This will be the last installment for my mini-series of charting some of the hit songs from The Greatest Show. This is both my manager and cellist's favorite song. I do understand the reason behind it. It's a love song with beautiful lyrics. When you have 'moon' or 'stars' in your romantic expressions, you win hands down. There has been more than 1 case where I've seen musicians play a whole set of songs that contain the word 'moon' in the titles; these include How High The Moon, Moon River, Dancing In The Moonlight, Talking To The Moon, not forgetting a very popular Chinese tune by Teresa Tang - The Moon Represents My Heart.
'Rewrite The Stars' is a beautiful duet sung Phillip Carlyle & Anne Wheeler, the leading actor and actress in the movie. Unlike the main actor and actress (P. T. Barnum and Charity Barnum), both Phillip and Anne are fictional characters. My lecturer in film school that taught on scriptwriting always reminded us to insert a 'B story' in our script. It can either be linked/connected with the main story or not. I guess the Romeo-and-Juliet-esque love story between these two teenagers is the 'B story' that the audience likes to see.
It's not a secret I try to hide
I know you want me
So don't keep saying our hands are tied
You claim it's not in the cards
Fate is pulling you miles away
And out of reach from me
But you're here in my heart
So who can stop me if I decide
That you're my destiny?
Say you were made to be mine
Nothing could keep us apart
You'd be the one I was meant to find
It's up to you, and it's up to me
No one can say what we get to be
So why don't we rewrite the stars?
Maybe the world could be ours
Tonight
You think I don't want to run to you
But there are mountains
And there are doors that we can't walk through
I know you're wondering why
Because we're able to be
Just you and me
Within these walls
But when we go outside
You're going to wake up and see that it was hopeless after all
How can you say you'll be mine?
Everything keeps us apart
And I'm not the one you were meant to find
It's not up to you
It's not up to me
When everyone tells us what we can be
How can we rewrite the stars?
Say that the world can be ours
Tonight
All I want is to fall with you
So just give me all of you
Is it impossible?
Say you were made to be mine?
Nothing can keep us apart
'Cause you are the one I was meant to find
It's up to you
And it's up to me
No one can say what we get to be
And why don't we rewrite the stars?
Changing the world to be ours
It's not a secret I try to hide
But I can't have you
We're bound to break and my hands are tied
If you hadn't recognized the male lead, it belongs to Zac Efron. Who could forget the fresh face that appeared in High School Musical, and took the world by storm? I still remember my university friend asking me to watch this Disney Channel show, which I was skeptical at first; me being 'all grown up' then, what could Disney still offer me. ;) Well, I followed the whole 'trilogy'. Zendaya, on the other hand, is my first time hearing about her. She did impress with her performance in the movie though.
Here's my chord chart for 'Rewrite The Stars'. My preferred app for charting is iReal Pro. It's really convenient for transposing. When playing pop gigs, especially Mandarin/Canto pop, I rely on forScore
please have a look at some of the other songs that I've charted as well.
Never Enough - The Greatest Showman
A Million Dreams - The Greatest Showman
This Is Me - The Greatest Showman