Down Once More .../Track Down This Murderer ... (Live) - Michael Reed/Original London Cast.mp3

[00:00.760]Down once more to the dungeon of my black despair!
[00:04.940]
[00:05.870]Down we plunge to the prison of my mind!
[00:10.000]
[00:11.810]Down that path into darkness deep as hell!
[00:18.800]
[00:24.490]Why, you ask, was I bound and chained in this cold and dismal place?
[00:31.190]Not for any mortal sin, but the wickedness of my abhorrent face!
[00:35.430]
[00:38.790]Hounded out by everyone!
[00:40.040]
[00:40.610]Met with hatred everywhere!
[00:41.740]
[00:41.950]No kind word from anyone!
[00:44.080]No compassion anywhere!
[00:46.920]Christine, Christine ...
[00:49.060]Why, why ...?
[00:56.870]Your hand at the level of your eyes!
[00:59.490]
[01:00.740]... at the level of your eyes ...
[01:02.970]
[01:03.900]Your hand at the level of your eyes!
[01:05.740]
[01:20.710]Track down this murderer he must be found!
[01:23.390]Hunt out this animal, who runs to ground!
[01:27.020]Too long he's preyed on us,
[01:29.010]but now we know, the phantom of the opera is here deep
[01:34.530]down inside!
[01:35.970]
[01:36.530]He's here the Phantom of the Opera...
[01:38.770]
[01:39.600]He's here the Phantom of the Opera...
[01:42.900]
[01:52.020]Have you gorged yourself at last in your lust for blood?
[01:56.070]
[01:58.940]Am I now to be prey to your lust for flesh?
[02:03.880]
[02:05.490]That fate which condemns me to wallow in blood,
[02:09.120]
[02:10.740]has also denied me the joys of the flesh ...
[02:17.100]
[02:23.020]This face - the infection which poisons our love ...
[02:29.090]
[02:36.770]This face, which earned a mother's fear and loathing ...
[02:46.670]
[02:48.100]A mask, my first unfeeling scrap of clothing ...
[02:58.030]
[02:59.140]Pity comes too late - turn around
[03:02.390]
[03:03.010]and face your fate: an eternity of this before your eyes!
[03:10.260]
[03:13.320]This haunted face holds no horror for me now ...
[03:21.420]
[03:23.800]It's in your soul that the true distortion lies ...
[03:32.540]
[03:35.400]Wait! I think, my dear, we have a guest!
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[03:40.700]Sir, this is indeed an unparalleled delight!
[03:44.570]
[03:45.390]I had rather hoped that you would come.
[03:48.560]
[03:51.060]And now my wish comes true - you have truly made my night!
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[03:57.420]Free her!
[03:58.170]
[03:59.290]Do what you like only free her!
[04:00.670]
[04:01.660]Have you no pity?
[04:02.850]Your lover makes a passionate plea!
[04:04.910]Please Raoul, it's useless!
[04:06.340]I love her!
[04:06.910]
[04:07.590]Does that mean nothing?
[04:08.440]I love her!
[04:09.120]
[04:10.070]Show some compassion ...
[04:11.560]The world showed no compassion to me!
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[04:13.990]Christine, Christine...
[04:16.490]Let me see her...
[04:17.300]Be my guest, sir ...
[04:23.110]
[04:31.720]Monsieur, I bid you welcome!
[04:35.710]
[04:36.890]Did you think that I would harm her?
[04:41.580]Why should I make her pay for the sins which are yours?
[04:48.840]
[04:51.330]Order your fine horses now!
[04:53.130]
[04:53.880]Raise up your hand to the level of your eyes!
[04:56.380]Nothing can save you now - except perhaps Christine...
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[05:02.740]Start a new life with me -
[05:06.050]Buy his freedom with your love!
[05:08.170]Refuse me, and you send your lover to his death!
[05:11.820]This is the choice -
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[05:14.060]This is the point of no return!
[05:18.250]
[05:25.980]The tears I might have shed for your dark fate grow cold,
[05:35.460]
[05:37.020]and turn to tears of hate!
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[05:45.820]Christine, forgive me please forgive me ...
[05:48.510]
[05:50.120]I did it all for you, and all for nothing ...
[05:53.370]
[05:54.240]Farewell my fallen idol and false friend ...
[05:56.930]We had such hopes, and now those hopes are shattered!
[05:59.840]Too late for turning back, too late for prayers and useless pity!
[06:02.200]Say you love him and my life is over
[06:06.140]All hope of cries for help; no point in fighting!
[06:09.250]For either way you choose, he has to win/you cannot win!
[06:12.510]
[06:14.310]So, do you end your days with me,
[06:17.750]or do you send him to his grave?
[06:20.700]Why make her lie to you, to save me?
[06:25.220]
[06:28.340]Angel of Music...
[06:30.830]Past the point of no return -
[06:32.460]For pity's sake,
[06:33.950]Christine, say no!
[06:34.700]...who deserves this?
[06:35.880]... the final threshold...
[06:37.520]Don't throw your life away for my sake!
[06:40.140]When will you see reason ...?
[06:41.680]His life is now the prize which you must earn!
[06:44.120]I fought so hard to free you ...
[06:46.490]Angel of Music ...
[06:47.450]You've passed the point of no return ...
[06:50.130]... you deceived me.
[06:51.440]
[06:52.320]I gave my mind blindly.
[06:55.160]
[07:19.930]You try my patience - make your choice!
[07:32.340]
[07:40.400]Pitiful creature of darkness...
[07:45.820]
[07:49.140]What kind of life have you known?
[07:52.780]
[07:57.580]God give me courage to show you you are not alone...
[08:07.850]
[09:58.030]Hunt out this animal, who runs to ground!
[10:00.560]Too long he's preyed on us,
[10:01.560]but now we know, the phantom of the opera is there
[10:02.550]deep down inside!
[10:02.810]Take her - forget me - forget all of this...
[10:04.360]
[10:06.730]Leave me alone - forget all you've seen...
[10:09.790]Go now - don't let them find you!
[10:12.410]
[10:15.030]Take the boat - leave me know, swear never to tell,
[10:18.340]
[10:19.970]the secrets you know, of the angel in hell
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[10:31.420]GO NOW!
[10:32.040]
[10:36.150]GO NOW AND LEAVE ME!
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[11:04.740]Masquerade...
[11:05.480]
[11:08.970]Paper faces on parade...
[11:11.250]
[11:13.430]Masquerade...
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[11:17.030]Hide your face so the world will never find you...
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[11:49.040]Christine, I love you...
[12:03.770]
[12:39.200]Say you'll share with me, one love, one lifetime...
[12:49.820]
[12:51.570]Say the word and I will follow you...
[13:01.180]
[13:04.610]Share each day with me
[13:09.040]
[13:09.780]each night,
[13:11.090]
[13:12.160]each morning...
[13:14.900]
[13:17.260]You alone can make my song take flight -
[13:25.870]
[13:27.310]it's over now, the music of the night!