Ben Platt & Dear Evan Hansen Choir
Ben Platt
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Kaitlyn Dever, Danny Pino & Amy Adams
Ben Platt & Kaitlyn Dever
Amandla Stenberg
Ben Platt, Amandla Stenberg, Liz Kate, Demarius Copes, Isaac Powell, Hadiya Eshé, Kaitlyn Dever & Dear Evan Hansen Choir
Kaitlyn Dever & Ben Platt
Ben Platt
Julianne Moore
Colton Ryan
Sam Smith & Summer Walker
SZA
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FINNEAS
Tori Kelly
The film’s opening number introduces us to Evan (Ben Platt) as he tries to complete an assignment from his psychotherapist to write a letter to himself.
[EVAN]
[Verse 1]
I've learned to slam on the brake
Before I even turn the key
Before I make the mistake
Before I lead with the worst of me
Give them no reason to stare
No slippin' up if you slip away
So I got nothing to share
No, I got nothing to say
[Pre-Chorus]
Step out, step out of the sun
If you keep getting burned
Step out, step out of the sun
Because you've learned, because you've learned
[Chorus]
On the outside, always looking in
Will I ever be more than I've always been?
'Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glass
I'm waving through a window
I try to speak, but nobody can hear
So I wait around for an answer to appear
While I'm watch, watch, watching people pass
I'm waving through a window, oh
Can anybody see, is anybody waving back at me?
[Verse 2]
We start with stars in our eyes
We start believing that we belong
But every sun doesn't rise
And no one tells you where you went wrong
[Pre-Chorus]
Step out, step out of the sun
If you keep getting burned
Step out, step out of the sun
Because you've learned, because you've learned
[Chorus]
On the outside, always looking in
Will I ever be more than I've always been?
'Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glass
Waving through a window
I try to speak, but nobody can hear
So I wait around for an answer to appear
While I'm watch, watch, watching people pass
Waving through a window, oh
Can anybody see, is anybody waving?
[Bridge]
When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around
Do you ever really crash, or even make a sound?
When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around
Do you ever really crash, or even make a sound?
When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around
Do you ever really crash, or even make a sound?
When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around
Do you ever really crash, or even make a sound?
Did I even make a sound?
Did I even make a sound?
It's like I never made a sound
Will I ever make a sound?
[Chorus]
On the outside, always looking in
Will I ever be more than I've always been?
'Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glass
Waving through a window, oh
I try to speak, but nobody can hear
So I wait around for an answer to appear
While I'm watch, watch, watching people pass
Waving through a window, oh
Can anybody see, is anybody waving back at me? (Ooh)
[Outro]
Is anybody waving?
Waving, waving, whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh
Waving Through a Window was written by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul.
Waving Through a Window was produced by Dan Romer.
Ben Platt & Dear Evan Hansen Choir released Waving Through a Window on Wed Aug 25 2021.