Uploaded February 2018 | Updated September 2026, 27 minutes ago
PLEASE READ – (Iyrics & dialogue below) - watch in HD for best experience. :) A cool song from my own wanna list that depicts E/C well – told mostly in Christine’s POV, but some in Erik’s too. Both of them hurting the other again and again, sometimes unintentionally, each of them seeking and always finding each other’s forgiveness…sparkle clip credit – Pond5 (P.S. - special shoutout to Carmen (xbellamydog12x) - after watching other versions of this song last night, after posting mine, I realized she used Erik saying "brava" at almost the same point I did at beginning of vid - I had watched her vid of this song to PotO a year ago, but forgot that, so just want to be clear- she came up with that idea first - (be sure and check her vid out too) - and I made this without remembering she did that. I usually do a search for same fandom/song before I make mine so that I don't accidentally copy anyone else's idea - I haven't been doing that lately, but will start again after this slip-up. Sorry, Carmen - I never meant to take your idea...
Dialogue:
E: Brava…Bravissima
C: Forgive me
E: Christine, I love you…
"Hurt" performed by Christina Aguilera
Seems like it was yesterday when I saw your face
You told me how proud you were but I walked away
If only I knew what I know today
Ooh ooh
I would hold you in my arms
I would take the pain away
Thank you for all you've done
Forgive all your mistakes.
There's nothing I wouldn't do
To hear your voice again.
Sometimes I wanna call you but I know you won't be there
Oh, I'm sorry for blaming you for everything I just couldn't do
And I've hurt myself by hurting you
Some days I feel broke inside but I won't admit
Sometimes I just wanna hide 'cause it's you I miss
And it's so hard to say goodbye when it comes to this, ooh, whoa
Would you tell me I was wrong?
Would you help me understand?
Are you looking down upon me?
Are you proud of who I am?
There's nothing I wouldn't do
To have just one more chance
To look into your eyes and see you looking back
Oh, I'm sorry for blaming you for everything I just couldn't do
And I've hurt myself, oh, oh, oh.
If I had just one more day
I would tell you how much that I've missed you since you've been away
Oh, it's dangerous
It's so out of line
To try and turn back time
I'm sorry for blaming you for everything I just couldn't do
And I've hurt myself by hurting you
(Next up - a special Valentine's Day vid, followed by another PotO and then Outlander...)
My Phantom playlist (vids I've done to Phantom) - youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_-UuHPnsb8WiHlS7tmGqYyTeqOdBVDnM
(No copyright infringement intended. This falls under the Fair Use copyright act- Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.)
PLEASE READ – (Iyrics & dialogue below) - watch in HD for best experience. :) A cool song from my own wanna list that depicts E/C well – told mostly in Christine’s POV, but some in Erik’s too. Both of them hurting the other again and again, sometimes unintentionally, each of them seeking and always finding each other’s forgiveness…sparkle clip credit – Pond5 (P.S. - special shoutout to Carmen (xbellamydog12x) - after watching other versions of this song last night, after posting mine, I realized she used Erik saying "brava" at almost the same point I did at beginning of vid - I had watched her vid of this song to PotO a year ago, but forgot that, so just want to be clear- she came up with that idea first - (be sure and check her vid out too) - and I made this without remembering she did that. I usually do a search for same fandom/song before I make mine so that I don't accidentally copy anyone else's idea - I haven't been doing that lately, but will start again after this slip-up. Sorry, Carmen - I never meant to take your idea...
Dialogue:
E: Brava…Bravissima
C: Forgive me
E: Christine, I love you…
"Hurt" performed by Christina Aguilera
Seems like it was yesterday when I saw your face
You told me how proud you were but I walked away
If only I knew what I know today
Ooh ooh
I would hold you in my arms
I would take the pain away
Thank you for all you've done
Forgive all your mistakes.
There's nothing I wouldn't do
To hear your voice again.
Sometimes I wanna call you but I know you won't be there
Oh, I'm sorry for blaming you for everything I just couldn't do
And I've hurt myself by hurting you
Some days I feel broke inside but I won't admit
Sometimes I just wanna hide 'cause it's you I miss
And it's so hard to say goodbye when it comes to this, ooh, whoa
Would you tell me I was wrong?
Would you help me understand?
Are you looking down upon me?
Are you proud of who I am?
There's nothing I wouldn't do
To have just one more chance
To look into your eyes and see you looking back
Oh, I'm sorry for blaming you for everything I just couldn't do
And I've hurt myself, oh, oh, oh.
If I had just one more day
I would tell you how much that I've missed you since you've been away
Oh, it's dangerous
It's so out of line
To try and turn back time
I'm sorry for blaming you for everything I just couldn't do
And I've hurt myself by hurting you
(Next up - a special Valentine's Day vid, followed by another PotO and then Outlander...)
My Phantom playlist (vids I've done to Phantom) - youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_-UuHPnsb8WiHlS7tmGqYyTeqOdBVDnM
(No copyright infringement intended. This falls under the Fair Use copyright act- Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.)

![PotO & LND- Breath of Life- (Erik ♥ Christine) Phantom of the Opera
PLEASE READ: (lyrics below)- I love this song. After two friends dedicated vids to me using it, I wanted to give it a go too, (though I wasnt sure I had what it took to do it. lol) Theirs are awesome, be sure and check them out- XxBrlyxX and emptyvoices31 who did it to Les Miz- and thank you, Kate, for first introducing me to this song. Your own amazing PotO vid inspired me also to try my hand at it w/ Phantom, (and it only took 36+ literal hours- I stopped counting after that. lol). Lyrics follow story- mainly in Christines POV, some in Eriks. Christine is tormented, the choirs in her head- her conscience, but also the urgings of those at the opera house to choose the right man. She no longer knows which side shes on- the side of safety and acceptance from others, which would result in an uncomplicated and privileged life w/ Raoul. Or the side of danger- but also passion and desire found with Erik, whom she craves. With Erik she feels alive (breath of life, heavenly touch), but to be with him means to go against everyone and lose that life above. She realizes she loves him but cannot live below in darkness. And if you are gone, I will not belong here - he also leaves, no longer desiring to stay in the home hed created for them once shes gone, not feeling whole anywhere, with her gone. She finds him again, having thought him dead, starting to hear him again, all the old needs & fears haunting her, the memories strong, until at last she makes the choice of her heart...the chorus so sublime is their music & love (different from the choirs in her head saying no). Heres a bit of symbolism- 5 gold tinged frames at end show who she chose- 5symbolizes them as a couple, gold a color of theirs (Box 5- his box, close to her on stage, his spirit and her voice melded, 5 cellars down to the home he made for them, etc). The rest of symbolism, and the end I leave up to the viewer to decide- you like tragedy? She dies and hes left with nothing but memories of a happier time. You like romance & HEA? She dies and theyre reunited for eternity, their breath of life renewed without the sorrow. (I prefer the second. ;-) - Clips from movies, stage shows, specials, and promos. I added a few bits with a couple of other Phantoms and Christines, to my general ones of Gerard, Emmy, Ramin, Sierra, Ben and Anna. Namely, Earl Carpenter (who from what little Ive seen of him I like a lot- hes getting up there with my faves) whoever E & C played in the Phantom reboot promo (?) and Gina Beck (w/ Ramin), who I was also impressed with as Christine.
Lyrics of Breath of Life performed by Florence and the Machine
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I was looking for a breath of life
A little touch of heavenly light
But all the choirs in my head sang,
No oh oh
To get a dream of life again
A little vision of the start at the end
But all the choirs in my head sang,
No oh oh
But I needed one more touch
Another taste of heavenly rush
And I believe, I believe it
So oh oh oh
And I needed one more touch
Another taste of divine rush
And I believe, I believe it
So oh oh oh
Whose side am I on?
Whose side am I?
Whose side am I on?
Whose side am I?
And the fever began to spread
From my heart down to my legs
But the room is so quiet,
Oh oh oh
And although I wasnt losing my mind
It was a chorus so sublime
But the room was too quiet,
(Oh the fever)
I was looking for a breath of life
A little touch of heavenly light
But all the choirs in my head sang,
No oh oh
To get a dream of life again
A little vision of the start at the end
But all the choirs in my head sang,
No oh oh
[Instrumental]
Choir: And the final dream of life
And the chorus so sublime
And the room was so quiet
Its a harder way (long, long way?) and its come to claim her
And I always say,
We should be together
I can see below
Cause theres something in here
And if you are gone
I will not belong (not belong here)
(Be long, be long, be long)
And I started to hear it again
But this time it wasnt the end
And the room is so quiet,
Oh oh oh
And my heart is a hollow plane
For the devil to dance again
But the room is too quiet
Oh oh oh
I was looking for a breath of life
A little touch of heavenly life
But all the choirs in my head sang
No, oh oh...
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![PotO - Riverside (Erik ♥ Christine) Phantom of the Opera- a request
PLEASE READ – (Iyrics below- watch in HD for best experience) – by request for iSHiNE2011 - I hope you can see it (song was blocked in so many countries, sadly thats the way of it sometimes - but I had to do it. lol) Those who can’t see it and want to, I can try to post it at Dailymotion or Vimeo and see if it works there – just let me know. A special thanks to Carmen (xbellamydog12x), (for telling me of that cool effect/filter), and to ThePhantomsSiren (for sending me the wonderful clip of my latest Phantom add-on to these multi prod. PotO vids.) The Phantoms here are: Gerard Butler, Ramin Karimloo, Mathias Edenborn, Earl Carpenter, Ben Lewis, with a few others thrown in here and there (from trailers). Story follows lyrics (told in 3 povs - Erik’s, Christine’s, and Raoul’s) – I know it was a lake, but for this vid, well pretend its a river. ;-) - The river is different things to different people: To Erik, it’s a hideout and a place to meet secretly with his beloved – to Christine, it’s a place as mysterious as the man she has come to love – and to Raoul, it’s a place of danger and death. The river in this video is also symbolic of Erik and Christines relationship – the river often signifying life, but having dangerous and unseen undercurrents – a place of pain as well as beauty, of hidden depths and secrets... Sparkle clips credit: Pond5
“Riverside” by Agnes Obel
Down by the river by the boats
Where everybody goes to be alone
Where you wont see any rising sun
Down to the river we will run
When by the water we drink to the dregs
Look at the stones on the river bed
I can tell from your eyes
Youve never been by the riverside
Down by the water the riverbed
Somebody calls you somebody says
Swim with the current and float away
Down by the river everyday
Oh my God I see how everything is torn in the river deep
And I dont know why I go the way
Down by the riverside
When that old river runs past your eyes
To wash off the dirt on the riverside
Go to the water so very near
The river will be your eyes and ears
I walk to the borders on my own
To fall in the water just like a stone
Chilled to the marrow in them bones
Why do I go here all alone
[x2:]
Oh my God I see how everything is torn in the river deep
And I dont know why I go the way
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside [x2]
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