Soulflare, Cage of Music (song)

***Soulflare, Cage of Music*** is the titular song of the greatest masterpiece written by The Phantom under the same name of its collection for the people at the Opéra Garnier to perform as part of his bargain with the opera's managers. The Phantom considered it to be his best work, but had been overshadowed by the creation of *The Fallen*.

## Background

Due to the years of The Phantom's isolation and with his genius intellect, he decided to create a musical play that will be considered as the greatest masterpiece to ever be written. The play and the song had been inspired by his struggles ever since the death of his parents and the burning of the old Delacroix household, and have Linnéa Bergström as his muse. The Phantom then worked for eleven years or more to create the masterpiece. He said that he extensively worked on it day and night because its music haunts him. It wasn't mention though, if the hardest song for him to write and compose had been the titular song itself.

The main inspiration of the titular song itself was the memories he shared with Linnéa, broken then into countless verses throughout the song.

The prelude was denoted to be their reunion with him being the Phantom living underneath the Opéra Garnier and her success of being the Prima Donna, the song fitting correctly to follow the previous song, *Under the Stars*. The official first verse that follows bring a preview of their first meeting as kids at the Delacroix Manor. The second verse details their time together before it blends with the first refrain that foreshadows their impending separation. A pre-chorus followed, which actually highlights the title of the song for how it had been their "voices" that made them be reunited, and the chorus then that details the longing and assurance of crossing paths another time.

The third verse detailed the ultimate separation, with both singers throwing each of their reasons of why, and details the context of the accident that happened from different views. The fourth verse that followed is an interchange of how everything could be if it weren't for that moment onward. It is followed by a secondary refrain that had been an exchange of longing and searching: before being followed by the version of the chorus that has the same tune but with different lyrics that detailed the end results of the years of searching.

Before the ending of an exchange verses between the two, it features a stanza of their reunion with the Phantom posing as Arie Jadranko. The song then ends with a prelude to Linnéa's first performance as the Prima Donna of the Opéra Garnier.

Despite the fact that the Phantom took years to finish the play, the titular song is considered to be the second to the last to be completed. According to the Phantom, *Dreamkiss* is the last song of the play to b completed; finishing then the titular song, *Soulflare, Cage of Music*, two months before that. The two pieces were mentioned to be the very first ones to earn its title and be worked on. Still, it took the Phantom, no matter how a genius he is, years of revision and writing to finally complete it. It will be considered as one of the Phantom's greatest works.

Also, it was the last song to be performed in the Opéra Garnier before it was burned down during the performance. The following songs after it had never been performed or played due to the incident, and had been lost in the fire. The titular song is said to be one of the greatest musical piece ever performed in the Opéra Garnier, and it was a dismay that it had been lost forever.

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