Shakespeare Soft Cell
▪ Olivia. Give me leave, beseech you. I
did send,
After the last enchantment you did here,
A ring in chase of you:
so did I abuse 1350
Myself,
my servant and, I fear me, you:
Under your hard construction must I sit,To
force that on you, in a shameful cunning,
Which you knew none of yours: what
might you think?
Have you not set mine honour at the stake
And baited it
with all the unmuzzled thoughts 1355
That
tyrannous heart can think? To one of your receiving
Enough is shown: a
cypress, not a bosom,
Hideth my heart. So, let me hear you speak.
▪ Olivia. Why, then, methinks 'tis time
to smile again.
O, world, how apt the poor are to be proud!
If one should
be a prey, how much the better 1365
To
fall before the lion than the wolf!
[Clock
strikes]
The clock upbraids me with the waste of time.
Be not
afraid, good youth, I will not have you:
And yet, when wit and youth is come
to harvest, 1370
Your
were is alike to reap a proper man:
There lies your way, due west.
▪ Viola. Then westward-ho! Grace and
good disposition
Attend your ladyship!
You'll nothing, madam, to my lord by
me? 1375
▪ Olivia. O, what a deal of scorn looks
beautiful
In the contempt and anger of his lip! 1385
A murderous guilt shows not
itself more soon
Than love that would seem hid: love's night is noon.
Cesario,
by the roses of the spring,
By maidhood, honour, truth and every thing,
I
love thee so, that, maugre all thy pride, 1390
Nor wit nor reason can my passion hide.
Do
not extort thy reasons from this clause,
For that I woo, thou therefore hast
no cause,
But rather reason thus with reason fetter,
Love sought is good,
but given unsought better. 1395
▪ Viola. By innocence I swear, and by
my youth
I have one heart, one bosom and one truth,
And that no woman has;
nor never none
Shall mistress be of it, save I alone.
And so adieu, good
madam: never more 1400
Will
I my master's tears to you deplore.
▪ Olivia. Yet come again; for thou
perhaps mayst move
That heart, which now abhors, to like his love.
The award winning song Tainted Love by Soft Cell reminded me of the confusion between the two women and the trouble that the ones surrounding them were causing and dealing with. Marc Almond sang the song after dealing with relationship problems, like Olivia was dealing with.
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Sometimes I feel I've got to
run away
I've got to get away
From the pain you drive into
the heart of me.
The love we share seems to
go nowhere
And I've lost my light for I
toss and turn - I can't sleep at night.
Once I ran to you
now I'll run from you
This tainted love you've
given -
I give you all a boy could
give you.
Take my tears and that's not
nearly all - oh
tainted love - tainted love.
Now I know I've got to run
away
I've got to get away.
You don't really want it any
more from me -
To make things right you
need someone to hold you tight
And you'll think love is to
pray but I'm sorry I don't pray that that way
Once I ran to you
now I'll run from you
. . .
Don't touch me please - I
cannot stand the way you tease.
I love you though you hurt
me so
Now I'm gonna pack my things and go.
Tainted love - tainted love
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MASHUP:
Sometimes I feel I've got to run away,
I've got to get away
I pity you
The love we share seems to go nowhere
That's a degree to love.
Once I ran to you,
now I'll run from you
No, not a grize; for 'tis a vulgar proof,
That very oft we pity enemies
This tainted love you've given -
I give you all a boy could give you.
Take my tears and that's not nearly all - oh
Then westward-ho! Grace and good disposition
Attend your ladyship!
You'll nothing, madam, to my lord by me?
To make things right you need someone to hold you tight
Then think you right: I am not what I am
Don't touch me please - I cannot stand the way you tease.
I love you though you hurt me so
Would it be better, madam, than I am?
I wish it might, for now I am your fool.
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