Defying Gravity

Original Broadway Cast

Glinda:

"Elphaba - why couldn't you have stayed calm for once,

instead of flying off the handle!



I hope you're happy

I hope you're happy now

I hope you're happy how you

Hurt your cause forever

I hope you think you're clever"



Elphaba:

"I hope you're happy

I hope you're happy too

I hope you're proud how you

Would grovel in submission

To feed your own ambition"



Both:

"So though I can't imagine how

I hope you're happy right now..."



Glinda:

"Elphie, listen to me - just say you're sorry...



You can still be with the wizard

What you've worked and waited for

You can have all you ever wanted..."



Elphaba:

"I know...But I don't want it - NO - I can't want it

anymore...



Something has changed within me

Something is not the same

I'm through with playing by the rules

Of someone else's game

Too late for second-guessing

Too late to go back to sleep

It's time to trust my instincts

Close my eyes and leap



It's time to try

Defying gravity

I think I'll try

Defying gravity

And you can't pull me down..."



Glinda:

"Can't I make you understand, you're having delusions of grandeur...?"



Elphaba:

"I'm through accepting limits

'Cuz someone says they're so

Some things I cannot change

But 'till I try, I'll never know

Too long I've been afraid of

Losing love - I guess I've lost

Well, if that's love

It comes at much too high a cost



I'd sooner buy

Defying gravity

Kiss me goodbye

I'm defying gravity

And you can't pull me down...



Glinda, come with me. Think of what we could do - together.



Unlimited

Together we're unlimited

Together we'll be the greatest team

There's ever been,