SONG: 

“Touch Me Now Evermore”

 

      Eldora           

Mundo, no more riddles.

TALK TO ME SOMEHOW.

SAY TO ME ANYTHING.

TOUCH ME AND TELL ME

WHATEVER WILL CHANGE THE SKIES.

TELL ME THERE’S HAPPINESS,

PROMISES COME TRUE.

TELL ME ANYTHING,

BUT LET ME HEAR YOU.

 

     Mundo

            (turning away, to himself)     

MY TONGUE IS WEAK.

MY TONGUE IS A TRAP.

MY TONGUE WANTS TO SPEAK

WHETHER IT LIVES OR DIES.

                                                (turning to Eldora)

I AM A CHEAT,

I AM A BEAST,

A SCOUNDREL OF DECEIT!

MY LIES NEVER CEASED! 

 

IT WAS ALWAYS A GAME, ME WITH YOU!    

A MANLY WAR ON YOUR WEAK DEFENSE!  

I PRESSED YOU, UNDRESSED YOU,  

I TORE AWAY YOUR INNOCENCE!  

 

I WANTED TO SHOW I COULD REACH SO HIGH.

I WANTED TO PROVE I COULD HAVE MY WAY.

I WANTED A TEST WITH THE CREAM OF THE BEST.

           

I HAVE DONE IT. YOU LOVE ME!

MY CHARADE HAS WORKED!

I TOOK YOUR BRIGHT GOLDEN LIGHT

AND THREW IT IN THE DIRT!

 

            (Mundo slumps to his knees.)

 

     Eldora

            (rejecting defeat)

STANDING FACE TO FACE, NO MORE APART

THIS MOMENT BLAZING THROUGH MY HEART.

THE MANTLE IS OFF, THE DAYLIGHT UNDRESSED.

LAY OPEN MY HEART, AND MY BREAST.

 

      Eldora            Mundo    

UNCHAINED,                                   

                              MY OWN TRICK TURNS ON ME,

UNTIED,                                                       

                              THE JESTER OUTMANNED.

UNSHAMED                                     

                              THE GAME TURNS REAL,

INSIDE!                                                         

                              PINNED, STUCK, STRIPPED, PLUCKED NAKED IN THE PROMISED LAND!

 

     Eldora & Mundo

BENEATH THE STARS, YOU AND I

STAND ALONE AT THE SHORE.

SUN WILL RISE,

NO MORE LIES.

TOUCH ME, TOUCH ME NOW, EVERMORE.

 

     Eldora           

Mundo, do you love me?

            (silence)

Say it. Do you love me?

                             

     Mundo            

Eldora, I love you.

           

            (He pulls her into a kiss.)

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