This song is actually a continuation of the "Opener," and flows straight from that song into this one. It gives the backstory of Jane and Kai growing up with Jane's family. The end of the song shows the fire that burned down Jane's home and killed her parents, causing her to move in with her grandmother. The very end of the song, after the lyrics, has an instrumental where we see those who perished in the fire gathered around Jane's parents as they're pronounced dead.
Character(s): Jane, Full Cast
Favorite Line: "Got the whole world in her pocket/and lock it with a key..."
Hardest Line to write: The entire. fire. sequence.
Why: It doesn't fit in at all with the rest of the song, which is an upbeat, pleasant, insert-happy-ending-here sort of piece, and then all of a sudden BURNING DEATH. It was really difficult to transition from that joyous childhood into the moment that killed her parents and changed her life forever. Writing lyrics for that was incredibly difficult, especially because I wanted specifically to convey the kind of speechless shock she would be in at the time, and I wanted to work in the chorus members, since this is the opening song of the show. Ultimately, I landed on a 3-part harmony with the chorus broken into two groups and Jane soloing over top. The test recording seems to sound alright, so I am satisfied. For now.
Character(s): Jane, Full Cast
Favorite Line: "Got the whole world in her pocket/and lock it with a key..."
Hardest Line to write: The entire. fire. sequence.
Why: It doesn't fit in at all with the rest of the song, which is an upbeat, pleasant, insert-happy-ending-here sort of piece, and then all of a sudden BURNING DEATH. It was really difficult to transition from that joyous childhood into the moment that killed her parents and changed her life forever. Writing lyrics for that was incredibly difficult, especially because I wanted specifically to convey the kind of speechless shock she would be in at the time, and I wanted to work in the chorus members, since this is the opening song of the show. Ultimately, I landed on a 3-part harmony with the chorus broken into two groups and Jane soloing over top. The test recording seems to sound alright, so I am satisfied. For now.
