Songs from the Broadway Musical
SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK
Music and Lyrics by Bono and The Edge
PETER PARKER/SPIDERMAN:
When the ones who run the firehouse
are the ones who start the fire,
and the lawless make the laws,
and ev'ry preacher is a liar,
and the ones that damn the innocent,
well, they own the nightly news and front page.
an old man said to me,
"It's not who, but what you know;
and knowledge isn't wisdom without control.
Better still to be the changes that you wanna see.
They come slow, I know"
And you said rise above;
open your eyes up.
And you said rise above, but I can't, I can't.
ARACHNE::
For ev'ry heart that bleeds will color your world red,
and the sorrow in the night will be the blue you cannot shed.
But your strength will be a vision beyond visibility,
and the gift you have within will give you new eyes to see.
And you can rise above,
swing through the skies above.
And you shall rise above yourself.
MARY JANE WATSON:
Know that I'll be watching.
Know that I'll be waiting.
PETER PARKER & (ENSEMBLE):
Standing on the precipice,
I can soar away from this.
Free your soul. (And you can rise above.)
Rise above yourself and take control. (Open your eyes up.)
(and you can rise above yourself.)
You need to love, to release yourself and rise above it all.
(And you can rise above.)
PETER PARKER & MARY JANE & (ENSEMBLE):
I will be there. (Open your eyes up.)
You were never alone. (Open your eyes up.)
Inside your dreams, I've been watching and waiting for you.
(And you can rise above yourself.)
MARY JANE & ENSEMBLE:
And you can rise above, open your eyes to love.
And you can rise above yourself.
PETER PARKER:
and ev'ry heart that bleeds will color your world red,
and the sorrows in the night will be the blue you cannot shed.
And your strength will be a vision beyond visibility,
and the gift you have before you will give you new eyes to see.
