Everything Else

Jennifer Damiano * Track #3 On Next to Normal (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

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Jennifer Damiano

2009

Everything Else by Jennifer Damiano

Release Date

Tue May 12 2009

Performed by

Jennifer Damiano

Produced by

Tom Kitt & Joel Moss & David Stone & Kurt Deutsch

Writed by

Tom Kitt & Brian Yorkey

About

This song expresses Natalie’s hopes of being known for her abilities, rather than her personal issues (such as her mother’s illness). She references Mozart, and assumedly aspires to have a similar success.

In the Off-Broadway version, this song was originally one called, “Perfect.”

In the Broadway...

Everything Else Lyrics

[NATALIE]
Mozart was crazy
Flat fucking crazy
Batshit, I hear
But his music's not crazy
It's balanced, it's nimble
It's crystalline clear

There's harmony, logic
You listen to these
You don't hear his doubts
Or his debts or disease
You scan through the score
And put fingers on keys
And you play
And everything else goes away
Everything else goes away

And you play 'til it's perfect
You play 'til you ache
You play 'til the strings or your fingernails break
So you'll rock that recital
And get into Yale
So you won't feel so sick
And you won't look so pale
'Cause you've got your full ride
And your early admit
So you're done with this school
And with all of this shit
And you graduate early
You're gone as of May
And there's nothing your paranoid parents can say

And you know that it's just a sonata away
And you play
And you play

And everything else goes away
Everything else goes away
Everything else goes away

Everything Else Q&A

Who wrote Everything Else's ?

Everything Else was written by Tom Kitt & Brian Yorkey.

Who produced Everything Else's ?

Everything Else was produced by Tom Kitt & Joel Moss & David Stone & Kurt Deutsch.