The Phantom of The Opera Music Lyrics
Think of Me
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 things which might have been...
Think of me, think if 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 of me!
The Mirror (Angel of Music)
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:
Whose is that voice....?
Who is that in there...?
Phantom:
I am your Angel of Music...
Come to me, Angel of Music....
The 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:
Your spirit and my voice in one combined
the Phantom of the Opera is there inside my mind...
My spirit and your voice in one combined
the Phantom of the Opera is there inside your mind...
Christine:
He's there the Phantom of the Opera...
Phantom:
Sing for me! Sing, my angel of music...
Sing, my angel...
Sing my angel! Sing for me!
The Music of the Night
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....
Night-time sharpens, heightens each sensation...
Darkness stirs and wakes imagination...
Silently the senses abandon their defenses...
Slowly, gently, night unfurls its 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 caress you...
Hear it, feel it secretly posses 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...
Let your mind start a journey through 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 - help me make the music of the night...
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
Christine:
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.
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...
Both:
Yet your soul obeys... /yet 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:
Christine!
Christine:
Raoul!
Raoul:
Christine listen to me!
Whatever you may believe, this man...
this thing... is not your father!
I Remember
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...?
Phantom:
Damn you! You little prying Pandora!
You little demon - is this what you wanted to see?
Curse you! You little lying Delilah!
You little viper - now you cannot ever be free!
Damn you... curse you...
Stranger Than You Dreamt It
Phantom:
Stranger than you dreamt it...
can you even dare to look or bear to think of me, this loath some gargoyle, who burns in hell but secretly yearns for heaven, secretly... secretly...
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...
Come, we must return - those two fools who run my theater
will be missing you.
All I Ask of You/Reprise
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 day light dry your tears.
I'm here with you, beside you, to guard you and to guide you...
Christine:
Say you love me every waking moment,
turn my head with talk of summer time...
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...
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...
Christine.....
Christine and Raoul:
Say you'll share with me one love, one life time...
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...!
Why Have You Brought Me Here
Raoul:
Why have you brought me here?
Christine:
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:
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 . . .