spring awakening (which dare i say has the best lyrics of any show), wicked, hamilton
It does and that is the only correct take
Funniest lyrics: “See each night it’s like fantastic tossing, turning without rest ‘cuz my days at the piano with my teacher and her breasts. And the music’s like the one thing I can even get at all. And those breasts, I mean god please, just let those apples fall.”Most relatable lyrics: “Who can say what dreams are? Wake me in time to be lonely and sad. And who can say what we are? This is the season for dreaming.”Most profound lyrics: “Thought is suspect and money is their idol. And nothing is okay unless it’s scripted in their bible.”Prettiest lyrics: Can I just say literally all of touch me?? I guess “Tell me please: all is forgiven. consume my wine, consume my mind. I’ll tell you how - how the winds sigh.”Most uplifting lyrics: “All shall know the wonder. I will sing the song of purple summer.”Most depressing lyrics: “History - little miss didn’t do right. Went and ruined all the true plans. Such a shame. Such a sin.”Character with the best lines: Wendla
(also god there are so many more lyrics I love that didn’t make it here seriously this show is so fucking god lyrically)
Funniest lyrics: “Think of celebrated heads of state or ‘specially great communicators. Did they have brains or knowledge? Don’t make me laugh. They were popular.”Most relatable lyrics: “Too long I’ve been afraid of losing love, I guess I’ve lost! Well, if that’s love, it comes at much too high a cost.”Most profound lyrics: “My road of good intentions led where such roads always lead. No good deed goes unpunished.”Prettiest lyrics: “Borrow the moonlight until it is new and oh, I’ll be here, holding you.”Most uplifting lyrics: “Now whatever way our stories end, I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend.”Most depressing lyrics: “Goodness knows the wicked’s lives are lonely. Goodness knows the wicked die alone. It just shows when you’re wicked you’re left only on your own.”Character with the best lines: Elphaba
Funniest lyrics: “We signed a treaty with a king whose head is now in a basket. Would you like to take it out and ask it? Should we honor our treaty King Louis’ head? Uh, do whatever you want; I’m super dead.”Most relatable lyrics: “We dream of a brand new start, but we dream in the dark for the most part.”Most profound lyrics: “Let me tell you what I wish I’d known when I was young and dreamed of glory: You have no control who lives, who dies, who tells your story.”Prettiest lyrics: “You built me palaces out of paragraphs. You built cathedrals.”Most uplifting lyrics: “What is a legacy? It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.”Most depressing lyrics: “Death doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and saints. It takes and it takes and it takes. History obliterates and every picture it paints, it paints me in all my mistakes.”Character with the best lines: Aaron Burr