The Man Behind The Mask (Complete)

Another Love Story

"One more"

"Oh, buddy, don't you think you've had enough?
It's practically morning already"

"One more, I said"

"Alright, alright
My shift is over anyway, so let's settle the bill, okay?
Jeez, you're in a bad way ain't you?
Worse than most that end up here
Here's the morning shift, maybe he'll know what to do with you"

"Yes, what to do with me
That's the question, isn't it?
That's always been the question
Ever since the beginning
She looks for sympathy
I give her sorrow
She asks for honesty
I've none to borrow
She needs my tender kiss
She begs it off me
I give her ugliness
Why does she love me?
She yearns for higher things
Things I can't give her
The rush that music brings
I can't deliver
And even when she sings
And soars above me
I try to clip her wings
Why does she love me?
One more drink, sir
That's what I need
Don't you think, sir?
Leave the hurt behind
Do you hear me?
Another drink
She wants the man I was
Husband and father
At least, she thinks she does
She needn't bother
Beneath this mask I wear
There's nothing of me
Just horror, shame, despair
Why does she love me?
How 'bout you, sir?
Tell me what am I to do, sir?
Leave the hurt behind"

"Morning, Bernie, coffee please
Hurry up before I freeze
I'll just take it black
Mother said, I'd find you here"

"Miss Giry"

"Do you know where you are?"

"Hell, I imagine"

"Around here they call it suicide hall
It's where people end up
When they don't know where else to go
The hopeless, the desperate
The good place to step off the side
Of the pier and quietly vanish"

"You seem to be a regular"

"Me? I come here to swim
This town is coarse and cold and mean
It's hard to keep your conscience clean
Faceless in the crowd
Anything's allowed
And so I come at dawn each day
Come to wash it all away
Sink into the sea, blue and cool and kind
Let it set me free, let the past unwind
Leave the hurt behind"

"Miss. Giry?"
He said in a concerned voice
"Please don't show me sympathy it was not your doing."
"I can still care. You have been abused and mistreated when all you want is love."
"Yes... that's the only thing I have ever wanted. You would know your married to Christine your her true love."
Raoul looked at his feet
"You love her right?"
"Yes just not as much as I love another."
"Who?"
"You Meg."
Meg was shocked no one has ever said that to her before.
"But your married to her you can't love me."
"She doesn't love me she loves Erik. She always did that's why I regret marrying her. I took her away from her love."
"Raoul I have to confess something too. I love you. I always have ever since I met you in Paris."
Raoul got up from his seat and stood in front of Meg.
"I love you too Meg."
He slowly kissed Meg. It was different than when he kissed Christine it felt real.