The Phantom Lover Serenade

Daniela Violin © 2002

He appears to her as a shadow in the nigh
A shadow dancing in the moonlight
At midnight's feeble stroke
A dark figure surrounded by billowing smoke
Is all that is visible to the eye
Invading her sleeping hours
Silencing her desparate cries

Shh, I have come for thee
I am your phantom lover, you have finally found me
From birth I was chosen by none other than you
I am your fate, your destiny, your higher power
Your broken heart's glue...
I am the one you want, the one you need
But the villians of this town may concede
That I am a figment of your imagination
A mere creation is all...
A spell they cast on me has robbed me of my appeal

But I assure you I am real
And I will stand tall
This spell has caused me many a spiraled fall
Many wrong turns and many close calls
Many broken~hearted nights
Many a day in pure fright
Till you came into my sight

Can you, me a favor do
I have something important to ask of you
Just a small, little favor
Cause you are the only one
Who can cause the effects of this to waver"

"Beloved girl in nightgown of white
May I steal a kiss upon your lips this night?
The phantom will be gone, never to return
If one moment of bliss is all I can earn
I will be yours forever with just one kiss
Will you do me that pleasure?...please will you Miss?"

A flirtatous phantom serenading a song of sleep
A dream, this was not, this being a memory she could keep

So the girl did as she was told that day
Swift kisses on the lips, his heart was no longer frayed
Little did she know what was to come.
Phantoms DON'T serenade everyone under the sun
That is NOT their purpose or will
But they DO serenade many a victim
Before they swoon in for the kill