[GLINDA] Dearest darlingest Momsie and Popsical...
[ELPHABA] My dear Father...
[BOTH] THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION OVER ROOMING HERE AT SHIZ ...
[ELPHABA] BUT OF COURSE, I'LL CARE FOR NESSA ...
[GLINDA] BUT OF COURSE, I'LL RISE ABOVE IT ...
[BOTH] FOR I KNOW THAT'S HOW YOU'D WANT ME TO RESPOND YES, THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION FOR YOU SEE, MY ROOM-MATE IS ...
[GLINDA] UNUSUALLY AND EXCEEDINGLY PECULIAR AND ALTOGETHER QUITE IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE ...
[ELPHABA] BLONDE.
[GLINDA] WHAT IS THIS FEELING SO SUDDEN AND NEW?
[ELPHABA] I FELT THE MOMENT I LAID EYES ON YOU ...
[GLINDA] MY PULSE IS RUSHING ...
[ELPHABA] MY HEAD IS REELING ...
[GLINDA] MY FACE IS FLUSHING ...
[BOTH] WHAT IS THIS FEELING? FERVID AS A FLAME DOES IT HAVE A NAME? YES!... LOATHING UNADULTERATED LOATHING ...
[GLINDA] FOR YOUR FACE...
[ELPHABA] YOUR VOICE ...
[GLINDA] YOUR CLOTHING ...
[BOTH] LET'S JUST SAY -- I LOATHE IT ALL! EV'RY LITTLE TRAIT, HOWEVER SMALL MAKES MY VERY FLESH BEGIN TO CRAWL WITH SIMPLE UTTER LOATHING THERE'S A STRANGE EXHILARATION IN SUCH TOTAL DETESTATION IT'S SO PURE! SO STRONG! THOUGH I DO ADMIT IT CAME ON FAST STILL I DO BELIEVE THAT IT CAN LAST AND I WILL BE LOATHING LOATHING YOU MY WHOLE LIFE LONG!
[STUDENTS] DEAR GLINDA, YOU ARE JUST TOO GOOD! HOW DO YOU STAND IT? I DON'T THINK I COULD! SHE'S A TERROR! SHE'S A TARTAR! WE DON'T MEAN TO SHOW A BIAS BUT GLINDA YOU'RE A MARTYR!
[GLINDA] WELL ... THESE THINGS ARE SENT TO TRY US!
[STUDENTS] POOR GLINDA, FORCED TO RESIDE WITH SOMEONE SO DISGUSTICIFIED WE JUST WANT TO TELL YOU ... WE'RE ALL ON YOUR SIDE! WE SHARE YOUR ...
[GLINDA AND ELPHABA sing simultaneously with students (see their part below)] WHAT IS THIS FEELING SO SUDDEN AND NEW? I FELT THE MOMENT I LAID EYES ON YOU MY PULSE IS RUSHING MY HEAD IS REELING OH, WHAT IS THIS FEELING?
DOES IT HAVE A NAME?
YES...
[STUDENTS:] LOATHING UNADULTERATED LOATHING FOR HER FACE, HER VOICE HER CLOTHING LET'S JUST SAY: WE LOATHE IT ALL!
EV'RY LITTLE TRAIT HOWEVER SMALL
MAKES OUR VERY FLESH BEGIN TO CRAWL..
[ALL:] AHHH... LOATHING!
[GLINDA AND ELPHABA:] [Here students sing "Loathing" in counter point a number of times] THERE'S A STRANGE EXHILARATION IN SUCH TOTAL DETESTATION SO PURE, SO STRONG!
[STUDENTS] SO STRONG!
[GLINDA AND ELPHABA] [Students sing back-up "loathing"] THOUGH I DO ADMIT IT CAME ON FAST STILL I DO BELIEVE THAT IT CAN LAST ALL AND I WILL BE LOATHING FOR FOREVER LOATHING TRULY, DEEPLY LOATHING YOU LOATHING YOU FOR MY WHOLE LIFE LONG!