Phantom of the Opera
My favorite snippets of Phantom lyrics. The ones that make me all shivery and the ones that make me cry. Every time I hear them. No matter how many times. And they make bloody amazing icons.
All I Ask of You
[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!
Stranger Than You Dreamt It
[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 you 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...
Little Lotte/The Mirror
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.
Masquerade
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.
Music of the Night
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...
The Point of No Return
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 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?
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 want me with you
Here beside you
Anywhere you go
Let me go too
Christine that’s all I ask of
(Christine tears the mask, showing his face to the audience)
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
PHANTOM: In all your fantasies
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 there inside your/my mind
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 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.
I've Been There
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 the 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
Down Once More
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)
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 - GO NOW and leave me!
(she leaves)
(With music box as background melody)
Masquerade
Paper faces on parade . . .
Masquerade
Hide your face so the world will never find you . . .
Christine, I love you...
-
You alone, can make my song take flight
It's over now, the music of the night
All I Ask of You
[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!
Stranger Than You Dreamt It
[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 you 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...
Little Lotte/The Mirror
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.
Masquerade
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.
Music of the Night
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...
The Point of No Return
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 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?
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 want me with you
Here beside you
Anywhere you go
Let me go too
Christine that’s all I ask of
(Christine tears the mask, showing his face to the audience)
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
PHANTOM: In all your fantasies
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 there inside your/my mind
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 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.
I've Been There
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 the 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
Down Once More
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)
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 - GO NOW and leave me!
(she leaves)
(With music box as background melody)
Masquerade
Paper faces on parade . . .
Masquerade
Hide your face so the world will never find you . . .
Christine, I love you...
-
You alone, can make my song take flight
It's over now, the music of the night