PotO – "Within My World" & more - (Erik ♥ Christine) Phantom of the Opera

PLEASE READ to understand (lyrics below) – What to do when you can’t decide between 4 songs for a special vid? Do them all! lol – hope this makes up for my long absence. :)… Songs are from Dracula original cast recording & Broadway musical - with: Michael McCarthy, Thomas Borchert, James Barbour, Kate Schindle and Stephanie Benavente…Heavily inspired by my E/C vampire story Through Bonds Immortal – much of vid follows story already posted and chapters to come (like a teaser), some doesn’t (but follows lyrics). If interested: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12209182... (extra clips from Dracula Untold & Dracula 2000)

Lyrics to “Within My World”, “The Longer I live”, “At last” & finale

Rage consumes me!
It keeps my need for vengeance alive, like the blood on which my kind survive
But life mocks me in my envy
They are unworthy!
Love is wasted on men so naïve; To know love is to also achieve
Blissful passion… Zealous passion!

Such mortal feelings are never forsaken
And once again those passions will awaken
My evil has its beauty when it suits me to possess
The hearts of those my vengeance will embrace
Within my world they have a worthy place

These years of weakness, unending damnation
Hidden yearning to know death’s liberation
Now, at last I realize there’s another prize to win
I’ll taste again the conquests of my past
Within my world she will know love at last

Across vast oceans her master will reach her
To teach her delights no mortals possess
She will enter my world and discover its splendor
Then completely surrender to my tender caress

She has inspired me. And stirred my emotion. Burning embers enflame a new devotion
I’ll turn back the centuries, to enjoy the sang de vie (French for blood of life)
That long ago began my destiny within my world – Within my world

This youthful illusion will surely deceive her , to make her believe my passion is real
When she enters my world I will seal her surrender with a kiss I intend her forever to feel

I will beguile her. Excite her sensations; she’ll abandon herself to new temptations
She will know true ecstasy - When she drinks the sang-de-vie
That long ago began my destiny within my world
Despite her world – she will belong to me!
***
I've seen so many sunsets in my life; I should know everything there is worth knowing.
But since I saw your face I don't know where I am, there's no map that can show me where I'm going.
The longer I live the more I wonder if I know anything at all.
If I've ever been in love, I can't recall.
The longer I live the less I'm certain, that I have all the answers right.
I'd give all my yesterdays for one more night.
It's hard to make each moment count when you're alone, maybe that's all I need to know.
The longer I live without you near me, the longer the empty years will be.
The world will not turn until you turn to me.
My world will not turn until you turn to me!
***
MINA
At last there are no questions, I know all there is for me to know
My heart and I have all the answers, I know how I want my life to go
At last the mist has lifted, It’s all so simple, so crystal clear
Why did I fight what was meant to happen?
The fight is over, at last I’m here
I don’t need the sun to make me shine inside, I have your eyes
And I don’t need light for me to see what’s right

DRACULA
At last there are no questions, You know all there is for you need to know
My heart and I have all the answers, I know how I want our lives to go

D &M
At last, the mist has lifted, It’s all so simple, so crystal clear
Why did we fight what was meant to happen?
The fight is over, at last you’re here
***
You pursue me, yet you cannot escape your defeat - As I planned, so my triumph’s complete.
You have brought me my possession. She is my trophy, one I've chosen to always be mine.
She is here by my vengeful design, and my glory, she is my glory.
Your mortal beauty, will not be forsaken, let my power within you now awaken.
Seize your only destiny, and renounce mortality.
The time has come to know death's cold embrace.
Within my world, you have an honored place.

The burning emotion of desire invites me to savor delights no mortals possess.
I will enter your world, and discover its splendor, then completely surrender to your tender caress.

I have possessed you, beguiled your sensations, Now abandon yourself, to new temptations.

I'll renounce mortality, to fulfill my destiny. Within this darker world, that you promised me.
Within my world? Despite your world, my soul belongs to me…

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