Written by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Charles Hart, the lyrics tell the story of the phantom, a disfigured man who lives in the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera House. Let your mind start a journey through a strange, new world Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before Let your soul Take you where you long to be Only then can you belong to me. Leave me hear, go now don't wait just take her and go before it's too late. The lyrics of the Phantom of the Opera are some of the most beautiful and haunting in all of musical theater. I did it all for you and all for nothing.įarewell, my fallen idol and false friend.įor either way you choose you cannot win.
Raise up your hand to the level of your eyes! 1 Phantom of the Opera Lyrics I've been looking so long for you now You won't get away from my grasp You've been living so long in hiding Hiding behind that false mask You know and I know that you. (the phantom senses Raoul's presence, behind the portcullis Raoul comes out of water) 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 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 here Inside your. (they are almost touching, she looks coldly into his face) Track down this murderer he must be found! Hunt out this animal, who runs to ground! Too long he's preyed on us, but now we know, the phantom of the opera lives down below! (He hears the offstage voices of the pursuing mob)