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Off Center

from Extraordinary by Geha

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Nate tries to make sense of his new-found abilities.

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NATE:
I’ve passed these kids a hundred times
The details never crossed my mind
Parading cliques who all fit neatly in their category
But now the labels come unsealed
Each individual’s revealed
And for the first time I see everybody’s got a story

I’ve been a jerk, I’ve been unkind
My parents sigh and call it adolescent apathy
But they never ask for more from me
It’s time I started asking for myself

ENSEMBLE:
I see a world that I’m a part of, not the center
And it’s hard at first to be here, cuz I’m scared i’ll be ignored
But the beauty of the pieces is they’re stronger for each other
There’s a power in the puzzle and the picture’s the reward

NATE:
The girl right there that’s dressed real weird
Creates a drug in sixteen years
Which cures a flu strain through a new form of viral suppression
Next week that kid will write a song
‘Bout how it feels to not belong
His parents hear it and they get him help for his depression

And that one there will not survive past thirty-five
I’m overwhelmed by what I’m shown
We’re all unique and so alike so tell me
Why are we pretending we’re alone?

ENSEMBLE:
I see a world that I’m a part of, not the center
And it’s hard at first to be here, cuz I’m scared I’ll be ignored
But the beauty of the pieces is they’re stronger for each other
There’s a power in the puzzle and the picture’s the reward

NATE:
I’ve been so out of touch
I couldn’t see before, but now I see so much
Now I see too much

ENSEMBLE:
I see a world that I’m a part of, not the center
And it’s hard at first to be here, cuz I’m scared I’ll be ignored
But the beauty of the pieces is they’re stronger for each other
There’s a power in the puzzle and the picture’s the reward

NATE:
I see the world
I couldn’t see before
But now I see so much
I see so much
I see too much
I see too much
I see too much

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from Extraordinary, released March 21, 2012
Music and lyrics by Andrew Geha

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Geha New York, New York

Andrew Geha is an award-winning playwright and theater teacher who has worked at Friends Academy, a Quaker school in Locust Valley, NY, since 2001.

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