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Free and Weightless
Glinda: Elphaba, can’t you keep your calm for once instead of flying off the handle like that again?
Are you happy now?
Tell me, are you happy now?
You’ve asserted yourself
And decided against yourself
I hope you’re satisfied
Elphaba: Are you happy now?
And are you proud of yourself?
And do you think it’s worth it
To bow and to crawl
To reach your goals?
Both: Although I don’t exactly know why
I hope you’re happy now
Glinda: Elphie, just listen now, listen: you just have to apologize.
You can meet him again
As if nothing had happened
And your dream, you can have it
Elphaba: I know, but I don’t want it
No, I can never anymore
Because now everything’s different, something in me is awakening
I’m no longer abiding by the rules someone else makes for me
I’ve now decided that instead of dreaming I’ll live
I’ll close my eyes, let loose and float
And feel free, so free and weightless
Only true to myself and free and weightless
And no one will capture me
Glinda: Are you out of your mind?
That would be the end, not a beginning
Elphaba: No one will set boundaries for me, I won’t stick by them anymore
Even if not everything works out, I want to see for myself what I can do
For too long I’ve wanted to be loved, so I played their game
If that’s the price of love, it costs too much
Now I’m free, so free and weightless
It’s over and done with, I’m free and weightless
And no one will capture me
Come with me. Just think of what we could accomplish, together!
After dreams, come, fly with me after dreams
Together we are a super-team, we can flee
Glinda, beyond any boundary
Glinda: Because we complete each other
Both: There’s no power that can defeat us
Just the two of us, so free and weightless
Free together, so free and weightless
Elphaba: And no one will capture us
Are you coming?
Glinda: I hope you make it
And that this will make you happy
Elphaba: You too. I hope you’re happy too
Both: I hope you will never mourn
And you will never regret anything in the future
I’m venturing further into the world
Because your friendship sustains me
Elphaba: No! Leave her alone! She didn’t do anything!
I’m the one you want! I’m the one you want! Just me!
Look at me!
Look for me in the sky where night conquers day
As someone lately said, living means learning to fly
And even if I’m flying solo, I’ll choose my destination myself
You earth crawlers can’t conceive what I’m feeling
I’m flying away, I’m free and weightless
Only true to myself and free and weightless
And I belong to myself alone
After dreams, after dreams, after dreams
And nobody here in the land of Oz
However big their magic may be
Will reach me or capture me
Glinda: I hope you make it
Ozians: There she is, the witch! Catch her!
Elphaba: Will capture me
Ozians: No one mourns witches
So capture the witch
Capture her!
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altermetax on 2024-12-04
altermetax on 2024-12-04Subtitles created by altermetax on Wed, 15/01/2025 - 15:27
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German
Original lyrics
Frei und schwerelos [Defying Gravity]
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