MALVOLIO:
I HATE THE DARK
I’M NOT CRAZY
IS THAT A BAT?!
AM I CRAZY?
I DID EXACTLY WHAT SHE SAID TO DO
I SHOULD’VE KNOWN THIS WAS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
IS THIS WHAT I GET FOR DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT?
IS THIS MY DUE?
IF SOME ARE BORN GREAT
AND SOME ACHIEVE GREATNESS
AND SOME HAVE GREATNESS THRUST UPON THEM
THEN I CAN’T HELP THAT I WAS BORN GREAT!
I DIDN’T ASK TO BE THE BEST
THINGS WOULD BE MUCH EASIER BEING AVERAGE LIKE THE REST
NO ONE’S EVER UNDERSTOOD ME
IT’S NOTHING REALLY NEW
IN MIDDLE SCHOOL THEY LOCKED ME IN A LOCKER
ALWAYS PICKED ME LAST IN GYM CLASS SOCCER
I THINK EVERYONE WAS SCARED BECAUSE
OF HOW VIRTUOUS AND SMART I WAS
CAUSE MY MOM SAID:
‘DON’T LET THE BULLIES GET YOU DOWN, MALVOLIO.
YOU’RE A VERY SPECIAL BOY, MALVOLIO.
AND SOMEDAY THEY’LL ALL SEE
SO WHY HAS NO ONE REALIZED MY GREATNESS BUT ME?
THEY SAY I’M SNOBBY
BUT I JUST HAVE HIGH STANDARDS FOR MY PRECIOUS TIME
IS THAT A CRIME?
THEY SAY I’M POWER HUNGRY
BUT I’M JUST FOLLOWING MY DREAM OF RISING STRONG
IS THAT SO WRONG?
THEY SAY I’M VAIN
BUT LOVING YOURSELF IS A HEALTHY THING!
THEY SAY I’M STRICT
BUT SOMEONE’S GOT TO KEEP THINGS RUNNING!
I’M CRAZY, SO THEY SAY
WELL CALL ME CRAZY,
BUT IF BEING ME IS CRAZY
THEN LET THEM LAUGH AWAY!
YES, I WAS BORN GREAT
AND I WILL ACHIEVE GREATNESS
AND I WON’T BE AFRAID OF MY OWN FATE
I’LL WRITE THEM ALL A LETTER
SAYING I DESERVE MUCH BETTER
AND MOM, I’LL MAKE YOU PROUD, JUST YOU WAIT
SOMETIMES IT’S LONELY BEING GREAT
credits
from Twelfth Night,
released December 2, 2016
Music & Lyrics by Shaina Taub
Vocals by Andrew Kober
Dave is the master of writing endings that instill an ethereal feeling of hope within the person who experiences it. The Field is a perfect cap to the end of Octet and by itself it fills me with the calm tranquility of acceptance in situations where I feel like everything is wrong, like I'm unworthy of everything I have and happiness itself. It always reminds me to not waste anymore of my weird and precious time, arguing the nonsense of the wheel. playton