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SCENE FOUR
THE LABYRINTH UNDERGROUND

(The PHANTOM and CHRISTINE take their strange journey to the PHANTOM's lair. Candles rise from the stage. We see CHRISTINE and the
PHANTOM in a boat which moves slowly across the misty waters of the underground lake)

CHRISTINE
In sleep
he sang to me,
in dreams
he came...
that voice
which calls to me
and speaks my name...
And do
I dream again?
For now
I find
the Phantom of the Opera
is there-
inside my mind...

PHANTOM
Sing once
again with me
our strange
duet...
My power
over you
grows stronger
yet...
And though
you turn from me,
to glance
behind,
the Phantom of the Opera
is there-
inside your mind...

CHRISTINE
Those who
have seen your face
draw back
in fear...
I am
the mask you wear...

PHANTOM
It's me
they hear...

BOTH
Your/my spirit
and your/my voice,
in one
combined:
the Phantom of the Opera
is there-
inside your/my mind...

OFFSTAGE VOICES
He's there,
the Phantom of the Opera...
Beware
the Phantom of the Opera...

PHANTOM
In all
your fantasies,
you always
knew
that man
and mystery...

CHRISTINE
...were both
in you...

BOTH
And in
this labyrinth,
where night
is blind,
the Phantom of the Opera
is there/here-
inside your/my mind...

PHANTOM
Sing, my Angel of Music!

CHRISTINE
He's there,
the Phantom of the Opera...

(She begins to vocalise strangely, her song becoming more and more extravagant)

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