We Have All Been Blind lyrics

[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

[ANDRE, 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

[ANDRE]

We are certain the doors are barred

[FIRMIN]

We are certain the police are there

[RAOUL]

We are certain they're armed

[FIRMIN/ANDRE/RAOUL]

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.​

(sung)

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!