MAG
Shilo?
Is your name Shilo?
Can I talk to you?
Can you come down please?
SHILO
Why?
MAG
So we can speak
I saw you at the show
I thought I'd seen a ghost
Your resemblance is striking
You have your mother's eyes, her hair
I was told you died with her
All these years have come and gone
How do I put this?
I'm your godmom
SHILO
State your business
MAG
Business?
SHILO
What do you want?
MAG
I want, I want to finally meet you
Something real to cling to
Leave you with the hope that you will go do
All you're meant to, all I failed to
In you is a world of promise
We have both been kept in bondage
But you could learn from all my failures
SHILO
I'm not supposed to talk to strangers
MAG
Or let them through the gate?
SHILO
That either
A big risk
MAG
A big fence
SHILO
A mistake
MAG
A new friend
MARNI
Chase the morning
Yield for nothing
Chase the morning
Yield for nothing
SHILO
Oh my god, mom!
How'd you do that?
MAG
Do what?
SHILO
Do that-- that eye thing
MAG
These eyes can do more than see
SHILO
I know
I mean, I've seen you sing
MAG
Where?
SHILO
From my window
I can see the world from there
Name the stars and constellations
Count the cars and watch the seasons
MAG
I wish we could have watched together
SHILO
I can't have guests
MAG
Never?
SHILO
Ever
If Dad found out that I'd been let out
Or that you'd been let in-
MAG
I should go then
Before I do
Promise me you won't
SHILO
Better that you don't.
MAG
Don't forget a sheltered rose
Needs a little room to bloom
Outside her bedroom
SHILO (counterpoint)
It's best if I resume a life
Inside my bedroom
MARNI
Chase the morning
Yield for nothing
Chase the morning
Yield for nothing
MAG
Let your life be a dream
Integrity, honesty
It's too late for me
Don't look back
'Till you're free to chase the morning
MARNI
Yield for nothing
Chase the morning
Yield for nothing
Yield for nothing
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