Musicals - Chess - I Know Him So Well Lyrics
Florence:Nothing is so goodIt lasts eternally.Perfect situationsMust go wrong,But this has never yetPrevented meWanting far too muchFor far too long.Looking back, I couldHave played it differently--Won a few more moments,Who can tell?But it took timeTo understand the man.Now at least I knowI know him well.Wasn't it good? Svetlana:Oh, so goodWasn't he fine?Oh, so fine.Isn't it madness?Both:He can't be mine?Florence:But in the end he needsA little bit more than me--More security.Svetlana:He needs his fantasyAnd freedom.Florence:I know him so well.Svetlana:No one in your lifeIs with you constantly.No one is completelyOn your side,And though I moveMy world to be with him,Still the gap between usIs too wide.Florence:Looking back, I could Looking back, I couldHave played it differently. Have played it some other way.Learned about the manBefore I fell. I was just a little careless,But I was ever Maybe.So much younger then. I was so much younger then.Now at leastI know I know him well. I know I know him well.Wasn't it good?Oh, so good.Wasn't he fine?Oh, so fine.Isn't it madness?Both:He won't be mine?Didn't I knowHow it would go?If I knew from the start,Why am I falling apart?Svetlana:Wasn't it good?Wasn't he fine?Florence:Isn't it madness?Both:He won't be mine?Florence:But in the end he needsA little bit more than meMore security.Svetlana:He needs his fantasy,And freedom.Florence:I know him so well.Svetlana:It took timeTo understand him.Both:I know him so well.