You Are My Own

You Are My Own (From 'Phantom') - Musical Cast Recording

Erik you are my son

Do you know you're my son

You became my whole life

When your life was begun

Do you know that the man

Who protected you always

Has been your father

Yes I know I'm your son

And I more than surmise

I have known for some years

That my eyes are your eyes

And I've wondered how long

It would take you

To tell me it's true

Now that you know

I must tell you I'm grateful for you

No it is I who am grateful to you

My father

For the music alone

It's been worth all the pain

And a life of perpetual

Darkness and rain

For inside you the light of the soul

Of your mother has shone

Erik you are my son and my boy

And my life and my own

And what did you think of it

Think of what

Your infant's face

Ah It could have been better

Remember the day

I looked down into the water

Yes

I thought I had seen a sea monster

I remember

I had that's the irony

And then for a while

I thought I was only dreaming

I went through that phase too

Not a good face for a tenor

I remember thinking

Not even for a baritone

No it is a good voice isn't it

Very good

You would have had a fine career

Will you bury me deep

I must never be found

When at last I find sleep

And I'm cold in the ground

Yes I promise I'll never allow you

To be on display

Erik you are my son

I have known all along

And the light of my life

I have known all along

Erik you are my son and my boy

And my love and my own