1.10 Once Upon Another Time / Ten Long Years Of Yearning
CHRISTINE Once upon another time, our story had only begun You chose to turn the page, and I made choices too
Once upon that other time, we did what we thought must be done And now we have no choice, we do what we must do
We love, we live, we give what we can give And take what little we deserve
PHANTOM Once upon another time, I knew how our story would end And maybe I was wrong, but now the moment's gone
Were it still that other time, I'd make time itself somehow bend But now I'm not that strong, and time keeps moving on
BOTH We love, we live, we give what we can give And take what little we deserve We love, we live, we give what we can give And take what little we deserve Once upon another time
PHANTOM Ten Long Years of Yearning Years of dreaming of this moment When that miracle, that peerless instrument Plays for me, just fleetingly Lays the ghost which tortures me, tortures me Ah, Christine
I know what Hammerstein is paying you, I will double the amount for just one night's work. One night here in my concert hall.
CHRISTINE No!
PHANTOM Just one night Christine! One song, that is all I ask.
CHRISTINE Why should I? For ten years you've let me believe you were dead! And now you lure us here and expect me to do you're bidding, submit to you again... I won't do it! I owe you nothing!