In this song Moritz (one of the two lead guys) is recieving a letter from Melchoir's (the other lead) mother. She is letting him know that she can't give him the money to escape his problems.
This gut renching song is about how Moritz slowly falls apart. How at first he is hopefull that he'll be able to leave, and when he finds out he can't, the song and his feelings completely change. At first he has a real up-beat tone, but towards the end of the song he sees the seriousness of his situation and says:
"They’re not my home, not anymore
Not like they so were before
Still, I’ll split, and they’ll like
Well, who knows?"
and...
"You start to cave, you start to cry
You try to run, nowhere to hide
You want to crumble up, and close that door"
Moritz realizes that their is only one way to flee from his verbal (and at one point physically) abusive father.
The irony in this song is that Moritz really did pass, but his teachers fail him just because they can only promote 60 students to the next year, and they didn't like him. So his two teachers team up and fail him.
Even though this song isn't considered one of the biggest songs in the play, it completely is. It shows how dumb and in the dark the adults are, and how awake the kids are. (However the adults don't realize that everything they do has a huge impact and always effects the kids)
This song is often played off, but it's such an amazing song and it truely shows the loss of hope for a young fifteen year old who is just trying to find his place in society. But, is driven to suicide by its rejection and harsh reality.
In this song Moritz (one of the two lead guys) is recieving a letter from Melchoir's (the other lead) mother. She is letting him know that she can't give him the money to escape his problems.
This gut renching song is about how Moritz slowly falls apart. How at first he is hopefull that he'll be able to leave, and when he finds out he can't, the song and his feelings completely change. At first he has a real up-beat tone, but towards the end of the song he sees the seriousness of his situation and says:
"They’re not my home, not anymore Not like they so were before Still, I’ll split, and they’ll like Well, who knows?" and... "You start to cave, you start to cry You try to run, nowhere to hide You want to crumble up, and close that door"
Moritz realizes that their is only one way to flee from his verbal (and at one point physically) abusive father.
The irony in this song is that Moritz really did pass, but his teachers fail him just because they can only promote 60 students to the next year, and they didn't like him. So his two teachers team up and fail him.
Even though this song isn't considered one of the biggest songs in the play, it completely is. It shows how dumb and in the dark the adults are, and how awake the kids are. (However the adults don't realize that everything they do has a huge impact and always effects the kids)
This song is often played off, but it's such an amazing song and it truely shows the loss of hope for a young fifteen year old who is just trying to find his place in society. But, is driven to suicide by its rejection and harsh reality.