Original Broadway Cast of Dear Evan Hansen
Requiem

[ZOE] (sung)
WHY SHOULD I PLAY THIS GAME OF PRETEND?
REMEMBERING THROUGH A SECONDHAND SORROW?
SUCH A GREAT SON AND WONDERFUL FRIEND
OH, DON'T THE TEARS JUST POUR?

I COULD CURL UP AND HIDE IN MY ROOM
THERE IN MY BED, STILL SOBBING TOMORROW
I COULD GIVE IN TO ALL OF THE GLOOM
BUT TELL ME, TELL ME WHAT FOR

WHY SHOULD I HAVE A HEAVY HEART?
WHY SHOULD I START TO BREAK IN PIECES?
WHY SHOULD I GO AND FALL APART
FOR YOU?

WHY SHOULD I PLAY THE GRIEVING GIRL AND LIE
SAYING THAT I MISS YOU
AND THAT MY WORLD HAS GONE DARK WITHOUT YOUR LIGHT?
I WILL SING NO REQUIEM TONIGHT

[LARRY] (spoken)
I'm going to bed.

[CYNTHIA]
Come sit with me.
[LARRY]
Cynthia.

[CYNTHIA]
You can't stand to be in this room for five minutes?

[LARRY]
I'm exhausted.

[CYNTHIA]
You know, Larry, at some point you're going to have to start dealing–

[LARRY]
Not tonight. Please.

[CYNTHIA]
Just read this.

[LARRY]
I'll keep the light on for you.

[LARRY] (sung)
I GAVE YOU THE WORLD, BUT YOU THREW IT AWAY
LEAVING THESE BROKEN PIECES BEHIND YOU
EVERYTHING WASTED, NOTHING TO SAY
SO I CAN SING NO REQUIEM
[CYNTHIA]
I HEAR YOUR VOICE, I FEEL YOU NEAR
WITHIN THESE WORDS, I FINALLY FIND YOU
AND NOW THAT I KNOW THAT YOU ARE STILL HERE
I WILL SING NO REQUIEM TONIGHT

[ZOE, & LARRY]
WHY SHOULD I HAVE A HEAVY HEART?

[ZOE]
WHY SHOULD I SAY I'LL KEEP YOU WITH ME?
WHY SHOULD I GO AND FALL APART
FOR YOU?

[ZOE, & (CYNTHIA)]
WHY SHOULD I PLAY THE GRIEVING GIRL AND LIE
SAYING THAT I MISS YOU
AND THAT MY WORLD HAS GONE DARK WITHOUT YOUR LIGHT (I CAN SEE YOUR LIGHT)?

[ZOE]
I WILL SING NO REQUIEM, TONIGHT

'CAUSE WHEN THE VILLAINS FALL,
THE KINGDOMS NEVER WEEP
NO ONE LIGHTS A CANDLE TO REMEMBER
NO, NO ONE MOURNS AT ALL
WHEN THEY LAY THEM DOWN TO SLEEP

SO, DON'T TELL ME
THAT I DIDN'T HAVE IT RIGHT
DON'T TELL ME
THAT IT WASN'T BLACK AND WHITE

AFTER ALL YOU PUT ME THROUGH
DON'T SAY IT WASN'T TRUE
THAT YOU WERE NOT THE MONSTER
THAT I KNEW

'CAUSE I CANNOT PLAY THE GRIEVING GIRL AND LIE
SAYING THAT I MISS YOU
AND THAT MY WORLD HAS GONE DARK

[LARRY]
I WILL SING NO REQUIEM

[CYNTHIA]
I WILL SING NO REQUIEM

[ZOE]
I WILL SING NO REQUIEM TONIGHT

[LARRY, & CYNTHIA]
OH-OH, OH-OH

[ZOE]
OH-OH

[ZOE, LARRY, & CYNTHIA]
OH-OHHH...