"Second Midnight" is the 14th song of act I of Into The Woods. It is the 4th song on the Apocrypha album and the 12th song on the 2022 Broadway Revival Cast Recording. This number is within the Original Broadway Production but was never recorded for the official cast recording. Not to be confused with Second Midnight (Demo).
Lyrics[]
[WITCH, spoken]
Two midnights gone!
[CINDERELLA, spoken]
Wanting a ball is not wanting a Prince...
[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE, spoken]
Near may be better than far
But it still isn't there...
[RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE, spoken]
Near may be better than far
But it still isn't there...
[CINDERELLA, spoken]
The ball...
[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE, spoken]
So near...
[RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE, spoken]
So far...
[STEPMOTHER, spoken]
You can never love somebody else's child—
[FLORINDA & LUCINDA]
Two midnights gone!
[STEPMOTHER, spoken]
—the way you love—
[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE, spoken]
So near...
[STEPMOTHER, spoken]
—your own
[CINDERELLA, spoken]
The prince...
[RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE, spoken]
So far...
[GRANNY, spoken]
The greatest prize can often lie
At the end of the thorniest path...
(overlapping)
[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE & RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE, spoken]
Two midnights gone!
Two midnights gone!
[STEPMOTHER, FLORINDA & LUCINDA, spoken]
Two midnights
Two midnights gone!
[GRANNY, spoken]
Two midnights gonе!
[NARRATOR, spoken]
Two midnights gone. And the exhaustеd Baker and his wife buried the dead Milky-White
Gallery[]
References[]
https://genius.com/Into-the-woods-2022-broadway-cast-second-midnight-lyrics