[ti:The Break] [ar:Alice Ripley] [al:Next to Normal (Original Broadway Cast Recording)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Break - Alice Ripley [00:02.77]They told me that the wiring [00:03.86]Was somehow all misfiring [00:05.04]And screwing up the signals [00:06.24]In my brain [00:07.69]And then they told me chemistry [00:08.91]The juice and not the circuitry [00:10.27]Was mixing up and making me insane [00:13.09]What happens when the burn has healed [00:15.53]But the skin has not regrown [00:18.47]What happens when the cast [00:20.21]At last come off [00:22.48]And then you find the break [00:25.35]Was always in another bone [00:32.08]They tried a million meds and [00:33.32]They strapped to their beds and [00:34.71]They shrugged and told me [00:35.51]That's the way it goes [00:37.33]When finally you hit it [00:38.53]I asked you just what did it [00:39.96]You shrugged and said [00:40.58]That no one really knows [00:42.65]What happens if the medicine [00:44.92]Wasn't really in control [00:47.95]What happens if the cut [00:49.64]The burn the break [00:51.84]Was never in my brain [00:54.63]Or in my blood [00:56.10]But in my soul [01:00.62]What happens if the cut [01:04.69]The burn the break [01:08.05]Was never in my brain [01:12.35]Or in my blood [01:15.09]But in my soul