[00:00.00] 作词 : Benny Andersson/Björn Ulvaeus/Tim Rice[00:01.00] 作曲 : Benny Andersson/Björn Ulvaeus/Tim Rice[00:06.90]{THE ARBITER}[00:07.12]Isn't it strange the complications[00:09.25]people attach to situations[00:11.50]Almost as if they want to[00:13.01]miss the wood for the trees?[00:15.91]Nothing will change my basic feeling[00:18.26]When they have done all their wheeler-dealing--[00:20.51]Those in the strongest situations do as they please[00:24.56](spoken)[00:25.17]You might see all kinds of human emotion here--[00:28.06]passion and pain, love and hate[00:30.41](sung)[00:31.49]I see nothing other than a simple board game[00:36.54]At the Dusit Thani hotel, Bangkok, Alexander Molokov makes his move[00:41.40]{MOLOKOV, spoken}[00:41.87]We did not bring you to Bangkok for a holiday, my dear.[00:44.54]You must tell your husband he has to lose the match and come home.[00:47.18]Talk to Anatoly[00:48.68]You can have the life you want[00:53.02]And anywhere you want it[00:56.80](spoken)[00:57.02]But if Anatoly wins,[00:59.24]life is going to be very tough for you and your children.[01:01.70]Tell Anatoly that[01:03.97]Make him think of you, not narcissistic dreams of glory[01:11.08]How many times does he want to be champion, anyway?[01:13.74]{THE ARBITER, spoken}[01:13.96]Two days later, the wife,[01:16.01]Svetlana Sergievsky, makes her move[01:17.56]{SVETLANA, spoken}[01:17.78]How many times do you want to be champion, anyway?[01:21.94]Come home, Anatoly[01:24.99]Who needs a dream? Who needs ambition?[01:29.54]Who'd be the fool in my position?[01:42.53]Once I had dreams...[01:45.93]{ANATOLY}[01:46.44]Now they’re obsessions[01:51.31]Hopes became needs, lovers possessions[01:59.01]{SVETLANA}[01:59.75]Now you're where you want to be[02:02.09]and who you want to be[02:03.22]And doing what you always said you would[02:04.84]And yet you know you haven't won at all[02:09.87]Running for your life and never looking back[02:11.90]In case there is someone right behind to shoot you down[02:14.11]And say he always knew you'd fall[02:18.18]When that crazy wheel slows down[02:26.37]Where will you be? Back where you started![02:34.78]{THE ARBITER, spoken}[02:36.06]And at the Oriental Hotel, Walter de Courcy[02:40.22]from Global Television plays his opening gambit[02:44.07]{WALTER, spoken}[02:44.55]You father is alive[02:45.73]{FLORENCE, spoken}[02:46.39]My father? Alive?[02:47.82]{WALTER, spoken}[02:48.15]Alive in Russia--30 years in prison[02:50.30]{FLORENCE, spoken}[02:50.69]And you think I would believe you?[02:52.23]{WALTER, spoken}[02:52.74]Well, the evidence is conclusive,[02:54.00]and if you don't believe me, Anatoly will.[02:55.37]Now, you get him to lose against Viigand,[02:57.88]and Molokov assures me he can get your father out.[03:00.08]And not only him...[03:01.86](sung)[03:02.58]We have some people to recover[03:06.81]I know that you would simply love a[03:09.07]Chance to make sure your father's name was high on our list[03:13.45]We want him back, which is to say a[03:15.68]Gesture is needed from your player[03:17.89]We wouldn't mind if he got beaten, in fact we insist[03:21.86]{FLORENCE}[03:22.17]There must be a lie you wouldn't tell me[03:24.39]A limit to your devious ambition[03:26.51]But what it could be, I can't imagine[03:28.64]Is there no one here who's not a politician?[03:33.91](spoken)[03:34.43]There's no deal[03:41.24]When I was young[03:43.12]I learned that memories shouldn't be built to last[03:47.74]Luxuries, such as father, mother,[03:52.44]jettisoned in the past[03:56.00]How can a half-remembered figure[03:59.98]From a past so remote that it's hardly real[04:05.62]Alter the way I feel?[04:11.27]Pity the child, who 25 years on[04:17.52]Finds her confidence gone![04:24.15]{THE ARBITER, spoken}[04:24.51]While in subterranean marble surroundings,[04:27.23]two of the world's most powerful players make a mid-game assessment[04:31.83]{WALTER}[04:32.58]You should have seen how she reacted[04:34.32]I couldn't leave till she'd extracted[04:36.53]Promises she would see her father, simple I said[04:40.91]Told her the way she could achieve this[04:43.06]Even though you might not believe this[04:45.20]She said that I was not to worry, go right ahead![04:49.42]{MOLOKOV}[04:49.62]You don't know her well[04:50.62]She could have fooled you[04:51.78]She could despite herself try to resist us[04:53.80]{WALTER}[04:53.98]Yes, I may be wrong, but to be certain[04:55.98]There are others we can call in to assist us[05:00.71]{THE ARBITER, spoken}[05:01.38]And who better than a dethroned king?[05:04.32]{WALTER, spoken}[05:05.39]Now remember who's been paying for you to be here,[05:07.94]Freddie, in Bangkok.[05:09.51]We have a deal with the Soviets to get some people out,[05:11.37]including Florence's father,[05:13.10]provided Anatoly loses and gets on back to Moscow.[05:15.93]You'd like that, wouldn't you, huh?[05:17.78]{FREDDIE}[05:18.14]Communist, democrat[05:23.18]An intriguing collusion![05:27.62]Fair exchange, tit for tat[05:32.33]Comradeship in profusion[05:36.07]{with echos from MOLOKOV and WALTER}[05:36.77]And the appeal, partner[05:39.33]Of this deal, partner[05:41.68]Is we both stand to win[05:43.90]You and me, the lady also[05:47.21]Don't break her heart, partner;[05:49.74]Just be smart, partner[05:52.04]Throw the match, show your love[05:54.05]Is as pure as snow in Moscow[05:57.80]Thank God we are so civilized[06:01.08]And our word can be our bond[06:05.57]We can turn this into friendship for life[06:12.34]And beyond[06:14.80]{ANATOLY}[06:15.26]Refugee, total ****[06:19.62]That's how I've always seen us[06:24.14]Not a help, you'll admit[06:28.62]To agreement between us![06:32.66]{with echos from MOLOKOV and WALTER}[06:33.10]There's no deal, partner[06:35.53]Who's your real partner?[06:37.75]Could there be just a chance[06:40.00]That you have got some heavy clients?[06:43.32]{FREDDIE, with echos from MOLOKOV and WALTER}[06:43.54]That's not true, partner[06:45.56]How could you, partner[06:47.80]Think I'd want to pursue any deal but our alliance?[06:53.66]How can you only think of your selfish ambition[07:00.76]And not of her position?[07:03.44]Or you'd rather perhaps see her world collapse[07:07.47](spoken)[07:07.64]For a tinpot competition![07:14.84]{ANATOLY, spoken}[07:15.05]Who put you up to this? There's no deal![07:18.58]{THE ARBITER, spoken}[07:18.77]So Frederick makes a desperate final play[07:21.39]for the woman he hasn't seen in a year[07:24.41]{FREDDIE}[07:24.62]Silly boy, woman who[07:31.29]I should not have let walk out[07:35.84]There's no hitch that we two[07:40.15]Can't untangle or talk out[07:44.21]{with echos from MOLOKOV and WALTER}[07:44.50]And the appeal, partner[07:46.87]Of this deal, partner[07:49.04]Is we both stand to win[07:51.71]We will bring back the golden era[07:54.74]Stick with me, honey;[07:56.89]Leave him be, honey[07:59.11]You don't know what they have planned for you[08:01.85]Long ago in Moscow[08:04.63]{FLORENCE}[08:04.85]Can't you see we've moved on?[08:08.77](spoken)[08:08.99]Chess has nothing to do with this. Chess isn't life![08:13.12]{FREDDIE, spoken}[08:13.29]But I have changed. He won't help you with your father.[08:16.99]Anatoly would never throw any match.[08:18.57]I'm telling you the truth. Florence, come back to me![08:20.85]{ANATOLY & FLORENCE}[08:21.20]Who'd ever think it? Such a squalid little ending[08:25.79]Watching him descending just as low as he can go[08:30.48]I'm learning things I didn't want to know[08:39.08]{ANATOLY, FLORENCE & FREDDIE}[08:39.30]Who'd ever guess it? This would be the situation[08:43.46]One more complication should be neither here nor there![08:48.00]I wish I had it in me not to care![08:52.24]{ANATOLY}[08:52.47]Let him spill out his hate till he knows he's deserted[09:00.92]There's no point wasting time preaching to the perverted[09:09.83]{ALL}[09:10.12]Who'd ever think it?[09:11.43]No one makes the moves intended[09:14.22]Till the game has ended[09:15.91]Then they say I told you so[09:18.85]I'm learning things I didn't want to know[09:26.16]{FREDDIE, spoken}[09:26.38]It can all be different now, Florence.[09:28.34]I love you. Come back to me![09:30.79]{THE ARBITER}[09:31.76]Everybody's playing the game[09:35.17]But nobody's rules are the same[09:38.31]{ALL except FREDDIE}[09:38.62]Nobody's on nobody's side...[09:41.86]{FLORENCE}[09:42.10]Never be the first![09:43.06]{ALL except FREDDIE}[09:43.45]Everybody's playing the game[09:46.20]But nobody's rules are the same[09:49.84]{FLORENCE}[09:50.03]Never be the last to deceive![09:50.48]{ALL except FREDDIE}[09:50.99]Nobody's on nobody's side!