You had, I mean we had a child
Don't
Was it a boy or girl?
Don't
I really can't recall
It was a girl
And her name?
What was her name?
Don't
I can't recall her name
Genevieve
I love that name
My mother was a Genevieve
You must stop
I remember nothing else
Her hair
What color was her hair?
Black
Infants often -
Yes, they often do
Don't
Where did she die?
Don't
With some people
I can't recall their name
Benet
What of?
Meningitis
"Dear Miss Wascher
We regret to inform you
That your child is dead"
I had no idea
How terrible for you, how sad, how terrible -
Stop! Stop
Don't! Enough!
Now, talk to me about me
Talk to me about us
When we were seventeen
When you loved me
I want to remember
I remember waiting
Naked on the straw
Waiting till you called me
Clary, my Clary
There you stood above me
Sunlight on your back
Long and dark and supple
Clary, my Clary
Many years ago
Oh, so long ago (you were like a goddess!)
Every man I knew
Longed to be your lover
No, no
Just Anton
Some nights with Mathilde
I pretend it's you
Lying there beside me
Anton!
Oh, Anton
Would that we could go back
Back to long ago now
This is the last time we shall sit in our old wood
And hear the cuckoo calling
And the sound of the wind
They're meeting tonight
They will condemn me to death and one of them will kill me
And so ends the story of Anton Shell
It doesn't end there
The story is not over
I'll take your coffin to Capri
I have it planned
You'll spend eternity with me
I built a palace in the park
I keep it lit
It's always day, it's never dark
A hundred cypress hold the shade
Revello's near
Where Wagner's "Parsifal" was made
And see Amalfi over there
A perfect spot
A splendid view for us to share
We'll be together
High upon a hill
Our love surviving
Though our hearts are still
Your love died many years ago (but now you're here, it breathes again)
My love can't die (don't let it die)
Nor can it ever really live (I love you more than ever now)
I've come to know that it's too late (I understand, and I accept)
My gentle ghost (my only love)
The waltz we waltz is ending soon
We'll be together
High upon a hill
Our love surviving
Though our hearts are still
You, you
Everywhere you, you, you
If there is nothing more
I've the memory of you
You, you
Together we will ask for justice
I realize my life has been as empty without it
As yours
There's only one thing I ask
Will you be there?
Yes
I will
Then I am ready
Goodbye, Anton
Goodbye, Claire