The World Is Upside Down

Matthew Morrison

Welcome my friends
Glad you could join me on this most auspicious day

I hope you'll forgive
Mistakes and errors
We're just getting under way

You may recognize some of the scenes
You all played a part in sowing the seeds

‘Cause there is magic here in my imagination
Just believe and it can be a creation
The stories we invented
All the fun that we found
Appearing here before your eyes
The world is upside down!

Our characters

Nibs and Tootles...?

What is their motivation?

Because you see, I have to live and breathe my part, drawing from my own life experience...

Nibs is a lost boy

Lost! Good, interesting

Yes...

That I can use

Good, right

Is he lost in an emotional purgatory?
...or lost in an existential search for himself? 

Yes!

No, he's just lost

Good heavens! 
Where, when, and how?

Do you have experience being lost?

We're experiencing it now

Dogs!

Boys!

Flying!

[Miss Bassett:] Lost!

So...

Frustration!

Believe and it can 

No!

Be a creation

Actors don't fly...

Because actors could die!

Start by saying I can do 
And then you can try

I can't

I won’t

Will not

Not me

There is no magic in your imagination
I do not believe in your new creation
This disaster is all due to your play
This could be my last first day

Nauseous!

Anxious...

My reputation!

Playing lost?

Get lost!
Serious actors cannot work this way!

A positive start!

The world is upside down!

What you mean to me

Standing here
All at once
All the words run dry

Something changed
Can't explain
And I can't deny

Turning in circles
And blurring the lines

The unspoken is calling us tonight

I won't lie
I'm a little bit frightened of my imagination

Swear I'll try
But I'm feeling enlightened
You’re my inspiration

We can fly if we want to
I promise
Faith will give you wings

Just take the second star on the right
Straight ahead ‘till the morning light

Just take the second star on the right
Straight ahead ‘till morning light

Every word and every sentence
Doesn't seem to make a difference
Nothing can explain 
Just what you mean to me

Every shape and all the colours
All the love from all the lovers
Never quite express 
Just what you mean to me

Every instinct
Every Feeling
Breathless
All my senses reeling
Cannot even say
Just what you mean to me

Turning in circles
And blurring the lines

I won't lie
I'm a little bit frightened of my imagination
I swear I'll try
You’re my inspiration

We can fly if we want to
I promise
Faith will give you wings

Just take the second star on the right 
Straight ahead ‘till the morning light

Just take the second star on the right 
Straight ahead ‘till the morning light

Every star that's ever fallen
Knows the way to where we're going
Now I really know 
Just what you mean to me