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ocean is our dream
    SECOND VOICE
    And the sky is our dream
    FIRST VOICE
    And the ocean is in our eyes
    SECOND VOICE
    And the sky
    is in our eyes
    FIRST VOICE
    And in our faces
    quite short pause
    in everything which is us
    there is the ocean
    SECOND VOICE
    continues
    and there is the sky
    Quite short pause
    FIRST VOICE
    And we shall always be here
    Quite short pause
    SECOND VOICE
    Always shall we be here
    FIRST VOICE
    We are here
    quite short pause
    but I don’t want to be here anymore
    SECOND VOICE
    We are here always
    Pause
    FIRST VOICE
    And we have always
    been here
    SECOND VOICE
    Yes
    quite short pause
    where it comes
    goes away
    Short pause
    We are here
    FIRST VOICE
    But I don’t belong here
    Pause
    You can see that
    Quite short pause
    Don’t you understand that
    Quite short pause
    Don’t you see that
    SECOND VOICE
    We are the world
    quite short pause
    where it comes
    goes away
    Short pause
    FIRST VOICE
    Yes
    quite short pause
    yes I belong here
    quite short pause
    with you
    I belong here
    SECOND VOICE
    continues
    where
    quite short pause
    it comes
    goes away
    FIRST VOICE
    Will you hold me please
    SECOND VOICE
    Yes I will
    Pause. The Shadow enters
    THE SHADOW
    Here
    This is where you will be
    This is where you will always be
    I am here
    I am always here
    Pause. The Young Woman enters and behind her The Old Woman enters
    FIRST VOICE
    Oh look
    quite short pause
    look there she comes
    there she is
    don’t you see her
    SECOND VOICE
    Yes
    yes I see her
    FIRST VOICE
    And isn’t she beautiful
    SECOND VOICE
    Yes
    FIRST VOICE
    Very beautiful
    THE SHADOW
    This is where you’ll be
    This is where you’ll always be
    FIRST VOICE
    She is beautiful
    Pause
    SECOND VOICE
    wonderingly
    This is the world
    This is the land
    from our dream
    THE SHADOW
    This is where you’ll be
    I am always here
    The Shadow looks at The Young Woman
    YOUNG WOMAN
    And now
    quite short pause
    and now
    now
    quite short pause
    he’ll soon come now
    I know that
    that he’ll be here soon
    THE SHADOW
    I am here
    SECOND VOICE
    wondering
    So this is the world
    that we are
    FIRST VOICE
    This is the world
    And this is where we’ll be
    THE SHADOW
    This is where you must always be
    SECOND VOICE
    This is the land from our dream
    FIRST VOICE
    We are the world
    YOUNG WOMAN
    I am here
    and I am waiting
    for him
    THE SHADOW
    I am here
    Always am I here
    YOUNG WOMAN
    I am here now
    And soon he’ll come
    I know that
    Short pause
    Because I’m born
    quite short pause
    and that’s no small thing
    Laughs briefly
    But why am I thinking that
    I mustn’t think like that
    quite short pause
    but it’s quite a big thing
    in fact
    to be born
    I mean
    quite short pause
    yes being born
    and before that
    quite short pause
    before I was born
    quite short pause
    no
    quite short pause
    no I don’t want to think about that
    but then
    yes
    yes before I was born
    quite short pause
    yes where was I then
    Short pause
    I was born
    and then all the other things were gone
    Quite short pause
    I am just here
    I am here
    by the ocean
    beneath the sky
    SECOND VOICE
    I am here
    I am here always
    I must always be here
    FIRST VOICE
    We shall never disappear
    Questioningly
    We must always be here
    THE SHADOW
    You must be here always
    FIRST VOICE
    I was just here
    suddenly I was here
    Pause
    SECOND VOICE
    continues
    here
    quite short pause
    where it comes
    goes away
    FIRST VOICE
    We are always here
    YOUNG WOMAN
    I am here
    And soon he’ll be
    breaks off
    But I wasn’t anywhere was I
    yes before I was born
    of course
    I mean
    Short pause
    And still
    quite short pause
    yes that’s not possible
    either
    yes that I wasn’t anywhere
    quite intensely
    because I am here
    breaks off
    and I must have been somewhere before
    quite short pause
    because from nothing
    comes nothing
    Because that’s also true
    Quite short pause
    But I don’t remember anything
    yes from before I was born
    quite short pause
    or
    well
    yes
    yes
    quite short pause
    well I can’t really say I remember anything
    of course