-Where have you hidden him?
-Actually,
it's not for me to say, my Lord.
We'll see about that.
My lord.
We are running out of time!
I don't want to lose
another day
Waiting for the world
to finally change
Time to rise above it all,
be brave
I won't fall
Never letting go
of what I have
Trusting that the fates
will bring you back
I won't run away,
I'll stay and stand
Stand so tall
I believe in now,
I believe in now this time
I can see it now,
I can feel it now inside
It's taken all of me
to be strong
I know a better tomorrow
will come along
Oh
This time
Oh
This time
I can see it now,
I can feel it now inside
I believe in now,
I believe in now this time
This time will be
the last time that we
Say goodbye
This time will be
the last time that we
Have to fight
This time
I believe in now,
I believe in now this time
I can see it now,
I can feel it now inside
It's taken all of me
to be strong
I know a better tomorrow
will come along
Oh
This time
Oh
This time
I can see it now,
I can feel it now inside
I believe in now,
I believe in now this time.
From now...
...till ever.
Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!
Lord Paris is here.
Fetch Juliet.
We're to church, my lady.
My lady.
Oh, heaven help us.
-What have you heard?
-Let us get you out of here.
What have you heard?
Get my cloak.
It's the worst news
of all, Friar.
What?
His dear Juliet is dead.
I must speak to Benvolio.
It's too late for that, Friar.
Benvolio is already off
to Mantua
to tell Romeo what's lost.
He can't.
I must speak to Benvolio first.
Romeo must know
that the message is mine,
or he'll believe we failed.
Failed what, Friar?
Tommaso, the antidote shattered.
The last of it.
Now there's no way
for either of them
to ever come back to us.
Romeo.
A friendlier face
there couldn't be.
So let us drink and lie
and pretend all's well.
What?
Tell me, cousin, what news?
It's okay. I know the truth.
She's gone, Romeo.
Taken poison to keep
from being forced
to ever break her vows to yours.
Our gentle Friar has cursed you
carrying the news to me,
Benvolio.
No, it-it wasn't Friar, Romeo.
When you spoke with the Friar
and he asked you
to call me back to get her...
I didn't come to call you back
but to beg you to go forever
and far from here.
Benvolio, but when you spoke
to Friar, what did he
say to you about the plan?
There's no plan!
Romeo, the Friar's lost.
Since the night you fled.
Our Friar is gone.
Your Juliet is gone.
Juliet never got the message.
All is lost.
They will come
for you next, Romeo.
-They won't have to.
-You cannot return to Verona.
Verona's where she rests!
Wherever else would I go?
Look to my father
when I'm gone, cousin.
Only his dark hand
could've ever dimmed the light
of our bright Friar.
Hyah!
Hyah!
Romeo!
Whoa. Benvolio, where is he?
He's already on his way
to the church.
Leopold, catch up!
He cannot drink the poison!
Hyah!
Hey! Hey!
Who goes there?
Who is it?
Oh, dear.
Romeo?
Romeo!
What if I
Let my heart decide?
Will the stars
escape the sky?
Will the stars
escape the sky?
What if I
Can't wake up my mind?
Will the sun
refuse to shine?
Will the sun refuse
to shine?
And I wonder
If we could ever just finish
All that we started
and stay here
Without broken hearts
Without broken hearts
in the end
And I wonder
If two worlds
could ever be one
When gravity tears
at our souls
And pulls us apart
Pulls us apart in the end
In the end
In the end
Oh, oh, oh, oh
We could be perfect
Perfect, just us in the end.
You stare and judge
and ask how it all came to this,
but if these are to be
my final words,
then let them at least
be the truth.
Here where I place ink
to parchment
to confess.
We all share the guilt
for the real causes of the
deaths of these young hearts,
who accidentally
and far too innocently
simply fell in love.
Not innocently.
You coerced them into it.
And filled his head with a world
he could never have.
It seems you've done
what no other could, Friar.
You've brought Capulet
and Montague together.
Then let that be my history.
Then it shall be so written.
And may God forgive you,
though I fear he'll not
forgive this much lost.
Nurse, you too have played
your part in this.
No. No.
-Yes.
-No, I didn't!
-Please! Wait, please, no!
-No!
Your cover for the good nurse
does not make her innocent.
It just carves
your own guilt with her.
I carved my own guilt
long before.
May their deaths be quick
and their bodies washed away
in the river's rush
to cleanse this place
of all that's happened here.
Let them finally lay,
at least in peace together.
And as for you,
my men wait outside
to reclaim your swords,
and then you shall return
to the castles you keep
to prepare them.
For what?
For our Roman soldiers,
arriving to claim Verona
for the Crown.
Your story
of Capulet and Montague,
this is where it finally
comes to an end.
-The Romans are here!
-Hey, you two.
-Yes, my lord?
-Take her to the stronghold.
Keep her safe.
Go.
Boys, our story will end.
They all do.
But not today.
With me.
It's the Romans!
-Leave them to me.
-Yes, sir.
Hold the line!
Yes. And you, too.
Good.
You are certain no one suspects?
No, all believe
what we've laid out.
And the apothecary?
Has his own work to do
far from here.
He will serve us well.
And him?
I believe he's on our side.
For Romeo of Montague
and Juliet of Capulet,
these are the pages
that will tell
how their story
ended here tonight,
for you to place
in the archives of history.
We just had to write it down.
And so from your hand,
may history forever read it so,
the tragedy of Juliet
and her Romeo.
May God protect you both.
-He's just letting us go?
-Come on.
What madness is this?
What's madness--
if you don't help me.
God, God.
Now, true apothecary,
to your work.
-We have a plan.
-An escape.
What I believe
is in the two of you.
Strangers for a lifetime.
Until now.
You can't just
smuggle Romeo and Juliet out.
Their families would never
stop looking for them.
Only if there was
still someone
to be searching for.
Have I caught you
at a bad time, Your Highness?
And that's how you're planning
to smuggle them to safety--
the families.
You've created a potion
to make them appear dead.
The antidote shattered.
The last of it.
Romeo knows your plan?
He just waits
for word that you do.
We'll stop tomorrow
before it comes.
This isn't how our story ends,
I promise you that.
And away you both steal
free and forever,
never to return.
These are the pages
that will tell
how their story
ended here tonight.
And so from your hand,
may history forever read it so,
the tragedy
of Juliet and her Romeo.
We just had to write it down.
I'll explain later.
Let's get the horses.
Where are we going?
Wait.
So, where to now?
Let them remember us well.
To unpathed waters?
And undreamed shores.
They say the world
is spinning round
But you come along
and time slows down
I knew it the second
that I saw your face
I knew that my heart
Would never beat the same
I had my feet
on solid ground
You stole it
from under me somehow
I knew it the second
that you walked away
Walked away
I knew that
my heart would never
Beat the same, yeah, oh
Beat the same, yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
It's funny how
One day I've got it
figured out
But now I know
I don't know anything
-I try to speak
-I try to speak
But words
are falling out my mouth
-Can't understand
-Can't understand
What's happening to me
Whatever it is
It's under my skin
Oh
I'll never be the same
They say the world
is spinning round
But you come along
and time slows down
I knew it the minute
that you said your name
I knew that my heart
would never
Beat the same
I had my feet
on solid ground
You stole it
from under me somehow
I knew it the minute
that you walked away
I knew that my heart
would never beat the same
-Here I am
-Here I am
-Did I see
-Did I see
My future in your eyes?
-I feel like
-Could it be
That I've known you
For my whole life
'Cause they say
the world is spinning round
But you come along and time
Slows down
I knew it the moment
that I saw your face
I knew that
my heart would never
Beat the same
Oh, with feet
on solid ground
You stole it
from under me somehow
I knew it the second
that you walked away
Walked away
I knew that
my heart would never
Beat the same, yeah, oh
Beat the same, yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh
Oh, oh, oh.
I see
your head in the clouds
And, baby,
I know how to bring it down
Hey, hey, I'm feeling it now
So lay back and let me
take off your crown
Let down your hair and
Blow out the lights
Don't you be scared,
tell me what you like
There's a whole lot
of wrong here
But we get it right
Yeah, we get it right,
yeah, we get it right
Just 'cause
I love you tonight
Don't mean
I'm-a love you tomorrow
I know we're closer tonight
than we've ever been before
Oh, oh, oh, whoa
I just need a little,
not too much
Can I get a minute
of your touch?
I don't want it all,
I just want enough
Just 'cause
I'm falling tonight
Don't mean
I'm falling in love
Baby, when we're all alone
We do things
I can't do on my own
Don't know
where this will lead
But I know
That there's no guarantee
So come here, we can
Blow out the lights
Don't you be scared,
tell me what you like
There's a whole lot
of wrong here
But we get it right
Yeah, we get it right,
yeah, we get it right
Just 'cause
I love you tonight
Don't mean
I'm-a love you tomorrow
And I know
we're closer tonight
Than we've ever been before
Oh, oh, oh, whoa
I just need a little,
not too much
Can I get a minute
of your touch?
I don't want it all,
I just want enough
Just 'cause
I'm falling tonight
Don't mean
I'm falling in love
-Hey!
-Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Whoa, whoa
Whoa
Just 'cause
I'm falling tonight
Don't mean
I'm falling in love.