The Phantom of the Opera movie - Wandering Child lyrics

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Song by Andrew Llyod Webber<br /><br>

The PHANTOM emerges from behind the cross)<br>

PHANTOM (very soft and enticing)<br>

Wandering child . . .<br>

So lost . . .<br>

So helpless . . .<br>

Yearning for my<br>

Guidance . . .<br>

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(Bewildered, CHRISTINE looks up, and murmurs<br>

breathlessly):<br>

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CHRISTINE<br>

Angel . . . or father . . .<br>

Friend . . . or<br>

Phantom . . . ?<br>

Who is it there,<br>

Staring . . . ?<br>

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PHANTOM (more and more hypnotic)<br>

Have you forgotten your Angel . . .?<br>

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CHRISTINE<br>

Angel . . . oh, speak . . .<br>

What endless longings<br>

Echo in this whisper . . .!<br>

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(RAOUL appears in the shadows and watches for a moment transfixed)<br>

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PHANTOM (now drawing CHRISTINE towards him)<br>

Too long you've wandered in winter . . .<br>

RAOUL (to himself a murmur)<br>

Once again<br>

She is his . . .<br>

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PHANTOM<br>

Far from my far-reaching gaze . . .<br>

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RAOUL<br>

Once again she returns . . .<br>

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CHRISTINE (increasingly mesmerized)<br>

Wildly my mind beats against you . . .<br>

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PHANTOM<br>

You resist . . .<br>

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PHANTOM/CHRISTINE<br>

Yet your/the soul <br>

Obeys . . .<br>

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RAOUL<br>

. . . to the arms<br>

Of her angel . . .<br>

Angel or demon . . .<br>

Still he calls her . . .<br>

Luring her back, from the grave . . .<br>

Angel or dark seducer . . .?<br>

Who are you, strange<br>

Angel . . .?<br>

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PHANTOM<br>

Angel of Music!<br>

You denied me/I denied you<br>

Turning from true beauty . . .<br>

Angel of Music!<br>

Do not shun me/My protector . . .<br>

Come to your strange<br>

Angel . . .<br>

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CHRISTINE<br>

Angel of Music!<br>

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(CHRISTINE moves towards the figure of the<br>

PHANTOM)<br>

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PHANTOM (beckoning her)<br>

I am your Angel of Music . . .<br>

Come to me: Angel of Music . . .<br>

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RAOUL (suddenly calling out)<br>

Angel of darkness!<br>

Cease this torment!<br>

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(Inexorably the PHANTOM continues to beckon<br>

CHRISTINE)<br>

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PHANTOM<br>

I am your Angel of Music . . .<br>

Come to me: Angel of Music . . .<br>

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RAOUL (in desperation)<br>

Christine! Christine listen to me!<br>

Whatever you may believe, this man . . .<br>

this thing . . . is not your father!<br>

(to the PHANTOM)<br>

Let her go! For God's sake, let her go! Christine !<br>

(Coming out of her trance CHRISTINE turns and<br>

mouths the words):<br>

<br>

CHRISTINE<br>

Raoul . .<br>

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[Thanks to Anna for lyrics]<br>

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