I was in show choir in high school and my senior year our theme was basically don't be afraid to be who you are and like breathing was our ballad and I'm so glad I got to sing this I absolutely adore this song 3
Holly Kennedy it's all a process... now they can get backing for more and do the original stuff the way it was supposed to be. Thank god for Evan Hanson! Nothing happens overnight, but with this new social media everything is changed👍❤️
I actually cried listening to this today. This song is so appropriate right now, especially when you feel like you'll never achieve your dreams. Have to stop being afraid and start living!
Benj and Justin - you know how much I love your music. This performance is the ideal showcase of your work. The music, lyrics and singers are all brilliant. Thanks for re-posting this - I've missed it so much!
This is one of the best videos of the 20,000+ I've watched on RU-vid over the last two years. I can't say enough good about it. Kudos to all involved. Thanks to AKB who first introduced me to this song and to Benj and Justin.
I didn't know that this was the finale to "Edges". I've been aware of versions of the show that end with a version of "Coasting" with this same reprise of "Become" at the end.
I saw this show twice with Pasek and Paul on the instrumentals with these actors. What a wonderful show you guys put on at Capital Rep in Albany! Please come back soon :)
I'm pretty sure I can speak for my best friend and I, that this is now our favorite song in musical theatre (which is saying a lot!), and this is clearly the best version. it's a little disturbing how often we listen to this song, probably responsible for half the views on this vid =)
You start off with a question. (Do I really wanna see?) You wonder, and you doubt. (Do I really wanna know?) You know there's something greater, (Do I wanna grow?) But you can't figure out what road you'd take to get there. Or where this 'there' might be. But you're ready to discover, 'Cause you really wanna see. You open up your eyes, Study and review, what you do. You force yourself to grow. Let that go. Let it be like breathing. It could be like breathing. Let it be like breathing. Take away the questions, Cover up my eyes. Help me notice beauty. Let denim colored skies shower me with sunlight. Let warmth fall down like rain. Render me unable. To possibly explain. I want to search for words, and not know what to say (that's okay) I don't need to know, Let that go. Let it be like breathing. It could be like breathing. Let it be like breathing. Let go of feeling you are anything but beautiful. Let go of thinking you can't do this on your own. Let go of being scared that you might not be good enough. Let go of saying you were meant to be alone. Ah ah ah, Ah ah ah, Ah ah ah, Ah ah ah ah, Ah ah ah, Ah ah ah, I'm not afraid! I'm not afraid! I'm not afraid! I'm not afraid! To be... Who I am, who I want to become. Become. Become. Become, become, become, become. Become!
@MMKLproductions this show has no real plot, it is a song cycle showing the lives and struggles of several different types of people. There is the person who is completely terrified of finding love, and there is the sisters growing apart, the best guy friends discussing their meaning of the best day ever, the songs they sing together represent something most people have in common, a fear of being one's self and the final discovery that you are perfect the way you are. this is a wonderful show!
@simsVids15 It is a simmilar style. There are only four characters in edges and they all have intertwining stories that eventually link back to their original introduction in the beginning. but I see it as Pasek and Paul wrote some kick ass songs about just about every situation a person can deal with and just decided to write it into a giant song cycle. unlike in SFANW they arent anyone in particular though, they are just everyday people that you might see walking down the street.
Every word's so Every word's so fragile Inside passion that feels like chasing rain When the slowness of the day is gone Leaving shadow-like feelings to depend upon Every word's so Every word's so fragile Inside passion that feels like chasing rain You sleep like breathing You sleep like breath - gently And the tease cries weeping listless laughter Always thirsty like an attractive flower When the danger in the touch is gone Changing delicate evenings to reflecting ones And the tease cries weeping listless laughter Always thirsty like an attractive flower You sleep like breathing You sleep like breath - gently You sleep like breathing You sleep like breath You sleep like breathing You sleep like breath You sleep like breathing
this music and the set and everything kind of reminds me of next to normal i don't know why it just kind of has that feel. I don't kow i just really like this show and next to normal lol
@shihtzulover24: I am going to say google :-) Just put in "like breathing lyrics edges" and it's the fourth or so hit down on Wiki answers. Such an amazing song!
Perhaps they changed it; this was the first professional production of the show. This would be an awesome finale if it was the finale, don't know why they would change it.
@SimsVids15 He eventually gets to the note at 4:26 but initially it's extremely flat. Again, like I said - it was great and then out of nowhere comes this backwards approach. Oh well.
The guy in the grey - WHY DID YOU CHANGE YOUR VOWEL? He is soooooooo flat on the second to last chord! So bad. It hurt worse because the rest of the song was GREAT! The vowel went straight to his throat. Give a listen, it's awful.
You start off with a question. (Do I really wanna see?) You wonder, and you doubt. (Do I really wanna know?) You know there's something greater, (Do I wanna grow?) But you can't figure out what road you'd take to get there. Or where this 'there' might be. But you're ready to discover, 'Cause you really wanna see. You open up your eyes, Study and review, what you do. You force yourself to grow. Let that go. Let it be like breathing. It could be like breathing. Let it be like breathing. Take away the questions, Cover up my eyes. Help me notice beauty. Let denim colored skies shower me with sunlight. Let warmth fall down like rain. Render me unable. To possibly explain. I want to search for words, and not know what to say (that's okay) I don't need to know, Let that go. Let it be like breathing. It could be like breathing. Let it be like breathing. Let go of feeling you are anything but beautiful. Let go of thinking you can't do this on your own. Let go of being scared that you might not be good enough. Let go of saying you were meant to be alone. Ah ah ah, Ah ah ah, Ah ah ah, Ah ah ah ah, Ah ah ah, Ah ah ah, I'm not afraid! I'm not afraid! I'm not afraid! I'm not afraid! To be... Who I am, who I want to become. Become. Become. Become, become, become, become. Become!
You start off with a question. (Do I really wanna see?) You wonder, and you doubt. (Do I really wanna know?) You know there's something greater, (Do I wanna grow?) But you can't figure out what road you'd take to get there. Or where this 'there' might be. But you're ready to discover, 'Cause you really wanna see. You open up your eyes, Study and review, what you do. You force yourself to grow. Let that go. Let it be like breathing. It could be like breathing. Let it be like breathing. Take away the questions, Cover up my eyes. Help me notice beauty. Let denim colored skies shower me with sunlight. Let warmth fall down like rain. Render me unable. To possibly explain. I want to search for words, and not know what to say (that's okay) I don't need to know, Let that go. Let it be like breathing. It could be like breathing. Let it be like breathing. Let go of feeling you are anything but beautiful. Let go of thinking you can't do this on your own. Let go of being scared that you might not be good enough. Let go of saying you were meant to be alone. Ah ah ah, Ah ah ah, Ah ah ah, Ah ah ah ah, Ah ah ah, Ah ah ah, I'm not afraid! I'm not afraid! I'm not afraid! I'm not afraid! To be... Who I am, who I want to become. Become. Become. Become, become, become, become. Become!
