Phantom of the Opera

       -- Down Once More/Track Down This Murderer



PHANTOM:

Down once more to the dungeon of my black despair!

Down we plunge to the prison of my mind!

Down that path into darkness deep as hell!



Why, you ask, was I bound & chained in this cold & dismal place?

Not for any mortal sin, but the wickedness of my abhorrent face!

MOB: Track down this murderer! He must be found!

PHANTOM:

Hounded out by everyone! Met with hatred everywhere!

No kind word from anyone! No compassion anywhere!

Christine, Christine...

Why, why...?



GIRY: Your hand at the level of your eyes!

RAOUL:... at the level of your eyes...

MOB: Your hand at the level of your eyes!

Track down this murderer - He must be found!

Hunt out this animal, who runs to ground!

Too long he's preyed on us - but now we know:

the Phantom of the Opera is there deep down below