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Ben Platt & Original Broadway Cast of Dear Evan Hansen
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Laura Dreyfuss, Michael Park & Jennifer Laura Thompson
Ben Platt & Laura Dreyfuss
Mike Faist, Ben Platt, Kristolyn Lloyd, Will Rolland, Jennifer Laura Thompson & Original Broadway Cast of Dear Evan Hansen
Ben Platt, Kristolyn Lloyd, Will Rolland, Laura Dreyfuss & Original Broadway Cast of Dear Evan Hansen
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Rachel Bay Jones
Ben Platt & Original Broadway Cast of Dear Evan Hansen
“Waving Through a Window” serves as the protagonist (Evan Hansen)’s power anthem. The song portrays Evan as a teenager who is always alone and demonstrates the effects society can bring onto people. He muses on his loneliness and wonders how long he is going to spend his life trapped inside the wind...
[EVAN]
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
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
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?
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
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
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?
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?
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)
Is anybody waving?
Waving, waving, whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh
Waving Through a Window was written by Justin Paul & Benj Pasek.
Waving Through a Window was produced by Stacey Mindich.
Ben Platt & Original Broadway Cast of Dear Evan Hansen released Waving Through a Window on Fri Feb 03 2017.
Yes, I’d say so. Although I’d recommend changing the key to fit your range.
The time signature doesn’t change. The whole song is in 4/4.