We Have All Been Blind
[RAOUL]
We have all been blind, and yet the answer is staring us in the face
This could be the chance to ensnare our clever friend
[ANDRÉ, spoken]
We're listening
[FIRMIN, spoken]
Go on
[RAOUL, sung]
We shall play his game
Perform his work, but remember we hold the ace
For, if Ms. Daaé sings, he is certain to attend
[ANDRÉ]
We are certain the doors are barred
[FIRMIN]
We are certain the police are there
[RAOUL]
We are certain they're armed
[RAOUL, FIRMIN & ANDRÉ]
The curtain falls, his reign will end
[CHRISTINE, spoken]
Raoul, I'm frightened
Don't make me do this, it scares me
Don't put me through this ordeal by fire
He'll take me, I know
We'll be parted forever
He won't let me go
What I once used to dream, I now dread
If he finds me, it won't ever end
[CHRISTINE]
And he'll always be there, singing songs in my head
He'll always be there, singing songs in my head
[RAOUL]
You said yourself he was nothing but a man
Yet while he lives, he will haunt us til we're dead
[CHRISTINE]
Twisted every way, what answer can I give?
Am I to risk my life to win the chance to live?
Can I betray the man who once inspired my voice?
Do I become his prey? Do I have any choice?
He kills without a thought, he murders all that's good
I know I can't refuse, and yet, I wish I could
Oh, God, if I agree, what horrors wait for me
In this, the Phantom's opera?
[RAOUL]
Christine, Christine, don't think that I don't care
But every hope, and every prayer rests on you now
[PHANTOM]
Seal my fate tonight, I hate to have to cut the fun short
But the joke's wearing thin, let the audience in
Let my opera begin
We have all been blind, and yet the answer is staring us in the face
This could be the chance to ensnare our clever friend
[ANDRÉ, spoken]
We're listening
[FIRMIN, spoken]
Go on
[RAOUL, sung]
We shall play his game
Perform his work, but remember we hold the ace
For, if Ms. Daaé sings, he is certain to attend
[ANDRÉ]
We are certain the doors are barred
[FIRMIN]
We are certain the police are there
[RAOUL]
We are certain they're armed
[RAOUL, FIRMIN & ANDRÉ]
The curtain falls, his reign will end
[CHRISTINE, spoken]
Raoul, I'm frightened
Don't make me do this, it scares me
Don't put me through this ordeal by fire
He'll take me, I know
We'll be parted forever
He won't let me go
What I once used to dream, I now dread
If he finds me, it won't ever end
[CHRISTINE]
And he'll always be there, singing songs in my head
He'll always be there, singing songs in my head
[RAOUL]
You said yourself he was nothing but a man
Yet while he lives, he will haunt us til we're dead
[CHRISTINE]
Twisted every way, what answer can I give?
Am I to risk my life to win the chance to live?
Can I betray the man who once inspired my voice?
Do I become his prey? Do I have any choice?
He kills without a thought, he murders all that's good
I know I can't refuse, and yet, I wish I could
Oh, God, if I agree, what horrors wait for me
In this, the Phantom's opera?
[RAOUL]
Christine, Christine, don't think that I don't care
But every hope, and every prayer rests on you now
[PHANTOM]
Seal my fate tonight, I hate to have to cut the fun short
But the joke's wearing thin, let the audience in
Let my opera begin