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1960 Off-Broadway
The Fantasticks the Musical - Metaphor Lyrics
The song is written by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones.
MATT:
I don't what to call her!
She's too vibrant for a name!
Should I call her...Juliet!
LUISA:
Yes, dear
MATT:
Helena!
LUISA:
Yes, dear!
MATT:
And Cassandra, and Cleopatra, and Beatrice
And also Guenevere
LUISA:
What dear?
MATT:
I think she's there.
Can you hear me?
(...)
LUISA:
Speak a little louder!
MATT:
I love you!
LUISA:
Ah ah ah ah aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
MATT:
If I were in the desert deep in sand,
And the sun was burning like a hot pomegranate:
Walking through a nightmare in the heat of a summer day,
Until my mind was parch-ed!
Then you are water...
Cool, clear water...
A refreshing glass of water!
LUISA:
What dear?
MATT:
Water!
LUISA:
Ah ah ah aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
MATT:
Love! You are love!
Better far than a metaphor
Can ever, ever be.
Love! You are love!
My mystery of love!
If the world was like an iceberg,
And everything was frozen,
And tears turned into icicles in the eye!
And snow came pouring
And sleet and ice
Came stabbing like a knife!
Then you are heat!
A fire alive with heat!
A flame that thaws the iceberg with its heat!
LUISA:
Repeat!
MATT:
You are heat!
LUISA:
Ah ah ah ah aaaaaaaaaaa!
MATT (LUISA):
Love! (I am love!)
You are love! (I am love!)
Better far than a metaphor
Can ever, ever be.
Love! (I am love!)
You are love! (I am love!)
My mystery (His mystery)
Of love!
You are Polaris,
The one trustworthy star.
You are! (I am!)
You are! (I am!)
You are September,
A special mystery
To me! (To he!)
To me! (To he!)
You are sunlight! Moonlight!
Mountains! Valleys!
The microscopic inside of a leaf!
My joy! (Yes, I am his joy!)
My grief! (Yes, I am his grief!)
My star! (Yes, I am his star!)
My leaf! (Yes, I am his leaf!)
Oh. Love! (I am love!)
You are love! (I am love!)
Better far than a metaphor
Can ever, ever be.
Love! (I am love!)
You are love! (I am love!)
My mystery (His mystery)
Of love...
Love...
Love...!
Other songs: The Fantasticks the Musical Songs Lyrics
Metaphor Lyrics The Fantasticks
The Fantasticks the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS
Try to Remember Lyrics
Much More Lyrics
Metaphor Lyrics
Never Say No Lyrics
It Depends On What You Pay
Soon It's Gonna Rain
Happy Ending
This Plum Is Too Ripe
I Can See It
Plant a Radish
Round and Round
They Were You
Try to Remember (reprise)
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