Elaborate Lives

Elaborate Lives is a song featured Child Star. It is performed by Jack Harmon and Rachel Berry during their weekly duet session. 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 first act.

Context
This song is performed by Jack and Rachel as part of their weekly duet session, but it's one of the first times, Rachel really grasps that she is starting to fall in love with Jack the same way he has always loved her.

Lyrics
Jack: ''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.''

''I'm so tired of all were going through, I don't want to live like that. I'm so tired of all were going through, I don't want to love like that.''

I just want to be with you, now and forever, peaceful, true.

This may not be the moment to tell you face to face, but I could wait forever for the perfect time and place.

Jack and Rachel: 'We all lead such elaborate lives, we don't know whose words are true. Strangers, lovers, husbands, wives, hard to know who's loving who.'

Rachel: Too many choices tear us apart, I don't want to live like that.

Jack: ''Too many choices tear us apart, I don't want to love like that. I just want to touch your heart, may this confession...''

Jack and Rachel: ...be the start!