Candy says, I've come to hate my body
and all that it requires in this world
Candy says, I'd like to know completely
what all the souls discretely talk about
I'm gonna watch the blue birds fly
over my shoulder
I'm gonna watch them pass me by
maybe when im older, what do you think I'd see
if I could walk away from me
Candy says, I hate the quiet places
that cause the smallest taste of what will be
Candy says, I hate the big decisions that cause endless revisions
in my mind
I'm gonna watch the blue birds fly
over my shoulder
I'm gonna watch them pass me by
Maybe when I'm older what do you think I'd see
if i could walk away from me
Tell me how you think this song relates to Cosi, listen to the tone of the song and apply the lyrics. Google the meaning of the song. Use the discussion board below. Change the colour of your text so you can see it.
- On the radio, Velvet
Underground’s ‘Candy says’ is playing in the background while Lewis
practises some of Ferrando’s lines.
- Lewis leaves the theatre in order to
find a broom while coincidently, Lucy walks in and reads his script,
finding it ridiculous that a man would ‘ruin [himself] / For a worthless
woman’ [pg 69]. Lewis
enters, surprised at Lucy’s presence. She is ready to take him to the
moratorium meeting but Lewis refuses, explaining that the patients need
him more. Lucy, stunned at his decision believes that ‘working with
these people has changed you. We used to talk about…important things’ [pg 70], a reference to politics.
- Lewis argues that Mozart’s work is ‘about important things – like love and fidelity.’ Annoyed at Lewis’ choice, Lucy states that she is going to Nick’s rehearsals. She defends Nick since he is ‘doing a play that’s relevant and he’s doing something about the war in Vietnam.’ Seeing Lucy’s change in stance, Lewis asks if she is having an affair with Nick. She replies ‘I have sex with him and sleep with you’ [pg 71], leading Lewis to see the truth in Mozart’s opera, ‘Women’s constancy is like the Arabian Phoenix. Everyone swears it exists, but no one has seen it.’
- Doug enters, and upon seeing Lewis’ surprise, explains that he escaped from C ward. Doug spills that Lewis has had an affair with Julie to Lucy, who sarcastically replies ‘and your holier than thou attitude.’ Lewis retorts that he has not had sex with Julie. Lucy ‘storms out’ [pg 72]; Lewis tells Doug to ‘go burn a cat.’ Roy enters, unaware of the incident. Upon seeing a ‘glum Lewis’ zestfully says, ‘cheer up, old son. It’s time for the music of the spheres!’
- (http://www.vcestudyguides.com/guides/text_response/cosi/act-2-scene-2)
On opening night, Lewis gives in to Zac who wants to include a last minute piano piece. Julie comes in, telling Lewis he needs to speak to Roy, who is undergoing stage fright and wishes to quit the production. Lewis leads Roy to a private area, and is empathetic as Roy fears of forgetting his lines and people staring at him. Lewis encourages him that people should be looking at him all the time, since that would mean he is giving a good performance. Realising the truth in Lewis’ comforting words, Roy announces that ‘I’m back!’ [pg 75] and heads off to put on his costume. Lewis asks Cherry if Roy’s parents are coming, but Cherry reveals that Roy is an orphan, although he pretends otherwise.
Nick, who showed up unseen, comments that the noticed Lewis was absent at the moratorium. Lewis replies that he ‘didn’t have time. We only stopped rehearsing an hour ago’ [pg 76]. Asking if Nick and Lucy are staying to watch, Nick replies that they are going to ‘celebrate the moratorium’ since ‘she doesn’t want to see an opera about a few upper class twits.’ Lewis realises that Nick is planning to have sex with Lucy that night. Unable to tolerate anymore of his old friend, Lewis punches Nick to the floor when he starts to sing ‘They’re Coming To Take Me Away Ha-Haaa’. Nick retaliates by declaring that Lucy left Lewis because he was a ‘lousy fuck’ [pg 77], and leaves.
Cherry, pleased to hear that Lewis is no longer with Lucy, kisses him on the cheek. Seeing Julie walk in, she threatens, ‘he’s mine!’ [pg 78] and heads off. Lewis leads Julie off stage to show her ‘how to move those flats for the change.’ Zac enters, and noticing no one is on stage apart from Ruth, asks her for sex only to be slapped across the face. Henry runs past crying that he said ‘Macbeth’ and Roy ‘tried to strangle’ him because of the omen of saying ‘Macbeth’ before a performance. Zac swallows multiple pills in order to calm his sexual desires down.
Hearing the audience enter the theatre, Lewis and Julie quickly kiss before the show. Ruth runs in, crying for help since Zac is in comatose. Lewis and Julie run off to help. Ruth, acknowledging the chaos, calls Henry to begin his part since they will skip the overture