FLORENCE 

Nothing is so good it lasts eternally, 
Perfect situations must go wrong, 
But this has never yet prevented me, 
Wanting far too much for far too long. 
Looking back I could have played it differently ― 
Won a few more moments, who can tell? 
But it took time to understand the man. 
Now at least I know, I know him well, 
Wasn't it good? 

SVETLANA 
Oh, so good! 

FLORENCE 
Wasn't he fine? 

SVETLANA 
Oh, so fine! 

FLORENCE 
Isn't it madness? 

BOTH 
He can't be mine? 

FLORENCE 
But in the end he needs a little bit more 
Than me, more security, 

SVETLANA 
He needs his fantasy and freedom, 

FLORENCE 
I know him so well! 

SVETLANA 
No one in your life is with you constantly, 
No one [bad word] on your side. 
And though I move my world to be with him, 
Still the gap between us is too wide! 
Looking back I could have played it differently 

FLORENCE 
Looking back I could have played it some other way. 

SVETLANA 
Learned about the man before I fell, 

FLORENCE 
I was just a little careless maybe, 

SVETLANA 
But I was ever so much younger then 

FLORENCE 
Now at least I know him well, 

SVETLANA 
Now at least, 

BOTH 
I know I know him well! 

SVETLANA 
Wasn't it good? 

FLORENCE 
Oh, so good! 

SVETLANA 
Wasn't he fine? 

FLORENCE 
Oh, so fine! 

SVETLANA 
Isn't it madness? 

BOTH 
He won't be mine? 
Didn't I know, 
How it would go? 
If I knew from the start, 
Why am I falling apart? 

SVETLANA 
Wasn't it good? 
Wasn't he fine? 

FLORENCE 
Isn't it madness? 

BOTH 
He won't be mine? 

FLORENCE 
But in the end he needs a little bit more 
Than me, more security! 

SVETLANA 
He needs his fantasy and freedom, 

FLORENCE 
I know him so well! 

SVETLANA 
It took time to understand him, 

BOTH 
I know him so well!..