Musicals - Chess - Someone Else's Story Lyrics
Svetlana:Long ago,In someone else's lifetimeSomeone with my nameWho looked a lot like me,Came to know a man,And made a promise:He only had to sayAnd that's where she would be.Lately although her feelingsRun just as deep,The promise she madeHas grown impossible to keep,And yet I wish it wasn't so.Will he miss me if I go?In a way it's someone else's storyI don't see myselfAs taking part at all.Yesterday the girlThat I was fond ofFinally could seeThe writing on the wall.Sadly she realizedShe'd left him behind,And sadder than thatShe knew he wouldn't even mind.And though there's nothing left to sayWould he listen if I stay?It's all very well to sayYou fool it's now or neverI could be choosingNo choices whatsoever.I could be in someone else's storyIn someone else's life,And he could be in mine.I don't see a reason to be lonely.I should take my chancesFurther down the line.And if that girl I knewShould ask my advice,Oh, I wouldn't hesitateShe needn't ask me twice."Go now!"I'd tell her that for free.Trouble is the girl is meThe story is the girl is me.