skygiants

For Gen.

[THE KNIGHT]
Bound by enchantment,
Most grievous, most foul -
Thank God my lady’s there!
Fits overtake me
My friends I’d attack,
If not for her silver chair –

Agony!
Beyond power of speech,
When you know that your mind
Is the only thing out of your reach.

[RILIAN]
Low in a dungeon,
I sit in high dudgeon,
And tear out my hair.
Spend my life dreaming and frequently screaming
While tied to a chair:
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-
Agony!
Far more painful than yours.
When you know there’s a sun out there –
If there only were doors.

[BOTH]
Agony!
Oh, the torture they teach!

[THE KNIGHT]
I’ll keep believing –

[RILIAN]
But it’s so fatiguing-
My sword’s out of reach!

[THE KNIGHT]
Is she not sensitive,
Clever,
Well-mannered,
Considerate,
Beautiful,
Charming,
As kind as I'm handsome
And queen of the world?

[RILIAN]
She’s a witch and she keeps us imprisoned!

[THE KNIGHT]
That’s not true!

[RILIAN]
She’s fooled you!

[THE KNIGHT]
Forgive me, I’m mad -

[RILIAN]
You know nothing of madness
Till you're deep in the ground
And you’re constantly bound,
Think you love a witch;
God, how I hate that bitch –
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-

[BOTH]
Agony!

[RILIAN]
Misery!

[KNIGHT]
Woe!

[BOTH]
Though it's different for each.

[THE KNIGHT]
Always ten steps behind -

[RILIAN]
Always ten miles below-

[BOTH]
And my mind’s out of reach.
Agony
That can cut like a knife!

Oh, how I hate my life!