1980 senesinde paul di anno nun sesiyle dünyaya gelmiş iron maiden albümününün beşinci şarkısıdır.
sözleri ise şöyledir:
I've been looking so long for you now you won't get away from my grasp.
You've been living so long in hiding in hiding behind that false mask.
And you know and I know that you ain't got long now to last.
Your looks and your feelings are just the remains of your past.
You're standing in the wings, there you wait for the curtain to fall.
Knowing the terror and holding you have on us all.
Yeah, I know that you're gonna scratch me, maim me and maul.
You know I'm helpless from your mesmerising cat call.
Keep your distance, walk away, don't take his bait.
Don't you stray, don't fade away.
Watch your step, he's out to get you, come what may.
Don't you stray, from the narrow way.
I'm running and hiding in my dreams you're always there.
You're the Phantom of the Opera, you're the devil, you're just out to scare.
You damaged my mind and my soul it just floats through the air.
Haunt me, you taunt me, you torture me back at your lair.
gelmiş geçmiş en mükemmel müzikallerden birisidir. nightwish yorumu aşmış kalitede ve oldukça muhteşemdir. bu şarkının iron maiden versiyonunda yine bir müzikalden bahsedilebilir ve çok harika sololara ve rifflere rastlanır. birçok farklı formlarda birçok farklı kayıtları bulunsa da hepsi müzikalitedir kanımca.
tarja nın sesine hayran bırakan bir nightwish parçası, phantom of the opera filminin soundtracklerinden biri. sözleri de şöyledir:
[Christine (Tarja):]
In sleep he sang to me, in dreams he came,
that voice which calls to me,
and speaks my name.
And do I dream again? For now I find
the phantom of the opera is there
inside my mind.
[Phantom (Marco):]
Sing once again with me our strange duet;
my power over you grows stronger yet.
And though you turn from me to glance behind,
the phantom of the opera is there
inside your mind.
[Christine (Tarja):]
Those who have seen your face
draw back in fear.
I am the mask you wear,
[Phantom (Marco):]
it's me they hear.
[Christine (Tarja) & Phantom (Marco):]
Your spirit and my voice in one combined;
the phantom of the opera is there
inside my/your mind.
[Voices:]
He's there the phantom of the opera.
Beware the phantom of the opera.
[Phantom (Marco):]
In all your fantasies, you always knew
that man and mystery
[Christine (Tarja):]
were both in you.
[Christine (Tarja) & Phantom (Marco):]
And in this labyrinth where night is blind,
the Phantom of the opera is here
inside my/your mind.
Romanından uyarlanarak arthur lubin'in yönetmenliğini yaptığı 1943 yapımı, başrollerini susanna foster (christine dubois), claude rains (erik claudin),
nelson eddy (anatole garron) ve edgar barrier(raoul d'aubert)'in paylaştığı filmdir. Kitabını okumayanlara şiddetle tavsiye edilir.
