[COSIMO, spoken]
What?
Cassandra?
[CASSANDRA, spoken]
You're finally here
I've been waiting for you
[COSIMO, spoken]
Cass-
[CASSANDRA, spoken]
Oh, do you remember when we were children
We would run through the halls as we practiced dancing
For one of our parents annual balls?
Do you think it could be like that again?
Do you think we could forget how things truly ended?
[COSIMO, spoken]
What do you mean?
[CASSANDRA, spoken]
As we grew we became more distant
You changed, as did I
Although, I wish we didn't
[COSIMO, spoken]
Cassandra, you're not
(sigh) You're not really here, are you?
[CASSANDRA, spoken]
I'm as real as you are
[COSIMO, spoken]
I don't believe you
[CASSANDRA, spoken]
All this time, Cosimo, you never saw what was right in front of you
And here I am telling you everything I feel
And you choose to close me off again
You truly think you robbed me of something wonderful?
Oh, dear brother
You don't know the half of it
[CASSANDRA]
It should have been me
Something you know, but never could admit it to yourself
Cruel, distant, sore
Suddenly so sure that everything surrounds you
[CASSANDRA, COSIMO, BOTH]
Right from the start my feelings were pushed (Cass, I regret)
Aside as if they never meant a thing in your life (All that I've said)
I regret all I put you through (Your words cut like a knife and)
Now that I'm here, you're still the same (I know it's hard)
Nothing has changed, and nothing to gain (I know you're scarred)
As you have (I knew when I saw you)
When you- (That I-)
Robbed you/me of something
[ABSINTHE]
Wonderful