THE GREATEST SHOWMAN SOUNDTRACK SENTENCE STARTERS
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THE GREATEST SHOW
❝ this is the moment you’ve waited for. ❞ ❝ buried in your bones, there’s an ache that you can’t ignore. ❞ ❝ all that was real is left behind. ❞ ❝ don’t fight it, it’s coming for you. ❞ ❝ so tell me do you wanna go? ❞ ❝ the sun can’t stop us now. ❞ ❝ this is the greatest show. ❞ ❝ it’s only this moment, don’t care what comes after. ❞ ❝ it’s blinding outside. ❞
A MILLION DREAMS
❝ i close my eyes and i can see the world that’s waiting up for me. ❞ ❝ they can say it all sounds crazy. ❞ ❝ they can say I’ve lost my mind. ❞ ❝ i don’t care, so call me crazy. ❞ ❝ every night i lie in bed the brightest colors fill my head. ❞ ❝ a million dreams are keeping me awake. ❞ ❝ a million dreams is all it’s gonna take. ❞ ❝ a million dreams for the world we’re gonna make. ❞ ❝ however big, however small, let me be part of it all. ❞ ❝ share your dreams with me. ❞ ❝ i close my eyes to see. ❞
COME ALIVE
❝ you’re just a dead man walking. ❞ ❝ you can flip the switch and brighten up your darkest day. ❞ ❝ sun is up and the color’s blinding. ❞ ❝ take the world and redefine it. ❞ ❝ leave behind your narrow mind. ❞ ❝ you’ll never be the same. ❞ ❝ you’re dreaming with your eyes wide open. ❞ ❝ so, come alive! ❞ ❝ i see it in your eyes. ❞ ❝ no more living in those shadows. ❞ ❝ you can prove there’s more to you. ❞
THE OTHER SIDE
❝ i don’t want to chase you down. ❞ ❝ i know you see it. ❞ ❝ you run with me. ❞ ❝ i can cut you free. ❞ ❝ so trade that typical for something colorful. ❞ ❝ if it’s crazy, live a little crazy. ❞ ❝ don’t you wanna get away from the same old part you gotta play. ❞ ❝ cause I got what you need. ❞ ❝ stay in the cage, or you’ll finally take the key. ❞ ❝ suddenly you’re free to fly. ❞ ❝ well i hate to tell you, but it just won’t happen. ❞ ❝ cause i quite enjoy the life you say i’m trapped in. ❞ ❝ now I admire you. ❞ ❝ you’re onto something, really it’s something. ❞ ❝ i’ll have to leave that up to you. ❞ ❝ don’t you know that i’m okay with this uptown part i get to play. ❞ ❝ i don’t need to see the other side. ❞ ❝ ain’t in a cage, so i don’t need to take the key. ❞ ❝ can’t you see I’m doing fine. ❞ ❝ now is this really how you like to spend your days?. ❞ ❝ if I were mixed up with you, I’d be the talk of the town. ❞ ❝ you would finally live a little, finally laugh a little. ❞ ❝ just let me give you the freedom to dream. ❞ ❝ it’ll wake you up and cure your aching. ❞ ❝ it’ll take your walls and start ‘em breaking. ❞ ❝ now that’s a deal that seems worth taking. ❞ ❝ i guess i’ll leave that up to you. ❞ ❝ you’d want a piece of all the action. ❞ ❝ we could shake and make it happen. ❞ ❝ i wasn’t born this morning. ❞ ❝ we’re going to the other side. ❞
NEVER ENOUGH
❝ i’m trying to hold my breath. ❞ ❝ let it stay this way. ❞ ❝ can’t let this moment end. ❞ ❝ can you hear it echoing? ❞ ❝ take my hand. ❞ ❝ will you share this with me? ❞ ❝ cause darling without you, all the shine of a thousand spotlights will never be enough. ❞ ❝ cause darling without you, all the stars we steal from the nightsky will never be enough. ❞ ❝ towers of gold are still too little. ❞ ❝ these hands could hold the world but it’ll never be enough. ❞
THIS IS ME
❝ i’m not a stranger to the dark. ❞ ❝ we don’t want your broken parts. ❞ ❝ i’ve learned to be ashamed of all my scars. ❞ ❝ “run away,” they say. ❞ ❝ i won’t let them break me down to dust. ❞ ❝ i know there’s a place for us. ❞ ❝ we are glorious. ❞ ❝ i’m gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out. ❞ ❝ i am brave. ❞ ❝ i am bruised. ❞ ❝ i am who i’m meant to be. ❞ ❝ look out ‘cause here i come. ❞ ❝ i’m marching on to the beat i drum. ❞ ❝ i’m not scared to be seen. ❞ ❝ i make no apologies. ❞ ❝ i won’t let the shame sink in. ❞ ❝ we are bursting through the barricades and reaching for the sun. ❞ ❝ we are warriors. ❞
REWRITE THE STARS
❝ you know i want you. ❞ ❝ it’s not a secret i try to hide. ❞ ❝ i know you want me. ❞ ❝ don’t keep saying our hands are tied. ❞ ❝ you claim its not in the cards. ❞ ❝ fate is pulling you miles away and out of reach from me. ❞ ❝ you’re here in my heart. ❞ ❝ who can stop me if i decide that you’re my destiny? ❞ ❝ what if we rewrite the stars? ❞ ❝ say you were made to be mine. ❞ ❝ nothing could keep us apart. ❞ ❝ you’d be the one i was meant to find. ❞ ❝ it’s up to you. ❞ ❝ it’s up to me. ❞ ❝ no one can say what we get to be. ❞ ❝ maybe the world could be ours tonight. ❞ ❝ you think it’s easy. ❞ ❝ you think i don’t want to run to you. ❞ ❝ there are doors that we can’t walk through. ❞ ❝ i know you’re wondering why. ❞ ❝ we’re able to be just you and me within these walls. ❞ ❝ you’re gonna wake up and see that it was hopeless after all. ❞ ❝ no one can rewrite the stars. ❞ ❝ how can you say you’ll be mine? ❞ ❝ everything keeps us apart. ❞ ❝ i’m not the one you were meant to find. ❞ ❝ it’s not up to you. ❞ ❝ it’s not up to me. ❞ ❝ how can we rewrite the stars? ❞ ❝ all i want is to fly with you. ❞ ❝ all i want is to fall with you. ❞ ❝ so just give me all of you. ❞ ❝ it feels impossible. ❞ ❝ it’s not impossible. ❞ ❝ is it impossible? ❞ ❝ say that it’s possible. ❞ ❝ changing the world to be ours. ❞ ❝ i can’t have you. ❞ ❝ we’re bound to break. ❞ ❝ my hands are tied. ❞
TIGHTROPE
❝ some people long for a life that is simple and planned. ❞ ❝ some people won’t sail the sea ‘cause they’re safer on land. ❞ ❝ i’d follow you the great unknown. ❞ ❝ we promised to never let go. ❞ ❝ we can see the whole world down below. ❞ ❝ we’re walking a tightrope. ❞ ❝ but it’s all an adventure. ❞ ❝ you pulled me in and together we’re lost in a dream. ❞ ❝ i risk it all just to be with you. ❞ ❝ i risk it all for this life we choose. ❞
FROM NOW ON
❝ i saw the sun begin to dim. ❞ ❝ a man learns who is there for him when the glitter fades and the walls won’t hold. ❞ ❝ if all was lost there’s more i gained. ❞ ❝ it led me back to you. ❞ ❝ from now on these eyes will not be blinded the lights. ❞ ❝ what’s waited till tomorrow starts tonight. ❞ ❝ let this promise in me start like an anthem in my heart. ❞ ❝ i drank champagne with kings and queens. ❞ ❝ the politicians praised my name. ❞ ❝ those are someone else’s dreams. ❞ ❝ but when i stop and see you here, i remember who all this was for. ❞ ❝ we will come back home. ❞
