Off-Broadway musical Heathers the Musical - The Me Inside of Me Lyrics
"The Me Inside of Me" is a song from Heathers performed by Jessica Keenan Wynn (H. Chandler), Barrett Wilbert Weed (Veronica), Michelle Duffy (Ms. Fleming) and Company.
J.D. [spoken] Think. Long and hard. Conjure her up in your mind. What would she say? What is her final statement to a cold, uncaring planet?
VERONICA [sung] (Writing) "Dear world... Believe it or not, I knew about fear; I knew the way loneliness stung. I hid behind smiles and crazy hot clothes; I learned to kiss boys with my tongue."
J.D. [spoken] That's good.
VERONICA [sung] "But oh, the world, it held me down; it weighed like a concrete prom queen crown."
(Dead Heather Chandler sits up. Only Veronica sees her)
HEATHER CHANDLER No one thinks a pretty girl has feelings. No one gets her insecurity. I am more than shoulder pads and makeup. No one sees the me inside of me. [Spoken] Jesus, you're making me sound like Air Supply.
J.D. Keep going. This has to be good enough to fool the cops.
(Two Policemen, McCord and Milner, Investigate the crime scene)
MCCORD Whoa! Is it murder?
MILNER No, look. Here's a suicide note.
VERONICA, HEATHER, COPS [sung] "They couldn't see past my rockstar mystique, They wouldn't dare look in my eyes. But just underneath was a terrified girl who clings to her pillow and cries! My looks were just like prison bars; they've left me a myriad of scars."
HEATHER CHANDLER [spoken] "Myriad." Nice.
(The COPS hand the suicide note to Principal Gowan)
VERONICA, HEATHER, COPS [sung] "No one thinks a pretty girl has substance. That's the curse of popularity."
(Gowan reads the note aloud)
PRINCIPAL GOWAN "I am more than just a source of handjobs."
VERONICA, HEATHER, GOWAN, COPS "No one sees the me inside of me."
(The COPS exit. GOWAN joins FLEMING, RIPPER and some FACULTY)
PRINCIPAL GOWAN [Spoken] Heather Chandler is not your everyday suicide.
COACH RIPPER You should cancel classes.
PRINCIPAL GOWAN No way, Coach. I send the kids home before lunch And the switchboard'll light up like a Christmas tree.
MS. FLEMING Our children are dying! I suggest we get everyone into the cafeteria and just talk. And feel. Together.
PRINCIPAL GOWAN Thank you, Ms. Fleming. Call me when the shuttle lands.
MS. FLEMING I'm telling you we all misjudged Heather Chandler. This is the loveliest suicide I've ever read.
MS. FLEMING & HEATHER CHANDLER [sung] "Box up my clothing for Goodwill, and give the poor my Nordic Track. Donate my car to crippled kids, or to those ghetto moms on crack. Give them my hats and my CDs, my pumps, my flats, my three TVs!"
HEATHER CHANDLER, FACULTY "No one thinks a pretty girl has feelings; but I weep for all I failed to be. Maybe I can help the world by leaving; Maybe that's the me inside of me."
PRINCIPAL GOWAN [spoken] Aw, hell. Long weekend for everybody!
(Teachers cheer, as do arriving students)
MS. FLEMING Not so fast, kids. They're refueling the buses, Which gives us a solid half-hour of healing. I've mimeographed copies of the suicide note so you can feel Heather's anguish.
HEATHER MCNAMARA [sung] I never knew about her pain.
MS. FLEMING Go on!
HIPSTER DORK Her life had hit a rocky patch.
MS. FLEMING Feel!
YOUNG REPUBLICANETTE Deep down she wasn't cruel or vain -
MS. FLEMING Heal!
KIDS She didn't mean to be such a snatch!
MS. FLEMING [spoken] Veronica, you're very quiet. What's on your mind.
VERONICA Uh, maybe Heather realized that in order to be happy she had to give up her power. And the only way to do that was... death.
MS. FLEMING My God. [sung] Look what we've done. We're breaking through! Heather would be so proud of you!
KIDS And you! And you! And you! And you!
EVERYBODY No one thinks a pretty girl can touch you...
NEW WAVE GIRL [spoken] Heather touching me...
EVERYBODY [sung] But she's made us better than we were. Heather's dead, but she will live inside me, and I'll be the me inside of her...
HEATHER CHANDLER [spoken] Holy crap! This is awesome!
EVERYBODY [sung] Heather cried, our sins fell on her shoulders!
HEATHER CHANDLER [spoken] Jesus Christ!
EVERYBODY [sung] Heather died, so we could all be free!
HEATHER CHANDLER [spoken] I'm bigger than John Lennon!
KIDS [sung] (Variously) Heather's gone, but she will live forever! She's the dove that sings outside my window! She's the twin from whom I'm separated! She's the horse I never got for Christmas!
EVERYBODY Heather sees the me inside of me! Heather is the me inside of me! Inside of... me!
[Thanks to Polly for lyrics] [Thanks to Chiara for corrections]
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