Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Christine (Sarah)
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 (Michael)
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
The phantom
It's me they hear
Christine (in duet with the phantom)
Your spirit and my voice in one combined
The 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
The phantom (in duet)
Inside your mind
Choir (very, very soft)
He's there,
The phantom of the opera
Beware,
The phantom of the opera
The phantom
In all your fantasies
You always knew
That man and mystery
Christine
Were both in you
Both
And in this labyrinth
Were night is blind
The phantom of the opera is
Christine (in duet)
Here
The phantom (in duet)
There
Christine
Inside my mind
The phantom
Sing! My angel of music
Christine
He's there
The phantom of the opera
Christine starts wailing
The phantom
Sing...
Christine continues wailing,
and keeps on wailing after every
sentence the Phantom sings
The phantom
Sing for me...
Sing, my angel of music!
Sing for me!
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 (Michael)
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
The phantom
It's me they hear
Christine (in duet with the phantom)
Your spirit and my voice in one combined
The 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
The phantom (in duet)
Inside your mind
Choir (very, very soft)
He's there,
The phantom of the opera
Beware,
The phantom of the opera
The phantom
In all your fantasies
You always knew
That man and mystery
Christine
Were both in you
Both
And in this labyrinth
Were night is blind
The phantom of the opera is
Christine (in duet)
Here
The phantom (in duet)
There
Christine
Inside my mind
The phantom
Sing! My angel of music
Christine
He's there
The phantom of the opera
Christine starts wailing
The phantom
Sing...
Christine continues wailing,
and keeps on wailing after every
sentence the Phantom sings
The phantom
Sing for me...
Sing, my angel of music!
Sing for me!
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The Phantom of the Opera Lyrics as written by Andrew Lloyd Webber Charles Hart
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