{Phantom}
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Down once more to the dungeons of my black despair
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Down we plunge to the prison of my mind
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Down that path into darkness deep as hell !
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Why, you ask
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Was I bound and chained in this cold and dismal place ?
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Not for any mortal sin, but the
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Wickedness of my abhorrent face !
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Track down this murderer
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He must be found
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Hounded out by everyone
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Met with hatred everywhere
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No kind word from anyone
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No compassion anywhere
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Christine ...
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Why, why ...
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[Giry]
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Your hand at the level of your eyes
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[Raoul]
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... at the level of your eyes ...
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[Christine]
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Have you gorged yourself
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At last in your lust for blood ?
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Am I now to be prey to your lust for flesh ?
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{Phantom - Coldly}
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That fate, which condemns me
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To wallow in blood
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Has also denied me the joys of the flesh ...
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This face - the infection which poisons our love ...
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This face, which earned a mother's fear and loathing ...
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A mask
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My first
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Unfeeling scrap of clothing ...
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Pity comes too late -
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Turn around and face your fate
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An eternity of this !
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Before your eyes ...
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[Christine]
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This haunted face holds no horror for me now ...
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It's in your soul that the true distortion lies ...
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{Phantom}
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Wait !
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I think, my dear
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We have a guest !
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Sir, this is indeed
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an unparalleled delight !
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I had rather hoped that you would come
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And now my wish comes true -
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You have truly made my night
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[Raoul]
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Free her !
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Do what you like only free her !
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Have you no pity ?
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{Phantom - to Christine, dryly}
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Your lover makes a passionate plea
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[Christine]
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Please Raoul, it's useless ...
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[Raoul]
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I love her !
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Does that mean nothing I love her !
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Show some compassion ...
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{Phantom - snarls furiously at Raoul}
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The world showed no compassion to me !
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[Raoul]
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Christine ... Christine ...
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(to Phantom)
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Let me see her ...
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{Phantom - drily}
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Be my guest, sir ...
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Monsieur, I bid you welcome
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Did you think that I would harm her
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Why would I make her pay for the sins which are yours ?
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Order your fine horses now !
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Raise up your hand to the level of your eyes
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Nothing can save you now - except perhaps Christine ...
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Start a new life with me -
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Buy his freedom with your love
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Refuse me, and you send your lover to his death
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This is the choice -
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This is the point of no return !
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[Christine to the Phantom]
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The tears I might have shed for your dark fate
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Grow cold, and turn to tears of hate !
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[Raoul]
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Christine, forgive me please forgive me ...
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I did it all for you, and all for nothing
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[Christine]
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Farewell my fallen idol and false friend ...
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One by one
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I've watched illusions shattered ...
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{Phantom}
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Too late for turning back
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Too late for prayers and useless pity
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[Raoul]
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Say you love him and my life is over
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{Phantom}
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All of the cries for help - no point in fighting
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[Raoul]
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Either way you choose, he has to win
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{Phantom}
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For either way you choose
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You cannot win !
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So do you end your days with me
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Or do you send him to his grave ?
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[Raoul]
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Why make her lie to you to save ... me ...
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[Christine]
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Angel of Music ... {Past the point of no return - }
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[Raoul]
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Christine, say no !
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Don't throw your life away for my sake
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[Christine]
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... why this torment ? { ... the final threshold - }
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[Christine]
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When will you see reason ...
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{Phantom}
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His life is not the prize which you must earn
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[Raoul]
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I fought so hard to free you
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[Christine]
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Angel of Music ...
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{Phantom}
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You've passed the point of no return ...
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[Christine]
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... You deceived me - I gave my mind blindly ...
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{Phantom}
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You try my patience ... make your choice !
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[Christine]
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Pitiful creature of darkness ...
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What kind of life have you known ...
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God, give me courage to show you
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You are not alone ...
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{Phantom}
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Take her - forget me - forget all of this ...
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Leave me alone - forget all you've seen ...
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Go now - don't get them find you !
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Take the boat - right from me - never to tell
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The secret you know of the angel in hell
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Go now - go now and leave me !
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Masquerade ...
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Paper faces on parade ...
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Masquerade ...
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Hide your face
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So the world will never find you ...
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Christine, I love you ...
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[Christine to Raoul]
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Say you'll share with me, one love, one life time ...
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[Raoul]
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Say the word and I will follow you ...
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[Christine]
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Share each day with me each night ... each morning
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{Phantom}
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You alone can make my song take flight -
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It's over now, the music of the night -
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Down once more
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| The Phantom of the Opera |
