Misc Musicals – Goosebumps The Musical Phantom Of The Auditorium - The Story Of The Phantom (Guitar)

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Long ago, there lived a man,

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His name was Carlo, and he ran

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An ancient theater where his daughter was the star.

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No! His daughter's name is

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Esmerelda, and she's famous,

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People come to hear her sing from near and far.

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Now, there's a rumor going round

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That in the tunnels underground there lives-

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Wait, I know! Can I guess?

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Sure, if you can.

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A mysterious phantom! Me! Right?

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Right, well, mostly,

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But the twist is that this ghostly

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Evil presence isn't monster, but man.

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Now, this man had been blessed

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With a gift he possessed:

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Musical talents completely unmatched.

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But, as you often will find

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In epic tales of this kind,

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This gift came with a curse attached:

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A face that was hideous

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And so jarring

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He wore a mask to cover all the scarring(Cool!)

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And lived underground inside a hole.

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Wait, a hole? Why a hole?

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All his life, he'd been tormented, teased, and taunted,

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But now his hunters would become the haunted.

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The world that always made him feel unwanted would hear the toll:

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The sounds of a tortured soul.

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One day at his piano,

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Distant sounds of a soprano

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Drifted towards him from the theater above.

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Sweeter than a bird,

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In all his life he'd never heard

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A sound like this, and he was instantly in love.

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The voice, of course, was Carlo's daughter,

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And the Phantom went and sought her

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To become his secret student, and his muse.

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And if you think she found this oh-so-nigmatic virtuoso

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Kinda creepy, then I've got some shocking news:

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Because she fell, and fell hard.

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He was battered and scarred,

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But she could see that inside, there was more.

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Something alluring, she'd find

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In the sadness behind

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That terrifying mask he wore.

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Wait a minute, I'm your boyfriend? Are we gonna have to kiss?

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That's gross, you're like my sister.

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Zeke, it's called acting.

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And though he was hideous,

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And she was perfection,

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Through music, they found their connection,

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A bond beyond their own control.

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You better not get sick, I am NOT kissing Tina!

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And though his face tormented her and chilled her,

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His compositions haunted her and thrilled her.

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His mesmerizing melodies fulfilled her, made her whole...

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The sounds of a tortured soul.

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Ezzy has another man, some

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Guy named Raoul who's tall and handsome,

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And not all that pleased about her latest beau.

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Angrily, Raoul tracks him

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To his lair, where he attacks him,

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And they battle in the passageway below.(Awesome!)

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And when he took his last breath,

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The Phantom welcomed his death;

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He'd rather die than live apart.

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When it was over and done,

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Raoul had killed him—he'd won,

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But he'd lost Esmerelda's heart.

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'Cause though he was pretty, yes,

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And a keeper,

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The Phantom's love was so much deeper.

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A loss that nothing could console-ah!

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No more, she'd see that face that once had chilled her.

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No more, she'd hear that music that fulfilled her,

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And people say that that's the thing that killed her, on the whole.

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She ran away and was never seen again. But get this:

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When they returned to find the Phantom and unmask it,

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They never found a body for the casket.

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They say he had, depending who you ask it, one last goal...

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One last goal?

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To this day, inside that theater, or near it,

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If you listen very closely, you can hear it:

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The songs of a tortured spirit's final role.

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The sounds of a tortured soul.

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That is so... meta. Man.