Rachel Bay Jones & Jennifer Laura Thompson
Ben Platt & Original Broadway Cast of Dear Evan Hansen
Ben Platt
Mike Faist, Ben Platt & Will Roland
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
Michael Park & Ben Platt
Laura Dreyfuss & Ben Platt
Rachel Bay Jones, Kristolyn Lloyd, Will Rolland & Ben Platt
Ben Platt
Rachel Bay Jones
Ben Platt & Original Broadway Cast of Dear Evan Hansen
Before this song occurs the Murphys are being demonized on social media and they are being blamed for Connor’s death. As a result of this, Evan decides he has to come clean with the Murphys about everything he did and about how he fabricated the friendship between himself and Connor. This demonstrat...
[EVAN]
I never meant to make it such a mess
I never thought that it would go this far
So I just stand here sorry
Searching for something to say
Something to say
Words fail, words fail
There's nothing I can say
I guess I thought I could be part of this
I never had this kind of thing before
I never had that perfect girl
Who somehow could see the good part of me
I never had the dad who stuck it out
No corny jokes or baseball gloves
No mom who just was there
'Cause mom was all that she had to be
That's not a worthy explanation
I know there is none
Nothing can make sense of all these things I've done
Words fail, words fail
There's nothing I can say
Except sometimes, you see everything you wanted
And sometimes, you see everything you wish you had
And it's right there, right there, right there
In front of you
And you want to believe it's true
So you make it true
And you think maybe everybody wants it
And needs it a little bit too
This was just a sad invention
It wasn't real, I know
But we were happy
I guess I couldn't let that go
I guess I couldn't give that up
I guess I wanted to believe
'Cause if I just believe
Then I don't have to see what's really there
No, I'd rather pretend I'm something better than
These broken parts
Pretend I'm something other than
This mess that I am
'Cause then I don't have to look at it
And no one gets to look at it
No, no one can really see
'Cause 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
I never let them see the worst of me
'Cause what if everyone saw?
What if everyone knew?
Would they like what they saw?
Or would they hate it too?
Will I just keep on running away from what's true?
All I ever do is run
So how do I step in
Step into the sun?
Step into the sun
Words Fail was written by Justin Paul & Benj Pasek.
Words Fail was produced by Stacey Mindich.
Ben Platt released Words Fail on Fri Feb 03 2017.
Because Pasek and Paul are geniuses and Ben Platt is a god
[The] beginning verse used to be much longer with many more rhymes. While watching Ben perform it, the less Evan could spit out and articulate, the more impact it had on stage, so we cut a lot. It’s not a traditional song structure since so much of it was excised.
—Benj Pasek, Dear Evan Hansen: T...