He’s Not Here
J. Robert Spencer * Track #8 On Next to Normal (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
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Album Next to Normal (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
- #1Prelude
Original Broadway Cast of Next To Normal
- #2Just Another Day
Alice Ripley & Aaron Tveit & J. Robert Spencer & Jennifer Damiano & Louis Hobson & Adam Chanler-Berat
- #3Everything Else
Jennifer Damiano
- #4Who’s Crazy/My Psychopharmacologist and I
J. Robert Spencer & Louis Hobson & Alice Ripley & Jennifer Damiano & Aaron Tveit & Adam Chanler-Berat
- #5Perfect for You
Jennifer Damiano & Adam Chanler-Berat
- #6I Miss The Mountains
Alice Ripley
- #7It’s Gonna Be Good
Alice Ripley & Aaron Tveit & Adam Chanler-Berat & Jennifer Damiano & J. Robert Spencer
- #8He’s Not Here
J. Robert Spencer
- #9You Don’t Know
Alice Ripley
- #10I Am The One
J. Robert Spencer & Alice Ripley & Aaron Tveit
- #11Superboy and the Invisible Girl
Jennifer Damiano & Alice Ripley & Aaron Tveit
- #12I’m Alive
Aaron Tveit
- #13Make Up Your Mind / Catch Me I’m Falling
Alice Ripley & Jennifer Damiano & J. Robert Spencer & Aaron Tveit & Louis Hobson
- #14I Dreamed a Dance
Alice Ripley & Aaron Tveit
- #15There’s A World
Aaron Tveit
- #16I’ve Been
J. Robert Spencer & Aaron Tveit
- #17Didn’t I See This Movie?
Alice Ripley & Louis Hobson
- #18A Light in the Dark
J. Robert Spencer & Alice Ripley
- #19Wish I Were Here
Alice Ripley & Jennifer Damiano
- #20Song of Forgetting
Jennifer Damiano & J. Robert Spencer & Alice Ripley
- #21Hey #1
Adam Chanler-Berat & Jennifer Damiano
- #22Seconds and Years
Alice Ripley & J. Robert Spencer & Louis Hobson
- #23Better Than Before
Louis Hobson & J. Robert Spencer & Jennifer Damiano & Alice Ripley
- #24Aftershocks
Aaron Tveit & Alice Ripley
- #25Hey #2
Original Broadway Cast of Next To Normal & Adam Chanler-Berat & Jennifer Damiano
- #26You Don’t Know (Reprise)
Louis Hobson & Alice Ripley
- #27How Could I Ever Forget?
J. Robert Spencer & Alice Ripley
- #28It’s Gonna Be Good (Reprise)
J. Robert Spencer & Jennifer Damiano & Alice Ripley
- #29Why Stay?/A Promise
J. Robert Spencer & Adam Chanler-Berat & Jennifer Damiano & Alice Ripley
- #30I’m Alive (Reprise)
Aaron Tveit
- #31The Break
Alice Ripley
- #32Make Up Your Mind / Catch Me I’m Falling (Reprise)
Louis Hobson & Aaron Tveit & Alice Ripley
- #33Maybe (Next To Normal)
Alice Ripley & Jennifer Damiano
- #34Hey #3 / Perfect For You (Reprise)
Jennifer Damiano & Adam Chanler-Berat
- #35So Anyway
Original Broadway Cast of Next To Normal & Alice Ripley
- #36I Am the One (Reprise)
J. Robert Spencer & Aaron Tveit
- #37Light
Aaron Tveit & Jennifer Damiano & J. Robert Spencer & Alice Ripley
He's Not Here by J. Robert Spencer
Release Date
Performed by
J. Robert SpencerProduced by
Tom Kitt & Joel Moss & David Stone & Kurt DeutschWrited by
Tom Kitt & Brian YorkeyAbout
This song deals with Dan’s horror that his wife is seeing their dead son and believes him to still be alive. He questions why she sees him, and reassures her that he is, in fact, dead.
It is the polar opposite in tone to “It’s Gonna Be Good,” as Dan realizes his wife isn’t actually fine when she pr...
He’s Not Here Lyrics
[DAN]
He's not here, he's not here
Love, I know you know
Do you feel he's still real?
Love, it's just not so
Why is it you still believe?
Do you dream, or do you grieve?
You've got to let him go
He's been dead 16 years
No, my love, he's not here
He’s Not Here Q&A
Who wrote He’s Not Here's ?
He’s Not Here was written by Tom Kitt & Brian Yorkey.
Who produced He’s Not Here's ?
He’s Not Here was produced by Tom Kitt & Joel Moss & David Stone & Kurt Deutsch.
When did J. Robert Spencer release He’s Not Here?
J. Robert Spencer released He’s Not Here on Tue May 12 2009.