![]() RAOUL Either way you choose, he has to win! PHANTOM Past all hope of cries for help, no point in fighting RAOUL Say you love him, and my life is over! PHANTOM Too late for turning back, too late for prayers and useless pity RAOUL Christine, forgive me, please forgive me I did it all for you, and all for nothingĬHRISTINE Farewell, my fallen idol and false friend We had such hopes, but now these hopes lie murdered PHANTOM Be my guest, sir Monsieur, I bid you welcome! Did you think that I would harm her? Why should I make her pay for the sins which are yours? Order your fine horses now! Raise up your hand to the level of your eyes! Nothing can save you now except perhaps Christine Start a new life with me Buy his freedom with your love! Refuse me, and you send your lover to his death! This is the choice This is the point of no return!ĬHRISTINE The tears I might have shed for your dark fate Grow cold, and turn to tears of hate RAOUL Christine, Christine, let me see her PHANTOM The world showed no compassion to me! RAOUL I love her! Does that mean nothing? PHANTOM Your lover makes a passionate plea! RAOUL Free her! Do what you like, only free her! Have you no pity? PHANTOM Wait! I think, my dear, we have a guest! Sir, this is indeed an unparalleled delight! I had rather hoped that you would come And now my wish comes true, you have truly made my night! PHANTOM That fate, which condemns me to wallow in blood Has also denied me the joys of the flesh This face, the infection which poisons our love This face, which earned a mother's fear and loathing A mask, my first unfeeling scrap of clothing Pity comes too late, turn around and face your fate An eternity of this before your eyes!ĬHRISTINE This haunted face holds no horror for me now It's in your soul that the true distortion lies GIRY Your hand at the level of your eyes!ĬHRISTINE Have you gorged yourself at last, in your lust for blood? Am I now to be prey to your lust for flesh? PHANTOM Hounded out by everyone! Met with hatred everywhere! No kind word from anyone! No compassion anywhere! Christine, why, why? MOB Track down this murderer! He must be found! Track down this murderer! He must be found! PHANTOM Down once more to the dungeon of my black despair! Down we plunge to the prison of my mind! Down that path into darkness deep as hell! Why, you ask, was I bound and chained to this cold and dismal place? Not for any mortal sin, but the wickedness of my abhorrent face! Oak Ash & Thorn, archived from the original on, retrieved 12 June 2006.Nelson-Burn, Lesley, "Rolling Down to Old Maui", Folk Music, Contemplator, retrieved 12 June 2006.Its melody has also been used, in its entirety as well as in part, as the basis for many other folk songs and song parodies, such as "The Light-Ship" by Leslie Fish and "Falling Down on New Jersey" by Mitchell Burnside-Clapp. (The following verse is seen in some collections and performances of the song, but is not universal:)Īs it is a folk song, it has been performed and recorded by several singers and bands including The Dreadnoughts, David Coffin, Kimber's Men, Todd Rundgren, Don Sineti, Stan Rogers, The Longest Johns, and Jon Boden. Our masts and yards are sheathed with ice We'll heave the lead where old Diamond Head How soft the breeze through the island trees, Our stu'n's'l bones/booms is carried away We're homeward bound from the Arctic groundīut now we're bound from the Arctic ground ![]() 'cause we're homeward bound from the Arctic ground/tis a grand ol' soundĪnd we won't give a damn when we drink our rum It's a damn tough life full of toil and strifeĪnd we don't give a damn when the day is done/gale has stopped
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