Iced Earth
The Phantom Opera Ghost
[Instrumental Intro – 00:00-01:04]

[Verse 1 – Matt Barlow & Yunhui Percifield]
Christine (Yunhui): I feel you, from beyond the walls you speak to me
Erik (Matt): Christine my love, Paris now will worship you
You will star soon, I'll kill to make it sure for you
Christine (Yunhui): Oh my love, won't you please show yourself to me?
Erik (Matt): Soon I'll take you, in my kingdom you're the queen
It's dark and peaceful, but my face you'll never see, no!

[Verse 2 – Matt Barlow & Yunhui Percifield]
Erik (Matt): Oh Christine, on this eve I will come for you
Christine (Yunhui): Erik my love, I've waited all my life for you
Please just take me, I need to be with you
Erik (Matt): Take my hand, through the catacombs my lair awaits
Christine (Yunhui): Caverns, mazes, the underworld and the blackest lake
Enticing danger, your passion feeds me I'm your slave

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3 – Matt Barlow & Yunhui Percifield]
Christine (Yunhui): Now I've bathed in fear, I will not leave here
Erik (Matt): Breathe deep the darkness...

Breathe deep the madness...
Christine (Yunhui): I'm so cold inside, mental suicide
Erik (Matt): Breathe deep the darkness...
Breathe deep the sadness...

[Verse 4 – Matt Barlow]
Erik (Matt): Oh Christine, don't you know that it's all for you?
Carlotta's head and the other deaths I planned
All for you, to have your night in the spotlight
From now on forevermore you will only sing for me

[Chorus – Matt Barlow & Yunhui Percifield]
Christine (Yunhui): So you are, you are the legend, the phantom opera ghost
Erik (Matt): I am what man has made me with his hate and cruel ways
Christine (Yunhui): Why are you?
Erik (Matt): Why am I?
Christine and Erik (Yunhui & Matt):
The phantom opera ghost
Christine (Yunhui): I have to see
Erik (Matt): You'll never see
Christine & Erik (Yunhui & Matt):
What's behind the mask
Erik (Matt): No!

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 5 – Matt Barlow & Yunhui Percifield]
Christine (Yunhui): I'm so torn between love, death, life, and hate
Erik (Matt): Don't you doubt me, what we have is just our fate
I now own you, from this day forth you'll be my slave
Christine (Yunhui): Oh dear God, for this life I've lost the will
Erik (Matt): No, this can't be, I'd rather you die than spoil my dream
Myself I'll kill, if I can't have you no one will!
[Instrumental Outro]