Heathers the Musical - The Me Inside of Me Lyrics

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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Heathers the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Beautiful
Candy Store
Fight for Me
Freeze Your Brain
Big Fun
Dead Girl Walking
The Me Inside of Me
Blue
Our Love Is God
Prom or Hell?
My Dead Gay Son
Seventeen
Shine a Light
Lifeboat
Shine a Light (reprise)
Kindergarten Boyfriend
Yo Girl
Meant to Be Yours
Dead Girl Walking (reprise)
I Am Damaged
Seventeen (reprise)
Blue (reprise)