Next To Normal I Am The One
DAN
Can you tell me what it is you’re afraid of?
Can you tell me why I’m afraid it’s me?
Can I touch you?
We’ve been fine for so long now
How could something go wrong that I can’t see?
‘Cause I’m holding on
And I won’t let go
I just thought you should know
I am the one who knows you
I am the one who cares
I am the one who’s always been there
I am the one who’s helped you
And if you think that I just don’t give a damn
You just know who I am
Could you leave me?
GABE
Hey Dad, it’s me
DAN
Could you let me go under?
GABE
Why can’t you see?
DAN
Would you watch as I drown
BOTH
And wonder why
DAN
Are you bleeding?
GABE
Are you waiting, are you wishing, are you wanting all that she can’t give?
DAN
Are you bruised, are you broken?
GABE
Are you hurting, are you healing, are you hoping for a life to live?
DAN
Does it help you to know
BOTH
Well so am I
DAN
Tell me what to do
GABE
Look at me
DAN
Tell me who to be
GABE
Look at me!
DAN
So I can see what you see
GABE (overlapping)
And you’ll see
DAN
I am the one who holds you
GABE
I am
DAN
I am the one who’ll stay
GABE
I am
DAN
I am the one who won’t walk away
GABE (overlapping)
I won’t walk away
DAN
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I am the one who’ll heal you
GABE
I am
DAN
And now you tell me that I won’t give a damn
GABE
You don’t give a damn
DAN
I know you know
BOTH
Who I am
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
DAN
That’s who
BOTH
I am
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
DAN
That’s who
BOTH
I am
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
DAN
That’s who I am
‘Cause I’m holding on
DIANA
You say you hurt like me
GABE
And I won’t let go
DIANA
You say that you know
DAN AND GABE
Yeah I thought you should know
ALL
Oh!
DIANA
You don’t know
DAN AND GABE
I am the one who knows you
DIANA
I know you don’t know
You say that you’re hurting
I know it ain’t so
You don’t know
Why don’t you just go?
It just lays me low
DAN AND GABE (overlapping)
I am the one who cares
I am the one who’s always been there
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I am the one who needs you
And if you think that I just don’t give a damn
DIANA
When I say
DAN (overlapping)
You just don’t know who I am
DIANA
You don’t know
DAN
Who I am
DIANA
You don’t know
DAN
Who I am
GABE
You just don’t know who I am
