Mia Bagley and Zaden Gates perform a duet from the off-Broadway musical Between the Lines. Delilah, who escapes into a fantasy book, imagines a life with the prince inside it: shared mornings, a hillside home, him doing the housework and childcare. The song moves between longing and playful banter, capturing her yearning for connection through an imagined perfect world.
Between the Lines is an off-Broadway musical with lyrics and music by Ulyssa Sampson and Kate Anderson. It is based on a novel of the same name by Jodi McCourt. The show follows the character Delilah, played by Leigh Bathory, who tries to escape the hardships of life by reading a children's fantasy book. One day, while flipping through the pages, the prince from the book begins to speak to her. While chatting, Delilah and Prince Oliver, played by Zaden Gates, to discuss what life would be like if they lived in the same world. We now present a My Perfect World from Between the Lines.
Hello! Delilah, is there something wrong?
I wonder if my parents know how alone I feel.
Well, you're not alone, not anymore.
Oliver, you hardly know me.
Do you ever imagine what it would be like when we were finally together? Something like a day, like waking up beside you, laughing at you, beauty in the other sunbeams I ever joined.
Weekends going on adventures, or maybe watching movies, laying on the sofa and holding hands, face to face in the same time and space.
He cut his head in bed.
Trying to be together in my perfect world, you are next to me in my perfect world. I feel happy The future is clear while holding you near.
I love how you fit into my perfect world. Tell me everything. I want to know all about your world.
Well, in my world, men wear aprons and do all the cleaning.
Fascinating.
And they always take the children to school. I would like that. And they have dinner ready on the table just in time for the women to come home from their bow wheeling careers.
What fun! Okay, so how about you and me and size bits Children.
Um, maybe you mean 3 children.
I was thinking 4 children. The 2 are twins.
We live on a little hillside.
No twins. In a humble dwelling.
Where are we, my favorite? What is home? Let you stay by my side.
You'll be my guide.
We'll make perfect do.
So teach me all that you know.
In my perfect world, there's adventure waiting. In my perfect world. There is so much to do. When each day is ending, I'm happy I'm spending a lifetime beside you in my perfect world.
Tell me, is there dancing out there?
Uh, yeah, people out here dance all the time.
Excellent! So perhaps you know the Pegasus dance? Hee-ba-doo, and bow if you like it. Be the head that dances to and fro.
Okay, never do that again.
What kind of tremendous dancer? Okay, I'd like to see you try.
No, no, no, I said people dance, and I don't dance.
One day, you will dance with me. Side by side, you'll be my guide.
We'll be there for each other, ready for unknown.
With both sides, marveling at your beauty. In the early sunbeams, I'd live with joy and love.
I'd be cozy, warm.
Sipping hot cocoa with cinnamon. Share a toast.
Who needs some pants?
We look for each other and for another day in my perfect world. My perfect world. Sitting in the kitchen. Sitting in the kitchen. That is my perfect Just one tiny dumb step. Oliver, no!
