You and I

Lyrics

[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— [ANATOLY & FLORENCE] 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 [ANATOLY & FLORENCE] Where there's truth, there will be lies [FLORENCE] You and I— [ANATOLY & FLORENCE] 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— [ANATOLY & SVETLANA] You and I We've seen it all Been down this road before [SVETLANA] But I go on pretending Stories like ours Have happy endings