Under the Stage ( to the tune of "Under the Sea" from "The Little Mermaid")
Sung by Erik:
The stagelights are always brighter
On someone else's stage
Stop dating that rich playboy
Or you will see my rage
Just look at the candles around you
Right here in my lakeside lair
Direct from your bedroom mirror
Here at the Opera Populaire!
Under the stage
Under the stage
Angel, it's easy
To please me
Just do what I say!
Up in the rafters Joe Buquet
Is looking down girl's shirts all day
Forget your worries
And make a journey under the stage!
That pretty-boy says that he's rich
But people always lie
I make 20,000 francs a month
More than enough to get by
Someday I will retire
From haunting the opera house
And you and I will live together
Maybe somewhere in Laos…
Under the stage
Under the stage
Angel, it's sweeter
Here in the theater
Take it from me
Performing my play, called Don Juan
Was lots and lots of fun
Forget Il Muto
The movie will shoot-o
Under the stage
The fop is a fruit
The ballet rat's wear tutus
Carlotta's voice sucks
Firmin and Andre
Are totally gay
Meg always wander's
And I ponder
Improvements for my play
Piangi is fat
Carlotta wears a weird hat
Madame Giry wears black
We already passed the point
Of no return
There's no going back!
Under the stage
Under the stage
Writing the story
Of my triumphant glory
Could fill a whole page
If songs can work on Christine
Will it work on in-laws that are mean
They always diss me
And Christine kissed me
Under the stage!