“No Place Like Home” is Elphaba’s new song in Wicked: For Good and Cynthia Erivo has opened about about the meaning of the track.
The song nods to The Wizard of Oz, using the words that Dorothy echoes throughout the movie.
Elphaba sings the song near the beginning of the movie while trying to encourage the animals of Oz to stay and fight with her instead of going to the No Man’s Land.
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“She has to question why she wants to continue to save Oz, or save the animals in it, even though this place doesn’t necessarily want her,” Cynthia told Empire. “It is a discovery as to why she can continue. That is where the story gets started for her.”
She added, “I was really aware that if the words ‘no place like home’ are in her mouth, they have to mean something. It has to be really special.”
Elphaba begins on the song, “Why do I love this place / That’s never loved me? / A place that seems to be devolving / And even wanting to? / But Oz is more than just a place / It’s a promise, an idea / And I want to help make it come true.”
Make sure to also hear Glinda’s new song.
Listen to the song below from YouTube or download it now on iTunes or Amazon.
Read the full lyrics below.
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Source: justjared.com
