Four
The Lion In Me
We enter this scene in the middle of a long telephone conversation between Nancy and a very concerned family friend or neighbour (perhaps one of those 'listening ' neighbours from the previous scene - I can imagine the walls between some of these 'tenement ' apartment blocks in New York City could be quite thin, and with so many people living so close together and it being so over-crowded in many instances, domestic rows can and do often become everyone's business especially when the NYPD is called !) Nancy pours out her heart to this friend who in turn gets quite angry over the difficulties, the problems and the physical suffering that Nancy is going through. The 'lion' then 'comes out' as a kind of 'righteous anger' from the friend as he listens to Nancy's sad tale. As we progress through the song there is also a 'flashback' to the previous scene where 'The Lover ' expresses his anger and frustrations towards Nancy due to her apparent lack of love and sympathy for him (as he sees it) at that time. "Is she really there for me" he wonders and "how can she really love and care for me if she treats me with such a lack of love and forgiveness..? " Some of this will undoubtedly be the drink 'talking' but there will also be some truth in these questions for it does indeed take "Two To Tango" as we saw previously. His violent outbursts are mainly his way of dealing with his frustrations at feeling trapped in life and circumstances and so she becomes his 'punch bag' as he hurts and abuses the one he loves the most as we saw in the previous scene. Neither Nancy nor her Lover have yet experienced the kind of 'unconditional' or 'sacrificial' love that gives and demands nothing in return, so they are unable to give that kind of Love to each other when it is most needed, or pass it on to their children. The scene ends with the Lover having moved out - their separation is now complete.
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The Lion In Me
We enter this scene in the middle of a long telephone conversation between Nancy and a very concerned family friend or neighbour (perhaps one of those 'listening ' neighbours from the previous scene - I can imagine the walls between some of these 'tenement ' apartment blocks in New York City could be quite thin, and with so many people living so close together and it being so over-crowded in many instances, domestic rows can and do often become everyone's business especially when the NYPD is called !) Nancy pours out her heart to this friend who in turn gets quite angry over the difficulties, the problems and the physical suffering that Nancy is going through. The 'lion' then 'comes out' as a kind of 'righteous anger' from the friend as he listens to Nancy's sad tale. As we progress through the song there is also a 'flashback' to the previous scene where 'The Lover ' expresses his anger and frustrations towards Nancy due to her apparent lack of love and sympathy for him (as he sees it) at that time. "Is she really there for me" he wonders and "how can she really love and care for me if she treats me with such a lack of love and forgiveness..? " Some of this will undoubtedly be the drink 'talking' but there will also be some truth in these questions for it does indeed take "Two To Tango" as we saw previously. His violent outbursts are mainly his way of dealing with his frustrations at feeling trapped in life and circumstances and so she becomes his 'punch bag' as he hurts and abuses the one he loves the most as we saw in the previous scene. Neither Nancy nor her Lover have yet experienced the kind of 'unconditional' or 'sacrificial' love that gives and demands nothing in return, so they are unable to give that kind of Love to each other when it is most needed, or pass it on to their children. The scene ends with the Lover having moved out - their separation is now complete.
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