Meryl and Morgan's duet, a look at their relationships with Jack, and where the future seems to be going.
For those who have read Swordplay, this slots in at the very end, when Meryl lets Morgan go to Jack.
Songfic based on I Know Him So Well, a duet by Svetlana and Florence from the musical Chess.
Disclaimer:
I claim nothing (sad, isn't it?). Jack belongs to POTC, the song belongs to the guys who wrote the music for ABBA. Meryl and Morgan are mine, but I don't really care anyways.Meryl:
Nothing is so good it lasts eternally
Perfect situations must go wrong
But this has never yet prevented me
Wanting far too much for far too long.
I remember dreaming I could come back to him, I could best him, he'd be mine.
Untaken, untouched, waiting for me after the year was up.
I remember thinking how we made such a pair- him and me, me and him, I though nothing would come between us.
Looking back I could have played it differently
Won a few more moments, who can tell?
I wasn't selfish this time. I could've kept him for me, why didn't I?
Because, Meryl, because.
You let him go to Morgan, you let him slip away. Your humanity, anything good in you, let you give him away.
But it took time to understand the man
Now at least I know I know him well
Wasn't it good?
Oh so good.
Wasn't he fine?
Oh so fine.
Isn't it madness
He can't be mine?
But in the end he needs
A little bit more than me --
More security
He needs his fantasy and freedom.
I know him so well.
Morgan:
No one in your life is with you constantly
No one is completely on your side
And though I moved my world to be with him
Still the gap between us is too wide.
He wont speak to me, he wont listen anymore. He doesn't care for me, not like I do for him.
It was a dream, a silly childhood dream.
We'll never be in love.
We're too far apart.
Looking back I could have played it differently
Learned about the man before I fell
I didn't know him when we fell in love, not the way I know him now.
I'm sorry, Jack, I should have paid attention to who you are.
Meryl:
I was just a little careless, maybe
Morgan:
But I was ever so much younger then.
Now at least 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 know
How it would go?
If I knew from the start
Why am I falling apart?
Meryl:
But I did know, didn't I?
Morgan:
I turned a blind eye.
Meryl:
I just pretended.
Morgan:
Wasn't it good?
Wasn't he fine?
Meryl:
Isn't it madness
He won't be mine?
Meryl:
But in the end he needs a
Little bit more than me --
More security
He needs her more.
Morgan:
He needs his fantasy and freedom
He needs her more.
I know him so well
Meryl:
It took time to understand him
So much time…
Both:
I know him so well…