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The Phantom of the Opera is amazing. You know how I always say I love a movie right after I see it?...well this one is different I don’t wanna sound cheesey but the whole thing was just beautiful! My 2 favorite songs I think are Past the Point of No Return and Phantom of the Opera but I simply couldn’t say for sure cause i like them all… I can’t even describe it I just love love love it! LOL. Anyways I’m bored lol and this is doing nothing to help. I gotta leave to watch LOST soon but I dunno I may just record it.
Today was good nothing special but it was a good day. Maybe it’s just me but this week seems to have passed really slow I seriously thought today was Friday but obviously it’s not. Oh I totally still have to write my MYTH dang it! Rough draft is due tomorrow and I am completely drawing a blank here lol. Oh and today when I got home I was excited because St.Mary’s called back and I have an interview Friday to volunteer and I am so excited!!!!!! CROSS YOUR FINGERS FOR ME PLEASE!!!!! Oh and the sweetest thing ever on valentine’s day I came home and my mom had left a bag of lil stuff on my bed….sweetarts (one of favorite candies’ besides twizzlers and skittles), a pen, chocolate, cinnamon gum and tictacs. It was so sweet and then I felt bad cause I hadn’t gotten her anything. Oh yes and Sunday I saw Phantom of the Opera with Kaylyn and then when we got outside I was like crap because the roads were all icy and I had to drive like a gramma all the way home. Ha it was so funny though. Oh and I got paid Monday but after paying my 40 for insurance and saving some all I had left is 10 and that will prolly end up going to gas before I get paid again…I really think it’s time for a new job….anyone wanna come job hunting with me (you don’t even have to look just keep me company?) SO yes that was all quite exciting and Monday-Wednesday we are going up to Boyne again and that is a happy thing that I am excited for. 2 extra days off school exciting!! Oh yes and I dunno if I already mentioned this but Juniors won the Spirit Drum on Friday at the pep assembly and then Sat I was at the school at 8 to decorate for Coming Home which I didn’t go to (oh and Jordan I know that was your birthday and I never called I’m sorry happy late birthday hun!) By the way I have decided that this entry is really quite random and out of order bnut I think I’ve covered it all…
Phantom of the Opera Lyrics
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA:
Christine:
In sleep he sang to me
In dreams he came
That voice which calls to me
And speaks my name
And do I dream again?
For now I find
The phantom of the opera is there,
Inside my mind
Phantom:
Sing once again with me
Our strange duet
My power over you
Grows stronger yet
And though you turn from me
to glance behind
The phantom of the opera is there
Inside your mind
Christine:
Those who have seen your face
Draw back in fear
I am the mask you wear
Phantom:
It's me they hear
Both:
My/Your spirit and my/your voice
In one combined
The phantom of the opera is there
inside my/your mind
Chorus:
He's there
the phantom of the opera
Beware the phantom of the opera
Phantom:
In all your fantasy
you always knew
that man and mystery...
Christine:
Were both in you
Both:
And in this Labyrinth
Where night is blind
The Phantom of the Opera is here
Christine:
Inside my mind
PHANTOM:
Sing my angel of music
Christine:
He's there,
the Phantom of the Opera . .
Christine [Vocalizing until the end...]
(Christine cont'd on a higher note)
Phantom:
Sing My Angel...
(Christine cont'd on a higher note)
Phantom:
SING FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!
[CHRISTINE ON HIGHER NOTE...]
sing...
(higher note)
sing my angel...
(higher note)
sing for me...
[on a higher note...ends]
Phantom:
I have brought you
to the seat of sweet music's throne
to this kingdom where all must pay homage
to music
Music
you have come here
for one purpose and one alone
since the moment
I first heard you sing
I have needed you with me
to serve me to sing
for my music, my music.
ALL I ASK OF YOU
[Male voice] (Raoul)
No more talk of darkness
Forget these wide-eyed fears
I’m here, nothing can harm you
My words will warm and calm you
Let me be your freedom
Let daylight dry your tears
I’m here, with you, beside you
To guard you and to guide you
[Female voice] (Christine)
Say you love me every waking moment
Turn my head with talk of summertime
Say you need me with you now and always
Promise me that all you say is true
That's all I ask of you
[Raoul]
Let me be your shelter
Let me be your light
You’re safe, no one will find you
Your fears are far behind you
[Christine]
All I want is freedom
A world with no more night
And you, always beside me
To hold me and to hide me
[Raoul]
Then say you’ll share with me one love, one lifetime
Let me lead you from your solitude
Say you need me with you here, beside you
Anywhere you go, let me go too
Christine, that's all I ask of you
[Christine]
Say you’ll share with me one love, one lifetime
Say the word and I will follow you
[Both]
Share each day with me, each night, each morning
[Christine]
Say you love me
[Raoul]
You know I do
[Both]
Love me, that's all I ask of you
…
Anywhere you go, let me go too
Love me, that's all I ask of you
ALL I ASK OF YOU (reprise)
[Christine]
I must go, they'll wonder where I am
come with me Raoul
[Raoul]
Christine, I love you
[Christine]
Order your fine horses
Be with them at the door
[Raoul]
And soon you'll be beside me
[Christine]
You'll guard me and you'll guide me
[Phantom]
I gave you my music
Made your song take wing
and now, how you've repaid me
Denied me and betrayed me
He was bound to love you
When he heard you sing!
[spoken]
Christine...
Christine...
[Christine and Raoul in the distance]
Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime
Say the word and I will follow you
Share each day with me, each night, each morning
[Phantom]
You will curse the day you did not do,
All that the phantom asked of you!
ANGEL OF MUSIC
PHANTOM'S VOICE: Brava, brava, bravissima . . .
MEG:
Christine, Christine...
(Phantom: Christine...)
Where in the world
have you been hiding?
Really, you were perfect!
I only wish
I knew your secret!
Who is your great tutor?
CHRISTINE:
Father once spoke of an angel
I used to dream he'd appear
Now as I sing, I can sense him
And I know he's here
Here in this room
he calls me softly
somewhere inside hiding
Somehow I know
he's always with me
he - the unseen genius
MEG:
Christine, you must have been dreaming
Stories like this can't come true
Christine, you're talking in riddles
And it's not like you
CHRISTINE:
Angel of Music!
Guide and guardian!
Grant to me your glory!
MEG(to herself):
Who is this angel? This...
BOTH:
Angel of Music!
Hide no longer!
Secret and strange angel
CHRISTINE:
He's with me, even now...
MEG:
Your hands are cold...
CHRISTINE:
All around...
MEG:
Your face, Christine, it's white...
CHRISTINE:
It frightens me...
MEG:
Don't be frightened...
DOWN ONCE MORE/TRACK DOWN THIS MURDERER
Phantom:
Down once more to the dungeons of my black despair
Down we plunge to the prison of my mind
Down that path into darkness,
deep as hell
Why, you ask,
was I bound and chained
in this cold and dismal place?
Not for any mortal sin
but the wickedness of my abhorrent face
Mob:
Track down this murderer
He must be found
Phantom:
Hounded out by everyone
Met with hatred everywhere
No kind words from anyone
No compassion anywhere
Christine,
[Spoken]Why, why . . .?
Madame Giry:
Your hand at the level of your eyes
Raoul:
Your hand at the level of your eyes
Mob:
Your hand at the level of your eyes
Madame Giry [Spoken]:
This is as far as I dare go
Christine:
Have you gorged yourself at last
in your lust for blood?
Am I now to be prey
to your lust for flesh?
Phantom:
That fate, which condemns me to wallow in blood
Has also denied me the joys of the flesh . . .
This face, the infection which poisons our love . . .
This face, which earned a mother’s fear and loathing
A mask, my first unfeeling scrap of clothing
Pity comes too late
Turn around and face your fate
An eternity of this before your eyes
Christine:
This haunted face holds no horror for me now
It’s in your soul that the true distortion lies
Phantom:
Wait! I think, my dear, we have a guest
Sir [Christine, spoken: Raoul!] this is indeed an unparalleled delight
I had rather hoped that you would come
And now my wish comes true
You have truly made my night!
Christine [spoken]:
Let me go!
Raoul:
Free her
Do what you like, only free her
Have you no pity?
Phantom:
Your lover makes a passionate plea
Christine:
Please, Raoul, it’s useless
Raoul:
I love her
Does that mean nothing?
I love her
Show some compassion
Phantom:
The world showed no compassion to me!
Raoul:
Christine . . .
Christine . . .
Let me see her
Phantom:
Be my guest, sir...
Monsieur, I bid you welcome
Did you think that I would harm her?
Why would I make her pay
for the sins which are yours?
Order your fine horses now
Raise up your hand to the level of your eyes
Nothing can save you now, except perhaps Christine
(to Christine)
Start a new life with me
Buy his freedom with your love!
Refuse me, and you send your lover to his death!
This is the choice,
This is the point of no return!
Christine:
The tears I might have shed
for your dark fate,
Grow cold and turn to tears
of hate
Raoul:
Christine, forgive me, please forgive me
I did it all
for you, and all for
nothing . . .
Christine:
Farewell, my fallen idol and false friend
We had such hopes, and now those hopes are shattered
Phantom:
Too late for turning back, Too late for prayers and useless pity
Raoul:
Say you love him, and my life is over!
Phantom:
All hope of cries of help,
No point in fighting
For either way you choose, You cannot win
Raoul:
Either way you choose, he has to win
Phantom:
So do you end your days with me
Or do you send him to his grave?
Raoul:
Why make her lie to you to save me?
Phantom:
Past the point of no return...
Christine:
Angel of Music . . .
Raoul:
For pity's sake, Christine say no!
Christine:
Who deserved this?
Phantom:
The final threshold . . .
Raoul:
Don't throw your life away for my sake!
Phantom:
His life is now the prize which you must earn!
Christine:
Why do you curse mercy?
Raoul:
I fought so hard to free you . . .
Christine:
Angel of Music . . .
Phantom:
You've passed the point of no return!
Chrstine:
. . . you deceived me
[spoken]I gave you my mind blindly
Phantom[spoken]:
You try my patience,
Make your choice!
Christine:
Pitiful creature of darkness,
What kind of life have you known?
God give me courage to show you,
You are not alone...
(Kisses him)
Mob:
Track down this
murderer, he must be found!
Hunt out this animal, who runs to ground!
(Mob continues to sing)
Phantom[spoken]:
Take her, forget me,
Forget all of this . . .
Leave me alone - forget all you’ve seen . . .
Go now - don’t let them find you!
Take the boat, swear to me, never to tell
The secret you know, of the angel in hell!
[sung]Go now - go now and leave me!
Masquerade
Paper faces on parade . . .
Masquerade
Hide your face so the world will never find you . . .
Christine, I love you....
(Christine gives him the ring)
Christine (to Raoul, on the boat):
Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime
Raoul:
Say the word and I will follow you...
Christine:
Share each day with me, each night, each morning...
Phantom:
You alone, can make my song take flight
It's over now, the music of the night
I REMEMBER/STRANGER THAN YOU DREAMT IT
[Christine]
I remember there was mist...
Swirling mist upon a vast glassy lake
There were candles all around, and on the lake there was a boat
And in the boat there was a man
Who was that shape in the shadows?
Whose is the face in the mask?
[She removes his mask]
[Phantom]
...Damn you
You little prying Pandora
You little demon
This is what you wanted to see?
Curse you, you little lying Delilah
You little viper
Now cannot ever be free
Damn you, curse you...
Stranger than you dreamt it
Can you even dare to look, or bear to think of me
This loathesome gargoyle
Who burns in hell, But secretly yearns for heaven
Secretly, secretly...
But Christine...
Fear can turn to love
You'll learn to see, to find the man behind the monster
This repulsive carcass
Who seems a beast but secretly dreams of beauty,
Secretly, secretly...
Oh, Christine...
[Phantom, speaking]
Come, we must return, those two fools who run my theatre will be missing you.
LITTLE LOTTE/THE MIRROR
Raoul:(Spoken)
Little Lotte, let her mind wonder. Little Lotte thought, "Am I fonder of dolls or of goblins or of shoes?"
Christine:(Spoken)
Raoul.
Raoul:(Spoken)
Or of riddles or frogs?
Christine:(Spoken)
Those Picnics in the attic.
Raoul:(Spoken)
Or of chocolates.
Christine:(Spoken)
father playing the violin
Raoul:(Spoken)
As we read to each other, dark stories of the north
Christine:(Spoken)
No, "What I loved best," Lottie Said, "was when I'm asleep in my bed."
(Sung)
And the angel of music sings songs in my head
Christine and Raoul:
The angel of music sings songs in my head.
Raoul:(Spoken)
You sang like an angel tonight.
Christine:(Spoken)
Father said "When I am in heaven, Child, I will send the angel of music to you." Well, father is dead, Raoul. And I have been visited by the angel of music.
Raoul:(Spoken)
Oh, no doubt of it. And now, we go to supper.
Christine:(Spoken)
No, Raoul, the angel of music is very strict.
Raoul:(Spoken)
Well I shant keep you up late. (Laughs)
Christine:(Spoken)
Raoul, No.
Raoul:(Spoken)
You must change. I'll order my carriage. Two minutes, Little Lotte.
Christine:(Spoken)
No, Raoul, wait!
Phantom:
Insolent boy/this slave of fashion/basking in your glory/Ignorant fool/this brave young suitor, sharing in my triumph!
Christine:
Angel, I hear, you/Speak, I listen/Stay by my side, guide me/Angel, my soul was weak/forgive me/Enter at last, master.
Phantom:
Flattering child, you shall know me/See why in shadow I hide/Look at your face in the mirror/I am there inside
Christine:
Angel of music/guide and guardian/grant to me your glory/angel of music/hide no longer/come to me, strange angel.
Phantom:
I am your angel of music/come to me, angel of music.
Raoul:(Spoken)
Whose is that voice? Who is that in there?
Phantom:
I am your angel of music
Raoul:(Spoken)
Christine! Christine!
Phantom:
Come to me, angel of music
MASQUERDAE/WHY SO SILENT
Firmin: (Spoken)
Monsieur Andre!
Andre: (Spoken)
Monsieur Firmin!
Firmin:
Dear Andre, what a splendid party
Andre:
The prologue to a bright new year
Firmin:
Quite a night, I'm impressed
Andre:
Well, one does one's best
Andre and Firmin:
Here's to us
Firmin:
I must say all the same that it's a shame that phantom fellow isn't here.
Chorus/Crowd:
Masquerade! /Paper faces on parade/Masquerade! /Hide your face so the world will never find you/Masquerade! /Every face a different shade/Masquerade! /Look around, there's another mask behind you.
Flash of mauve/Splash of puce/Fool and king/Ghoul and goose/Green and black/Queen and priest/Trace of rouge/Face of beast/Faces!/Take your turn, take a ride/On the merry-go-round/in an inhuman race/Eye of gold/Thigh of blue/True is false/Who is who?/Curl of lip/Swirl of gown/Ace of hearts/Face of clown/Faces!/Drink it in, drink it up/Till you've drowned/In the light/In the sound/But who can name the face?
Masquerade! /Grinning yellows, spinning reds/Masquerade! /Take your fill, let the spectacle astound you/Masquerade! /Burning glances, turning heads/Masquerade!/Stop and stare at the sea of smiles around you/Masquerade!/Seething shadows breathing lies/Masquerade!/You can fool any friend who ever knew you/Masquerade!/Leering satyrs, peering eyes/Masquerade!/Run and hide, but a face will still pursue you.
Madame Giry:
What a night!
Firmin/Andre:
What a crowd!/Makes you glad/Makes you proud/All the crème/De la crème
Carlotta:
Watching us, watching them
Meg:
All our fears are in the past
Firmin/Andre:
Three months
Piangi:
Of relief!
Carlotta:
Of delight!
Andre/Firmin:
Of Elysian peace! /And we can breathe at last.
Carlotta:
No more notes
Piangi:
No more ghost
Madame Giry:
Here's a health
Andre/Firmin:
Here's a toast, to a prosperous year/to our friends who are here
Piangi and Carlotta:
And may the splendor never fade!
Firmin/Andre:
What a blessed release!
Madame Giry:
And what a masquerade!
Christine:
Think of it
(Spoken)
Our secret engagement. Look, your future bride. Just think of it.
Raoul: (Spoken)
Why is it secret? What have we to hide? You promised me.
Christine: (Spoken)
No, Raoul, please don't, they'll see.
Raoul: (Spoken)
Well then let them see. It's an engagement, not a crime.
(Sung)
Christine, what are you afraid of?
Christine(and Raoul in parenthesis):
Let's not argue(Let's not argue)/Please pretend (I can only hope)/You will understand in time (I'll understand in time)
Chorus/Crowd:
Masquerade!/Paper faces on parade/Masquerade!/Hide your face so the world will never find you/Masquerade!/Every face a different shade/Masquerade!/Look around, there's another mask behind you/Masquerade!/Burning glances, turning heads/Masquerade!/Stop and stare at the sea of smiles around you/Masquerade!/Grinning yellows, Spinning reds/Masquerade!/Take your fill, let the spectacle astound you.
Phantom:
Why so silent, good Monsieurs?/Did you think that I had left you for good?/Have you missed me, good Monsieurs?/I have written you an opera./Here, I bring the finished score./Don Juan Triumphant!/Fondest greetings to you all/A few instructions just before rehearsal starts/Carlotta must be taught to act/Not her normal trick of strutting round the stage/Our Don Juan must loose some weight/It's not healthy in a man of Piangi's age/And my managers must learn that their place is in an office/Not the arts/As for our star, Miss Christine Daae...
No doubt she'll do her best/It's true, her voice is good/She knows, though/Should she wish to excell/She has much still to learn/If pride will let her return to me, her teacher/Her teacher...
Phantom:
Your chains are still mine,
(spoken)
You belong to me!
MUSIC OF THE NIGHT
Nighttime sharpens, heightens each sensation
Darkness wakes and stirs imagination
Silently the senses abandon their defenses
Helpless to resist the notes i write
For i compose, the music of the night
Slowly, gently, Night unfurls its Splendor
Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender
Hearing is believing, music is decieving
Hard as lightning, soft as candlelight
Dare you trust the music of the night
Close your eyes -
For your eyes will only tell the truth
And the truth isnt what you want to see
In the dark, is it easy to pretend
That the truth is it ought to be
Softly, deftly, Music shall caress you
Hear it, feel it, secretly possess you
Open up your mind, Let your fantasies unwind
In this Darkness which you know you cannot fight,
The Darkness of the Music of the Night!
Close your eyes -
Start a journey through a strange new World! leave all thoughts of the world you Knew before, close you eyes and let music Set you free, 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, Help me make the music of the night.
PAST THE POINT OF NO RETURN
PHANTOM: Passarino - Go away for the trap is set and waits for its prey.
You have come here
In pursuit of your deepest urge
In pursuit of that wish which till now
Has been silent
Silent.
I have brought you
That our passions that may 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
the games we’ve played till now are at an end.
Past all thoughts of “if” or “when”
No use resisting
Abandon thought and let the dream descend
What raging fires shall flood the soul
What rich desire unlocks its 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?
Both: Past the point of no return
The final threshold
The bridge is crossed
So stand and watch it burn
We’ve passed the point of no return.
PHANTOM: Say you’ll share with me
One love, one lifetime
Lead me, save me from my solitude
Say you’ll want me
With you here
Beside you
Anywhere you go
Let me go too
Christine that’s all I ask of…
PRIMA DONNA
Andre and Firmin-
Prima Donna first lady of the stage your devotees are on their knees to implore you
Andre-
Can you bow out when theyre shouting your name?
Firmin-
Think of how they all adore you.
Andre and Firmin-
Prima Donna enchant us once again
Andre-
Think of your muse
Firmin-
And of the queues round the theatre!
Andre and Firmin-
Can you deny us the triumph in store?
Andre,Firmin,and Piangi-
Sing, Primma Donna one more!
2nd chourus
Calotta-
Primma Donna your song shall live again, you took a snub, but there's a public who needs you. Think of thier cry of undying support, follow where the limelight leads you! Primma Donna your song shall never die, you'll sing again, and to unending ovation. Think how you'll shine in that final encore.
Andre,Firmin,Piangi-
Sing Pima Donna once more!
Andre,Firmin-
Who'd belive a diva happy to relieve a chorus girl who's gone and slept with the patron? Raoul and the soubrette entwined in loves duet, although he may deny he must have been with her. You'd never get away with all this in a play, but if its loudly sung and in a foreign tongue, it's just the sort of story audiencences adore, in fact a perfect opera, Prima Donna the world is at your feet a nation waits and how it hates to be cheated.
All-Light up the stage with that age old raport;sing, Prima Donna one more!!!
Phantom(spoken)-
So....it is war between us!If these demands are not met....a disaster beyond your imagination....will occur...
All-
ONCE MORE!!!!!
THINK OF ME
Carlotta:
Think of me/Think of me fondly when we've said goodbye/Remember me/Once in a while, please promise me you'll try/When you find that once again you long to take your heart back and be free...
(Screams)Signora!
Meg:(Spoken)
He's here. The Phantom of the Opera.
Lefevre/Andre/Firmin:(Spoken)
Signora, are you alright? Buquet, for God's sake, man, what is going on up there?
Buquet: (Spoken)
Please monsieur don't look at me. As God's my judge, I wasn't at my post. Please monsieur, there's no one there. Or if there is, well then... it must be a ghost.
Lefevre/Andre/Firmin:(Spoken)
Signora, these things do happen.
Carlotta:(Spoken)
For the past three years, "these things do happen." And did you stop them from happening? No! And you two! You are as bad as him! "These things do happen." UGH! Until you stop these things from happening, this thing does not happen! Ubaldo! Andiamo! Bring my doggy and my...
Piangi:(Spoken)
Amateurs.
Lefevre:(Spoken)
Gentlemen, goodluck. If you need me, I shall be in Australia.
Madame Giry:(Spoken)
I have a message sir, from the opera ghost.
Firmin:(Spoken)
Oh, God in heaven, you're all obsessed.
Madame Giry:(Spoken)
He welcomes you to his opera house
Firmin:(Spoken)
His opera house?
Madame Giry:(Spoken)
And commands that you continue to leave box five empty for his use and reminds you that his salary is due.
Andre/Firmin:(Spoken)
His Salary?
Madame Giry:(Spoken)
Monsieur Lefevre used to give him 20,000 francs a month.
Andre/Firmin:(Spoken)
20,000 francs?
Madame Giry:(Spoken)
Perhaps you can afford more with the Viscount as your patron?
Firmin:(Spoken)
Madame, I had hoped to make that announcement public tonight when the Viscount was to join us for the gala. But obviously, we shall now have to cancel as it appears we have lost our star! A full house, Andre! We shall have to refund a full house!
Madame Giry:(Spoken)
Christine Daae could sing it, Sir.
Andre:(Spoken)
What, a chorus girl?
Madame Giry:(Spoken)
Let her sing for you. She has been well taught.
Andre:(Spoken)
By who?
Christine:(Spoken)
I don't know his name monsieur.
Firmin:(Spoken)
Andre, this is doing nothing for my nerves.
Andre:(Spoken)
Well, she's very pretty.
Christine:
Think of me/Think of me fondly when we've said goodbye/Remember me/Once in a while, please promise me you'll try/When you find that once again you long to take your heart back and be free/If you ever find a moment/Spare a thought for me/We never said our love was evergreen/Or as unchanging as the sea/But if you can still remember/Stop and think of me/Think of all the things we've shared and seen/Don't think about the way things might've been/ think of me/Think of me waking, silent and resigned/Imagine me trying too hard to put you from my mind/Recall those days/Look back on all those times/Think of the things we'll never do/There will never be a day when I won't think of you.
Raoul:
Can it be/Can it be Christine? (Bravo!)/Long ago, it seems so long ago/How young and innocent we were/She may not remember me/But I remember her.
Christine:
Flowers fade/The fruits of summer fade/They have their seasons, so do we/But please promise me that sometimes you will think...(Opera singing) Of me!
WANDERING CHILD
Phantom:
Wandering child,
So lost, so helpless
Yearning for my guidance
Christine:
Angel or father?
Friend or phantom?
Who is it there, staring?
Phantom:
Have you forgotten your Angel?
Christine:
Angel, oh, speak
What endless longings
Echo in this whisper
Phantom:
Too long you've wandered in winter
Far from my fathering gaze
Christine:
Wildly my mind beats against you
Phantom:
You resist
Phantom/Christine:
Yet your/the soul obeys...
Phantom:
Angel of Music!
You denied me
Turning from true beauty
Angel of Music!
Do not shun me
Come to your strange Angel...
Christine:
Angel of Music!
I denied you
Turning from true beauty
Angel of Music!
My protector...
Come to me, strange Angel...
Phantom:
I am your Angel of Music...
Come to me; Angel of Music
Raoul[spoken]:
No, Christine, wait!
Wait!
Christine[spoken]:
Raoul!
Raoul[spoken]:
Whatever you believe,
this man - this thing - is not your father!
WE HAVE ALL BEEN BLIND
Raoul:
We have all been blind
And yet the answer is staring us in the face
This could be the chance
To ensnare our clever friend
Andre:
We're listening...
Firmin:
Go on.
Raoul:
We shall play his game
Perform his work, but remember we hold the ace
For if Miss Daae sings
He is certain to attend
Andre:
We are certain the doors are barred
Firmin:
We are certain the police are there
Raoul:
We are certain they're armed
Raoul/Andre/Firmin:
The curtain falls
His reign will end!
Christine[spoken]:
Raoul, I'm frightened...
Don't make me do this
It scares me,
Don't put me through this ordeal by fire.
He'll take me, I know
We'll be parted forever...
He won't let me go.
What I once used to dream, I now dread.
If he finds me, it won't ever end.
[sung]And he'll always be there,
singing songs in my head...
He'll always be there,
singing songs in my head...
Raoul:
You said yourself,
He was nothing but a man...
Yet while he lives,
He will haunt us 'til we're dead.
Christine:
Twisted every way
What answer can I give?
Am I to risk my life
To win the chance to live?
Can I betray the man
Who once inspired my voice?
Do I become his prey?
Do I have any choice?
He kills without a thought
He murders all that's good
I know I can't refuse...
And yet, I wish I could
Oh God, if I agree
What horrors wait for me
In this, the Phantom's opera
Raoul:
Christine, Christine
Don't think that I don't care
But every hope, and every prayer
rests in you now
Phantom:
Seal my fate tonight
I hate to have to cut the fun short
But the joke's wearing thin
Let the audience in
Let my opera begin!
WHY HAVE YOU BROUGHT ME HERE/RAOUL I’VE BEEN THERE
Raoul:
Why have you brought me here?
Christine:
We can't go back there!
Raoul:
We must return!
Christine:
He'll kill you!
His eyes will find us there!
Raoul:
Christine, don't say that
Christine:
Those eyes that burn!
Raoul:
Don't even think it
Christine:
And if he has to kill a thousand men
Raoul:
Forget this waking nightmare
Christine:
The Phantom of the Opera will kill
Raoul:
This phantom is a fable
Believe me
Christine:
...and kill again!
Raoul:
There is no Phantom of the Opera
Christine:
My God, who is this man
Raoul:
My God, who is this man
Christine:
...who hunts to kill?
Raoul:
...this mask of death?
Christine:
I can't escape from him
Raoul:
Whose is this voice you hear
Christine:
...I never will!
Raoul:
...with every breath?
Both:
And in this labyrinth,
where night is blind
the Phantom of the Opera
is here/there
inside your/my mind
Raoul:
There is no Phantom of the Opera
Christine:
Raoul, I've been there, to his world of
unending night
To a world where the daylight dissolves
into darkness, darkness
Raoul, I've seen him!
Can I ever forget that sight?
Can I ever escape from that face?
So distorted,deformed, it was hardly a face,
in that darkness, darkness
But his voice filled my spirit
with a strange, sweet sound
In that night there was music in my mind
And through music my soul began to soar!
And I heard as I'd never heard before
Raoul:
What you heard was a dream and nothing more
Christine:
Yet in his eyes all the sadness of the world
Those pleading eyes, that both threaten and adore
Raoul:
Christine, Christine
Phantom:
Christine
WISHING YOU WERE SOMEHOW HERE AGAIN
Christine: Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing.
Her father promised her that he would send her the Angel of Music.
Her father promised her...
her father promised her...
You were once my one companion,
you were all that mattered.
You were once a friend and father,
then my world was shattered.
Wishing you were somehow here again,
wishing you were somehow near.
Sometimes it seemed if I just dreamed,
somehow you would be here.
Wishing I could hear your voice again,
knowing that I never would.
Dreaming of you won't help me to do,
all that you dreamed I could!
Passing bells and sculpted angels,
cold and monumental.
Seem, for you, the wrong companions,
you were warm and gentle.
Too many years fighting back tears,
why can't the past just die!
Wishing you were somehow here again,
knowing we must say goodbye!
Try to forgive, teach me to live!
Give me the strength to try!
No more memories, no more silent tears!
No more gazing across the wasted years!
Help me say goodbye...
help me say goodbye!
Today was good nothing special but it was a good day. Maybe it’s just me but this week seems to have passed really slow I seriously thought today was Friday but obviously it’s not. Oh I totally still have to write my MYTH dang it! Rough draft is due tomorrow and I am completely drawing a blank here lol. Oh and today when I got home I was excited because St.Mary’s called back and I have an interview Friday to volunteer and I am so excited!!!!!! CROSS YOUR FINGERS FOR ME PLEASE!!!!! Oh and the sweetest thing ever on valentine’s day I came home and my mom had left a bag of lil stuff on my bed….sweetarts (one of favorite candies’ besides twizzlers and skittles), a pen, chocolate, cinnamon gum and tictacs. It was so sweet and then I felt bad cause I hadn’t gotten her anything. Oh yes and Sunday I saw Phantom of the Opera with Kaylyn and then when we got outside I was like crap because the roads were all icy and I had to drive like a gramma all the way home. Ha it was so funny though. Oh and I got paid Monday but after paying my 40 for insurance and saving some all I had left is 10 and that will prolly end up going to gas before I get paid again…I really think it’s time for a new job….anyone wanna come job hunting with me (you don’t even have to look just keep me company?) SO yes that was all quite exciting and Monday-Wednesday we are going up to Boyne again and that is a happy thing that I am excited for. 2 extra days off school exciting!! Oh yes and I dunno if I already mentioned this but Juniors won the Spirit Drum on Friday at the pep assembly and then Sat I was at the school at 8 to decorate for Coming Home which I didn’t go to (oh and Jordan I know that was your birthday and I never called I’m sorry happy late birthday hun!) By the way I have decided that this entry is really quite random and out of order bnut I think I’ve covered it all…
Phantom of the Opera Lyrics
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA:
Christine:
In sleep he sang to me
In dreams he came
That voice which calls to me
And speaks my name
And do I dream again?
For now I find
The phantom of the opera is there,
Inside my mind
Phantom:
Sing once again with me
Our strange duet
My power over you
Grows stronger yet
And though you turn from me
to glance behind
The phantom of the opera is there
Inside your mind
Christine:
Those who have seen your face
Draw back in fear
I am the mask you wear
Phantom:
It's me they hear
Both:
My/Your spirit and my/your voice
In one combined
The phantom of the opera is there
inside my/your mind
Chorus:
He's there
the phantom of the opera
Beware the phantom of the opera
Phantom:
In all your fantasy
you always knew
that man and mystery...
Christine:
Were both in you
Both:
And in this Labyrinth
Where night is blind
The Phantom of the Opera is here
Christine:
Inside my mind
PHANTOM:
Sing my angel of music
Christine:
He's there,
the Phantom of the Opera . .
Christine [Vocalizing until the end...]
(Christine cont'd on a higher note)
Phantom:
Sing My Angel...
(Christine cont'd on a higher note)
Phantom:
SING FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!
[CHRISTINE ON HIGHER NOTE...]
sing...
(higher note)
sing my angel...
(higher note)
sing for me...
[on a higher note...ends]
Phantom:
I have brought you
to the seat of sweet music's throne
to this kingdom where all must pay homage
to music
Music
you have come here
for one purpose and one alone
since the moment
I first heard you sing
I have needed you with me
to serve me to sing
for my music, my music.
ALL I ASK OF YOU
[Male voice] (Raoul)
No more talk of darkness
Forget these wide-eyed fears
I’m here, nothing can harm you
My words will warm and calm you
Let me be your freedom
Let daylight dry your tears
I’m here, with you, beside you
To guard you and to guide you
[Female voice] (Christine)
Say you love me every waking moment
Turn my head with talk of summertime
Say you need me with you now and always
Promise me that all you say is true
That's all I ask of you
[Raoul]
Let me be your shelter
Let me be your light
You’re safe, no one will find you
Your fears are far behind you
[Christine]
All I want is freedom
A world with no more night
And you, always beside me
To hold me and to hide me
[Raoul]
Then say you’ll share with me one love, one lifetime
Let me lead you from your solitude
Say you need me with you here, beside you
Anywhere you go, let me go too
Christine, that's all I ask of you
[Christine]
Say you’ll share with me one love, one lifetime
Say the word and I will follow you
[Both]
Share each day with me, each night, each morning
[Christine]
Say you love me
[Raoul]
You know I do
[Both]
Love me, that's all I ask of you
…
Anywhere you go, let me go too
Love me, that's all I ask of you
ALL I ASK OF YOU (reprise)
[Christine]
I must go, they'll wonder where I am
come with me Raoul
[Raoul]
Christine, I love you
[Christine]
Order your fine horses
Be with them at the door
[Raoul]
And soon you'll be beside me
[Christine]
You'll guard me and you'll guide me
[Phantom]
I gave you my music
Made your song take wing
and now, how you've repaid me
Denied me and betrayed me
He was bound to love you
When he heard you sing!
[spoken]
Christine...
Christine...
[Christine and Raoul in the distance]
Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime
Say the word and I will follow you
Share each day with me, each night, each morning
[Phantom]
You will curse the day you did not do,
All that the phantom asked of you!
ANGEL OF MUSIC
PHANTOM'S VOICE: Brava, brava, bravissima . . .
MEG:
Christine, Christine...
(Phantom: Christine...)
Where in the world
have you been hiding?
Really, you were perfect!
I only wish
I knew your secret!
Who is your great tutor?
CHRISTINE:
Father once spoke of an angel
I used to dream he'd appear
Now as I sing, I can sense him
And I know he's here
Here in this room
he calls me softly
somewhere inside hiding
Somehow I know
he's always with me
he - the unseen genius
MEG:
Christine, you must have been dreaming
Stories like this can't come true
Christine, you're talking in riddles
And it's not like you
CHRISTINE:
Angel of Music!
Guide and guardian!
Grant to me your glory!
MEG(to herself):
Who is this angel? This...
BOTH:
Angel of Music!
Hide no longer!
Secret and strange angel
CHRISTINE:
He's with me, even now...
MEG:
Your hands are cold...
CHRISTINE:
All around...
MEG:
Your face, Christine, it's white...
CHRISTINE:
It frightens me...
MEG:
Don't be frightened...
DOWN ONCE MORE/TRACK DOWN THIS MURDERER
Phantom:
Down once more to the dungeons of my black despair
Down we plunge to the prison of my mind
Down that path into darkness,
deep as hell
Why, you ask,
was I bound and chained
in this cold and dismal place?
Not for any mortal sin
but the wickedness of my abhorrent face
Mob:
Track down this murderer
He must be found
Phantom:
Hounded out by everyone
Met with hatred everywhere
No kind words from anyone
No compassion anywhere
Christine,
[Spoken]Why, why . . .?
Madame Giry:
Your hand at the level of your eyes
Raoul:
Your hand at the level of your eyes
Mob:
Your hand at the level of your eyes
Madame Giry [Spoken]:
This is as far as I dare go
Christine:
Have you gorged yourself at last
in your lust for blood?
Am I now to be prey
to your lust for flesh?
Phantom:
That fate, which condemns me to wallow in blood
Has also denied me the joys of the flesh . . .
This face, the infection which poisons our love . . .
This face, which earned a mother’s fear and loathing
A mask, my first unfeeling scrap of clothing
Pity comes too late
Turn around and face your fate
An eternity of this before your eyes
Christine:
This haunted face holds no horror for me now
It’s in your soul that the true distortion lies
Phantom:
Wait! I think, my dear, we have a guest
Sir [Christine, spoken: Raoul!] this is indeed an unparalleled delight
I had rather hoped that you would come
And now my wish comes true
You have truly made my night!
Christine [spoken]:
Let me go!
Raoul:
Free her
Do what you like, only free her
Have you no pity?
Phantom:
Your lover makes a passionate plea
Christine:
Please, Raoul, it’s useless
Raoul:
I love her
Does that mean nothing?
I love her
Show some compassion
Phantom:
The world showed no compassion to me!
Raoul:
Christine . . .
Christine . . .
Let me see her
Phantom:
Be my guest, sir...
Monsieur, I bid you welcome
Did you think that I would harm her?
Why would I make her pay
for the sins which are yours?
Order your fine horses now
Raise up your hand to the level of your eyes
Nothing can save you now, except perhaps Christine
(to Christine)
Start a new life with me
Buy his freedom with your love!
Refuse me, and you send your lover to his death!
This is the choice,
This is the point of no return!
Christine:
The tears I might have shed
for your dark fate,
Grow cold and turn to tears
of hate
Raoul:
Christine, forgive me, please forgive me
I did it all
for you, and all for
nothing . . .
Christine:
Farewell, my fallen idol and false friend
We had such hopes, and now those hopes are shattered
Phantom:
Too late for turning back, Too late for prayers and useless pity
Raoul:
Say you love him, and my life is over!
Phantom:
All hope of cries of help,
No point in fighting
For either way you choose, You cannot win
Raoul:
Either way you choose, he has to win
Phantom:
So do you end your days with me
Or do you send him to his grave?
Raoul:
Why make her lie to you to save me?
Phantom:
Past the point of no return...
Christine:
Angel of Music . . .
Raoul:
For pity's sake, Christine say no!
Christine:
Who deserved this?
Phantom:
The final threshold . . .
Raoul:
Don't throw your life away for my sake!
Phantom:
His life is now the prize which you must earn!
Christine:
Why do you curse mercy?
Raoul:
I fought so hard to free you . . .
Christine:
Angel of Music . . .
Phantom:
You've passed the point of no return!
Chrstine:
. . . you deceived me
[spoken]I gave you my mind blindly
Phantom[spoken]:
You try my patience,
Make your choice!
Christine:
Pitiful creature of darkness,
What kind of life have you known?
God give me courage to show you,
You are not alone...
(Kisses him)
Mob:
Track down this
murderer, he must be found!
Hunt out this animal, who runs to ground!
(Mob continues to sing)
Phantom[spoken]:
Take her, forget me,
Forget all of this . . .
Leave me alone - forget all you’ve seen . . .
Go now - don’t let them find you!
Take the boat, swear to me, never to tell
The secret you know, of the angel in hell!
[sung]Go now - go now and leave me!
Masquerade
Paper faces on parade . . .
Masquerade
Hide your face so the world will never find you . . .
Christine, I love you....
(Christine gives him the ring)
Christine (to Raoul, on the boat):
Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime
Raoul:
Say the word and I will follow you...
Christine:
Share each day with me, each night, each morning...
Phantom:
You alone, can make my song take flight
It's over now, the music of the night
I REMEMBER/STRANGER THAN YOU DREAMT IT
[Christine]
I remember there was mist...
Swirling mist upon a vast glassy lake
There were candles all around, and on the lake there was a boat
And in the boat there was a man
Who was that shape in the shadows?
Whose is the face in the mask?
[She removes his mask]
[Phantom]
...Damn you
You little prying Pandora
You little demon
This is what you wanted to see?
Curse you, you little lying Delilah
You little viper
Now cannot ever be free
Damn you, curse you...
Stranger than you dreamt it
Can you even dare to look, or bear to think of me
This loathesome gargoyle
Who burns in hell, But secretly yearns for heaven
Secretly, secretly...
But Christine...
Fear can turn to love
You'll learn to see, to find the man behind the monster
This repulsive carcass
Who seems a beast but secretly dreams of beauty,
Secretly, secretly...
Oh, Christine...
[Phantom, speaking]
Come, we must return, those two fools who run my theatre will be missing you.
LITTLE LOTTE/THE MIRROR
Raoul:(Spoken)
Little Lotte, let her mind wonder. Little Lotte thought, "Am I fonder of dolls or of goblins or of shoes?"
Christine:(Spoken)
Raoul.
Raoul:(Spoken)
Or of riddles or frogs?
Christine:(Spoken)
Those Picnics in the attic.
Raoul:(Spoken)
Or of chocolates.
Christine:(Spoken)
father playing the violin
Raoul:(Spoken)
As we read to each other, dark stories of the north
Christine:(Spoken)
No, "What I loved best," Lottie Said, "was when I'm asleep in my bed."
(Sung)
And the angel of music sings songs in my head
Christine and Raoul:
The angel of music sings songs in my head.
Raoul:(Spoken)
You sang like an angel tonight.
Christine:(Spoken)
Father said "When I am in heaven, Child, I will send the angel of music to you." Well, father is dead, Raoul. And I have been visited by the angel of music.
Raoul:(Spoken)
Oh, no doubt of it. And now, we go to supper.
Christine:(Spoken)
No, Raoul, the angel of music is very strict.
Raoul:(Spoken)
Well I shant keep you up late. (Laughs)
Christine:(Spoken)
Raoul, No.
Raoul:(Spoken)
You must change. I'll order my carriage. Two minutes, Little Lotte.
Christine:(Spoken)
No, Raoul, wait!
Phantom:
Insolent boy/this slave of fashion/basking in your glory/Ignorant fool/this brave young suitor, sharing in my triumph!
Christine:
Angel, I hear, you/Speak, I listen/Stay by my side, guide me/Angel, my soul was weak/forgive me/Enter at last, master.
Phantom:
Flattering child, you shall know me/See why in shadow I hide/Look at your face in the mirror/I am there inside
Christine:
Angel of music/guide and guardian/grant to me your glory/angel of music/hide no longer/come to me, strange angel.
Phantom:
I am your angel of music/come to me, angel of music.
Raoul:(Spoken)
Whose is that voice? Who is that in there?
Phantom:
I am your angel of music
Raoul:(Spoken)
Christine! Christine!
Phantom:
Come to me, angel of music
MASQUERDAE/WHY SO SILENT
Firmin: (Spoken)
Monsieur Andre!
Andre: (Spoken)
Monsieur Firmin!
Firmin:
Dear Andre, what a splendid party
Andre:
The prologue to a bright new year
Firmin:
Quite a night, I'm impressed
Andre:
Well, one does one's best
Andre and Firmin:
Here's to us
Firmin:
I must say all the same that it's a shame that phantom fellow isn't here.
Chorus/Crowd:
Masquerade! /Paper faces on parade/Masquerade! /Hide your face so the world will never find you/Masquerade! /Every face a different shade/Masquerade! /Look around, there's another mask behind you.
Flash of mauve/Splash of puce/Fool and king/Ghoul and goose/Green and black/Queen and priest/Trace of rouge/Face of beast/Faces!/Take your turn, take a ride/On the merry-go-round/in an inhuman race/Eye of gold/Thigh of blue/True is false/Who is who?/Curl of lip/Swirl of gown/Ace of hearts/Face of clown/Faces!/Drink it in, drink it up/Till you've drowned/In the light/In the sound/But who can name the face?
Masquerade! /Grinning yellows, spinning reds/Masquerade! /Take your fill, let the spectacle astound you/Masquerade! /Burning glances, turning heads/Masquerade!/Stop and stare at the sea of smiles around you/Masquerade!/Seething shadows breathing lies/Masquerade!/You can fool any friend who ever knew you/Masquerade!/Leering satyrs, peering eyes/Masquerade!/Run and hide, but a face will still pursue you.
Madame Giry:
What a night!
Firmin/Andre:
What a crowd!/Makes you glad/Makes you proud/All the crème/De la crème
Carlotta:
Watching us, watching them
Meg:
All our fears are in the past
Firmin/Andre:
Three months
Piangi:
Of relief!
Carlotta:
Of delight!
Andre/Firmin:
Of Elysian peace! /And we can breathe at last.
Carlotta:
No more notes
Piangi:
No more ghost
Madame Giry:
Here's a health
Andre/Firmin:
Here's a toast, to a prosperous year/to our friends who are here
Piangi and Carlotta:
And may the splendor never fade!
Firmin/Andre:
What a blessed release!
Madame Giry:
And what a masquerade!
Christine:
Think of it
(Spoken)
Our secret engagement. Look, your future bride. Just think of it.
Raoul: (Spoken)
Why is it secret? What have we to hide? You promised me.
Christine: (Spoken)
No, Raoul, please don't, they'll see.
Raoul: (Spoken)
Well then let them see. It's an engagement, not a crime.
(Sung)
Christine, what are you afraid of?
Christine(and Raoul in parenthesis):
Let's not argue(Let's not argue)/Please pretend (I can only hope)/You will understand in time (I'll understand in time)
Chorus/Crowd:
Masquerade!/Paper faces on parade/Masquerade!/Hide your face so the world will never find you/Masquerade!/Every face a different shade/Masquerade!/Look around, there's another mask behind you/Masquerade!/Burning glances, turning heads/Masquerade!/Stop and stare at the sea of smiles around you/Masquerade!/Grinning yellows, Spinning reds/Masquerade!/Take your fill, let the spectacle astound you.
Phantom:
Why so silent, good Monsieurs?/Did you think that I had left you for good?/Have you missed me, good Monsieurs?/I have written you an opera./Here, I bring the finished score./Don Juan Triumphant!/Fondest greetings to you all/A few instructions just before rehearsal starts/Carlotta must be taught to act/Not her normal trick of strutting round the stage/Our Don Juan must loose some weight/It's not healthy in a man of Piangi's age/And my managers must learn that their place is in an office/Not the arts/As for our star, Miss Christine Daae...
No doubt she'll do her best/It's true, her voice is good/She knows, though/Should she wish to excell/She has much still to learn/If pride will let her return to me, her teacher/Her teacher...
Phantom:
Your chains are still mine,
(spoken)
You belong to me!
MUSIC OF THE NIGHT
Nighttime sharpens, heightens each sensation
Darkness wakes and stirs imagination
Silently the senses abandon their defenses
Helpless to resist the notes i write
For i compose, the music of the night
Slowly, gently, Night unfurls its Splendor
Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender
Hearing is believing, music is decieving
Hard as lightning, soft as candlelight
Dare you trust the music of the night
Close your eyes -
For your eyes will only tell the truth
And the truth isnt what you want to see
In the dark, is it easy to pretend
That the truth is it ought to be
Softly, deftly, Music shall caress you
Hear it, feel it, secretly possess you
Open up your mind, Let your fantasies unwind
In this Darkness which you know you cannot fight,
The Darkness of the Music of the Night!
Close your eyes -
Start a journey through a strange new World! leave all thoughts of the world you Knew before, close you eyes and let music Set you free, 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, Help me make the music of the night.
PAST THE POINT OF NO RETURN
PHANTOM: Passarino - Go away for the trap is set and waits for its prey.
You have come here
In pursuit of your deepest urge
In pursuit of that wish which till now
Has been silent
Silent.
I have brought you
That our passions that may 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
the games we’ve played till now are at an end.
Past all thoughts of “if” or “when”
No use resisting
Abandon thought and let the dream descend
What raging fires shall flood the soul
What rich desire unlocks its 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?
Both: Past the point of no return
The final threshold
The bridge is crossed
So stand and watch it burn
We’ve passed the point of no return.
PHANTOM: Say you’ll share with me
One love, one lifetime
Lead me, save me from my solitude
Say you’ll want me
With you here
Beside you
Anywhere you go
Let me go too
Christine that’s all I ask of…
PRIMA DONNA
Andre and Firmin-
Prima Donna first lady of the stage your devotees are on their knees to implore you
Andre-
Can you bow out when theyre shouting your name?
Firmin-
Think of how they all adore you.
Andre and Firmin-
Prima Donna enchant us once again
Andre-
Think of your muse
Firmin-
And of the queues round the theatre!
Andre and Firmin-
Can you deny us the triumph in store?
Andre,Firmin,and Piangi-
Sing, Primma Donna one more!
2nd chourus
Calotta-
Primma Donna your song shall live again, you took a snub, but there's a public who needs you. Think of thier cry of undying support, follow where the limelight leads you! Primma Donna your song shall never die, you'll sing again, and to unending ovation. Think how you'll shine in that final encore.
Andre,Firmin,Piangi-
Sing Pima Donna once more!
Andre,Firmin-
Who'd belive a diva happy to relieve a chorus girl who's gone and slept with the patron? Raoul and the soubrette entwined in loves duet, although he may deny he must have been with her. You'd never get away with all this in a play, but if its loudly sung and in a foreign tongue, it's just the sort of story audiencences adore, in fact a perfect opera, Prima Donna the world is at your feet a nation waits and how it hates to be cheated.
All-Light up the stage with that age old raport;sing, Prima Donna one more!!!
Phantom(spoken)-
So....it is war between us!If these demands are not met....a disaster beyond your imagination....will occur...
All-
ONCE MORE!!!!!
THINK OF ME
Carlotta:
Think of me/Think of me fondly when we've said goodbye/Remember me/Once in a while, please promise me you'll try/When you find that once again you long to take your heart back and be free...
(Screams)Signora!
Meg:(Spoken)
He's here. The Phantom of the Opera.
Lefevre/Andre/Firmin:(Spoken)
Signora, are you alright? Buquet, for God's sake, man, what is going on up there?
Buquet: (Spoken)
Please monsieur don't look at me. As God's my judge, I wasn't at my post. Please monsieur, there's no one there. Or if there is, well then... it must be a ghost.
Lefevre/Andre/Firmin:(Spoken)
Signora, these things do happen.
Carlotta:(Spoken)
For the past three years, "these things do happen." And did you stop them from happening? No! And you two! You are as bad as him! "These things do happen." UGH! Until you stop these things from happening, this thing does not happen! Ubaldo! Andiamo! Bring my doggy and my...
Piangi:(Spoken)
Amateurs.
Lefevre:(Spoken)
Gentlemen, goodluck. If you need me, I shall be in Australia.
Madame Giry:(Spoken)
I have a message sir, from the opera ghost.
Firmin:(Spoken)
Oh, God in heaven, you're all obsessed.
Madame Giry:(Spoken)
He welcomes you to his opera house
Firmin:(Spoken)
His opera house?
Madame Giry:(Spoken)
And commands that you continue to leave box five empty for his use and reminds you that his salary is due.
Andre/Firmin:(Spoken)
His Salary?
Madame Giry:(Spoken)
Monsieur Lefevre used to give him 20,000 francs a month.
Andre/Firmin:(Spoken)
20,000 francs?
Madame Giry:(Spoken)
Perhaps you can afford more with the Viscount as your patron?
Firmin:(Spoken)
Madame, I had hoped to make that announcement public tonight when the Viscount was to join us for the gala. But obviously, we shall now have to cancel as it appears we have lost our star! A full house, Andre! We shall have to refund a full house!
Madame Giry:(Spoken)
Christine Daae could sing it, Sir.
Andre:(Spoken)
What, a chorus girl?
Madame Giry:(Spoken)
Let her sing for you. She has been well taught.
Andre:(Spoken)
By who?
Christine:(Spoken)
I don't know his name monsieur.
Firmin:(Spoken)
Andre, this is doing nothing for my nerves.
Andre:(Spoken)
Well, she's very pretty.
Christine:
Think of me/Think of me fondly when we've said goodbye/Remember me/Once in a while, please promise me you'll try/When you find that once again you long to take your heart back and be free/If you ever find a moment/Spare a thought for me/We never said our love was evergreen/Or as unchanging as the sea/But if you can still remember/Stop and think of me/Think of all the things we've shared and seen/Don't think about the way things might've been/ think of me/Think of me waking, silent and resigned/Imagine me trying too hard to put you from my mind/Recall those days/Look back on all those times/Think of the things we'll never do/There will never be a day when I won't think of you.
Raoul:
Can it be/Can it be Christine? (Bravo!)/Long ago, it seems so long ago/How young and innocent we were/She may not remember me/But I remember her.
Christine:
Flowers fade/The fruits of summer fade/They have their seasons, so do we/But please promise me that sometimes you will think...(Opera singing) Of me!
WANDERING CHILD
Phantom:
Wandering child,
So lost, so helpless
Yearning for my guidance
Christine:
Angel or father?
Friend or phantom?
Who is it there, staring?
Phantom:
Have you forgotten your Angel?
Christine:
Angel, oh, speak
What endless longings
Echo in this whisper
Phantom:
Too long you've wandered in winter
Far from my fathering gaze
Christine:
Wildly my mind beats against you
Phantom:
You resist
Phantom/Christine:
Yet your/the soul obeys...
Phantom:
Angel of Music!
You denied me
Turning from true beauty
Angel of Music!
Do not shun me
Come to your strange Angel...
Christine:
Angel of Music!
I denied you
Turning from true beauty
Angel of Music!
My protector...
Come to me, strange Angel...
Phantom:
I am your Angel of Music...
Come to me; Angel of Music
Raoul[spoken]:
No, Christine, wait!
Wait!
Christine[spoken]:
Raoul!
Raoul[spoken]:
Whatever you believe,
this man - this thing - is not your father!
WE HAVE ALL BEEN BLIND
Raoul:
We have all been blind
And yet the answer is staring us in the face
This could be the chance
To ensnare our clever friend
Andre:
We're listening...
Firmin:
Go on.
Raoul:
We shall play his game
Perform his work, but remember we hold the ace
For if Miss Daae sings
He is certain to attend
Andre:
We are certain the doors are barred
Firmin:
We are certain the police are there
Raoul:
We are certain they're armed
Raoul/Andre/Firmin:
The curtain falls
His reign will end!
Christine[spoken]:
Raoul, I'm frightened...
Don't make me do this
It scares me,
Don't put me through this ordeal by fire.
He'll take me, I know
We'll be parted forever...
He won't let me go.
What I once used to dream, I now dread.
If he finds me, it won't ever end.
[sung]And he'll always be there,
singing songs in my head...
He'll always be there,
singing songs in my head...
Raoul:
You said yourself,
He was nothing but a man...
Yet while he lives,
He will haunt us 'til we're dead.
Christine:
Twisted every way
What answer can I give?
Am I to risk my life
To win the chance to live?
Can I betray the man
Who once inspired my voice?
Do I become his prey?
Do I have any choice?
He kills without a thought
He murders all that's good
I know I can't refuse...
And yet, I wish I could
Oh God, if I agree
What horrors wait for me
In this, the Phantom's opera
Raoul:
Christine, Christine
Don't think that I don't care
But every hope, and every prayer
rests in you now
Phantom:
Seal my fate tonight
I hate to have to cut the fun short
But the joke's wearing thin
Let the audience in
Let my opera begin!
WHY HAVE YOU BROUGHT ME HERE/RAOUL I’VE BEEN THERE
Raoul:
Why have you brought me here?
Christine:
We can't go back there!
Raoul:
We must return!
Christine:
He'll kill you!
His eyes will find us there!
Raoul:
Christine, don't say that
Christine:
Those eyes that burn!
Raoul:
Don't even think it
Christine:
And if he has to kill a thousand men
Raoul:
Forget this waking nightmare
Christine:
The Phantom of the Opera will kill
Raoul:
This phantom is a fable
Believe me
Christine:
...and kill again!
Raoul:
There is no Phantom of the Opera
Christine:
My God, who is this man
Raoul:
My God, who is this man
Christine:
...who hunts to kill?
Raoul:
...this mask of death?
Christine:
I can't escape from him
Raoul:
Whose is this voice you hear
Christine:
...I never will!
Raoul:
...with every breath?
Both:
And in this labyrinth,
where night is blind
the Phantom of the Opera
is here/there
inside your/my mind
Raoul:
There is no Phantom of the Opera
Christine:
Raoul, I've been there, to his world of
unending night
To a world where the daylight dissolves
into darkness, darkness
Raoul, I've seen him!
Can I ever forget that sight?
Can I ever escape from that face?
So distorted,deformed, it was hardly a face,
in that darkness, darkness
But his voice filled my spirit
with a strange, sweet sound
In that night there was music in my mind
And through music my soul began to soar!
And I heard as I'd never heard before
Raoul:
What you heard was a dream and nothing more
Christine:
Yet in his eyes all the sadness of the world
Those pleading eyes, that both threaten and adore
Raoul:
Christine, Christine
Phantom:
Christine
WISHING YOU WERE SOMEHOW HERE AGAIN
Christine: Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing.
Her father promised her that he would send her the Angel of Music.
Her father promised her...
her father promised her...
You were once my one companion,
you were all that mattered.
You were once a friend and father,
then my world was shattered.
Wishing you were somehow here again,
wishing you were somehow near.
Sometimes it seemed if I just dreamed,
somehow you would be here.
Wishing I could hear your voice again,
knowing that I never would.
Dreaming of you won't help me to do,
all that you dreamed I could!
Passing bells and sculpted angels,
cold and monumental.
Seem, for you, the wrong companions,
you were warm and gentle.
Too many years fighting back tears,
why can't the past just die!
Wishing you were somehow here again,
knowing we must say goodbye!
Try to forgive, teach me to live!
Give me the strength to try!
No more memories, no more silent tears!
No more gazing across the wasted years!
Help me say goodbye...
help me say goodbye!