SOMEONE ELSE'S STORY

Anatoly exits and Sventlana comes down in the elevator to the lobby.

SVETLANA
LONG AGO
IN SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFETIME
SOMEONE WITH MY NAME
WHO LOOKED A LOT LIKE ME
CAME TO KNOW
A MAN AND MADE A PROMISE
HE ONLY HAD TO SAY
AND THAT'S WHERE SHE WOULD BE
LATELY
ALTHOUGH THE FEELINGS RUN JUST AS DEEP
THE PROMISE SHE MADE HAS GROWN IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP
BECAUSE HE LET THEIR STORY DIE
LEAVING HER TO WONDER WHY.

IN A WAY
IT'S SOMEONE ELSE'S STORY
I DON'T SEE MYSELF
AS TAKING PART AT ALL
YESTERDAY
THIS GIRL THAT I WAS FOND OF
SAW THE TRUTH AT LAST
THE WRITING ON THE WALL
SADLY
THE WORDS DESCRIBE AN EMPTY AFFAIR

SADDER THAN THAT, SHE KNEW HE WOULDN'T EVEN CARE
HER LIFE NO LONGER HIS CONCERN
WHAT TO DO AND WHERE TO TURN?

IT'S ALL VERY WELL TO SAY
SHE'S FREE, IT'S NOW OR NEVER
SHE FEELS SHE'S FACING
NO CHOICES WHATSOEVER --

(Room doors open upstage at balcony level, Anatoly and Florence emerge and meet - as if imagined by Svetlana.)

FLORENCE & ANATOLY
YOU AND I
WE'VE SEEN IT ALL
CHASING OUR HEARTS' DESIRE
YET WE GO ON BELIEVEING
NOTHING CAN HARM US
THIS IS FOREVER --

(They waltz off together, the music swells and we see Svetlana watching them. The music modulates, they exit and Svetlana concludes her song.)

SVETLANA
I WILL BE
IN SOMEONE ELSE'S STORY
IN SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE
AND HE COULD BE IN MINE
I DON'T SEE
A REASON TO BE LONELY
I COULD TAKE MY CHANCES
FURTHER DOWN THE LINE
AND IF
THAT GIRL I KNEW
SHOULD ASK MY ADVICE
OH I WOULDN'T HESITATE
SHE NEEDN'T ASK ME TWICE
GO NOW!
I'D TELL HER THAT FOR FREE
TROUBLE IS, THE GIRL IS ME
THE STORY IS, THAT GIRL IS ME.