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Down Once More / Track Down This Murderer

Down Once More / Track Down This Murderer lyrics by Phantom Of The Opera. PHANTOM Down once more to the dungeon of my black despair! Down we plunge to the...

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Down Once More / Track Down This Murderer

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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!

MOB

Track down this murderer! He must be found!

Track down this murderer! He must be found!

PHANTOM

Hounded out by everyone! Met with hatred everywhere!

No kind word from anyone! No compassion anywhere!

Christine, why, why?

GIRY

Your hand at the level of your eyes!

RAOUL

At the level of your eyes

MOB

Your hand at the level of your eyes!

GIRY

This is as far as I dare go

RAOUL

Thank you

CHRISTINE

Have you gorged yourself at last, in your lust for blood?

Am I now to be prey to your lust for flesh?

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!

CHRISTINE

This haunted face holds no horror for me now

It's in your soul that the true distortion lies

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!

RAOUL

Free her! Do what you like, only free her!

Have you no pity?

PHANTOM

Your lover makes a passionate plea!

CHRISTINE

Please, Raoul, it's useless

RAOUL

I love her! Does that mean nothing?

PHANTOM

The world showed no compassion to me!

RAOUL

Christine, Christine, let me see her

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!

CHRISTINE

The tears I might have shed for your dark fate

Grow cold, and turn to tears of hate

RAOUL

Christine, forgive me, please forgive me

I did it all for you, and all for nothing

CHRISTINE

Farewell, my fallen idol and false friend

We had such hopes, but now these hopes lie murdered

PHANTOM

Too late for turning back, too late for prayers and useless pity

RAOUL

Say you love him, and my life is over!

PHANTOM

Past all hope of cries for help, no point in fighting

RAOUL

Either way you choose, he has to win!

PHANTOM

For either way you choose, you cannot win!

So, do you end your days with me, or do you send him to his grave?

RAOUL

Why make her lie to you, to save me?

CHRISTINE

Angel of Music

PHANTOM

Past the point of no return

RAOUL

For pity's sake, Christine, say no!

CHRISTINE

Why this torment?

PHANTOM

The final threshold

RAOUL

Don't throw your life away for my sake

CHRISTINE

Why do you curse mercy?

PHANTOM

His life is now the prize which you must earn!

RAOUL

I fought so hard to free you

CHRISTINE

Angel of Music

PHANTOM

You've passed the point of no return

CHRISTINE

You deceived me. I gave you my mind blindly

PHANTOM

You try my patience, make your choice!

CHRISTINE

Pitiful creature of darkness, what kind of life have you known?

God, give me courage to show you you are not alone

MOB

Track down this murderer - he must be found!

Who is this monster, this murdering beast?

Hunt out this animal, who runs to ground!

Revenge for Piangi! Revenge for Buquet!

Too long he's preyed on us but know we know

The Phantom of the Opera is there, deep down below

PHANTOM

Take her, forget me, forget all of this, leave me aloe, forget all you've seen

Go now, don't let them find you! Take the boat, swear to me never to tell

The secret you know of the angel in hell! Go, go now, go now and leave me!

Masquerade, paper faces on parade

Masquerade, hide your face, so the world will never find you

Christine, I love you

CHRISTINE

Say you'll share with me, one love, one lifetime

RAOUL

Say the word and I will follow you

CHRISTINE

Share each day with me each night, each morning

PHANTOM

You alone can make my song take flight

It's over now, the music of the night

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