Sarah Kay & Phil Kaye - When Love Arrives

They both recite this verse to emphasize the beginnings for both of them; the pause emphasizes this beginnnng as well

Pause and high pitch of voice adds to the naiveness that youth believe what love to be, setting the expectations

Defines "love" as being a person when used in this poem; personification

Said together to emphasize similar expectations to how love would "be like"

Said together to mark the timeline of this love story; their first meeting

Having the same thoughts of expectations not meeting the fantasy

Pause to micmic a teen attempting to lie

Audience laughing as this is a relatable moment for almost everyone

Sarah changing her voice to a low growl tone and Phils heavy nervous breathing is an amazing way to portray nervousness inexplicitly we call this identification in voice: acousmatic voice; Phils adlibs weren't in the lyrics of the poem

Realization that her "love" is no longer in her life

This verse is a relatable and profound feeling many experienced and is quoted most often and is actually how I found this poem

Said together - when there are versus Sarah and Phil say together it is referencing the notion that they share similar feelings or thoughts

Said together but for performance; Phil says "her" with Sarah and emphasizes the sudden moment walking somewhere in the world and seeing someone whom you used to have relations with

Pause is portraying the moment of realization Sarah has: she is no longer the only love Phil has had in his life, there were others

Said together; similar thinking, on the same wave length

Their voices sound gentle and soft portraying the loss of a past love that may be reigniting now ; "Love" is repeated to emphasize the personification of "love" and his/her habits

The speakers voices become increasingly irritable towards eachother with the change of tone portraying the change from admiration to annoyance

The word "boobs" was amplified and longer duration to highlight Sarah's annoyance and emphasize her distaste for Phil's "immaturity"

"Love shits!" was amplified for shock value (as it was shocking for the two to know this new information)

Laughter from the audience adds to the lightheartedness and relatability many found with the preceding verse

The realization; another point of change within Sarah's point of view

Phil interjects Sarah's line to emphasize how much he "means it"; how much he means when he compliments her beauty

repetition to emphasize how important this term is to Sarah to further point at how many rely on their partners validation (even unconciously) on their appearances

"love thinks.." diverting the audiences expectation from Phil to Sarah; learning to view yourself as beautiful without reliance on your partner, a lesson many can learn from

A concluding verse to this implicit message of loving yourself, a reminder many need once in awhile

"India" is not in the official poem script, but was added for the performance to emphasize the unpredictable nature of where and when you may encounter "love"

Throughout the poem, the versus have similarly repeated beginnings, spoken in the same tempo; These versus begin with a "Maybe"

Their voices slowly begin to sound weaker, vulnerable, tired to portray the exhaustion of fixing something that is already beyond repair (the end of the relationship)

A pause after this verse highlighting the anguish of love being impermanent; acceptance settling in on both Sarah and Phil; this part of the poem mimics a conversation between the two with one desparate to leave and the other hanging on, begging for them to stay

Said together; as both have come to an acceptance that they must end their relationship

Said together, allowing themselves to open up to other opportunities and potental partners

A concluding verse to end both the poem and relationship; accepting that your expectations of how "love" is supposed to be will not always follow through, and that is alright.