Raoul, I'm frightened - don't make me do this ... Raoul, it scares me - don't put me through this ordeal by fire ... he'll take me, I know ... we'll be parted for ever ... he won't let me go ... What I once used to dream I now dread ... if he finds me, it won't ever end ... and he'll always be there, singing songs in my head ... he'll always be there, singing songs in my head ... She's mad ... You said yourself he was nothing but a man ... Yet while he lives, he will haunt us till we're dead ... Twisted every way, what answer can I give? Am I to risk my life, to win the chance to live? Can I betray the man who once inspired my voice? Do I become his prey? Do I have any choice? He kills without a thought, he murders all that's good ... I know I can't refuse and yet, I wish I could ... Oh God - if I agree, what horrors wait for me in this, the Phantom's opera ...? Christine, Christine, don't think that I don't care - but every hope and every prayer rests on you now ...