Defying Gravity
Cheryl Wheeler Lyrics

Elphaba, why couldn't you have stayed calm, for once! Instead of flying off the handle!
You should have controlled yourself instead of getting angry and out of control.

I hope you're happy I hope you're happy now I hope you're happy how you've Hurt your cause forever I hope you think you're clever
You must be pleased with yourself because you have ruined your own cause for your own gain.

I hope you're happy I hope you're happy too I hope you're proud how you would Grovel in submission To feed your own ambition
You must also be happy with yourself because you grovel and submit to others to satisfy your own ambition.

So though I can't imagine how I hope you're happy Right now
I don't know what to think of you now, but I hope you are happy.

Elphie, listen to me. Just say you're sorry!
You can still side with the Wizard if you apologize!

You can still be with the Wizard What you've worked and waited for You can have all you ever wanted
You can still get everything you want if you go with the Wizard.

I know But I don't want it No! I can't want it anymore
I know, but I don't want to do that anymore. I can't.

Something has changed within me Something is not the same I'm through with playing by The rules of someone else's game Too late for second-guessing Too late to go back to sleep It's time to trust my instincts Close my eyes And leap
I am a different person now. I don't want to follow the rules I used to. I have to follow my instincts and take risks.

It's time to try defying gravity I think I'll try defying gravity And you can't pull me down
I will try to resist the force of gravity, and you can't stop me.

Can't I make you understand You're having delusions of grandeur?
Can't you see that you're becoming arrogant and overconfident?

I'm through accepting limits 'Cause someone says they're so Some things I cannot change But till 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
I'm done accepting others' limits for me. There are things outside my control, but I must take my chances rather than fear losing something that I may not even have.

I'd sooner buy defying gravity Kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity And you can't pull me down!
I'd rather buy the challenge of overcoming gravity. Goodbye! I will defy gravity!

Glinda, come with me. Think of what we could do together!
Glinda, come with me! Think of all the things we can accomplish together!

Unlimited Together we're unlimited Together we'll be the greatest team There's ever been, Glinda! Dreams the way we planned 'em
Together we are limitless! As we team up, we will be the best there has ever been! Everything will go as planned!

If we work in tandem There's no fight we cannot win Just you and I, defying gravity With you and I defying gravity They'll never bring us down!
We can win any fight together! You and I will defy gravity, and no one can stop us!

Well, are you coming?
Are you coming with me, or not?

I hope you're happy I hope your happy now that your choosing this
I hope you find happiness after you chose this.

You too I hope it brings you bliss I really hope you get it And you don't live to regret it I hope you're happy in the end I hope you're happy my friend
I hope you get all the happiness that you expect from this. I also hope that you won't regret your choice later, and in the end, I hope you're happy, my friend.

So if you care to find me Look to the Western sky! As someone told me lately Everyone deserves the chance to fly And if I'm flying solo At least I'm flying free To those who ground me Take a message back from me!
If you're looking for me, look to the sky in the west! Someone told me recently that everyone deserves a chance to fly! Even if I'm flying alone, at least I'm flying freely! Tell those who hold me back that message!

Tell them how I am defying gravity I'm flying high, defying gravity And soon I'll match them in renown And nobody in all of Oz No wizard that there is or was Is ever gonna bring me down!
Tell them that I'm defying gravity! I'm flying high and soon, just like them, I'll be recognized too! No one in Oz, no wizards past or present, can ever bring me down.

No one mourns the wicked So we got to bring her Down!
No one mourns the wicked, so we have to bring her down!