Elaborate Lives (Reprise)

Elaborate Lives (Reprise) is a song featured Child Star. It is performed by Rachel Berry and Jack Harmon as part of Rachel's sweeping gesture that she is starting to fall in love like he is with her. The song was originally written by Elton John and Tim Rice for the musical, Aida, where it was originally performed by Adam Pascal and Heather Headley at the end of the second act.

Context
This song was a surprise to Jack from Rachel and her way of saying that is starting to love him like he has always loved her and that she is okay with feeling that way.

Lyrics
Rachel: ''We all lead such elaborate lives, wild ambitions in our sights. How an affair of the heart survives days apart and hurried nights seems quite unbelievable to me, I don't want to live like that.''

''Seems quite unbelievable to me, I don't want to love like that. I just want our time to be slower and gentler, wiser, free.''

''We all live in extravagant times, playing games we can't all win. Unintended emotional crimes take some out take others in.''

''Too many choices tear us apart, I don't want to live like that. Too many choices tear us apart, I don't want to love like that. I just want to keep your heart, may this confession be the start.''

I know you'll give me courage to face what I must face, with all these complications, in another time and place.

Rachel and Jack: 'We all lead such elaborate lives, we don't know whose words are true. An affair of the heart survives all the pain the world can do.'

Jack: I'm so tired of all we're going through, I don't want to live like that.

Rachel: ''I'm so tired of all we're going through, I don't want to love like that. I just want to be with you, now and forever peaceful, true.''