A Strange Loop - A Strange Loop Lyrics |
2022 Broadway A Strange Loop the Musical - A Strange Loop Lyrics
performed by Larry Owens (Usher).
USHER: I am the story's writer I'm barely scraping by I wake up every morning I tell myself to try
I say, "No compromises" I claim to have a plan But feel like nothing more than An angsty, gay, black man
Who looks into the mirror Despite the grief it brings Who hears these sloppy S's Betray him as he sings
Sometimes I feel so ugly Sometimes I feel so smart Some people stand together Meanwhile, I stand apart
Should I give up on hoping My point of view will shift And let this agony Just be my greatest gift?
But if that is the secret That makes, like, zero sense I'll never change forever If I stay on the fence
With doubts I let define me And lust I can't express And pain I keep avoiding And rage that I repress
I should stop overthinking And do the thing that's tough Unleash my hungry lion Cause Lord, he's had enough .....???
Of toxic Tyler Perry And white, gay, male tyranny And my secret inner white girl Though she is dear to me
But would that be sufficient? Or would that be a sham? Cause even with those actions I'm stuck with who I am
Someone whose self-perception Is based upon a lie Someone whose only problem Is with the pronoun "I"
Maybe I don't need changing Maybe I should regroup Cause change is just an illusion
THOUGHTS: Just an illusion Just an illusion
USHER: And "I" is just an illusion
THOUGHTS: Just an illusion Just an illusion
USHER: If thoughts are just an illusion
THOUGHTS: Just an illusion Just an illusion
USHER: Then what a strange...
THOUGHTS: Strange Strange
USHER: Strange loop
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A Strange Loop the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS Intermission Song Today We Wanna Know Inner White Girl Didn't Want Nothin' Exile in Gayville Second Wave Tyler Perry Writes Real Life Writing a Gospel Play A Sympathetic Ear Inwood Daddy Boundaries Periodically Didn't Want Nothin' (Reprise) Precious Little Dream / AIDS Is God's Punishment Memory Song A Strange Loop
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