Lyrics: The Roof Of The Opera House (all I Ask Of You)

(A statue of 'La Victoire Ailee' - the same as that which tops the proscenium. It is twilight. CHRISTINE and RAOUL rush on)

RAOUL

Why have you brought us here?

CHRISTINE

Don't take me back there!

RAOUL

We must return!

CHRISTINE

He'll kill me!

RAOUL

Be still now . . .

CHRISTINE

His eyes will find me there!

RAOUL

Christine, don't say that . . .

CHRISTINE

Those eyes that burn!

RAOUL

Don't even think it . . .

CHRlSTlNE

And if he has to kill a thousand men -

RAOUL

Forget this waking nightmare . . .

CHRISTINE

The Phantom of the Opera will kill . . .

RAOUL

This phantom is a fable . . .
Believe me . . .

CHRISTINE

. . . and kill again!

RAOUL

There is no Phantom of the Opera . . .

CHRISTINE

My God, who is this man . . .

RAOUL

My God, who is this man . . .

CHRISTINE

. . . who hunts to kill . . .?

RAOUL

. . . this mask of death . . .?

CHRISTINE

I can't escape from him . . .

RAOUL

Whose is this voice you hear . . .

CHRISTINE

. . .I never will!

RAOUL

. . . with every breath . . .?

BOTH

And in this labyrinth,
where night is blind
the Phantom of the Opera
is here: inside your/my mind . . .

RAOUL

There is no Phantom of the Opera . . .

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 that darkness . . . darkness . . .

(trancelike, then becoming more and more ecstatic)

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 . . .

RAOUL (comforting)

Christine . . .
Christine . . .

PHANTOM (unseen, a ghostly echo of RAOUL's words)

Christine . . .

CHRISTINE

What was that?

(A moment, as their eyes meet. The mood changes.)

RAOUL

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 love me every 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 your solitude . . .

Say you need me with you
here, beside you . . .
anywhere you go, let me go too -
Christine, 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 . . .

BOTH

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

CHRISTINE

Say you love me . . .

RAOUL

You know I do . . .

BOTH

Love me - that's all I ask of you . . .

(They kiss)

Anywhere you go
let me go too . . .
Love me - that's all I ask of you . .

(CHRISTINE starts from her reverie)

CHRISTINE

I must go - they'll wonder where I am . . .
wait for me, Raoul!

RAOUL

Christine, I love you!

CHRISTINE

Order your fine horses!
Be with them at the door!

RAOUL

And soon you'll be beside me!

CHRISTINE

You'll guard me, and you'll guide me . . .

(They hurry off. The PHANTOM emerges from behind the statue)

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 AND CHRISTINE (offstage)

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 . . .!

(As the roof of the opera house disappears, the opera curtain closes and the PRINCIPALS in 'Il Muto' appear through it for their bows, CHRISTINE conspicuously dressed in CARLOTTA'S costume. simultaneously, we hear the maniacal laughter of the PHANTOM and see him high above the stage, perilously rocking the chandelier. The lights of the chandelier begin flickering and, at a great cry from him, it descends, swinging more and more madly over the orchestra pit)

PHANTOM

Go! !

(The chandelier falls to the stage at CHRISTINE'S feet)