Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Nobody Needs to Know -The Last Five Years

Ok, this one's for all you gentlemen out there who have requested it! In this number from The Last Five Years Jamie has just been unfaithful to his wife Cathy, and is sort of talking himself down as their marriage is falling apart. It's sad and full of emotion, which I unfortunately had to cut short because Smule has this silly rule about a song not being over 5 minutes. The song starts at 0.02 and ends with the lyrics "I promise, I won't lie to you." I know, I know...it stops just before the best part about how everyone bleeds! Regardless, I have provided all the lyrics below (marked where it stops), and I hope you check out the video of the magnificent Norbert Leo Butz as Jamie, below:
Here are the lyrics:

Hey, kid --good morning--
You look like an angel.
I don't remember  when we fell asleep.
We should get up, kid--
Cathy is waiting...

Look at us, lying here, 
Dreaming, pretending.
I made a promise and I took a vow.
I wrote a story, 
And we changed the ending--
Cathy, just look at me now!

Hold on, facts are facts--
Just relax, lay low.
All right, the panic recedes,
Nobody needs to know.

Put on my armor, 
I'm off to Ohio.
Back into battle til' I don't know when.
Swearing to her that I
Never was with you,
And praying I'll hold you again

Hold on, clip these wings--
Things get out of hand.
All right, it's over, it's done--
No one will understand.
No one will understand...

We build a treehouse,
I keep it from shaking--
Little more glue every time that it breaks.
Perfectly balanced,
And then I start making
Conscious, deliberate mistakes.

All that I ask for
Is one little corner--
One private room at the back of my heart.
Tell her I found one, 
She sends out battalions
To claim it and blow it apart

I grip and she grips, 
And faster, we're sliding.
Sliding and spilling, and what can I do?
Come back to bed, kid --
Take me inside you--
I promise I won't lie to you.

--[HERE, my track ends for time purposes, but the rest goes:]---

Hold on, don't cry yet,
I won't let you go.
All right --the panic recedes;
All right --everyone bleeds;
All right --I get what I need,
And nobody needs
To know,
Nobody needs to know.

And since I have to be in love with someone, 
Since I need to be in love with somone,
Maybe I could be in love with someone
Like you...


Here's Tony-Award winning badass, Norbert Leo Butz in this number:

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