Saturday, May 12, 2007

Last Five Years 2nd post

I love The Last Five Years. The lyrics are incredible and the story is just heartbreaking. I chose to add a little to the Wiki article in the section discussing each song as the play progresses and what message they are giving to the story. The final song of the show (which just happens to be my favorite) is entitled "Goodbye Until Tomorrow" and it is sung by both characters (Jamie and Cathy.. the only two in the show). The premise, simplified, is that this couple met,got married and then Jamie left her. BUT, the story is told fowards by Jamie's songs, and backwards by Cathy's songs. So at the end of show, Cathy is singing about being excited and breathless after meeting Jamie for the first time and how she is saying goodbye until he calls tomorrow..until he calls. Jamie, however, is actually singing goodbye.. forever. I decided to include a lyric sung by Jamie that explains that he tried to keep the marriage together and love his wife, but he couldn't and now he must say goodbye. My edit was, "He says to her, "all I could do was love you hard, and let you go"." Check out the article on Wiki. They do a fantastic job of explaining the show.

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