Original Broadway Cast of Next To Normal
Alice Ripley & Aaron Tveit & J. Robert Spencer & Jennifer Damiano & Louis Hobson & Adam Chanler-Berat
Jennifer Damiano
J. Robert Spencer & Louis Hobson & Alice Ripley & Jennifer Damiano & Aaron Tveit & Adam Chanler-Berat
Jennifer Damiano & Adam Chanler-Berat
Alice Ripley
Alice Ripley & Aaron Tveit & Adam Chanler-Berat & Jennifer Damiano & J. Robert Spencer
J. Robert Spencer
Alice Ripley
J. Robert Spencer & Alice Ripley & Aaron Tveit
Jennifer Damiano & Alice Ripley & Aaron Tveit
Aaron Tveit
Alice Ripley & Jennifer Damiano & J. Robert Spencer & Aaron Tveit & Louis Hobson
Alice Ripley & Aaron Tveit
Aaron Tveit
J. Robert Spencer & Aaron Tveit
Alice Ripley & Louis Hobson
J. Robert Spencer & Alice Ripley
Alice Ripley & Jennifer Damiano
Jennifer Damiano & J. Robert Spencer & Alice Ripley
Adam Chanler-Berat & Jennifer Damiano
Alice Ripley & J. Robert Spencer & Louis Hobson
Louis Hobson & J. Robert Spencer & Jennifer Damiano & Alice Ripley
Aaron Tveit & Alice Ripley
Original Broadway Cast of Next To Normal & Adam Chanler-Berat & Jennifer Damiano
Louis Hobson & Alice Ripley
J. Robert Spencer & Alice Ripley
J. Robert Spencer & Jennifer Damiano & Alice Ripley
J. Robert Spencer & Adam Chanler-Berat & Jennifer Damiano & Alice Ripley
Aaron Tveit
Alice Ripley
Louis Hobson & Aaron Tveit & Alice Ripley
Alice Ripley & Jennifer Damiano
Jennifer Damiano & Adam Chanler-Berat
Original Broadway Cast of Next To Normal & Alice Ripley
J. Robert Spencer & Aaron Tveit
Aaron Tveit & Jennifer Damiano & J. Robert Spencer & Alice Ripley
This song focuses on the helplessness Dan feels in response to Diana’s current situation. He makes the realization that Diana’s condition is like a black hole, but ultimately he decides he doesn’t care, as he “could never be alone.”
Following Diana’s failed suicide attempt, Doctor Madden suggests E...
[DAN]
Standing in this room
Well, I wonder what comes now
I know I have to help her
But hell if I know how
And all the times that I've been told
The way her illness goes
The truth of it is no one really knows
And every day this act we act
Gets more and more absurd
And all my fears just sit inside me
Screaming to be heard
I know they won't though
Not a single word
I was here at her side
When she called, when she cried
How could she leave me on my own?
Will it work, this cure?
There's no way to be sure
But I'm weary to the bone
And whenever she goes flying
I keep my feet right on the ground
Oh, now I need a lift
And there's no one around
Hey...
[GABE]
Hey...
[DAN & GABE]
Oh...
Oh...
[DAN]
And I've never had to face the world
Without her at my side
Now I'm strolling right beside her
As the black hole opens wide
Mine is just a slower suicide
I've been here for the show
Every high, every low
But it's the worst we've ever known
She's been hurt and how
But I can't give up now
'Cause I've never been alone
I could never be alone
I’ve Been was written by Tom Kitt & Brian Yorkey.
I’ve Been was produced by Joel Moss & Tom Kitt & David Stone & Kurt Deutsch.
J. Robert Spencer released I’ve Been on Tue May 12 2009.