FLORENCE: This is an all too familiar scene Life imperceptibly coming between Those whose love is as strong as it could or should be. ANATOLY: Nothing has altered -- FLORENCE: -- Yet everything's changed. ANATOLY: No one stands still -- BOTH: Still I love you completely and hope I always will. ANATOLY: Why do we need to put love into words? Causing confusion We protest, explain Reassure, in vain Come to no conclusion. FLORENCE: I'd give the world to stay just as we are It's better by far Not to be too wise Not to realize BOTH: Where there's truth there will be lies. FLORENCE: You and I -- BOTH: We've seen it all Chasing our hearts' desire But we go on believing Nothing can harm us This is forever. SVETLANA: You knew better than me Where your ambitions would take us I knew sooner than you That those ambitions would break us You would not believe me Why should you believe me? I held you back You and your dreams. Who needs a dream? Who needs ambition? Who'd be the fool In my position? Year after year I'm still denying Anything's changed Anything's dying. But then -- SVETLANA: & ANATOLY: You and I We've seen it all Been down this road before. SVETLANA: But I still go on pretending Stories like ours Have happy endings.
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