I do not own The Phantom of the Opera or any of the characters. The last line is taken directly from Gaston Leroux's book.
Don't You Understand, Christine?
A monster in a mask
Who hides from all the world,
He's safe within the darkness,
His heart so tightly curled.
An ugly head of death has he,
A demon here on earth.
With hands that reek of rot
He morns the bleak day of his birth.
But is he such a monster?
Perhaps he's just a man
Consumed by years of loneliness
Who lives the way he can.
If pricked he surely bleeds the same.
His heart aches just like yours.
Your love is all he asks for,
Still you travel through those doors.
But Christine, don't you understand?
He loves you desperately!
And if you chose to leave him now,
You'll kill him, can't you see?
Don't you understand?
...Christine?
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Erik is dead.
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