Lines from musicals that are nice to hold on to right now.

I always have a song in my head and fairly often they're from musicals. These days, here's a few songs/lines from songs that are nice to get in your head:

Do You Hear The People Sing? -Les Mis

I love how the chorus builds from basically a whisper to something really beautiful and powerful by the end.

"Do you hear the people sing?

Singing a song of angry men?

It is the music of a people

Who will not be slaves again

When the beating of your heart

Echoes the beating of the drums

There is a life about to start

When tomorrow comes"

AND this line: "beyond the barricade, is there a world you long to see?" 

The Story of Tonight -Hamilton

"Raise a glass to freedom

Something they can never take away

No matter what they tell you

Raise a glass to the four of us

Tomorrow, there'll be more of us

Telling the story of tonight"

That "tomorrow there'll be more of us" gets me

You Can't Stop The Beat - Hairspray

It's just hopeful and catchy mostly, but encompasses the whole of the musical- we're moving on from bigotry and prejudice and where we're headed is joy and dancing.

"And you can try to stop my dancin' feet

But I just cannot stand still

'Cause the world keeps spinning

'Round and 'round

And my heart's keeping time

To the speed of sound

I was lost 'til I heard the drums

Then I found my way

'Cause you can't stop the beat"

Defying Gravity - Wicked

(because obvioussslyyy)

"I'm through accepting limits

'Cause someone says they're so

Some things I cannot change

But 'til I try, I'll never know

Too long I've been afraid of

Losing love, I guess I've lost

Well, if that's love, it comes at much too high a cost"

AND

"And if I'm flying solo

At least I'm flying free

To those who'd ground me

Take a message back from me'

Tell them how I am defying gravity

Show Yourself - Frozen 2

Listen, Frozen 2 was really good and there's some pretty lovely songs in there. 

This part with Elsa and her momma:

"Show yourself, step into your power

Grow yourself into something new

You are the one you've been waiting for

All of my life (All of your life)"

And also since I'm thinking of Frozen 2, The Next Right Thing is also a good one to sing:

"But a tiny voice whispers in my mind

'You are lost, hope is gone

But you must go on

And do the next right thing'"

AND THEN:

"I won't look too far ahead

It's too much for me to take

But break it down to this next breath

This next step

This next choice is one that I can make

So I'll walk through this night

Stumbling blindly toward the light

And do the next right thing

And with the dawn, what comes then

When it's clear that everything will never be the same again?

Then I'll make the choice

To hear that voice

And do the next right thing"

(so like basically the whole song)