PLEASE READ: (lyrics below) - Dedicated to my friend, KiraGarza (Merry Christmas! :D) ... Story follows lyrics, told in Erik, Christine, and Raoul's POVs- (sometimes each line a different POV) - I made it pretty easy to tell, I think...story told through symbolism of clips & effects used - Raoul, with Madame and Meg's (sometimes unwilling) help tries to convince Christine that she's becoming lost to the darkness (that is Erik and that surrounds him). And Christine does hesitate, conflicted, and lost in indecision. All Raoul can see is Erik's darkness (evil)- but when Christine is with him, she can see light (good) in him no one else can and feels a deep passion for him she doesn't feel for Raoul. The lines: "My dreams are for sale"- show the contempt and lack of concern/consideration almost everyone has for Erik. The lines "Help me, I'm buried alive" - are sometimes literal - buried deep beneath the earth, even at point of death - and sometimes they are symbolic of being overwhelmed by deep feeling- both the good and the bad. The end of music vid, in the lair, the flash of clips in color starts from that night and leads back to show much of what led up to that point, which is shown in monochrome (the darkness they are now in)- then, after she sings the last "Buried alive"- the monochrome shows Christine's memories from where the colored clips left off and what leads her to a decision in the present - which is now in color and light- all of it bringing Raoul to a revelation that there is more to Erik than darkness, as Raoul witnesses firsthand Christine's love for Erik and the bright light that now surrounds them. (ALW did it in the movie, lol, I just emphasized it a bit more. ;-))

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Movie clips from The Phantom of the Opera

"Lost" sung by Within Temptation

My hope is on fire
My dreams are for sale
I dance on a wire
I don't want to fail her

I walk against the stream
Far from what I believe in
I run towards the end
Trying not to give in

She's lost in the darkness
Fading away
I'm still around here
Screaming her name
She's haunting my dream world
Trying to survive
My heart is frozen
I'm losing my mind

Help me, I'm buried alive
Buried alive

I'm burning the bridges
And there's no return
I'm trying to reach her
I feel that she yearns

I walk against the stream
Far from what I believe in
I run towards the end
Trying not to give in

She's lost in the darkness
Fading away
I'm still around here
Screaming her name
She's haunting my dream world
Trying to survive
My heart is frozen
I'm losing my mind

Help me, I'm buried alive
Buried alive

I tried to revive what's already drowned
They think I'm a fool
Can't realize,
Hope plays a wicked game with the mind
'Cause I thought that love would bind
I cannot revive what's already drowned
She won't come around

She's lost in the darkness
Fading away
I'm still around here
Screaming her name
She's haunting my dream world
Trying to survive
My heart is frozen
I'm losing my mind

Help me, I'm buried alive
Buried alive

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