Complimentary "Wishing you were somehow here again" Ringtone
(--A mausoleum with hanging moss. In the centre a pyramid of skulls in front of a cross.--)
CHRISTINE
You were once
my one companion . . .
you were all
that mattered . . .
You were once
a friend and father -
then my world
was shattered . . .
Wishing you were
somehow here again . . .
wishing you were
somehow near . . .
Sometimes it seemed
if I just dreamed,
somehow you would
be here . . .
Wishing I could
hear your voice again . . .
knowing that I
never would . . .
Dreaming of you
won't help me to do
all that you dreamed
I could . . .
Passing bells
and sculpted angels,
cold and monumental,
seem, for you,
the wrong companions -
you were warm and gentle . . .
Too many years
fighting back tears . . .
Why can't the past
just die . . .?
Wishing you were
somehow here again . . .
knowing we must
say goodbye . . .
Try to forgive . . .
teach me to live . . .
give me the strength
to try . . .
No more memories,
no more silent tears . . .
No more gazing across
the wasted years . . .
Help me say
goodbye.
(--The PHANTOM emerges from behind the cross--)
PHANTOM (--very soft and enticing--)
Wandering child . . .
so lost . . .
so helpless . . .
yearning for my
guidance . . .
(--Bewildered, CHRISTINE looks up, and murmurs breathlessly--):
CHRISTINE
Angel . . . or father . . .
friend . . . or
Phantom . . . ?
Who is it there,
staring . . . ?
PHANTOM (--more and more hypnotic--)
Have you
forgotten your Angel . . .?
CHRISTINE
Angel . . . oh, speak . . .
What endless
longings
echo in this
whisper . . .!
(--RAOUL appears in the shadows and watches for a moment transfixed--)
PHANTOM (--now drawing CHRISTINE towards him--)
Too long you've wandered
in winter . . .
RAOUL (--to himself a murmur--)
Once again
she is his . . .
PHANTOM
Far from my
far-reaching gaze . . .
RAOUL
Once again
she returns . . .
CHRISTINE (--increasingly mesmerized--)
Wildly my mind
beats against you . . .
PHANTOM
You resist . . .
PHANTOM AND CHRISTINE
Yet your/the soul
obeys . . .
RAOUL
. . . 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 . . .?
PHANTOM
Angel of Music!
You denied me,
turning from true beauty . . .
Angel of Music!
Do not shun me . . .
Come to your strange
Angel . . .
CHRISTINE
Angel of Music!
I denied you,
turning from true beauty . . .
Angel of Music!
My protector . . .
Come to me, strange
Angel . . .
(--CHRISTINE moves towards the figure of the PHANTOM--)
PHANTOM (--beckoning her--)
I am your Angel of Music . . .
Come to me: Angel of Music . . .
RAOUL (--suddenly calling out--)
Angel of darkness!
Cease this torment!
(--Inexorably the PHANTOM continues to beckon CHRISTINE--)
PHANTOM
I am your Angel of Music . . .
Come to me: Angel of Music . . .
RAOUL (--in desperation--)
Christine! Christine listen to me!
Whatever you may believe, this man . . .
this thing . . . is not your father!
(--To the PHANTOM--)
Let her go! For God's sake, let her go! Christine !
(--Coming out of her trance CHRISTINE turns and mouths the words--):
CHRISTINE
Raoul . . .
(--She turns to RAOUL who embraces her protectively. The PHANTOM freezes for a moment and then suddenly seizes a pike upon which is impaled a skull. At a movement from him a flash of fire streaks from the gaping mouth of the skull and lands at RAOUL's feet--)
PHANTOM
Bravo, monsieur!
Such spirited words!
(--Another fireball--)
RAOUL
More tricks, monsieur?
PHANTOM
Let's see, monsieur
how far you dare go!
(--Another fireball--)
RAOUL
More deception? More violence?
CHRISTINE (--to RAOUL--)
Raoul, no . . .
(--RAOUL has begun to walk slowly and resolutely towards the PHANTOM the fireballs always landing just ahead of him--)
PHANTOM
That's right, that's right,
monsieur
keep walking this way!
(--Two more fireballs--)
RAOUL
You can't win her love by making her your prisoner.
CHRISTINE
Raoul, don't . . .
RAOUL (--to CHRISTINE--)
Stay back!
PHANTOM
I'm here, I'm here,
monsieur:
the angel of death!
Come on, come on,
monsieur
Don't stop, don't stop!
(--Three more fireballs. RAOUL. is almost at the PHANTOM's feet. A confrontation is imminent when CHRISTINE suddenly rushes across to RAOUL--)
CHRISTINE
Raoul! Come back . . .
(--She pulls him away--)
PHANTOM
Don't go!
(--As they are exiting, the PHANTOM declaims in fury--):
So be it! Now let it be war upon you both!
(--At a gesture from the PHANTOM, there is a flash of lighting and the stage erupts into flame--)
Complimentary "Wishing you were somehow here again" Ringtone
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