Saturday, October 3, 2009

Lyrics: "Left Behind" from Spring Awakening

Melchior:
You fold his hands and smooth his tie,
you gently lift his chin.
Were you really so blind
and unkind to him?

Can't help the itch to touch, to kiss,
to hold him once again.
Now, to close his eyes,
never open them?

A Shadow passed, a shadow passed,
yearning, yearning
for the fool
it called a home.

All things he never did are left behind;
all the things his mama wished he'd bear in mind
and all his dad ever hoped he'd know.
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh.

The talks you never had, the Saturdays you never spent,
all the "grown up" places you never went;
and all of the crying you wouldn't understand,
you just let him cry: "Make a man out of him."

A shadow passed, a shadow passed,
yearning, yearning
for the fool
it called a home.

All things he ever wished are left behind;
All the things his mama did to make him mind
and how his dad had hoped he'd grow.

All things he ever lived are left behind;
all the fears that ever flickered through his mind;
all the sadness that he'd come to own.
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh.

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh.
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh.

A shadow passed, a shadow passed,
yearning, yearning
for the fool
it called a home.

And it whistles through the ghosts
still left behind
It whistles through the ghosts
still left behind

It whistles through the ghosts
still left behind.
Oh-oh.

***I posted this because every version i found on the internet was wrong in one way or another. I got this directly from the official songbook. I do not own any part of Spring Awakening, yada yada***

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