BROADWAY
* Evita (1979) — Che (Tony Award, 1980)
* Sunday in the Park with George (1984) — George (Tony Award Nominee, 1984)
* Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Dress Casual (1989)
* The Secret Garden (1991) — Archibald Craven
* Falsettos (1993) — Marvin (Replacement)
* Sunday in the Park with George (Tenth Anniversary Concert) (1994) — George
* Mandy Patinkin in Concert (1997)
* Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Mamaloshen (1998)
* The Wild Party (2000) — Burrs (Tony Award Nominee, 2000)
* Celebrating Sondheim
DISCOGRAPHY
* Evita (1978)
* Sunday in the Park with George (1984)
* Mandy Patinkin (1989)
* Dress Casual (1990)
* The Secret Garden (1991)
* Experiment (1994)
* Oscar & Steve (1995)
* Mamaloshen (1998)
* The Wild Party (2000)
* Kidults (2001)
* Mandy Patinkin sings Sondheim (2002)
Patinkin can also be heard in Adam Guettel's Myths and Hymns, the Placido Domingo-starring studio cast recording of Man of La Mancha (1996), the Leonard Bernstein compilation Leonard Bernstein's New York (1996), Madonna's album I'm Breathless (1990), the studio cast recording of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific (1986), and the concert version of Sondheim´s Follies in Follies in Concert (1985).
No More
Mandy Patinkin Lyrics
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No more tests
Comes the day you say, 'What for?'
Please no more
We disappoint, we disappear, we die, but we don't
They disappoint in turn, I fear
Forgive, though, they won't
No more riddles
No more jests
No more curses you can't undo, left by fathers you never knew
No more quests
No more feelings. Time to shut the door
Just No more
Running away, let's do it
Free from the ties that bind
No more despair, or burdens to bear
Out there in the yonder
Running away, go to it
Where did you have in mind?
Have to take care unless there's a 'where'
You'll only be wandering blind
Just more questions different kind
Where are we to go?
Where are we ever to go?
Running away, we'll do it
Why sit around, resigned?
Trouble is, son, the farther you run
The more you'll be wandering blind
For what you have left undone, and more
What you've left behind
We disappoint, we leave a mess, we die, but we don't
We disappoint in turn, I guess. Forget, though, we won't
Like father, like son
No more giants waging war
Can't we just pursue our lives, with our children and our wives
'Till that happy day arrives, how do you ignore
All the witches, all the curses
All the wolves, all the lies, the false hopes, the good-bye's
The reverses
All the wondering what even worse is still in store
All the children
All the giants
No more
Mandy Patinkin's song "No More" is about reaching a point in life where one has had enough of the challenges and questions that come with it. The song's opening lines ask for an end to questioning and testing, suggesting a sense of exhaustion and frustration. The following lines reflect on disappointment, disappearance, and mortality, suggesting that there comes a point where these experiences are simply accepted rather than feared. The singer calls for an end to the pursuit of meaning, the solving of riddles and the search for an unattainable sense of completeness.
Line by Line Meaning
No more questions, please
I don't want to ask anymore questions, I'm tired of trying to figure everything out
No more tests
I don't want to be tested anymore, I'm tired of being evaluated and judged
Comes the day you say, 'What for?'
Eventually, you'll wonder why you've been doing all these things, and there won't be a good answer
Please no more
I'm asking you to stop, to not make me do or think anymore
We disappoint, we disappear, we die, but we don't
We let people down, we fade away, we die, but we don't really disappear because we leave something behind
They disappoint in turn, I fear
Other people will let you down, too, and it makes me afraid
Forgive, though, they won't
Even though we want them to, they won't forgive us for our mistakes
No more riddles
I don't want to play games or be tricked anymore
No more jests
I don't want to joke around or be laughed at anymore
No more curses you can't undo, left by fathers you never knew
I don't want any more problems that I can't fix, especially ones caused by people I don't even know
No more quests
I don't want to go on any more journeys or pursue any more goals
No more feelings. Time to shut the door
I don't want to have any more emotions or feelings, it's time to close that chapter of my life
Running away, let's do it
Let's leave everything behind and start over somewhere else
Free from the ties that bind
We want to be rid of all the obligations and commitments that are holding us back
No more despair, or burdens to bear
We don't want to feel hopeless or carry any more heavy loads
Out there in the yonder
We don't know exactly where we're going, but we're going anyway
Running away, go to it
Let's make a run for it, let's escape
Where did you have in mind?
Where do you want to go, what's the plan?
Have to take care unless there's a 'where'
We need to be careful unless we have a specific destination in mind
You'll only be wandering blind
If you don't know where you're going, you'll just be lost
Just more questions different kind
It's not that there won't be any more questions, they'll just be different ones
Where are we to go?
Where should we head to next?
Where are we ever to go?
Will we ever figure out where we belong?
Why sit around, resigned?
Why should we just accept our current fate and not try to change things?
Trouble is, son, the farther you run
The problem is, the more you try to escape, the more problems you'll encounter
The more you'll be wandering blind
If you run too far, you'll lose track of where you came from and where you're headed
For what you have left undone, and more
There will always be things left unfinished no matter how far you run or how hard you try
What you've left behind
You can never truly leave everything behind, you'll always have some baggage
Like father, like son
Children often inherit traits or characteristics from their parents
No more giants waging war
I don't want to deal with any more huge problems or battles
Can't we just pursue our lives, with our children and our wives
Can't we just focus on our families and live a simple life?
'Till that happy day arrives, how do you ignore
Until things get better, how can we ignore all the bad things happening in the world?
All the witches, all the curses
All the bad things that can happen to us
All the wolves, all the lies, the false hopes, the good-bye's
All the things that can make us feel scared or alone
The reverses
All the things that can go wrong
All the wondering what even worse is still in store
All the uncertainty and anxiety about what might happen next
All the children
All the young people who will have to face these problems in the future
All the giants
All the huge issues and obstacles we'll have to overcome
No more
I've had enough, I can't take it anymore
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: STEPHEN SONDHEIM
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