The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical 15. The Tree On The Hill I do not own this music All Rights Go to Rob Rokicki and Broadway Records Support them by buying this album on iTunes or from Broadway Records
@@sky7758 Actually, Luke only did that so Percy and Annabeth would retrieve the Golden Fleece and use it on the tree to save it which would bring Thalia back to life.
"And maybe if i'd been a little bit breaver" "Maybe if i stay'd behind to fight" "But maybe doesn't let me go back and save her" "Maybe it doesn't make it alright" I cried trough that whole part, its just his voice and the fact that the music sudenly stops like if he was just getting flashbacks of that event. And the fact that Grover is my favorite character, earing him in pain breaks me
I always break at "I thought I was the only kid of the big three Gods?" "You are now" By the time "Maybe if I'd been a little bit braver-" hits, I am a weeping mess.
The saddest thing about this song to me, is that *spoiler* In the third book Thalia is back, and then everyone just forgets about the whole thing. Grover was traumatized, and everyone just kinda forgets about that fact because Thalia returns. It just makes me sad. ALSO GROVER WAS MENTIONED LIKE LITERALLY ONCE IN ALL OF MARK OF ATHENA MY BOY DESERVES BETTER
LITERALLY I LITERALLY THINK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME!!! WHERE WAS MY THALIA AND GROVER INTERACTION ??????? THEM TALKING ABOUT IT AND WORKING THROUGH IT????? WHERE WAS IT?!!!
Zeus: So my daughter just died heroically so I feel as though I should honor her in some way. Zeus: Imma turn her into a tree. Hermes: I don't see how that would help- Zeus: I'm a genius. Zeus: I deserve a cookie. Bonus: Hera: YOU HAD ANOTHER AFFAIR WITH A MORTAL AFTER SWEARING ON THE RIVER STYX?! Hera: *Throws pillar off of Mount Olympus*
my mum: hey are you... are you ok? you're crying me: yea me, in my head: mayBE IF I'F BEEN A LITTLE BIT braVEr..... mayBE IF I'D STAYED BEHIIIIIIIND TO FIGHT.,,,,,,, BUT MAYBE DOESN'T LET ME GOO BACK AND SAVe her.... maybe doesn't make it alrigHTTTT
This song always brings me to tears with the first "There's a tree on the hill" but it's both "poor Thalia" and "Gods this is so awesome" and I get chills and I really hope they play the musical again...
Me: THIS SONG IS THE SADDEST SONG I HAVE EVER HEARD IN MY- Brain: Michael In The Bathroom, Stay Alive Reprise, Words Fail, I Am Damaged, Who Lives Who Dies Who Tells Your Story, The World Was Wide Enough, You Will Be Found, Seventeen Reprise- Me: OK I GET IT.
[PERCY] (Spoken) Who's Thalia? [GROVER] (Spoken) You're not the first half-blood I was sent to protect. I should've told you, but I-I thought that if I did, you'd never want me on this quest. If you knew what a failure I was. Ask Annabeth. (SUNG) There's a tree on the Hill Up on Half-Blood Hill That watches over us Silent and still And no one at camp is safe until We can see the tree on the Hill (Spoken) This was way before I met you. Chiron sent me to escort three half-bloods back to camp. Two were runaways. One was Annabeth. The other was Luke. The third was Thalia. Tough girl. Like her dad... Zeus. [PERCY] (Spoken) I thought I was the only kid of the Big Three gods. [GROVER] (Spoken) You are now. We'd only made it back to camp, but I got nervous and we got lost and by the time we found the hill... something else found us. (Sung) And there on the Hill Up on Half-Blood Hill A cold wind blew Dark and chill For nothing would slake its wrathful will We had to make a stand- And maybe if I'd been a little bit braver Maybe if I stayed behind to fight But "maybe" doesn't let me go back and save her "Maybe" doesn't make it alright (Spoken) Thalia saved us. We only survived because she stayed to hold off the monsters. She paid for her sacrifice with her life. That's when Zeus showed up. [PERCY] (Spoken) He saved her... right? [GROVER] (Spoken) It was too late for that. As she died, he turned her into a tree forever, so she could stand protecting us, forever. The way I couldn't do for her. (Sung) There's a tree on the Hill Up on Half-Blood Hill That protects us all And always will And it's there reminding me Of all I failed to be The tree on the Hill
This song made me almost cry, the tears were about to fall about my eyes. It reminds me of a friend that I lost and i wish I could do something to save him but their was nothing I could have done, I am doing better now but this song reminds me of him sometimes
I feel so bad that Grover blames himself this makes me think of my mistakes but it's such a beautiful song and percy cant understand Grover said she died like 3 times but hes like "and saved her right" like no bro ;-;
"Good Kid", "My Grand Plan", and "The Tree On The Hill" all are songs about their fatal flaws. "Good Kid" has Percy's current (as of this book) fatal flaw: Low self-esteem, "My Grand Plan" has Annabeth's fatal flaw: Hubris, "The Tree On The Hill" has Grover's fatal flaw: Fear of not being a good protector.
I would say that Grover’s fatal flaw is not being able to learn to forgive himself for something he could never have controlled. He beats himself up about not being able to protect her, and he is so stuck on the past and not being able to forgive himself for it that he just doesn’t think he’s good enough.
@@leovaldez4837 Tyson is technically a monster so he does really get counted sadly it's only demigod kids since all the cyclops' are Posidens basically
Percy: I thought I was the only kid of the big three? Grover: You are now.. Nico di Angelo, in Lotus casino with Bianca: laughs randomly Bianca: Nico wtf
George Salazar never ceases to BREAK MY HEART AND MAKE ME CRY MY EYES OUT😭 Serously, he sings with such emotion, and his voice is beautiful. I just love him so much.
It's my thousandth listen, but I dont think I ever really considered how much Thalia's "death" would have played a role in Luke's disdain towards the gods. In his eyes, they pretty much let her die, made worse by the fact that in the end Zeus did intervene, but only to make her a tree, proving to Luke that they had the power to stop it and save her if they had really wanted to, but they let her die. Knowing how close they were, this probably would've played again and again in his head: Why didn't Zeus intervene sooner??? Of course, that isn't how the gods work, but one can see how it would feed his bitterness
[Annabeth:] There’s a girl on the hill, up on Half-Blood Hill Who we watched turn silent and still But it seems that you’ve forgotten all about that tree on the hill [Annabeth (spoken)] Thalia gave her life to save you! To save both of us! How could you dishonor her like this? [Annabeth:] And there on the hill, up on Half-Blood Hill The giant’s blow it meant to kill And nothing could slake it’s wrathful will She had to make a stand Oh, but you always been a little bit braver Could never quench your vengeful spite Oh, but those are things I know you gave her [Luke:] So you know she’d think I’m right... [Luke (spoken):] The gods have blinded you. Can’t you imagine a world without them, Annabeth? What good is that ancient history you study? Three thousand years of baggage! The West is rotten. It has to be destroyed. Join me! We could start the world anew, Annabeth. [Luke:] There’s a sign on the hill, up on Half-Blood Hill. They dishonored her And always will You just have to trust me We can make this world gleam The tree on the hill
Adam Beilgard I mean the books have been out for years? It's not even info you're given in this musical. Most people would assume you'd have that info if ur listening to this.
This song actually adds so much to the original books. We get a better look at Thalia’s sacrifice, and the guilt Grover feels. To everyone else the tree is a sign of safety, for Grover it’s a daily reminder that he failed.
"Maybe if I'd been a little bit braver Mabey if I stayed behind to fight but maybe doesn't let me go back and save her mabey doesn't make it all right" MY HEART
This was so beautifully done in the show, the whole thing was acted out behind Percy and Grover on the raised platform and they formed the tree at the end in green lighting and it was just spectacular! Almost a year after and I'm still gushing about all the numbers!
I love this musical so much. It's just so amazing and it really captures who the characters are in the books. I really love how this song and Good Kid and My Grand Plan all touch on the individual characters' hopes and fears and the way Percy feels about all the craziness in his life and how Annabeth wants to be remembered and how Grover feels he's not good enough for his friends and I just... so much emotion I can't. I love this. So. Freaking. Much. Imma go reread the series.
I got to see the musical done live a few years back and the way they handled this scene was so amazing and heart breaking. Spoilers for those who want to see the play for themseleves. (Also it may not be the best retelling because this was 2019 and I have bad memory) It starts with Grover telling Percy the story and above them on a bridge it shows the whole scene where Talia is there defending while Luke and Anabeth watch in slow motion. It had so much emotion to it and was just amazing. 10/10 on the entire musical it was such a great experience
Thalia likes Green Day therefore she is awesome Also Percy thinks he’s the only child of the big three. Me: (gestures at Bianca, Nico, Jason, Tyson, Hazel-)
The guitar part in the verse sounds like it’s a reference to Green Day’s “Time of Your Life” which is fitting because Thalia mentioned liking Green Day in the books
George Salazar made me cry in Be More Chill he's not allowed to make me cry in this musical too it's not fucking fair good lord He's too good for this world.
I just bought the CD. This sounds great. I did not see the show since I live on the west coast. But this sounds just as good as Dear Evan Hansen. I hope the show can make it to the main strip on Broadway.
Maybe if I’d been a little bit braver Maybe if I stayed behind to fight But maybe doesn’t let me go back and save her Maybe doesn’t make it alright Jeez man that part always hits
I haven’t read the books yet. I was introduced to Percy Jackson through the two movies. And a few months ago, I watched this musical and from all the songs, this is the only one that won’t stop playing in my head. It hit me the most in the play. I was really amazed. I truly felt Grover’s emotion. It made Thalia’s death more emotional than how I saw it in the “Sea of Monsters” movie. I hope that in the Disney+ TV series, they deal with the impact of Thalia’s death on the same level as this song. And I found out from someone that in the books, Grover and Thalia probably have their conversation about what happened off screen some point after being brought back to life at the end of “Sea of Monsters”. I want the Disney+ series to add their own scene of Grove and Thalia talking about what happened.
I auditioned for Grover in a group and I felt like I didn't put enough emotion into it like George did. Of course, I want to retry and try to make it as emotional as George Salazar did because I want people to see how much pain he's in when I sing it as well
Just let people pronounce it how they want to pronounce it, okay? I pronounce it the same way they do, just 'cause that's how I'm used to the name being pronounced. You can say what you wanna say, but let them say what they wanna say.
it's pronounced differently depending on where you are from. Rick Riordan lives in Boston, and I live in Massachusetts as well, and I'm pretty sure he would pronounce it TALL-EE-AH like I do. But you can really pronounce it any way, it doesn't really matter.
My high school Alma Mater is putting this show on this fall, and I love who they cast for Grover, but I don't think he can pull off the heartbreak the same way George does.
