(Album) Sarah Brightman Phantom Of The Opera Lyrics

* Think Of Me *

Think of me
think of me fondly,
when we've said goodbye.
Remember me
once in a while -
please promise me
you'll try.

FIRMIN
Andre, this is doing nothing for my nerves.

ANDRE
Don't fret, Firmin.

CHRISTINE
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

(Transformation to the Gala. CHRISTINE is
revealed in full costume)

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 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...

(Applause, bravos. Prominent among the bravos, those
of the young RAOUL in the MANAGERS' box)

RAOUL
Can it be?
Can it be Christine?

Bravo!

(he raises his opera-glasses)

What a change!
You're really
not a bit
the gawkish girl
that once you were...

(lowering his opera-glasses)

She may
not remember
me, but
I remember
her...

CHRISTINE
We never said
our love
was evergreen,
or as unchanging
as the sea -
but please
promise me,
that sometimes
you will think of me!

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* Angel Of Music *

PHANTOM'S VOICE
Brava, brava, bravissima...

MEG
Christine, Christine

PHANTOM'S VOICE
Christine

MEG
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 (gazing trance-like around the Chapelle)
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 me...

MEG
Your face, Christine,
it's white...

CHRISTINE
It frightens me...

MEG
Don't be frightened...

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* The Mirror *

PHANTOM
Insolent boy, this slave of fashion
Basking in your glory.
Ignorant fool, this brave young suiter
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
Bring 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.
I am your angel of music, come to me angel of music...

RAOUL
Whose is that voice?
Who is that in there?
Christine, Angel

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* 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

CHRISTINE (in duet with the phantom)
Your spirit and my voice in one combined

PHANTOM (in duet with christine)
My spirit and your voice in one combined

BOTH
The phantom of the opera is there

CHRISTINE (in duet)
Inside my mind

PHANTOM (in duet)
Inside your mind

Choir (very, very soft)
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

PHANTOM
Were both in you

BOTH
And in this labyrinth
Were night is blind
The phantom of the opera is

CHRISTINE (in duet)
Here

PHANTOM (in duet)
There

CHRISTINE
Inside my mind

PHANTOM
Sing! my angel of music

CHRISTINE
He's there
The phantom of the opera

CHRISTINE starts wailing

PHANTOM
Sing...

CHRISTINE continua vocalizando,
E continua a vocalizar após cada
Sentença que o fantasma canta

The phantom
Sing for me...
Sing, my angel of music!
Sing for me!

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* Music of the night *

Nightime sharpens, hightens each sensation
Darkness wakes and stirs imagination
Silently the senses abandon their defences
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 deceiving
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 isn't what you want to see
In the dark it is easy to pretend
That the truth is what 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 to a strange new world
Leave the thoughts of the world you knew before
Close your 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

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* Prima Donna *

ANDRE
Your public needs you!
FIRMIN
We need you, too!
CARLOTTA
Would you not
rather have your
precious little
ingenue?
ANDRE/FIRMIN
Signora, no!
the world wants you!
ANDRE/FIRMIN
Prima donna
first lady of the stage!
Your devotees
are on their knees
to implore you !
ANDRE
Can you bow out
when they're shouting
your name?
FIRMIN
Think of how they all
adore you!
BOTH
Prima donna,
enchant us once again!
ANDRE
Think of your muse...
FIRMIN
And of the queues
round the theatre!
BOTH
Can you deny us the triumph
in store?
Sing, prima donna, once more!
RAOUL
Christine spoke of an angel...
CARLOTTA
Prima donna
your song shall live again!
ANDRE/FIRMIN
Think of your public!
CARLOTTA
You took a snub
but there's a public
who needs you!
GIRY
She has heard the voice
of the angel of music...
ANDRE/FIRMIN
Those who hear your voice
liken you to an angel!
CARLOTTA
Think of their cry
of undying
support !
RAOUL
Is this her angel of music...?
ANDRE
We get our opera...
FIRMIN
She gets her limelight!
CARLOTTA
Follow where the limelight
leads you!
MEG
Is this ghost
an angel or a madman...?
RAOUL
Angel or madman...?
ANDRE/FIRMIN
Leading ladies are a trial!
GIRY
Heaven help you,
those who doubt...
CARLOTTA
You'll sing again,
and to unending
ovation!
RAOUL
Orders! Warnings!
Lunatic demands!
GIRY
This miscasting
will invite d___ation...
ANDRE/FIRMIN
Tears... oaths...
Iunatic demands
are regular occurrences!
MEG
Bliss or d___ation?
Which has claimed her...?
CARLOTTA
Think how you'll shine
in that final encore!
Sing, prima donna,
once more!
GIRY
Oh fools, to have flouted his warnings!
RAOUL
Surely, for her sake...
MEG
Surely he'll strike back...
ANDRE/FIRMIN
Surely there'll be further scenes -
worse than this!
GIRY
Think, before
these demands are rejected!
RAOUL
...I must see
these demands are rejected!
MEG
... if his threats
and demands are rejected!
ANDRE/FIRMIN
Who'd believe a diva
happy to relieve a chorus girl,
who's gone and slept with the patron?
Raoul and the soubrette,
entwined in love's duet!
Although he may demur,
he must have been with her!
MEG/RAOUL
Christine must be protected!
CARLOTTA
O, fortunata!
Non ancor
abbandonata!
ANDRE/FIRMIN
You'd never get away
with all this in a play,
but if it's loudly sung
and in a foreign tongue
it's just the sort of story
audiences adore,
in fact a perfect opera!
RAOUL
His game is over!
GIRY
This is a game
you cannot hope to win!
RAOUL
And in Box Five
a new game will begin...
GIRY
For, if his curse is on this opera...
MEG
But if his curse is on this opera...
ANDRE/FIRMIN
Prima donna
the world is at your feet!
A nation waits,
and how it hates
to be cheated!
CARLOTTA
The stress that falls upon a
famous prima donna!
Terrible diseases,
coughs and colds and sneezes!
Still, the dryest throat
will reach the highest note,
in search of perfect
opera!
MEG/GIRY
...then I fear the outcome...
RAOUL
Christine plays the Pageboy,
Carlotta plays the Countess...
GIRY
... should you dare to...
MEG
...when you once again...
ALL
Light up the stage
with that age old
rapport!
Sing, prima donna,
once more!
PHANTOM'S VOICE
So, it is to be war between us! If these demands are not
met, a disaster beyond your imagination will occur!
ALL
Once more!

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* All I Ask Of You

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.

Christine
Say you'll love me ev'ry 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 you solitude.
Say you need me with you, here beside you,
anywhere you go, let me go too,
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.

Together
Share each day with me, each night, each morning.

Christine
Say you love me...

Raoul
You know I do.

Together
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.

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* All I Ask Of You (reprise) *

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...

RAOUL/CHRISTINE
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...!

Go! !

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* Masquerade *

Firmin: (Spoken)
Monsieur Andre!

Andre: (Spoken)
Monsieur Firmin!

Firmin:
Dear Andre, what a splendid party

Andre:
The prelude 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

Andre:
A toast for the city!

Firmin:
What a pity that the Phantom fellow isnt't here!

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...
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!

CARLOTTA:
What a night!

Firmin
What a crowd!

Andre:
Makes you glad

FIRMIN
Makes you proud! All the crème, De la crème

MADAME GIRY: (Overlapping)
Watching us....

MEG (Overlapping)
Watching them

CARLOTTA: (Overlapping)
All our fears are in the past

Andre:
Three months

Piangi:
Of relief!

Carlotta:
Of delight!

Andre
Of Elysian peace!

PIANGI
And we can breathe at last.

Carlotta:
No more notes

Piangi:
No more ghost

Madame Giry:
Here's a health

Andre
Here's a toast, to a prosperous year

Firmin:
To the new chandelier

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)
A secret engagement. Look, your future bride. Just think of it.

Raoul: (Spoken)
But, 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.

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* 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

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* DON JUAN *

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 may fuse and merge -
in your mind you've already
succumbed to me
dropped all defences
completely succumbed to me -

now you are here with me:
no second thoughts,
you've decided,
decided...

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* The Point Of No Return *

Past the point of no return -
no backward glances:
the games we've played
till now 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...

CHRISTINE
You have brought me to that moment
where words run dry, to that moment
where speech disappears
into silence,
silence...

I have come here,
hardly knowing
the reason why...
In my mind, I've already
imagined our bodies entwining
defenceless and silent -
and 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 want me
with you,
here beside you...
Anywhere you go
let me go too -
Christine
that's all I ask of...

CARLOTTA
What is it? What has happened? Ubaldo!

ANDRE
Oh, my God... my God...

FIRMIN
We're ruined, Andre - ruined!

GIRY (to RAOUL)
Monsieur le Vicomte! Come with me!

CARLOTTA (rushing over to PIANGI's body)
Oh, my darling, my darling... who has done this ...?
You! Why did you let this happen?

GIRY
Monsieur le Vicomte, I know where they are.

RAOUL
But can I trust you?

GIRY
You must. But remember: your hand at the level of
your eyes!

RAOUL
But why . . .?

GIRY
Why? The Punjab lasso, monsieur. First Buquet.
Now Piangi.

MEG (holding up her hand)
Like this, monsieur. I'll come with you.

GIRY
No, Meg! No, you stay here!
Come with me, monsieur. Hurry, or we shall be too late...

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* Down Once More / Track Down This Murderer *

PHANTOM:
Down once more to the dungeon 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 to 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 word from anyone! No compassion anywhere!
Christine... Why, why?

MOB:
Track down this murderer! He must be found!

GIRY:
Your hand at the level of your eyes!

RAOUL:
...At the level of your eyes...

MOB:
Your hand at the level of your eyes!

GIRY:
This is as far as I dare go.

MOB:
Track down this murderer! He must be found!
Track down this murderer! He must be found!
Track down this murderer! He must be found!

CHRISTINE:
Have you gorged yourself at last, in your l___ for blood?
Am I now to be prey to your l___ 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, 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!

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 us 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 should 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
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, but now these hopes lie murdered

PHANTOM:
Too late for turning back, too late for prayers and useless pity

RAOUL:
Say you love him, and my life is over!

PHANTOM:
Past all hope of cries for help, no point in fighting
RAOUL:
Either way you choose, he has to win!

PHANTOM:
For either way you choose, you cannot win!
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?

CHRISTINE:
Angel of Music...
PHANTOM:
Past the point of no return
RAOUL:
For pity's sake, Christine, say no!

CHRISTINE:
...why this torment?

PHANTOM:
...the final threshold...

RAOUL:
Don't throw your life away for my sake

CHRISTINE:
Why do you curse mercy?

PHANTOM:
His life is now the prize which you must earn!

RAOUL:
I fought so hard to free you

CHRISTINE:
Angel of Music...

PHANTOM:
You've passed the point of no return

CHRISTINE:
...you deceived me. I gave you my mind blindly

PHANTOM:
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...

MOB:
Track down this murderer - he must be found!
Who is this monster, this murdering beast?
Hunt out this animal, who runs to ground!
Revenge for Piangi! Revenge for Buquet!
Too long he's preyed on us but know we know
The Phantom of the Opera is there, deep down below

PHANTOM:
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! Go... 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:
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...