Gerard James Butler (born 13 November 1969) is a Scottish actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television. A trained lawyer, Butler turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), which he followed with steady work on television, most notably in the American miniseries Attila (2001). He garnered critical acclaim for his work as the lead in Joel Schumacher's 2004 film adaptation of the musical The Phantom of the Opera. In 2007, Butler gained recognition through his portrayal of King Leonidas in the film 300. Since then, he has appeared in projects including P.S. I Love You (2007), Nim's Island (2008), RocknRolla (2008), The Ugly Truth (2009), Gamer (2009), Law Abiding Citizen (2009), The Bounty Hunter (2010), and as a voice actor in How to Train Your Dragon (2010).
Butler was born in Paisley, which is in Renfrewshire, Scotland, the youngest of three children of Margaret and Edward Butler, a bookmaker. Of Irish descent, he was brought up in a strict Roman Catholic family. Butler spent the first few years of his life in Montreal, Quebec, before the family returned to live in Scotland.
Nightime sharpens, heightens each sensation.
Darkness stirs and wakes imagination.
Silently the senses abandon their defenses.
Slowly, gently, night unfurls it's splendor.
Grasp it, sense it tremulous and tender.
Turn your face away from the garish light of day.
Turn your thoughts away from cold unfeeling light, and listen to the music of the night.
Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams, purge your thoughts of the life you knew before.
Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar.
And you'll live, as you've never lived before.
Softly, deftly, music shall caresss you.
Hear it, feel it, secretly possess you.
Open up your mind, let your fantisies unwind,
In this darkness that you know you cannot fight.
The darkness of the music of the night.
Let your mind start a journey to a strange new world, leave all thoughts of the life you knew before.
Let your soul take you where you long to be.
Only then can you belong to me.
Floating, falling, sweet intoxication.
Touch me, trust me, savor each sensation.
Let the dream begin,
Let your darker side give in, to the power of the music that I write.
The power of the music of the night.
You alone can make my song take flight.
She took my pitiful state of being,
When my dark inhabbitance... consumed this cell of mine,
When did my soul loose hope?
For I alone knew it's persuite...yet compassion took wing.
VERSE 1
(GERARD BUTLER)
Go away for the trap
Is set
And waits for it's
Prey...
You have come here
In pursuit of your deepest urge
A pursuit of that wish
Which till now
Has been silent
Silent...
I have brought you so
That our passions my fuse and
Merge
In your mind you've already
Succumbed to me
Dropped all defenses
Completely succumbed to me
Now you are here with me
No second thoughts
You've decided
Decided...
Past the point of no return
No backward glances
Our games of make believe
Are at an end
Past all thought of if
Or when
No use resisting
Abandon thought and let
The dream descend
What raging fire will flood the soul
What rich desire unlocks it's door
What sweet seduction lies before us
Past the point of no return
the final threshold
What warm unspoken secrets will we learn
Beyond the point of no
Return...
Christine
You have brought me
to that moment when words run dry
to that moment when speech disappears into silence, silence
I have come here
hardly knowing the reason why
In my mind I've already imagined our bodies entwining
defenseless and silent
Now I am here with you
no second thoughts
I've decided ... decided
Past the point of no return
No going back now
Our passion play has now at last begun
Past all thought of right or wrong
One final question
How long should we two wait before we're one?
When will the blood begin to race
The sleeping bud burst into bloom
When will the flames at last consume us
Duet
Past the point of no return
The final threshold
The bridge is crossed, so stand and watch it burn,
I'll swim and sail on savage seas
With ne'er fear of drowning
And gladly ride the waves of life
If you will marry me
No scorching sun
Nor freezing cold
Will stop me on my journey
If you will promise me your heart
And love...
And love me for eternity
My dearest one
My darling dear
Your mighty words astound me
But I've no need for mighty deeds
When I feel your arms around me
But I would bring you rings of gold
I'd even sing you poetry
And I would keep you from all harm
If you would stay beside me
I have no use for rings of gold
I care not for your poetry
I only want your hand to hold
I only want you near me
To love, to kiss, to sweetly hold
For the dancing and the dreaming
Through all my sorrows and delights
I'll keep your love beside me
I'll swim and sail on savage seas
With ne'er fear of drowning
And gladly ride the waves of life
If you will marry me