"Chess" (16) Anatoly and Florence

Chess involves a romantic triangle between two players in a World Chess Championship, and the woman who manages one and falls in love with the other.

Reference:  Chess in Concert.

Script

[ANATOLY]
Knowing I want you
Knowing I love you
Cannot compare
With my despair
Knowing I've lost you. 

[FLORENCE]
I've been a fool to allow
Dreams to become
Great expectations. 

[ANATOLY]
How can I love you so much
Yet make no move? 

[BOTH]
There will be days and nights
When I'll want you more than I want to
More than I should
Oh, how I want you.
You and I
We've seen it all
Chasing our hearts' desire
But we go on pretending
Stories like ours
Have happy endings. 

[ANATOLY]
You could not give me
More than you gave me
I don't know why
I'm standing by
Watching this happen. 

[FLORENCE]
I won't look back anymore
And if I do -- just for a moment. 

[ANATOLY]
I can't imagine a time when I won't care. 

[BOTH]
But here we are today, and it's over
Hold me and tell me
We'll meet again
Why is it over?
You and I
We've seen it all
Chasing our hearts' desire
But we go on pretending
Stories like ours
Have happy endings.

Epilogue: You and I

Walter: [Spoken]
So in the end our hero won brilliantly. Surprised us all.
He's played as well as he's ever done. 

Florence: [Spoken]
No surprise. 

Walter: [Spoken]
Well this is--
He's just announced he's going back to the soviet union.
He seems unable to win without the added thrill of changing sides.
Don't you have a single word to say? 

Florence: [Spoken]
No... No.
[Sung]
No, you wouldn't listen anyhow,
And what I'm feeling now
Has no easy explanations.
Hasn't this been a great achievement?
Losing you man and nothing in return. 

Walter: [Spoken]
Well, not my man, it's your man. Anyway, Anatoly's
return to the soviet union is a very descent gesture.
It's vertualy assured us some very important collateral--
Including you father. He must have done it for you.
He wouldn't have done it for me. We'll get your father out--
if he's still alive.

Walter and Florence

Florence: [Spoken]
What did you say? 

Walter: [Spoken]
Well, we can't be sure he is alive. But, then, you couldn't
be sure he was dead. No change there, ah? [Laughs]
You'll be back next year. It's only a game. 

Florence: [Spoken]
No! I've spent my whole life playing games.
[Sung]
How to survive them?
Where do I start? 

Florence, Anatoly & Svetlana:
Let man's petty nations
Tear themselves apart.
Florence, Anatoly & Company:
My land's only borders
Lie around my heart.

Anthem (Reprise)