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A Little Closer Lyrics

This is another song written for the film rather than the stage show. After Evan (Ben Platt) admits the truth, he contacts members of Connor’s therapy group asking for information. One of them sends a video… Read More [CONNOR]Spent so many seasons lost inside my mindLost inside my mindLike a message in a bottle I thought nobody would findThat nobody would findI've been drifting, I've been dreaming I would land upon the shoreTo a haven, to a harbor that felt so far beforeWell, today, today, what felt so far away feels a little closerFor today, today, today, it feels a little closerHow long these days of darkness at the bottom of a wellThat old familiar wellSittin' heavy with these secrets with nobody to tellNobody to tellHigh above a streak of sunlight and a wall too tall to climbAll the reaching, all the wanting just to tumble еvery timeBut today, today, what felt so far away feels a littlе closerFor today, today, today, it feels a little closerAnd the days carry onThe clouds come rolling in and then they're goneAs the days keep coming onThe midnight sky turns to dawnYou might also likeToday, today, what felt so far away feels a little closerFor today, today, today, it feels a little closer, a little closerIt feels a little closer, a little closerIt feels a little closer6EmbedCancel

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This is another song written for the film rather than the stage show. After Evan (Ben Platt) admits the truth, he contacts members of Connor’s therapy group asking for information. One of them sends a video file of Connor (Colton Ryan) playing guitar and singing this song in a therapy session. Evan sends the video to Connor’s family, who never heard him perform the songs he wrote because Connor wouldn’t play them.

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1. 1. Waving Through a Window
2. 2. For Forever (Film Version)
3. 3. Sincerely, Me
4. 4. Requiem
5. 5. If I Could Tell Her
6. 6. The Anonymous Ones
7. 7. You Will Be Found
8. 8. Only Us
9. 9. Words Fail (Film Version)
10. 10. So Big / So Small
11. 11. A Little Closer
12. 12. You Will Be Found
13. 13. The Anonymous Ones
14. 14. Only Us
15. 15. A Little Closer
16. 16. Waving Through a Window

CreditsReleased onSeptember 24, 2021WritersJustin Paul & Benj PasekTagsPopIn EnglishUSABroadwayMusicalsSoundtrackExpand CommentsAdd a commentSign Up And Drop Knowledge 🤓Genius is the ultimate source of music knowledge, created by scholars like you who share facts and insight about the songs and artists they love.Sign Up