Side Show: Private Conversation (Voice)

TERRY

An obvious connection,

I tried so hard to hide.

Couldn't even say it to myself.

An obvious connection,

I tried to push aside,

Into a corner on the darkest shelf.

We'll never be alone,

And my feelings can't be shown,

So I try to imagine and replay

All the things I'll never get to say.

You're wrapped up with another.

Tangled and entwined.

I invent a separation,

In the private conversation in my mind.

I resolve to say it all,

Then I 'hem, and 'haw, and stall.

For how could I come clean or confide?

Someone else is always at your side!

I want! I want! I want to tell you!

I want! I want to get you alone!

I need! I need! I need to tell you,

I want you for my own!

If we could steal a moment,

Would you be so inclined,

To accept an invitation,

To the private conversation in my mind?

(DAISY)

What do you want to say to me, Terry?

Tell me! This is your chance.

What do you need to say to me, Terry?

Does it concern romance?

Here I am! All alone! Yours to take.

Smooth me out, calm me down, stop the ache.

Don't hold back, don't hold off, hold me tight.

Don't object, let's connect, let's unite!

(TERRY)

But you can't lose your shadow,

That tie you can't unbind.

(DAISY)

You've made us all alone now.

(TERRY)

All alone, but only in my mind.

(DAISY)

A mind is very private.

We often meet in mine.

Let me show you what we do there,

The way we kiss, the way we intertwine.

I want! I want! I want to show you,

(TERRY)

Show me what?

(DAISY)

I want to show you desire!

The heat! The flames!

(TERRY)