Defying Gravity
Elphaba - why couldn't you have stayed calm forOnce, instead of flying off the handle!I hope you're happy!I hope you're happy nowI hope you're happy how youHurt your cause foreverI hope you think you're clever!
I hope you're happyI hope you're happy, tooI hope you're proud how youWould grovel in submissionTo feed your own ambition
So though I can't imagine howI hope you're happy right now
Elphie, listen to me. Just say you're sorry:You can still be with the WizardWhat you've worked and waited forYou can have all you ever wanted:
I know:But I don't want it -No - I can't want itAnymore
Something has changed within meSomething is not the sameI'm through with playing by the rulesOf someone else's gameToo late for second-guessingToo late to go back to sleepIt's time to trust my instinctsClose my eyes: and leap!
It's time to tryDefying gravityI think I'll tryDefying gravityAnd you can't pull me down!
Can't I make you understand?You're having delusions of grandeur
I'm through accepting limits'cause someone says they're soSome things I cannot changeBut till I try, I'll never know!Too long I've been afraid ofLosing love I guess I've lostWell, if that's loveIt comes at much too high a cost!
I'd sooner buyDefying gravityKiss me goodbyeI'm defying gravityAnd you can't pull me down
Glinda - come with me. Think of what we could do: together.
UnlimitedTogether we're unlimitedTogether we'll be the greatest teamThere's ever beenGlinda -Dreams, the way we planned 'em
If we work in tandemThere's no fight we cannot winJust you and IDefying gravityWith you and IDefying gravity
They'll never bring us down!Well? Are you coming?
I hope you're happyNow that you're choosing this
You tooI hope it brings you bliss
I really hope you get itAnd you don't live to regret itI hope you're happy in the endI hope you're happy, my friend:
So if you care to find meLook to the western sky!As someone told me lately:"Ev'ryone deserves the chance to fly!"And if I'm flying soloAt least I'm flying freeTo those who'd ground meTake a message back from meTell them how I amDefying gravityI'm flying highDefying gravityAnd soon I'll match them in renownAnd nobody in all of OzNo Wizard that there is or wasIs ever gonna bring me down!
I hope you're happy!
(Look at her, she's wicked!Get her!)
Bring me down!
(No one mourns the wickedSo we've got to bring her)
Ahhh!
(Down!)