MOB
Track down this virus!
It must be found!

PHANTOM
Downloaded by everyone!
Met with hatred everywhere!
No kind word from any site!
No compassion anywhere!

Christine, Christine . . .
Why, why . . .?

MOB
Your hands at the level of your mouse!
. . . at the level of your mouse . . .
Your hand at the level of your mouse!
It lives in Program Files, monsieur. This is as far as I dare go.
Phantom Virus, Damn you
Track down this virus -
It must be found!
Hunt out this animal,
who runs to ground!
Too long we've downloaded -
but now we know:
the Phantom Virus is there
deep down below . . .
He's here: the Phantom Virus . . .

CHRISTINE
Have you gorged yourself at last,
In your lust for crashes?
Am I now to be prey to your lust for flesh?

PHANTOM
That law, which condemns me to wallow in blood
has also denied me the joys of freedom . . .
this face - the infection which poisons PCs . . .
This face, which earned a Computer's fear and loathing . . .
A button, my first way of stopping me from closing . . .
Pity comes too late -
turn around and face your fate:
an eternity of loss from your C Drive!

CHRISTINE
This haunted site holds no horror for me now . . .
It's in your actions that the true distortion lies . . .

PHANTOM
Wait! I think, my dear,
we have a guest!

Sir, this is indeed an unparalleled delight!
I had rather hoped that you would come.
And now my wish comes true -
You have truly made my night!

RAOUL
Downloads!
Do what you like
only Download!
Have you no pity?

PHANTOM
Your email makes a passionate plea!

CHRISTINE
Please, Raoul, it's useless . . .

RAOUL
I'm E-Mail!
Does that mean nothing?
I'm E-mail!
Show some compassion . . .

PHANTOM
The world showed no compassion to me!

RAOUL
Christine . . .
Christine . . .

Let me see her . . .

PHANTOM
Be my guest, sir . .

Email, I
bid you welcome!
Did you think that
I would free her?
Why should I let
her go
for the sins which
she downloaded?

Order your virus-scan now!
Raise up your hand to the level of your mouse!
Nothing can save you now -
except perhaps Christine . . .

Start a new life with me -
Choose:
Your password or PC!
Refuse me, and you send your email to his death!
This is the choice -
This is the point of no return!

CHRISTINE
The tears I might have shed
for your dark fate
grow cold, and turn to tears
of hate . . .

RAOUL
Christine, I'm closing, help! I'm closing . . .
I did it all for you, and all for nothing . . .

CHRISTINE
Farewell my fallen idol and false friend . . .
One by one I've watched illusions shattered . . .

PHANTOM
Past all hope of cries for help:
no point in fighting -

RAOUL
Either way
you choose,
he has to win . . .

PHANTOM
For either way
you choose,
you cannot win!

So, do you end
your days with me,
or do you send
him to his grave?

RAOUL
Why make her lie to you,
To save me?

CHRISTINE
Angel of Emails . . .

PHANTOM
Past the point of no return -

RAOUL
For pity's sake,
Christine, say no!

CHRISTINE
. . . why this torment?

PHANTOM
. . . the final threshold . . .

RAOUL
Don't throw your life
away for my sake . . .

CHRISTINE
When will you see
reason . . .?

PHANTOM
His life is now the prize
which you must earn!

RAOUL
I fought so hard to amuse you . . .

CHRISTINE
Angel of Emai . . .

PHANTOM
You've passed the point
of no return . . .

CHRISTINE
. . . you deceived me -
I gave my mind blindly . . .

PHANTOM
You try my patience -
make your choice!

CHRISTINE
Pitiful virus of darkness . . .
What kind of life have you known . . .?
God give me courage to show you
you are not alone . . .

MOB
Track down this computer -
he must be found!
Hunt out thisanimal,
who runs to ground!

Too long he's
preyed on us -
but now we know:
the Phantom Virus is there
deep down below . .

Who is this monster,
this murdering beast?
Revenge for Emails!
Revenge for Hard Drive!
This creature must never go free . . .

PHANTOM
Downloaded . . .
Hacked then lost my strength to live . . .
Downloaded . . .
Hide your links so the world will never find you . . .

Christine, I love you . . .

CHRISTINE
Say you'll share with me,
one love, one lifetime . . .
say the word and I will follow you . .

RAOUL
Share each day with me . . .

CHRISTINE
. . . each night . . .

BOTH
. . . each morning . . .

PHANTOM
You alone can make my scam take flight -
It's over now, the Virus that I own!

~Instrumental~
{Phantom Virus sits on his throne, wraps his cloak around him, then when the mob comes on, all that is left is a false link (a mask in the real musical)}