Show and Tell (Santa Maria Suite)

Show & Tell is an original work, inspired by British crime drama, Luther, further exploring the fascinating relationship between its two central characters. It is written and performed from the perspective of Alice Morgan.

Listen to Show and Tell by Richard Charles Stevens (Santa Maria Suite)

Listen to Santa Maria (Del Buen Ayre) by Gotan Project

Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
.
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
.
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
.
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
.
It was all for you
You know
In honour of my throbbing need to bleed them
Just to show
Indeed I did these deeds to feed your longing need to know
If I could be the missing piece
You need to free the ghost
.
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
.
I see me
In your eyes
Each time this thing between us grows
No need to speak
To prise out deepest secrets and expose
Imposing need to break the sequence
Crack the keeper’s code
When for you I’m only too pleased to disclose
.
What is it you wish to know
Kiss me quick
Or kill me slow
Both I tend to fantasise
Guess you’ve got me bang to rights
Say the word
I’ll stand aside
And each sweet dream romanticised
Will reek of a cheap pantomime
To strategise alone
.
To label me psychopath would be very very rude
But baby
I’ll play psychopath for you
Besides I like the glide path we attune
My heart
It rides the aftermath of bloom
At half mast
Lest I feel your glance
Upon my darkest parts
I wake sometimes at half past two
Reveal my battle scars to you
Then squeal as your tongue runs each through
Get wet
And better yet
Would place a bet that you do too
.
Fractured minds like ours
Have powers
Over lowly skies
We tower
Need no brief on these encounters
Mine is yours
As yours is ours
Every time you take a pause
I get a chill that thrills for hours
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
Before our souls are both devoured
.
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
I could be the missing piece
You need to free the ghost
.
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
I could be the missing piece
You need to free the ghost
.
Tear me apart
Like a shred piece of art
Part your lips
And breathe me in
So I can whistle in your heart
.
Whistle in your heart
Whistle in your heart
.
It was all for you
My love
Every honest drop of blood
Bonny tonic to your chronic lack of active duty snuff
Have seen you on the edge
Indeed I did these deeds to near you on the ledge
For I would hedge a bet
You’d be too scared to dare such leap without me
.
Bleed with me
Devoutly
Free the ghost from host
Receive the bounty
May have given cause to doubt
Know that’s what the pauses are about
.
Even so
You know
Deep down
This isn’t all about me
If I can be the missing piece
And feed your longing need to know
Then please be sweet
And meet me at the murder scene
Alone
Better yet
Come early
We can put on quite the show
.
I could be the missing piece
You need to free the ghost
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
.
Tear me apart
Like a shred piece of art
Part your lips
And breathe me in
So I can whistle in your heart
.
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
.
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
.
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
.
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
.
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
.
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
.
Slow
Slow
Slow
Slow
Quick
.
Fractured minds like ours
Have powers
Over lowly skies
We tower
Need no brief on these encounters
Mine is yours
As yours is ours
Every time you take a pause
I get a chill that thrills for hours
Kill me quick
Or kiss me slow
Before our souls are both devoured
.
Baby
I’ll play psychopath for you
Besides I like the glide path we attune
My heart
It rides the aftermath of bloom
At half mast
Lest i feel your glance
Upon my darkest parts
I wake sometimes at half past two
Reveal my battle scars to you
Then squeal as your tongue runs each through
Get wet
And better yet
Would place a bet that you do too
.