My Angel With the Imperfect Face
He's letting me go
I'm too numb with shock to protest
To tell him how much he means to me
Instead I stand there motionless until Raoul drags me away
I know I'm in the boat being rowed away
But all I can think about is my angel
And our music lessons that seem so long ago
How happy we were in the beginning
Long before I shattered all his illusions
Before I snatched his mask away, betraying his trust
Even when I knew what he truly looked like
I came back and continued to think of him as an angel
An angel with an imperfect face but a good heart
I felt sorry for him when I thought of his life
But I also marveled at how well he did turn out
If I had lived his life I wouldn't have made it past fifteen
Raoul interrupts my thoughts when I hear
"It's over now my dear.
I will take you to safety far away from that monster.
We will live happily ever after."
That monster?
There is no monster, only my friend
He may have a monstrous face and done some terrible things
But that makes him no less human
Raoul could never live that life
Always having to hide from the hatred that followed you
Forced to live far below because of your face
No Raoul could never live that life just like I could never live it
Erik tried so hard to rise above the hate
But it ate away at him making him kill
No love, no friendship, no light
How did he survive?
Music must have stopped him from going completely insane
As long as he played or sang
He was not a monster doing monstrous things; he was Erik
And now I'm leaving him just like everyone else he has known
Oh how I wish I had enough courage to stay
At least long enough to tell him
He will never be a monster in my eyes
Always my Angel with the imperfect face
He's letting me go
I'm too numb with shock to protest
To tell him how much he means to me
Instead I stand there motionless until Raoul drags me away
I know I'm in the boat being rowed away
But all I can think about is my angel
And our music lessons that seem so long ago
How happy we were in the beginning
Long before I shattered all his illusions
Before I snatched his mask away, betraying his trust
Even when I knew what he truly looked like
I came back and continued to think of him as an angel
An angel with an imperfect face but a good heart
I felt sorry for him when I thought of his life
But I also marveled at how well he did turn out
If I had lived his life I wouldn't have made it past fifteen
Raoul interrupts my thoughts when I hear
"It's over now my dear.
I will take you to safety far away from that monster.
We will live happily ever after."
That monster?
There is no monster, only my friend
He may have a monstrous face and done some terrible things
But that makes him no less human
Raoul could never live that life
Always having to hide from the hatred that followed you
Forced to live far below because of your face
No Raoul could never live that life just like I could never live it
Erik tried so hard to rise above the hate
But it ate away at him making him kill
No love, no friendship, no light
How did he survive?
Music must have stopped him from going completely insane
As long as he played or sang
He was not a monster doing monstrous things; he was Erik
And now I'm leaving him just like everyone else he has known
Oh how I wish I had enough courage to stay
At least long enough to tell him
He will never be a monster in my eyes
Always my Angel with the imperfect face