Duet – tender, asymmetrical, emotionally off-balan

Duet – tender, asymmetrical, emotionally off-balan

Female and Male Frantic, high-tempo contemporary musical theatre patter duet with driving piano ostinato, aggressive strings, and sharp percussive hits; overlapping rapid-fire lyrics that feel like a marital fight spiraling out of control, with the male vocal repeatedly cutting off mid-phrase as he “disappears,” music glitching or dropping out briefly before a slightly altered version of him re-enters in a different rhythmic feel; recurring shouted hook “When are you from?” building intensity each time; tempo accelerates as multiple emotional versions of him collide musically, harmonies clashing and stacking; ends in a full orchestral surge that abruptly clears beneath a sustained, defiant belt from the female lead: “No more Henry’s, no more vanishing — it’s time for me to disappear,” landing in a dramatic, breathless silence.

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Lyrics

[woman] You said you’d stay You said you’d try [man] Clare I’m out of time [woman] Oh babe you have no idea [man] It’s happening again [woman] It’s always happening again [man] I don’t control it [woman] You don’t control anything [man] That’s not fair [woman] Neither is loving a man Who leaves mid-sentence [man] It pulls me [woman] It erases me [man] I don’t mean to go [woman] You always mean to stay ⸻ [man] Clare I’m out of time [woman] I’ve been out of time for years [man] It’s starting [woman] It never stopped [man] My heart’s racing [woman] Mine’s exhausted [man] I’ll be back [woman] That’s the problem ⸻ [man – urgent] I’m slipping [woman – rapid fire] Through what Through when Through me Through us Through vows Through trust [man] It’s not a choice [woman] Neither was falling for you ⸻ [man] Clare I’m out of— [woman – cutting him off] Say it again Say the line Say the curse Say the rhyme Out of time Out of place Out of body Out of grace You’re out of clocks Out of doors Out of present tense I’m out of patience ⸻ [man – softer] Don’t do this [woman] I am doing this [man] I love you [woman] Which version [man] All of them [woman] That’s too many ⸻ [man] Clare I’m out of time [woman – blazing now] No Henry You’re addicted to the leaving You’re allergic to the staying You’re fluent in goodbye You call it physics You call it fate You call it gravity I call it late ⸻ [man – shaking] I don’t want to go [woman] Then don’t [man] I can’t— [woman – over him, rhythm accelerating] Out of time Out of breath Out of birthdays Out of death Out of fights Out of bed Out of words you never said You’re out of now Out of here Out of husband Out of year ⸻ [man – fading] Clare— [woman – final strike] Oh babe You have no idea I’ve been out of time Since the first time You left