In the Darkness

In the darkness you came to me

And fell under my spell

As my voice captivated your imagination

For to you, I was your angel

Your angel of music

But what I thought was my masked face

Was my distorted soul

That awoke you from your intoxicating trance

No longer was I an angel in your eyes

But a malicious monster of darkness

Enchanted by your genuine innocence

I selfishly wanted you for myself

And you were all I had to live for

But how can one love truly

If one has never truly felt love before?

Behind my mask I still remained just a man

And this you knew even after all the horror

I'd shed just to have you in my life

Yet much as you chose a different path

Than one with me my love for you set me free

For you had in turn become my angel

Who had caused a deep emotion inside of me

to be stirred for the first time: love

That in the end allowed me to let you go

And in the darkness you left me.

(Inspired by the movie The Phantom of the Opera)