They are the youngest winners of the Jonathon Larson award, an award named after Jonathon Larson, the writer of RENT. They were just listed as part of the "50 To Watch" upcoming playwrights and composers by The Dramatist Magazine. Pasek and Paul are writers for the Disney Channel television series JOHNNY AND THE SPRITES and contributed music to Off-Broadway's upcoming WHITE NOISE [A CAUTIONARY MUSICAL] which won Talkin' Broadway's 2006 Summer Theatre Festival Citation for Outstanding Original Score. They are also working on several original musicals which can be found on their website.
http://www.pasekandpaul.com/
The Other Side
Pasek and Paul Lyrics
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If something's going on, girl, you'd already know
We can't even say two words without a fight anymore
How did we get here? Baby, I gotta know
On the other side of love
You tell me you hate me and I hate you more
On the other side of love
Hey, baby girl, longevity
Is a thing what you get with love
Trust and good livity
So listen me and just believe
And we make you stop from gwan like we are enemy
'Cause most definite
Without you in my life, my girl, it would be desperate
Cah me cyaan' me forget all the times when you had my back
Gyal, you give me many strength, hundred percent
So I represent when you represent
I'm the president, you ah my first lady
Girl, you Heaven sent, have me first baby
I told you girl when you first met me
It's a crazy world, nothing come free
Baby, you don't have to keep looking through my phone
If something's going on, girl, you'd already know
We can't even say two words without a fight anymore
How did we get here? Baby, I gotta know (see it deh)
On the other side of love
You tell me you hate me and I hate you more
On the other side of love
How did we get here? Baby, I gotta know (real talk)
Girl, I 'member when you first gave it up
And we began to first live it up
I steer it up, I gave it up
We came to love with no fear, enuh
But now you ain't seeing it clear enough
Yeah, you look in my phone and tearing up
And tell me you wan' me fi swear, enuh
Me ah tell you what we share is us
I told you girl when you first met me
It's a crazy world, nothing come free
Baby, you don't have to keep looking through my phone
If something's going on, girl, you'd already know
We can't even say two words without a fight anymore
How did we get here? Baby, I gotta know (see it deh)
On the other side of love
You tell me you hate me and I hate you more
On the other side of love
How did we get here? Baby, I gotta know (girl)
Oh, whoa, oh, whoa (ay)
Oh, whoa, oh, whoa (see it deh, ch'yeah)
Oh, whoa, oh, whoa (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Oh, whoa, oh, whoa (come on, hey, hye, hey, hey, hey, hey)
Baby, you don't have to keep looking through my phone
If something's going on, girl, you'd already know
The lyrics of "The Other Side" by Pasek and Paul tell the story of a troubled relationship where trust and communication have broken down. The singer addresses their partner, expressing frustration and confusion about the current state of their relationship. They question how they reached this point and seek answers from their partner.
The song explores the theme of love and its complexities. Despite the challenges they face, the singer acknowledges the presence of love on the other side. This love is accompanied by intense emotions, as they admit to hating each other more in this tumultuous relationship.
The second verse introduces a perspective from the partner's point of view. They reflect on the early days of the relationship, emphasizing the initial love and harmony they shared. However, the partner now struggles to see that same clarity, resorting to jealousy and mistrust.
Overall, "The Other Side" captures the desperation and longing for understanding in a deteriorating relationship. It highlights the importance of communication, trust, and overcoming obstacles to maintain a healthy and fulfilling connection.
Line by Line Meaning
Baby, you don't have to keep looking through my phone
Darling, there's no need for you to constantly invade my privacy by checking my phone
If something's going on, girl, you'd already know
If there were any issues or secrets, my love, you would have already been aware of them
We can't even say two words without a fight anymore
We can't even have a simple conversation without it escalating into an argument anymore
How did we get here? Baby, I gotta know
I'm deeply bewildered about how our relationship has deteriorated to this point, my dear. I need to understand
On the other side of love
In the opposite realm of love
You tell me you hate me and I hate you more
You express your intense dislike for me, and in return, my dislike for you grows even stronger
How did we get here? Baby, I gotta know
Please enlighten me, my love, how did our relationship reach this low point? I yearn for understanding
Hey, baby girl, longevity
Hello, my darling, the ability to endure over time
Is a thing what you get with love
Is one of the benefits that love brings
Trust and good livity
Having trust and a positive lifestyle
So listen me and just believe
Therefore, pay attention to me and have faith in what I say
And we make you stop from gwan like we are enemy
Together, we can put an end to the behavior of acting as if we are enemies
'Cause most definite
Undeniably true
Without you in my life, my girl, it would be desperate
My life would be filled with despair if you were not a part of it, my dear
Cah me cyaan' me forget all the times when you had my back
Because I cannot forget all the moments when you supported me
Gyal, you give me many strength, hundred percent
Woman, you provide me with great strength, completely
So I represent when you represent
Therefore, I support and stand by you just as you do for me
I'm the president, you ah my first lady
I consider myself the leader, and you are my cherished partner
Girl, you Heaven sent, have me first baby
My darling, you are a gift from heaven, the mother of my first child
I told you girl when you first met me
I informed you, my love, when we initially encountered each other
It's a crazy world, nothing come free
This world is unpredictable, my dear, and nothing comes without a cost
Girl, I 'member when you first gave it up
Darling, I vividly recall when you first surrendered yourself to me
And we began to first live it up
And that's when we first started to experience life to the fullest
I steer it up, I gave it up
I ignited the passion, and I also surrendered myself
We came to love with no fear, enuh
We embraced love without any reservations, you know
But now you ain't seeing it clear enough
But now, my love, you are failing to perceive it with enough clarity
Yeah, you look in my phone and tearing up
Yes, you gaze into my phone and become emotional
And tell me you wan' me fi swear, enuh
And insist that I should swear my loyalty, you know
Me ah tell you what we share is us
I'm reminding you that what we share is our deep connection
Oh, whoa, oh, whoa (ay)
Expressing surprise or shock
Oh, whoa, oh, whoa (see it deh, ch'yeah)
Expressing astonishment or realization
Oh, whoa, oh, whoa (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Conveying excitement or intensity
Oh, whoa, oh, whoa (come on, hey, hye, hey, hey, hey, hey)
Inviting participation or urging someone on
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Niles Hollowell-Dhar, Sean Paul Henriques, Benjamin Levin
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@LemonCube7
Right here, right now
I put the offer out
I don't want to chase you down
I know you see it
You run with me
And I can cut you free
Out of the drudgery and walls you keep in
So trade that typical for something colorful
And if it's crazy, live a little crazy
You can play it sensible, a king of conventional
Or you can risk it all and see
Don't you wanna get away from the same old part you gotta play
'Cause I got what you need, so come with me and take the ride
It'll take you to the other side
'Cause you can do like you do
Or you can do like me
Stay in the cage, or you'll finally take the key
Oh, damn! Suddenly you're free to fly
It'll take you to the other side
Okay, my friend, you want to cut me in
Well I hate to tell you, but it just won't happen
So thanks, but no
I think I'm good to go
'Cause I quite enjoy the life you say I'm trapped in
Now I admire you, and that whole show you do
You're onto something, really it's something
But I live among the swells, and we don't pick up peanut shells
I'll have to leave that up to you
Don't you know that I'm okay with this uptown part I get to play
'Cause I got what I need and I don't want to take the ride
I don't need to see the other side
So go and do like you do
I'm good to do like me
Ain't in a cage, so I don't need to take the key
Oh, damn! Can't you see I'm doing fine
I don't need to see the other side
Now is this really how you like to spend your days?
Whiskey and misery, and parties and plays
If I were mixed up with you, I'd be the talk of the town
Disgraced and disowned, another one of the clowns
But you would finally live a little, finally laugh a little
Just let me give you the freedom to dream
And it'll wake you up and cure your aching
Take your walls and start 'em breaking
Now that's a deal that seems worth taking
But I guess I'll leave that up to you
Well it's intriguing, but to go would cost me greatly
So what percentage of the show would I be taking?
Fair enough, you'd want a piece of all the action
I'd give you seven, we could shake and make it happen
I wasn't born this morning, eighteen would be just fine
Why not just go ahead and ask for nickels on the dime
Fifteen
I'd do eight
Twelve
Maybe nine
Ten
Don't you wanna get away to a whole new part you're gonna play
'Cause I got what you need, so come with me and take the ride
To the other side
So if you do like I do
So if you do like me
Forget the cage, 'cause we know how to make the key
Oh, damn! Suddenly we're free to fly
We're going to the other side
So if you do like I do
(To the other side)
So if you do like me
(We're going to the other side)
'Cause if we do we're going to the other side
We're going to the other side
@gooberonsight
The song in a nutshell
"Work with me"
"No I'm fine
"Really? No your not"
"Offer."
Later
"Alright 10"
𝗦𝗨𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗟𝗬 𝗪𝗘 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗙*𝗖𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗨𝗣
@user-rd5lc3em6e
Right here, right now,
I put the offer out.
I don't wanna chase you down,
But I know you see it.
You run with me
And I can cut you free
Out of the treachery
And the walls you keep in.
So trade that typical
For something colourful,
And if it's crazy
Live a little crazy.
You can play it sensible,
A king of conventional.
Or you can risk it all
And see.
Don't you wanna get away
From the strainful part you gotta play,
Cause I got what you need
So come with me and take the ride.
It'll take you to the other side.
Cause you can do like you do,
Or you can do like me.
Stay in the cage,
Or you finally take the key.
Oh, damn,
Suddenly you're free to fly.
It'll take you to the other side.
[Zac Efron]:
Okay, my friend you wanna cut me in,
But I hate to tell you but
It just won't happen.
So thanks, but no.
I think I'm good to go,
Cause I quite enjoy the life
You say I'm trapped in.
Now I admire you,
And that'll show you do.
You're onto something,
Really it's something.
But I live among the swells,
And we don't pick up peanut shells.
I'll have to leave that up to you.
Don't you know that I'm okay
With this uptown part I get to play,
Cause I got what I need
And I don't wanna take the ride
And I don't need to see the other side.
So go and do like you do,
I'm good to do like me.
Ain't in a cage
So I don't need to take the key.
Oh, damn,
Can't you see I'm doing fine.
I don't need to see the other side.
[Hugh]:
Now is this really how you'd like to spend your days;
Whiskey,
Misery,
And parties and plays.
[Zac]:
If I were mixed up with you
I'd be the talk of the town,
Disgraced and disowned,
Another one of the clowns.
[Hugh]:
But you would finally live a little,
Finally laugh a little.
Just let me give you the freedom
To dream and it'll
Wake you up,
And cure you're aching.
Take your walls
And start unbreaking.
Now that's a deal
That seems worth taking.
But I guess I'll leave that up to you.
[Zac]:
Well, it's intriguing,
But to go would cost me greatly.
So what percentage of
The show would I be taking.
[Hugh]:
Well, fair enough,
You'd want a piece of all the action.
I'd give you 7,
We can shake and make it happen.
[Zac]:
I wasn't born this morning,
18 would be just fine.
[Hugh]:
Why not just go ahead and ask
For nickels on the dime.
[Zac]:
15.
[Hugh]:
I do 8.
[Zac]:
12.
[Hugh]:
Maybe 9.
[Zac]:
10.
[Both]:
Don't you wanna get away
To a whole new part you're gonna play,
Cause I got what you need
So come with me and take the ride,
To the other side.
[Hugh]:
So if you do like I do.
[Zac]:
So if you do like me.
[Both]:
Forget the cage
Cause we know how to make the key.
Oh, damn,
Suddenly we're free to fly,
We're going to the other side.
(So if you do like I do)
To the other side.
(So if you do like me)
Going to the other side.
Cause if you do we're going
To the other side.
We're going to the other side.
@Zapper-Zac
I never thought I'd hear a superhero and a high school student sing in the same room
Terrible joke
I'll let myself out
Edit: OK OK AFTER 2 YEARS I LET MYSELF BACK IN! Didn't expect this to be funny at the time, but thanks for telling me otherwise, I may not know the 10k people that liked the comment and the over 100 people that replied, but it means alot
@annmarie8483
[Verse 1: Hugh Jackman]
Right here, right now
I put the offer out
I don't want to chase you down
I know you see it
You run, with me
And I can cut you free
Out of the treachery and walls you keep in
So trade that typical, for something colorful
And if it's crazy, live a little crazy
You can play it sensible, a king of conventional
Or you can risk it all and see
[Chorus: Hugh Jackman]
Don't you wanna get away from the same old part you gotta play
'Cause I got what you need
So come with me and take the ride
It'll take you to the other side
'Cause you can do like you do
Or you can do like me
Stay in the cage, or you'll finally take the key
Oh, damn! Suddenly you're free to fly
It'll take you to the other side
[Verse 2: Zac Efron]
Okay, my friend, you want to cut me in
Well I hate to tell you, but it just won't happen
So thanks, but no
I think I'm good to go
'Cause I quite enjoy the life, you say I'm trapped in
Now I admire you, and that whole show you do
You're onto something, really it's something
But I live among the smells and we don't pick up peanut shells
I'll have to leave that up to you
[Chorus: Zac Efron]
Don't you know that I'm okay with this uptown part I get to play
'Cause I got what I need and I don't want to take the ride
I don't need to see the other side
So go and do like you do
I'm good to do like me
Ain't in a cage, so I don't need to take the key
Oh, damn! Can't you see I'm doing fine
I don't need to see the other side
[Verse (?): Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron]
Is this really how you like to spend your days
Whiskey, misery, and parties you play
[Zac]
If I were mixed up with you, I'd be the talk of the town
Disgraced and disowned, another one of the clowns
[Hugh]
But you would finally live a little, finally laugh a little
Just let me give you the freedom to dream a little
Wake you up and cure your aching
Take your walls and start unbreaking [?]
Now that's a deal, that seems worth taking
But I guess I'll leave that up to you
[Zac]
Well it's intriguing, but to go would cost me greatly
So what percentage of the show would I be taking
[Hugh]
Fair enough, you'd want a piece of all the action
I'd give you seven, we could shake and make it happen
[Zac]
I wasn't born this morning, eighteen would be just fine
[Hugh]
Why not just go ahead and ask for nickels on the dime
[Zac]
Fifteen
[Hugh]
I'd do eight
[Zac]
Twelve
[Hugh]
Maybe nine
[Zac]
Ten
[Chorus: Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron]
Don't you wanna get away to a whole new part you're gonna play
'Cause I got what you need, so come with me and take the ride
To the other side
So if you do like I do
So if you do like me
Forget the cage, 'cause we know how to make the key
Oh, damn! Suddenly we're free to fly
We're going to the other side
So if you do like I do
(To the other side)
So if you do like me
(We're going to the other side)
'Cause [?] we're going to the other side
We're going to the other side
@arixuan439
Four corrections :)
[Verse 2: Zac Efron]
It's actually "But I live among the swells". "Swell" is old slang for upper class folks.
[Verse (?): Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron]
It's "Now is this really how you'd like to spend your days?
Whiskey and misery, and parties and plays"
It's "Just let me give you the freedom to dream and it'll / Wake you up [...]"
(And I think it might be "Take your walls and start 'em breaking"? but I can't tell for sure so meh)
[Chorus: Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron]
"'Cause [?] we're going to the other side" The words in place of [?] is "if we do"
@vanelloppehibiki6791
Verse 1: P.T. Barnum]
Right here, right now
I put the offer out
I don't want to chase you down
I know you see it
You run with me
And I can cut you free
Out of the drudgery and walls you keep in
So trade that typical for something colorful
And if it's crazy, live a little crazy
You can play it sensible, a king of conventional
Or you can risk it all and see
[Chorus: P.T. Barnum]
Don't you wanna get away from the same old part you gotta play
'Cause I got what you need
So come with me and take the ride
It'll take you to the other side
'Cause you can do like you do
Or you can do like me
Stay in the cage, or you'll finally take the key
Oh, damn! Suddenly you're free to fly
It'll take you to the other side
[Verse 2: Phillip Carlyle]
Okay, my friend, you want to cut me in
Well I hate to tell you, but it just won't happen
So thanks, but no
I think I'm good to go
'Cause I quite enjoy the life you say I'm trapped in
Now I admire you, and that whole show you do
You're onto something, really it's something
But I live among the swells, and we don't pick up peanut shells
I'll have to leave that up to you
[Chorus: Phillip Carlyle]
Don't you know that I'm okay with this uptown part I get to play
'Cause I got what I need and I don't want to take the ride
I don't need to see the other side
So go and do like you do
I'm good to do like me
Ain't in a cage, so I don't need to take the key
Oh, damn! Can't you see I'm doing fine
I don't need to see the other side
[Verse 3: P.T. Barnum]
Now is this really how you like to spend your days?
Whiskey and misery, and parties and plays
[Phillip Carlyle]
If I were mixed up with you, I'd be the talk of the town
Disgraced and disowned, another one of the clowns
[P.T. Barnum]
But you would finally live a little, finally laugh a little
Just let me give you the freedom to dream and it'll
Wake you up and cure your aching
Take your walls and start 'em breaking
Now that's a deal that seems worth taking
But I guess I'll leave that up to you
[Bridge: Phillip Carlyle]
Well it's intriguing, but to go would cost me greatly
So what percentage of the show would I be taking?
[P.T. Barnum]
Fair enough, you'd want a piece of all the action
I'd give you seven, we could shake and make it happen
[Phillip Carlyle]
I wasn't born this morning, eighteen would be just fine
[P.T. Barnum]
Why not just go ahead and ask for nickels on the dime
[Phillip Carlyle]
Fifteen
[P.T. Barnum]
I'd do eight
[Phillip Carlyle]
Twelve
[P.T. Barnum]
Maybe nine
[Phillip Carlyle]
Ten
[Chorus: Both]
Don't you wanna get away to a whole new part you're gonna play
'Cause I got what you need, so come with me and take the ride
To the other side
So if you do like I do
So if you do like me
Forget the cage, 'cause we know how to make the key
Oh, damn! Suddenly we're free to fly
We're going to the other side
So if you do like I do
(To the other side)
So if you do like me
(We're going to the other side)
'Cause if we do we're going to the other side
We're going to the other side
source : https://genius.com/Hugh-jackman-the-other-side-lyrics
@happytimeswithtim793
Disney: OY NO SWEARING
Hugh Jackman: oH dAmN
@desaster903
So I guess nobody else considers “Damn” to not be cursing...
@Mysterious_Ace
It'd be funnier with swear words lmao
@Zaprai721
dID yOU JusT SWeAr oN my ChRiStiAN MiNEcraFT SErvEr?
@Mysterious_Ace
@@Zaprai721 AWE HECK XD THEY IN TROUBLE
@hamclamcamp
@@Mysterious_Ace EXCUSE ME! DID YOU JUST CURSE ON MY CHRISTIAN MINECRAFT ROBLOX SERVER!?
@adannaya3117
Philip: We don't pick up peanut shells
Also Philip: picks up peanut shells
@Aristoverse
lol XD
@lilirucachief8949
xD
@risonpasaribu1238
lol