Night time sharpens, heightens each sensation
Darkness stirs and wakes imagination
Silently the senses abandon their defenses
Slowly, gently night unfurls its splendor
Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender
Turn your face away from the garish light of day
Turn your thoughts away from cold unfeeling light
And listen to the music of the night
Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams
Purge your thoughts of the life you knew before
Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar
And you live as you've never lived before
Softly, deftly, music shall caress you
Hear it, feel it secretly possess you
Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind
In this darkness that you know you cannot fight
The darkness of the music of the night
Let your mind start a journey to a strange new world
Leave all thoughts of the life you knew before
Let your soul take you where you long to be
Only then can you belong to me
Floating, falling, sweet intoxication
Touch me, trust me, savor each sensation
Let the dream begin, let your darker side give in
To the power of the music that I write
The power of the music of the night
You alone can make my song take flight
Help me make the music of the night
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Phantomphriend
The Phantom is clearly trying to drive a wedge between Christine and the outside world here. He has had no competition for her to this point. To put the basis of this story down to good vs. evil is to ignore the root cause of this charactor's violence. Discrimiation based soley on his appearance. Had he been given the attention he desirved based on his talents he would not have felt so lost as to turn to the acts that he did. "A mask my first unfeeling scrap of clothing..."
maggot1999
This would be epic in a minor key
Crystalgual
I think I understand the phantom very well. You know when you have a pet that you nurtured and made it to be the envy of all animals in the world, you will be possessive of that pet. That is exactly what happened to Eric. He became possessive and obsessed with Christine when he found out that Raoul is in love with Chjristine and Christine with him (Raoul). He started killing and making Christine afraid of him and in the end he lost everything, his love for Christine, his friendship with Madam Gary and his home been the Theater but most of all, he stopped writing his music of the night.
bjlevine
I guess this is open to interpretation. To me, this is a classic story of one person's struggle between good and evil. I see the Phantom as a satanic character, but in the "Exorcist" sense. Rather, he is sensual, tempting, exciting, dark and deceitful (granted, very seductive), whereas Raoul is faithful, honest and protective, if somewhat dull. At first, the Phantom seeks to possess Christine for his own purposes, but in the end he does fall in love wiith her.
LKJSlain
boricuagirl19 This song is a double entedre. It is about music (the melodious sound) and sex. From Christine's POV, he's singing about "music" from HIS POV he's singing about DESIRE, and about wanting to make love to her. "The Music of the night" refers both to music itself, and the melodious sounds that they will make making love together.
boricuagirl19
Hi! I woul like to know the meaning of this song. I would like to know what do people think. I think in this song Phantom is telling to Christine to be, to live, dream and fantasise even though in society that is overated. I think the song invites us to let our deepest darkest side(not necesarily our so called bad or evil side, just the side the we hide that is eventually who we really are) unfold. Make any sense? But I want to hear different interpretations of the song so get inspired and let me know, ha ha ha.
BucketFrog
omg david cook sung this song. and its good but cant be compared to the phantom of the opera
vikkitehspiff
Wow, I'm listening to this song right now and it's missing quite a few of the lyrics...
PantomLuva
hey lemon lover. don't worry, i love the movie as well and agree that it has to be the best one eva, havn't had the opportunity to watch the musical yet though
rockstar212
gosh would someone OTHER than me post on this song!!!!!
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