THE WOMAN
Don’t just go
Pause
THE SHIPMASTER
I am the shipmaster
Pause
THE OLDER MAN
We can’t be here
THE OLDER WOMAN
No
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we must be somewhere else
Pause
THE GUITAR PLAYER
And I am the guitar player
THE SHIPMASTER
You’re the guitar player
THE GUITAR PLAYER
Yes
THE SHIPMASTER
So that’s what you are
THE GUITAR PLAYER
Yes
yes and I’ve told you
yes so many times
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I’ve been the guitar player
I am the guitar player
Quite short pause
THE SHIPMASTER
So that’s what you’ve been
you’ve been the guitar player
THE GUITAR PLAYER
I am the guitar player
THE SHIPMASTER
So you are the guitar player
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And what is it like
yes
yes your guitar music
THE GUITAR PLAYER
No
THE SHIPMASTER
No
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you can’t just say no
THE GUITAR PLAYER
I don’t say it to be difficult
The Man walks towards The Woman
THE SHIPMASTER
So why do you say it
THE GUITAR PLAYER
Because I don’t know what to say
THE SHIPMASTER
It’s not like that or like that
THE GUITAR PLAYER
No
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THE MAN
I love you
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THE WOMAN
And I love you
THE MAN
I was always so alone
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and then I met you
THE WOMAN
Yes
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THE SHIPMASTER
It’s like the sea
THE GUITAR PLAYER
But
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well
yes
yes like the sea is to you
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yes that’s what the guitar music is to me
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it’s just something that is
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it is what is
in what there is
that’s what
yes that’s what the guitar music is like
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and everything else
people
events
becomes what it is
yes because the guitar music
makes it like that
THE SHIPMASTER
So that’s how it is
Pause
THE MAN
But now we’ve met each other
THE WOMAN
Yes
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yes now we’ve met each other
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THE MAN
And it took such a long time
before I met you
THE WOMAN
Always alone
I was always alone
Pause
THE GUITAR PLAYER
I am the guitar player
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and now I shall play
The Guitar Player begins to play air guitar. Pause
I play my guitar music
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I play my guitar music
for anyone who wants to listen
do I play my guitar music
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my whole life I’ve played
my guitar music
from when I was a kid
and to this day
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THE MAN
You my best friend
you my very best friend
THE WOMAN
And you are my very best friend
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THE MAN
You’re here
and I still
miss you
THE WOMAN
I’m here
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I’m always here
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But listen
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listen to the beautiful
guitar music
Pause
THE SHIPMASTER
But where are the others
It’s not just you and me who are here
Is it
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there are so many others on board
this ship
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THE GUITAR PLAYER
I am the guitar player
THE SHIPMASTER
But there’s no one here
no one who’s listening
THE GUITAR PLAYER
We’re not alone
we can’t be alone
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THE OLDER MAN
I’m here
Short pause
THE SHIPMASTER
But no one’s here
no one’s listening
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THE OLDER WOMAN
I’m here
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THE SHIPMASTER
No one’s listening
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It’s just you and me here
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here on this ship
THE WOMAN
I’m here
I’m listening
Pause
THE SHIPMASTER
No one is here
Short pause
And what’s become of the others
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they have to be there
And we’ve been here for so long
that’s what it feels like
We’ve been here for so long
here on this ship
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THE GUITAR PLAYER
I play my guitar music
and it’s everything
that is
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a guitar music
my guitar music
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I play my guitar music
THE SHIPMASTER
No one’s here
No one’s listening
THE GUITAR PLAYER
I am the guitar player
Pause
THE SHIPMASTER
I am the shipmaster
Short pause
THE GUITAR PLAYER
No one’s here
THE SHIPMASTER
Is no one here
Short pause
THE GUITAR PLAYER
No one’s here
Short pause
THE WOMAN
I’m here
Pause
THE MAN
Finally
finally I’ve found you
Pause
THE WOMAN
I hear the most beautiful guitar music
Pause
THE MAN
Finally I found you
THE WOMAN
But don’t talk
you must listen
you must listen to the beautiful guitar music
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THE MAN
Yes
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but
but aren’t you happy
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THE WOMAN
Yes
Yes I’m happy
THE MAN
And now we don’t need to be alone anymore
not you
not I
THE WOMAN
No
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but listen
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