![]() ![]() RAOUL Christine, Christine, let me see her PHANTOM The world showed no compassion to me! ![]() RAOUL I love her! Does that mean nothing? PHANTOM Your lover makes a passionate plea! RAOUL Free her! Do what you like, only free her! Have you no pity? 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! PHANTOM That fate, which condemns me to wallow in blood Has also denied me the joys of the flesh This face, the infection which poisons our love This face, which earned a mother's fear and loathing A mask, my first unfeeling scrap of clothing Pity comes too late, turn around and face your fate An eternity of this before your eyes!ĬHRISTINE This haunted face holds no horror for me now It's in your soul that the true distortion lies GIRY Your hand at the level of your eyes!ĬHRISTINE Have you gorged yourself at last, in your lust for blood? Am I now to be prey to your lust for flesh? PHANTOM Hounded out by everyone! Met with hatred everywhere! No kind word from anyone! No compassion anywhere! Christine, why, why? MOB Track down this murderer! He must be found! Track down this murderer! He must be found! A song for Billy Joe Shaver and Johnny Paycheck.PHANTOM Down once more to the dungeon of my black despair! Down we plunge to the prison of my mind! Down that path into darkness deep as hell! Why, you ask, was I bound and chained to this cold and dismal place? Not for any mortal sin, but the wickedness of my abhorrent face! A throwback to good ol’ honkytonkin’ country music. This one’s a song about your woman leaving and you don’t care if she comes back. They say, “If you can make her laugh you can make her yours.” This song is meant to just say I love you. Sometimes just saying I love you doesn’t do it. The root of those feelings lies in the inevitable. While battling my own versions of anxiety I used to say, “It’s like having a mortal knife wound that I can’t point at and tell you where to sew me up.” It hurts, but I have no proof. This song leans heavily into the idea of “hello, can anyone hear me out there?” Jealousy, even in a professional perspective, is alive and well, and sometimes we feel our prayers are just bouncing off the clouds. The frustration of not getting what you want or what you feel you deserve can make you doubt yourself and even God himself. ![]() So, if it’s gonna hurt either way, you might as well just go fishing. We’ve been through it all a couple of times over and we know that self-medicating and digging ourselves into a hole is not going to ever help. This is a song for the veterans of heartbreak. Wilson shares the stories behind the songs on Dead Man in American Songwriter’s track by track below. 1 single “She Got the Best of Me,” he secures his rightful place in the country genre on the standout Dead Man. While Wilson has already proved himself as an in-demand songwriter having penned Combs’ No. and Guy Clark, and no doubt does them proud. On the latter, the singer/songwriter channels his inspirations like Hank Williams Jr. Songs like the anthemic barn burner “Dead Man Walking” instantly enrapture while the vulnerable “Blues Comin’ On” strikes a chord. Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell) was at the helm of the 10-track album, which was all written or co-written by Wilson. With gritty vocals, intriguing story songs and memorable production, Dead Man proves Wilson an indelible songwriter and country star on the rise. After two decades of writing for other artists like Luke Combs, Travis Tritt and the Oak Ridge Boys, Wilson shares his unique brand of country music with the world. ![]()
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