2009 Broadway Next to Normal the Musical - Aftershocks Lyrics
GABE They've managed to get rid of me, returned me to the grave ECT, electric chair, we shock who we can't save They've cleared you of my memory and many more as well You may have wanted some of them but who can ever tell Your brainwaves are more regular, the chemistry more pure The headaches and the nausea will pass and you'll endure You son is gone forever though, of that the doctor's sure The memories will wane, the aftershocks remain You wonder which is worse, the symptom or the cure
DAN (spoken) Diana, honey, you've been at this for days.
DIANA (spoken) There's something missing Dan. It's like its tugging at me. I can almost see it.
DAN (spoken) Come to bed. If the memories and meant to come back, they will.
HENRY (spoken) Oh, sorry Ms. Goodman. I just need to talk to Natalie about some homework. I know it's late and she's not answering her is everything alright?
DIANA (spoken) Henry
HENRY (spoken) Yes?
DIANA (spoken) You remind me of someone. How old are you?
HENRY (spoken) Seventeen. Why?
DIANA (spoken) I don't know. Natalie's in her room.
GABE They've managed to get rid of me. I'm gone without a trace But sear the soul and leave scar no treatment can erase They've cut away the cancer but forgot to fill the hole They moved me from your memory, I'm still there in your soul Your life goes back to normal now, or so they all believe Your heart is in your chest again, not hanging from your sleeve They've driven out the demons and they've earned you this reprieve The memories are gone. The aftershocks live on But with nothing to remember, is there nothing left to grieve?
DIANA With nothing to remember
HENRY Hey
NATALIE Hey
HENRY So tomorrow's the dance It's annoying I know But let's go
NATALIE Not a chance
HENRY Let me know you again
NATALIE Not right now
HENRY Ok when? Say wait and I'll wait
NATALIE It's already too late
HENRY There's no way it's too late
NATALIE Hey, hey
HENRY There's no way, I'll stay by your side
NATALIE Henry listen, just shut up and listen.
HENRY Why do I get denied?
NATALIE You remind me of me, and how fucked up I can be.
HENRY Ok, hey, let's start over clean slate I'll come by here at 8 If you show Then we'll go If you don't, well we'll see
NATALIE You just don't give up
HENRY So don't give up on me
NATALIE Goodbye Henry
DIANA It's been four weeks since the treatment And my mind is still a mess And what's left to be remembered Well it's anybody's guess Cause my past is like the weather It will come and it will go I don't know, even know What it is that I don't know I'm some Christopher Columbus Sailing out into my mind With no map of where I'm going Or of what I've left behind
I don't the things I don't know I'm sure something's missing I wish it would show I don't know, you say take it slow I do, but how I do, I don't know
DR. MADDEN Are you talking with your husband?
DIANA Well he hasn't much to say
DR. MADDEN Is helping you remember?
DIANA I remember that's his way
DR. MADDEN Does the puzzle come together Piece my piece and row by row?
DIANA I don't know, I don't know Where the fucking pieces go Cause I don't how this started So I won't know when it's done
DR. MADDEN Have you talked of your depression Your delusions and your son?
DIANA (spoken) My what?
DR. MADDEN (spoken) I think you and your husband should talk more.
DIANA (spoken) We should talk more? That's it? I don't even remember marrying this man, It's not like I'm not some sexually frustrated soccer mom.
DR. MADDEN (spoken) Interestingly, the underlying challenges are similar. I'll see you next time.
DIANA (spoken) But
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SYNOPSIS Prelude Just Another Day Everything Else Who's Crazy/My Psychopharmacologist and I Perfect for You I Miss the Mountains It's Gonna Be Good He's Not Here You Don't Know I Am the One Superboy and the Invisible Girl I'm Alive Catch Me I'm Falling I Dreamed a Dance There's a World I've Been Didn't I See This Movie? A Light in the Dark Wish I Were Here Song of Forgetting Hey №1 Seconds and Years Better Than Before Aftershocks Hey № 2 You Don't Know (Reprise) How Could I Ever Forget? It's Gonna Be Good (Reprise) Why Stay? I'm Alive (Reprise) The Break Catch Me I'm Falling (Reprise) Maybe (Next to Normal) Hey № 3 / Perfect for You (Reprise) So Anyway I Am The One (Reprise) Light
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