Sam’s grief is so difficult to watch, especially with Kelly here, since the audience has truly fallen in love with her at this point. The maths problem about the SUV is just the icing on the cake. Love this show!
Run Away With Me already made me cry without knowing about the musical or the context of the song.... now that I know I'm crying harder for a different reason
Celest Tan they have been working on this musical for so many years. The original title was the Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown. I watched it several years ago and it honestly had a big impact on my life. Its a shame it’s still not so well known despite being incredibly improved as The Mad Ones
Thinking of it. Even if I saw those clips and listened to the album, I am pretty sure when (if) ever I see it on stage, live, I won't be emotionally prepared.
KELLY IF WE'RE GONNA GO, WE GOTTA GO TONIGHT. GO TONIGHT. GO TONIGHT. IF WE'RE GONNA GO, WE GOTTA GO TONIGHT. GO TONIGHT. GO-OH TONIGHT. SAM SHE WAS - SHE WAS - SITTING ON THE ROOF OF HER BEAT-UP CAR, HALF-SINGING, HALF-LAUGHING, HALF-GOING TOO FAR. THE MUSIC PLAYED OVER, WITH NOTHING TO COME IN A REMIX OF MEM'RY, THE LOOP OF THE - DRUM, OR BASS LINE... OR WAS IT... KELLY IF WE'RE GONNA GO, WE GOTTA GO TONIGHT. GO TONIGHT. GO TONIGHT. IF WE'RE GONNA GO, WE GOTTA GO TONIGHT. GO TONIGHT. GO-OH TONIGHT. SAM SHE WAS - SHE WAS - EVERYTHING I'M NOT, MY WHOLE UNIVERSE. AND I WAS A FOOTNOTE, A SLIM SECOND VERSE. BUT SHE WAS THE CHORUS, THE HOOK AND THE GROOVE AND WITHOUT HER THERE PUSHING SOMEHOW I CAN'T - MOVE. SO I SIT IN THE CAR THAT SHE LEFT BEHIND, SINKING DOWN IN THIS VOID LIKE A CRATER. GETTING LOST IN A WORLD THAT I CAN'T REWIND. IT'S TOO LATE AND IT'S JUST GETTING LATER. KELLY IF WE'RE GONNA GO, WE GOTTA GO TONIGHT. GO TONIGHT. SAM WHY DID I SAY NO? KELLY IF WE'RE GONNA GONNA GO, WE GOTTA GO TONIGHT. SAM WE HAD MILES TO GO. KELLY GO - SAM YOU WERE MAD TO REACH, MAD TO DRIVE. MAD, MAD AND SO ALIVE. THE SPACE YOU LEFT, THE EMPTY AIR. I REACH, REACH BUT YOU'RE NOT THERE. AND TIME EXPANDS. THE BEAT GOES ON. YOU WERE MAD, MAD AND NOW YOU'RE - Beat. SAM SHE WAS - SHE WAS - BOTH OH. KELLY GO-OH SAM OVER AND OVER YOUR WORDS TO ME ECHO. KELLY GO TONIGHT. SAM GO TONIGHT. KELLY GO. SAM OVER AND OVER AS I TRY TO LET GO... THERE'S A BLACK HOLE, A VACUUM, IN DEEP OUTER SPACE, THAT SWALLOWS ALL MATTER WITHOUT ANY TRACE, WHERE LIFE IS SUSPENDED IN PHYSICS AND TIME. EVERY WORD YOU SAID HANGS LIKE AN UNFINISHED - RHYME. Beat. Then - SAM SO I SIT IN THE VACUUM YOU LEFT BEHIND AND I SIFT THROUGH EACH PHRASE FOR AN EMBER - FOR A SPARK THAT WILL LIGHT 'CAUSE I CAN'T REWIND. I UNRAVEL UNTIL I REMEMBER SITTING ON THE ROOF OF YOUR BEAT-UP CAR, WHEN I WAS YOUR ORBIT AND YOU WERE MY STAR. BUT NOW YOU'RE A BLACK HOLE AND I AM LEFT NUMB FROM THE LOOP OF THESE MEM'RIES, THE LOOP OF THE - THE LOOP OF THE - THE LOOP OF THE - The club beat continues. It stops.
Listening in the background, and then stops when Run Away With Me starts. Me: "Is that... Is that... Jay A. Johnson?!" *looks more closely* It has to be! *reads video description* Man, I'm even more bummed I never got to see this!
Sam's mom just called her. Kelly, her best friend, the closest person she ever had, has been hit by a car and is now dead. The show takes place about a year afterwords and this is all just a memory. The second song, memory as well, is her bf Adam offering, but not really, to run away together. This takes weeks, months after Kelly's death, but Sam is still completly numb.
