Agony

Agony is the tenth in the show.



[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE] Did I abuse her Or show her disdain? Why does she run from me? If I should lose her, How shall I regain The heart she has won from me?

Agony! Beyond power of speech, When the one thing you want Is the only thing out of your reach.

[RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE] High in her tower, She sits by the hour, Maintaining her hair. Blithe and becoming and frequently humming A lighthearted air: Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-

Agony! Far more painful than yours, When you know she would go with you If there only were doors.

[BOTH] Agony! Oh, the torture they teach!

[RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE] What's as intriguing-

[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE] Or half so fatiguing-

[BOTH] As what's out of reach?

[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE] Am I not sensitive, Clever, Well-mannered, Considerate, Passionate, Charming, As kind as I'm handsome And heir to a throne?

[RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE] You are everything maidens could wish for!

[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE] Then why no-?

[RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE] Do I know?

[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE] The girl must be mad!

[RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE] You know nothing of madness Till you're climbing her hair And you see her up there AS you're nearing her, All the while hearing her: Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-

[BOTH] Agony!

[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE] Misery!

[RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE] Woe!

[BOTH] Though it's different for each.

[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE] Always ten steps behind-

[RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE] Always ten feet below-

[BOTH] And she's just out of reach. Agony That can cut like a knife!

I must have her to wife.