I AM THE ONE WHO HELD YOU!!! I AM THE ONE WHO CRIED! I AM THE ONE, WHO WATCHED WHILE YOU DIED!!!
Top 15 Musicals (as voted by my followers) ↳#14 - Next to Normal (99 votes)
Day after day Give me clouds and rain and gray Give me pain, if that’s what’s real It’s the price we pay to feel
I’m sorry, I just had too
I’m holding on and I won’t let go
Gabe. Gabriel.
top nine next to normal songs (as voted on by my followers)
seven → how could i ever forget?
there are so many subtle things in this scene with the context of gabe being what he is
dan saying “i’m holding on and i won’t let go” as he tries to explain to diana that he wants to help her and not lose her, and then later dan repeats “i’m holding on” and gabe sings “and i won’t let go”
gabe’s laugh when diana starts yelling at dan
gabe pretending to be gentle and good as he holds diana’s hand
gabe throughout the show always wearing the same color as the person he’s interacting with and in this scene it’s the same colors as dan, not diana
diana running to gabe’s arms, and gabe mocking dan for that
dan, a man who has spent years denying his own mental illness, saying to diana “tell me what to do” and the personification of mental illness answering “look at me”
Next to Normal opened at the Booth Theatre NYC 7 years ago today. 15th April 2009
I know you know who I am.
Give me pain if that’s what’s real. It’s the price we pay to feel. The price of love is loss, but still we pay.
- Dan Goodman who is triggered by the sounds of babies crying
- Dan Goodman who stayed up countless nights tending to Natalie after she was born to make sure she never cried the way Gabriel did
- Dan Goodman who suffered panic attacks after hearing Natalie cry
- Dan Goodman who stayed up late into the night clutching the baby monitor, listening for any sounds from his daughter’s room
- Dan Goodman who fucking loved his daughter and was also mentally ill
make me choose
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