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[creaks open door] hello? 

[cleans off dust, coughs] oh god, it’s been forever. 

i’m here? 

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Dear Evan Hansen Lyric Starters || act one || act two ||

FEEL FREE TO CHANGE PRONOUNS/NAMES/PHRASING AS YOU SEE FIT

Anybody Have a Map?

“Have you been writing those letters to yourself?”

“Can we try to have an optimistic outlook, huh?”

“Can we buck up just enough to see the world won't fall apart?”

“Maybe this year, we decide we're not giving up before we've tried. This year, we make a new start”

“I'm proud of you already”

“I'm kinda coming up empty, can't find my way to you”

“Anybody maybe happen to know how the hell to do this?”

“I'm flying blind and I'm making this up as I go”

“He doesn't listen. Look at him, he's probably high”

“Another masterful attempt ends with disaster”

Waving Through A Window

“I've learned to slam on the brake before I even turn the key”

“No slippin' up if you slip away”

“Will I ever be more than I've always been?”

“I try to speak, but nobody can hear”

“We start with stars in our eyes, We start believing that we belong”

“When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around do you ever really crash, or even make a sound?”

For Forever

“End of May or early June, This picture-perfect afternoon we shared”

“All we see is sky for forever”

“Feels like we could go on for forever this way”

“There's nothing that we can't discuss”

“There's nowhere else I'd rather be”

“From far across the yellow field I hear him calling, "Follow me””

“And I suddenly feel the branch give way. I’m on the ground, My arm goes numb”

“He's come to get me and everything's okay”

Sincerely, Me

“We've been way too out of touch”

“Things have been crazy and it sucks that we don't talk that much”

“Why would you write that?”

“I've gotta tell you, life without you has been hard”

“I miss talking about life and other stuff”

“I love my parents but each day's another fight”

“I'll take your advice, I’ll try to be more nice”

“All that it takes is a little reinvention”

“All you gotta do is just believe you can be who you want to be”

“You'll be obsessed with all my forest expertise”

“Just keep pushing through! You're turning around, I can see”

“Thanks for every note you send”

“I'm just glad to be your friend”

Requiem

“Why should I play this game of pretend? Remembering through a secondhand sorrow?”

“I could give in to all of the gloom, But tell me, tell me what for”

“Why should I have a heavy heart? Why should I start to break in pieces? Why should I go and fall apart for you?”

“Why should I play the grieving girl and lie saying that I miss you”

“You can't stand to be in this room for five minutes?”

“You know, [name], at some point you're going to have to start dealing—“

“I gave you the world, you threw it away, Leaving these broken pieces behind you”

“I hear your voice, I feel you near”

“Within these words, I finally find you”

“Why should I say I'll keep you with me?”

“When the villains fall, the kingdoms never weep, no one lights a candle to remember”

“Don't tell me that I didn't have it right! Don't tell me that it wasn't black and white”

“After all you put me through, don't say it wasn't true! That you were not the monster that I knew”

If I Could Tell Her

“He thought you were awesome”

“There's nothing like your smile sort of subtle and perfect and real”

“What he saw he left unsaid”

“Though he wanted to, he couldn't talk to you. He couldn't find the way”

“If I could tell her how she's everything to me-“

“You looked really pretty, er— It looked pretty cool when you put indigo streaks in your hair”

“But what do you do when there's this great divide?”

“It's like I don't know anything”

Disappear

“Guys like you and me, we're just the losers who keep waiting to be seen”

“No one seems to care or stops to notice that we're there”

“If you can somehow keep them thinking of me and make me more than an abandoned memory, Well that means we matter too”

“No one deserves to be forgotten, No one deserves to fade away”

“No one should come and go and have no one know he was ever even here”

“Even if you've always been that barely-in-the-background kind of guy, you still matter”

“Even if you're somebody who can't escape the feeling that the world's passed you by, you still matter”

“If you never get around to doing some remarkable thing, that doesn't mean that you're not worth remembering”

“No one should flicker out or have any doubt that it matters that they are here”

“When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around, all you want is for somebody to find you”

You Will Be Found

“Have you ever felt like nobody was there?”

“Have you ever felt forgotten in the middle of nowhere?”

“Have you ever felt like you could disappear? Like you could fall, and no one would hear?”

“That was the gift he gave me, to show me that I wasn't alone to show me that I mattered”

“Maybe there’s a reason to believe you’ll be okay”

“When you don’t feel strong enough to stand you can reach out your hand”

“Have you seen this? Someone put a video of your speech online.”

“There’s a place where we don’t have to feel unknown”

“You are not alone"

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Dear Evan Hansen Lyric Starters || act one || act two ||

FEEL FREE TO CHANGE PRONOUNS/NAMES/PHRASING AS YOU SEE FIT

To Break In A Glove

“I bought this glove a thousand years ago for some birthday or some Christmas that has come and gone”

“So, if you're in the market for professional advice, Well today could be a lucky day for you”

“Though this method isn't easy, every second that you spend is gonna pay off. It'll pay off in the end”

“It just takes a little patience, it takes a little time, A little perseverance, and a little uphill climb”

“You can't take any shortcuts you gotta stick it out”

“With something like this, you gotta be ready to put in the work, make the commitment”

“You do the hard thing, ’cause that's the right thing”

Only Us

“I don't need you to sell me on reasons to want you, I don't need you to search for the proof that I should”

“You don't have to be scared you're not enough ‘cause what we've got going is good”

“I don't need more reminders of all that's been broken, I don't need you to fix what I'd rather forget”

“Try to quiet the noises in your head, we can't compete with all that”

“What if it's us and only us? And what came before won't count anymore or matter?”

“What if it's you and what if it's me and what if that's all that we need it to be?”

“I never thought there'd be someone like you who would want me”

“But if you really see me if you like me for me and nothing else, well, that's all that I've wanted for longer than you could possibly know”

“We can just watch the whole world disappear ’til you're the only one I still know how to see”

Good For You

“So you found a place where the grass is greener and you jumped the fence to the other side”

“Is it good? Are they giving you a world I could never provide?”

“Well I hope you're proud of your big decision yeah, I hope it's all that you want and more”

“Now you're free from the agonizing life you were living before”

“And you say what you need to say so that you get to walk away”

“It would kill you to have to stay trapped when you've got something new”

“Well I'm sorry you had it rough and I'm sorry I'm not enough. Thank God they rescued you”

“So you got what you always wanted. So you got your dream come true. Good for you”

“Does it cross your mind to be slightly sorry? Do you even care that you might be wrong?”

“Was it fun? Well I hope you had a blast while you dragged me along”

“You say what you need to say and you play who you need to play and if somebody's in your way crush them and leave them behind”

“Well I guess if I'm not of use go ahead, you can cut me loose”

“I'll shut my mouth and I'll let you go is that good for you? Would that be good for you?”

“I'll just sit back while you run the show is that good for you? Would that be good for you?”

“All I need is some time to think, but the boat is about to sink”

“Tell me how could I change the story?”

Words Fail

“I never meant to make it such a mess. I never thought that it would go this far”

“I just stand here sorry, searching for something to say”

“I guess I thought I could be part of this, I never had this kind of thing before”

“I never had that perfect girl who somehow could see the good part of me”

“I never had the dad who stuck it out no corny jokes or baseball gloves”

“That's not a worthy explanation, I know there is none. Nothing can make sense of all these things I've done”

“Sometimes, you see everything you wanted and sometimes, you see everything you wish you had”

“This was just a sad invention it wasn't real, I know. But we were happy I guess I couldn't let that go”

“I guess I wanted to believe ‘cause if I just believe, then I don't have to see what's really there”

“I'd rather pretend I'm something better than these broken parts, pretend I'm something other than this mess that I am”

“I never let them see the worst of me ‘cause what if everyone saw?”

“What if everyone knew? Would they like what they saw? Or would they hate it too?”

“Will I just keep on running away from what's true?”

“All I ever do is run. So how do I step in- step into the sun?”

So Big/ So Small

“It was a February day when your dad came by, before going away”

“Goodbye, goodbye. Now it's just me and my little guy”

“The house felt so big, and I felt so small”

“I knew there would be moments that I'd miss and I knew there would be space I couldn't fill”

“I knew I'd come up short a billion different ways and I did. And I do. And I will”

“Your mom isn't going anywhere your mom is staying right here”

“No matter what, I’ll be here”

“I'll be here. When it all feels so big, ’til it all feels so small”

Finale

“Today is going to be a good day. And here's why: because today, today at least you're you and that's enough.”

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let’s try this again - a tiny weenie starter call. 

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😍 😍

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Maybe.. a tiny starter call. I don’t know - let’s just see how this goes. 

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kosmogramm​:

YES, IT WAS ODD!  that probably wasn’t what scorpius wanted to hear — and it certainly wasn’t what pre-everything albus would’ve wanted to hear — but what did odd mean?  was odd bad?  more and more, albus felt hopeful.  thoughts normally shrouded in anxiety, fear, anger, and hesitation were now dipped in something that albus could only describe as springtime.  maybe it was the approaching springtime, maybe it was because everything felt easier and magical, maybe it was because of scorpius, maybe it was scorpius himself…  maybe it was everything.  and that was okay.  more than okay, it felt good.  he recalled the words shared with his dad:  scorpius is the most important person in my life.  and he may always be the most important.  and his dad had said that was a very good thing.  so, yes, maybe it was ODD, but it was also GOOD.  there was nothing wrong with being both. 

he laughed — yes, albus potter actually laughed! — out loud, turning to face scorpius once more.  the sun was shining right on his face and, at that moment, everything just felt right.  albus couldn’t describe it.  before, there hadn’t exactly been something wrong.  nothing concrete he could point to, at least.  lots of little things were wrong, and it amounted to a general feeling of wrongness that he learned to carry for three-and-a-half years.  but now those little worries had faded   ( albus didn’t think such a thing could ever happen )   and all he was left with was scorpius and settling dust.  and scorpius was something — someone — marvelous to be left with. 

     ❛ yes! ❜     he agreed, surprised by the sparkle in his own voice.     ❛ by every account, this is a new version of us.  you’re right — we destroyed the world a couple of times — and i think that merits some… ❜     some what, albus?  he didn’t even know how to finish his own sentence.  it merited some reflections;  it permitted some change.  it called for CELEBRATION, even if the celebration was internal.  even if he was celebrating alone.  and that, perhaps, was the most special feeling of all:  he felt comfortable celebrating alone, because it was okay to celebrate alone, but he wasn’t alone.  he had scorpius to celebrate with, and that made it so much better. 

     ❛ i spoke to my dad, ❜     albus began, before the rush of confidence expired,     ❛ and we talked about a lot of things.  i know i was nervous about it before, but it went good.  really good. ❜     he sat there, ruminating in butterflies.     ❛ and i — we — i brought you up.  we talked about you, and i just. ❜ 

albus smiled again, smiled more, meeting scorpius’ bright eyes.  yes, it was going to be a nice day. 

     ❛ he told me he likes you very much, ❜     he said clearly.     ❛ i know he didn’t in the old worlds, but he does in this one. he thinks you and me — he thinks it’s a very good thing. ❜ 

“So, maybe odd wasn’t the best word for it…” Scorpius said as he realized just how that sounded as he looked at Albus as he spoke. “Wait, you do think it���s odd?” Scorpius asked as he scanned Albus’s face. The joy was pouring out of every fiber of Albus and the sight of it brought a smile to Scorpius’s face. Joy hadn’t always been easy to come by for himself and Albus, but with everything behind them, it looked like there was a promise of good things to come. Better things, things they both could certainly use. The way things had been before Albus decided to jump off the Hogwarts Express and get them mixed up in some pretty chaotic things hadn’t been great to put it mildly, but Scorpius knew no matter what he had Albus to turn to and he would always be there for him. Sure, the kids at school would make comments about him and being Voldemort’s son, but when things were bad and Scorpius didn’t have anywhere else to turn he could always turn to Albus. Albus was always there, Albus will always be there. 

The sound of Albus laughing made Scorpius’s smile widen, his eyes taking in the sight of the sun shining so brightly on Albus’s face. For a moment, Scorpius was speechless, his heart skipped a beat and the familiar tinge of warmth of his cheeks spread across his cheeks as he laughed for a moment with his gaze never left Albus. “This new version of us.. I really like it..” Scorpius said as he watched Albus’s words trailed off, his eyes glancing back down at his book for a moment as the fluttering in the pit of his stomach felt like it was growing. “Good, I’m glad your talk with your dad went really well, and – you.. What?” Scorpius squawked as he glanced back up at Albus, his mouth slightly agape as he took in what Albus had said. “You talked to your dad.. About.. Me?” The squeaky tone of Scorpius’s voice was strong as he attempted to wrap his mind around the idea of Albus and his dad having a conversation about him. 

“Harry Potter.. Your dad.. likes me very much?” Scorpius squeaked as he repeated what Albus said as he recalled how in the previous versions of them and the different timelines they had visited how Harry had done just about everything in his power to keep them apart. Scorpius would watch Albus from afar, his heart breaking as all he wanted was to be able to talk to Albus, to share his sweets with Albus, to… well, very many things. “Wow, I.. I never imagined that would happen. I'm flattered, of course, but wow.” Scorpius said as his eyes locked on Albus’s on the last thing he said. “You and me..” Scorpius said as his face felt like it was all but on fire, his heart was thudding loudly against his ears as Albus’s words played over it. “We.. We are a very good thing, Albus. We’re..” Scorpius hadn’t realized he had stood up until he found himself standing and all but stumbling his way over to Albus. 

Arms wrapped tightly, Scorpius buried his face into Albus’s shoulder, holding him as closely as he could. Scorpius was sure that Albus could hear the thumping of his heart, feel the flushed warmth of his face. Closing his eyes tightly, Scorpius clung to Albus with every fiber of his being. “We are such a good thing, Albus..” Scorpius said softly as he could feel the happiest and warmest of tear pricking at his eyes. “Us.. we’re..” Scorpius said softly as he gently lifted his head and looked into Albus’s eyes again. Scorpius could feel the butterflies again, his lips pulled into a giant smile.

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Albus. What’s this? I thought we decided we don’t hug. Scorpius. I wasn’t sure. Whether we should. In this new version of us - I had in my head.

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