Waving Through a Window

Ben Platt
Dear Evan Hansen (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

I've learned to slam on the brakeBefore I even turn the keyBefore I make the mistakeBefore I lead with the worst of me

Give them no reason to stareNo slipping up if you slip awaySo I got nothing to shareNo, I got nothing to say

Step out, step out of the sun if you keep getting burnedStep out, step out of the sun because you've learnedBecause you've learned

On the outside always looking inWill I, ever be more than I've always been?'Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glassI'm waving through a windowI, tried to speak but nobody can hearSo I, wait around for an answer to appearWhile I'm watch, watch, watching people passI'm waving through a windowCan anybody see, is anybody waving back at me?

We start with stars in our eyesWe start believing that we belongBut every sun doesn't riseAnd no one tells you where you went wrong

Step out, step out of the sun if you keep getting burnedStep out, step out of the sun because you've learnedBecause you've learned

On the outside always looking inWill I, ever be more than I've always been?Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glassWaving through a windowI, tried to speak but nobody can hearSo I, wait around for an answer to appearWhile I'm watch, watch, watching people passWaving through a windowCan anybody see, is anybody waving?

When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody aroundDo you ever really crash or even make a sound?When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody aroundDo you ever really crash or even make a sound?When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody aroundDo you ever really crash or even make a sound?When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody aroundDo you ever really crash or even make a sound?Did I even make a sound?Did I even make a sound?It's like I never made a soundWill I ever make a sound?

On the outside always looking inWill I, ever be more than I've always been?Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glassWaving through a windowI, tried to speak but nobody can hearSo I, wait around for an answer to appearWhile I'm watch, watch, watching people passWaving through a windowCan anybody see, is anybody waving back at me? (Woah-oh)

Is anybody waving (woah-oh)Waving, wavingWhoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh