Defying Gravity
Wicked [Broadway 2004 October 19 Cast] Lyrics

I hope you're happy
I hope you're satisfied with what you've done

I hope you're happy now
I hope you're happy with the consequences of your actions

I hope you're happy how you've hurt your cause forever
I hope you're happy with the damage you've done to your own movement

I hope you think you're clever
I hope you're proud of yourself for what you've done

I hope you're happy too
I hope you're satisfied with your own success

I hope you're proud how you would grovel in submission
I hope you're satisfied with how you sucked up to those in power

To feed your own ambition
To satisfy your own selfish goals

So though I can't imagine how
Despite not knowing how you feel

I hope you're happy right now
I hope you're happy in the present moment

I know
I understand

But I don't want it
But I don't desire it

No!
Absolutely not!

I can't want it anymore...
I no longer have any desire for it

Something has changed within me
I am a different person now

Something is not the same
Something has shifted within me

I'm through with playing by the rules of someone else's game
I refuse to conform to others' expectations anymore

Too late for second-guessing
It's too late to doubt myself

Too late to go back to sleep
It's too late to go back to my old ways

It's time to trust my instincts, close my eyes, and leap...
It's time for me to take a risk and trust my intuition

I think I'll try defying gravity
I'm going to attempt to do the impossible

And you can't pull me down
And you won't be able to discourage me

Can't I make you understand
Can't you see things from my perspective

You're having delusions of grandeur?
You're being narcissistic

I'm through accepting limits 'cause someone says they're so
I won't let anyone else tell me what my limitations are

Some things I cannot change, but 'til I try, I'll never know
I may not be able to change some things, but I won't know until I try

Too long I've been afraid of losing love I guess I've lost
I've been too afraid to lose someone's love and, in doing so, have lost it anyway

Well if that's love, it comes at much too high a cost
If love is this painful, it's not worth it

I'd sooner buy defying gravity
I'd rather take my chances with doing the impossible

Kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity
I'm taking off and pursuing my own dreams

And you can't pull me down!
Nothing can stop me now!

Unlimited, together we're unlimited
Together, we have infinite potential

Together we'll be the greatest team there's ever been
Together, we'll be unstoppable

Glinda, dreams the way we planned 'em
Glinda, our dreams are unfolding exactly as we envisioned them

If we work in tandem
If we work together in harmony

There's no fight we cannot win
Together, there is no obstacle too great

Just you and I, defying gravity
The two of us taking on the impossible together

They'll never bring us down!
We'll never let anyone discourage us!

Look at her, she's wicked
She's an outcast

Bring me down!
I dare you to try!

No one mourns the wicked
No one cares about the outcasts and rebels

So we've got to bring her...
We must bring her down

...down!
We must tear her dreams apart!