The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.

The Phantom

• The bridge is crossed so stand and watch it burn.
  • "The Point of No Return"

• Angel of music, you denied me, turning from true beauty.
  • "Wandering Child."

• 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 —
  • "The Point of No Return"

• Masquerade! Paper faces on parade. Masquerade! Hide your face so the world will never find you.
  • "Masquerade"

• The world showed no compassion to me!
  • To Raoul

• Past the point of no return, the final threshold. What warm unspoken secrets will we learn?
  • "The Point of No Return"

• You alone can make my song take flight. Help me make the music of the night.
  • "The Music of the Night"

• 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.
  • Down Once More.

• A toad, Madam? Perhaps it is you who are the toad.
  • To Carlotta

• You will curse the day you did not do all that the Phantom asked of you!
  • All I Ask of You" (Reprise)

• I gave you my music, made your song take wing, and now how you've repaid me: denied me and betrayed me.
  • :All I Ask of You" (Reprise)

• I advise you to comply; my instructions should be clear. Remember, there are worse things than a shattered chandelier.
  • "Why So Silent?"

• Stranger than you dreamt it, can you even bear to look? Or dare to think of me... this loathsome gargoyle who burns in hell but secretly, secretly yearns for heaven, secretly... But Christine... Fear can turn to love. You'll learn to see, to find the man behind the monster, this... repulsive carcass that seems a beast but secretly dreams of beauty... Oh, Christine...
  • "Stranger Than You Dreamt It"

• 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 at the level of your eye! No one can save you now except perhaps Christine. Start a new life with me. Buy his freedom with your love. Refuse and you send your lover to his death. This is the choice! This is the point of no return!
  • "Track Down This Murderer"

• Either way you choose you cannot win.

• You alone can make my song take flight... It's over now - the music of the night.
  • "Finale"

• 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!

'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!'

• • "Down Once More"

• A toad, madam? Perhaps it is you who are the toad...
  • "Poor Fool, He Makes me Laugh"

Raoul

• Can it be? Can it be Christine? Bravo! What a change! You're really not a bit the gawkish girl that once you were... She may not remember me, but I remember her...
  • "Think of Me"

• There is no Phantom of the Opera!
  • "Why Have You Brought Us Here?/Raoul, I've Seen Him"

• Once again she is his... Once again she returns... to the arms of her angel! Angel or demon? Still he calls her, luring her back from the grave! Angel, or dark seducer? Who are you, strange angel?
  • "Wandering Child"

• Christine... Christine, listen to me — whatever you may believe, this man, this thing is not your father! Let her go, for God's sake let her go! Christine!
  • "Wandering Child"

• 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. We shall play his game, perform his work, but remember we hold the ace; for if Miss Daaé sings, he is certain to attend.
  • "Notes" reprise

• You can't win her love by making her your prisoner!
  • "Bravo, Monsieur"

• Let me be your shelter, let me be your light! You're safe - no one will find you. Your fears are far behind you!
  • "All I Ask of You"

• For pity's sake, Christine, say no! Don't throw your life away for my sake!
  • "Finale"

• I fought so hard to free you...
  • "Finale"

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!
  • "The Phantom of the Opera"

• No more memories, no more silent tears. No more gazing across the wasted years... Help me say goodbye
  • "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again"

• 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've never heard before.
  • To Raoul, in "Why Have You Brought Me Here?",

• The tears I might have shed for your dark fate grow cold and turn to tears of hate.
  • Talking to the Phantom, in "Down Once More/Track Down This Murderer"

• Pitiful creature of darkness, what kind of life have you known? God give me courage to show you...you are not alone.
  • "Down Once More/Track Down This Murderer," before kissing the Phantom.

• This haunted face holds no horror for me now. It's in your soul that the true distortion lies.

• Yet in his eyes...all the sadness of the world. Those pleading eyes that both threaten and adore...
  • "Why Have You Brought Me Here?"

• Think of me, think of me fondly when we've said goodbye. Remember me once in a while — please promise me you'll try.
  • As Elissa in Hannibal

• Here in this room, he calls me softly - somewhere inside, hiding... Somehow I know he's always with me, he the unseen genius!
  • "Angel of Music"

• No, what I love best Lotte said, is when I'm asleep in my bed and the Angel of Music sings songs in my head... the Angel of Music sings songs in my head...
  • "Little Lotte"

• Who was that shape in the shadows? Whose is the face in the mask?
  • "I Remember"

• His eyes will find me there, Those eyes that burn! And if he has to kill a thousand men, the Phantom of the Opera will kill and kill again! My God who is this man who hunts to kill? I can't escape from him, I never will. And in this labyrinth where night is blind the Phantom of the Opera is there inside my mind
  • "Why Have You Brought Me Here?"

• 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?
  • "Twisted Every Way"

• Angel or father, friend or phantom? Who is it there, staring...? Angel, oh, speak! What endless longings echo in this whisper...
  • "Wandering Child"

Madame Giry

• Those who speak of what they know, learn too late that prudent silence is wise. Joseph Buquet, hold your tongue! Keep your hand at the level of your eyes!
  • "Magical Lasso"

• The Angel sees, the Angel knows
  • "Notes / Prima Donna"

• The world forgot him, but I never can, for in this darkness, I have seen him again.
  • To Raoul, after the Masquerade

• Messieurs, believe me! I intend you no ill, but messieurs, be careful, we have seen him kill!
  • "Notes II"