Noël Coward - Shadow Play lyrics

Simon: It isn't that I want to make you unhappy, but you must admid that we haven't been hitting it off particularrly well during the last year, and surely if were not comfortable together, the wisest thing is to seperate. Victoria: I feel so sad about it inside. I wish I could make you understand. Everything was so lovely in the beginning. Simon: Things never stay the same. You can't expect what was lovely then to be lovely now Victoria: Why not? Why not? Then we were happy. Simon: But darling, you must see Here in the light of this unkind familiar now Every gesture is clear and cold for us Even yesterday's growing old for us Everything's changed some how If some forgotten lover's vow Could wake a memory in my heart again Perhaps the joy that we knew would start again Can't we reclaim an hour or so? The past is not so long ago. Victoria: Then love was complete for us Then the days were sweet for us Life rose to its feet for us And stepped aside Before our pride Ah, then we knew the best of it Then our hearts stood the test of it Now, the magic has flown, We face the unknown Apart and alone. Simon: Hurry, hurry. We're going back. Victoria: I'm not sure that I want to, I'm not at all sure. Maybe it won't be as lovely as I thought it was. Simon: Don't be a fool, grab it while you can, grab every scrap of happiness while you can. Quickly, quickly, we're going back. Victoria: Okay, go on playing. We must have music. Simon: Listen to the strain it plays once more for us, There it is again, the past in store for us Both: Wake in memory some forgotten song To break the rhythm driving us along And make harmony again, a last encore for us Play, orchestra play Play something sweet and light and gay For we must have music, we must have music To drive our fears away While our illusions swiftly fade for us Let's have an orchestra score In the confusions the years have made for us Serenade for us just once more Life needn't be grey Though it's changing day by day Though few old dreams may decay Play, orchestra play Life needn't be grey Though it's changing day by day Though few old dreams may decay Play, orchestra play Simon: Are you engaged for this dance? Victoria: I was, but I'll cut it if you'll promise to love me always and never let anything or anybody come between us, ever. Simon: Of course, that's understood. I saw you in the ballroom, I wondered who you were. Victoria: My name's Victoria, Victoria Marden. Simon: Mine's Simon Gayforth. Victoria: How do you do? Simon: Quite well, thank you. Victoria: I suppose you came down from London for the dance? Simon: I'm staying with the Bursbys Victoria: What do you do? Simon: I'm in a bank. Victoria: High up in a bank, or just sitting in a little cage, totting up things? Simon: Quite high up, really. It's a very good bank. Victoria: I'm so glad Simon: How lovely you are, Victoria: No, no, that came later, you're skipping. Simon: I'm so sorry Victoria: You're nice and thin, your eyes are funny, you move easily. I'm afraid you're terribly attractive Simon: You never said that Victoria: No, but I thought it Simon: Stick to the script Victoria: Small talk, a lot of small talk, with other thoughts quite different going on behinde. This garden's really lovely. Are you good at gardens? Simon: Not very, but I'm persevering. I'm all right on the more straightforeward blooms like snapdragon and cornflower and tobacco plant. And I can tell a Dorthy Perkins a mile off. Victoria: That hedge over there is called Cupressus Macrocarpa Simon: Do you swear it? Victoria: It grows terribly quickly, but they do say it goes a little thin underneath in about twenty years Simon: How beastly of them to say that. Its slander. Victoria: Do you know about valerian smelling of cats? Simon: You're showing off again. Victoria: It's true Simon: I can go one better than that. Lotuses smell of pineapple Victoria: Oh, dear. Everything smells of something else. It's dreadfully confusing. Simon: Never mind, darling, I love you desperately, I knew it the first second I saw you. Victoria: No, no, no, You're skiping again. Simon: Was it in the real world Or was it in a dream? Or was it just a note in some eternal theme? Was it accidental? Or accurately planned? How could I hesitate Knowing that my fate Led me by the hand? You were there I saw you and my heart stopped beating You were there And in that first enchanted meeting Life changed its tune The stars, the moon came near to me Dreams that I dreamed Like magic seemed to be clear to me, dear to me You were there Your eyes looked into mine and faltered Everywhere The colour of the whole world altered False came true My universe tumbled in two The earth became heaven for you were there Victoria: You were there I saw you and my heart stopped beating You were there And in that first enchanted meeting Life changed its tune The stars, the moon came near to me Dreams that I dreamed Like magic seemed to be clear to me, dear to me You were there Your eyes looked into mine and faltered Everywhere The colour of the whole world altered False came true My universe tumbled in two The earth became heaven for you were there Both: You were there Your eyes looked into mine and faltered Everywhere The colour of the whole world altered False came true My universe tumbled in two The earth became heaven for you were there.