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Octet Lyrics by Adam Guettel

The Light in the Piazza (Original Broadway Cast)

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[PRIEST]
Et quatenus masculinum et femininam ses mutuo complent
[CLARA]
Et quatenus masculinus
[PRIEST]
No. Et quatenus masculinum
[CLARA]
Et quatenus masculinum
[PRIEST]
Si! Bene. Ecco
[CLARA AND PRIEST]
Et quatenus masculinum et femininam sese mutuo complent
Unitas duorum
 
Unam carnem
Vir et mulier
Simul creati, creati
[SIGNOR N. AND FRANCA]
The shock of winter
Or coming on of spring
New spring
[FRANCA]
Suspended summer nights
The inner flights
That only fall can bring
[CLARA AND PRIEST]
Voliti sunt a deo
Ut Alliis pro alio
 
Alliis pro alio
[SIGNOR AND SIGNORA N., AND FRANCA]
I am suddenly alive!
I would sail across the world
For just the color of your eyes
[FABRIZIO, FRANCA SIGNOR and SIGNORA N.]
You appear...appear to me
[PRIEST]
Alliis, alliis...
[CLARA]
Olly olly oxen free!
[PRIEST]
Che a detto?
[CLARA]
Sorry
[MARGARET]
The reappearing
Every now and then
 
[CLARA AND PRIEST]
Os ex ossibus meis
Et caro de carne mea
[FABRIZIO, FRANCA, SIGNOR AND SIGNORA N., AND MARGARET]
And then
[FABRIZIO, FRANCA, SIGNOR AND SIGNORA N., MARGARET, AND CLARA]
The diving underneath
The diving down
And surfacing again
[SIGNORA N. AND FRANCA]
I am suddenly alone
[CLARA AND PRIEST]
Vitam Humanam
[SIGNORA AND SIGNOR N., MARGARET, FABRIZIO< FRANCA AND GIUSEPPE]
I would sail across the world
To know the harbor of your arms
[CLARA AND PRIEST]
Non est bonum esse hominem solum
[ALL]
You appear...
Appear to me
[CLARA]
Mulier quam deus excosta efformat
De ciro sublata quamque
Ipse ad virum adduxit
Admiratonis ex parte viri provocat clamorem
Amoris et communionis exlamationem
Hey!
You stop!
You stop right now!
You move! You move away from him!
Oh, I see you stealing!
[MARGARET]
Darling, you-
[CLARA]
You! You're a thief!
You're a rotten theif!
You want to steal him away from me!
[MARGARET]
Franca's-
[CLARA]
You stand over there!
[MARGARET]
He's her brother
[CLARA]
He is mine! He'll always be mine!
[MARGARET]
Clara, you mustn't speak to Franca that way, she's-
[CLARA]
No!
I will!
She can't!
He's mine!
You're not in charge of me!
Why? Because I say so!
[MARGARET]
Please don't-
[CLARA]
No! You saw!
And I know you saw
Her kiss him like he kisses me!
Go ahead and stare
Jesus, this is so unfair!
[FABRIZIO]
She's joking
[CLARA]
Joking? I'm not joking!
You love me...
You love me...
Why were you just sitting?
Sitting there!
Now, here is your husband!
Here is your wife!
You should be standing side by side!
Don't you have a house?
Where are your babies?
There's a way to behave
There's a nice way to behave!
It's what nice people do and that's how it should be!
That's how people meet and fall in love and how it should be!
Forever!
You go near him one more time
You're dead!
[ALL]
Ahh...
The shock of winter
The coming on of spring
That melting air
The sun gone red
An empty bed
A scent, a sound, a gesture triggering
I am suddenly alive!
I am suddenly alone
Knowing I will be alone till I can be alone with you
That is what you do
You appear, you appear
Ooo...
Credits
Adam Guettel

Adam Guettel

About “Octet” by Adam Guettel

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