Prologue
Say you'll share with me
One love, one lifetime
Let me lead you from your solitude
Say you need me with you here, beside you
Anywhere you go, let me go too
That's all I ask of you
Then say you'll share with me
One love, one lifetime
Say the word and I will follow you
Share each day with me, each night, each morning
Say you love me
You know I do
Love me
That's all I ask of you…
The voices intertwine and drift through the snow-covered city of Paris, floating down, down, down and waking me from my dreams. As Christine's soprano rises triumphant over Raoul's voice I think about the meaning of their song. What wouldn't I give for a love that lasted a lifetime? My chaste lips tingle as I dream of the day they're touched by a caring kiss.
To the melody wrought by their love for each other I begin to drift back into slumber, to be suddenly brought back by a third counterpart to their tune.
I gave you my music, made your song take wing
And now, how you've repaid me, denied me and betrayed me
He was bound to love you, when he heard you sing
Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime
Say the word and I will follow you
Share each day with me, each night, each morning
You will curse the day you did not do
All that the Phantom asked of you!
Such pain! Sheer longing vibrates through the second man's voice sweetened by the heartbreak it is laced with. Who is this man? Could it be the Phantom of the Opera I've heard so much about? As the quiet falls on the snow-covered city of Paris at last I sleep, love songs trailing through to my dreams.