Breaking my back just to know your name
Fiyero was new to Shiz.
And between the crazed antlers,
The boys dumping each other in the canal,
And the strange, entrancing green girl, he was very lost.
Seventeen tracks and I've had it with this game
Galinda was made for Shiz.
Between the rich students,
The bustling city's architecture,
And the strange, entrancing green girl, she was right at home.
I'm breaking my back just to know your name
Elphaba couldn't say she fit anywhere, nor could she describe Shiz,
Even if she tried.
But heaven ain't close in a place like this
And all three of them settled in well enough.
Anything goes but don't blink you might miss
Elphaba was busy with her big, important rebellion.
So she dragged Glinda away.
And Fiyero, in all his innocence, went to the Philosophy club.
So much for the little circle of friends.
Cause heaven ain't close in a place like this
Clandestine study of knowledge?
Fiyero didn't understand that.
But it all made him think of Elphaba.
I said heaven ain't close in a place like this
Though, Glinda and Elphaba might've studied a bit of clandestine knowledge.
And they didn't think of anyone but themselves.
Bring it back down,
bring it back down tonight
It would be a while until they'd
all meet again.
Never thought I'd
let a rumor ruin my moonlight
Well somebody told me
Glinda wasn't a complete moron.
When she met Fiyero buying scarves, she knew something was going on.
But who could Fiyero love?
You had a boyfriend
What about Elphaba? No, she'd never… never…
Who looks like a girlfriend
Elphaba was in love with Glinda, not some scummy man from Winkie-land.
That I had in February of last year
Glinda knew she was being a hypocrite. After all, she was married.
It's not confidential
Still, nobody had known about her and Elphie.
And maybe Elphie had been lying all along.
She couldn't bear to think of it.
I've got potential
Ready? Let's roll onto something new
Elphaba couldn't help thinking about Glinda, even when she was with Fiyero.
She'd heard that her old lover was married now.
And, against her will, she felt betrayed.
Taking its toll and I'm leaving without you
Eventually, she left Fiyero.
And when he was gone, when she learned he had died, she missed him.
Ready? Let's roll onto something new
She was never able to figure out who she loved.
But heaven ain't close in a place like this
She didn't even know if she could love. She always claimed she had no soul.
Anything goes but
don't blink you might miss.
'Cause heaven ain't close in a place like this
Fiyero had always wondered about Elphaba and Glinda.
They'd been so close back at Shiz.
Glinda had been crushed when she came back without Elphie.
I said heaven ain't close in a place like this
But Elphaba must've been in love with him.
Bring it back down, bring it back down tonight
Then again, Fiyero couldn't remember a time when
Elphaba had said 'I love you.'
Never thought I'd
let a rumor ruin my moonlight
And, though Fiyero didn't
know it,
Glinda had never heard those words, either.
Well somebody told
me
Elphaba was alone, in Kiamo Ko. Nobody had given her
forgiveness.
You had a
boyfriend
She lost Fiyero to the Gale Force.
Who looks like a
girlfriend
She lost Glinda to the World.
That I had in February of last year
There was a rumor that the two of them had been together.
It's not confidential
It probably would have been better that way.
I've got potential
A rushin', a rushin'
around
Pace yourself from me
Glinda was alone. Completely alone.
I said maybe baby
please
She'd shout in the night for Elphaba to come home.
But I just don't know now
She didn't understand love.
She didn't understand Elphaba.
She refused to believe that she'd been with Fiyero,
But she couldn't deny the truth.
Somebody told me
She sank to the floor,
Wondering how she could have lost every friend she'd ever had.
She couldn't hold onto anything worth keeping.
You had a boyfriend
Elphaba had gone behind her back and had an affair with Fiyero.
Who looks like a girlfriend
Fiyero, who had been married since childhood.
That I had in February of last year
And why, why did she feel betrayed,
It's not confidential
After all, she was
married. And yet she felt Elphaba was cheating.
I've got
potential
She wished things could
be like they used to be.
A rushin', a rushin' around.
Somebody told me
Elphaba had never been able to love, and yet everyone loved her.
That you had a boyfriend
Fiyero had died for his unflagging love for the green girl.
Who looked like the girlfriend
And Glinda was left alone and confused, though, supposedly,
That I had in February of last year
She was the luckiest of all of them.
It's not confidential
Elphaba had never been able to love, and everyone knew her name.
I've got potential,
Fiyero was a nobody, even though he was a prince.
A rushin', a rushin' around.
Everyone knew Glinda. She wished they'd let her be alone.