One of the things that we all want in life is to connect.
Our next nominee for Best Musical is a deeply personal
and profoundly contemporary story about a young man who wants more than anything to belong.
But his chance to make that connection is threatened
when he writes a letter that was never meant to be seen, tells a lie that was never meant to be told,
and suddenly gets the life he never dreamed he could have.
Please welcome Tony nominees Mike Feist, Rachel Bay Jones, and my friend, Ben Platt
with the company of Dear Evan Hansen!
[applause]
[music]
I've learned to slam on the brake before I even turn the key
Before I make the mistake
Before I lead with the worst of me
Give them no reason to stare
No slipping up if you slip away
So I got nothing to share
No, I got nothing to say
Step out, step out of the sun if you keep getting burned
Step out, step out of the sun Because you've learned, because you've learned...
On the outside always looking in
Will I ever be more than I've always been?
'Cause I'm tap-tap-tapping on the glass
I'm waving through a window, oh
I try to speak, but nobody can hear
So I wait around for an answer to appear
While I'm watch-watch-watching people pass
I'm waving through a window, oh
Can anybody see?
Is anybody waving back at me?
We start with stars in our eyes (laughs) Huh
We start believing that we belong
But every sun doesn't rise
And no one tells you where you went wrong
Step out, step out of the sun if you keep getting burned
Step out, step out of the sun
Because you've learned, because you've learned...
On the outside always looking in
Will I ever be more than I've always been?
'Cause I'm tap-tap-tapping on the glass
Waving through a window
I try to speak, but nobody can hear
So I wait around for an answer to appear
While I'm watch-watch-watching people pass
Waving through a window, oh
Can anybody see?
Is anybody waving...?
When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around,
Do you ever really crash or even make a sound?
When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around,
Do you ever really crash or even make a sound?
When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around,
Do you ever really crash or even make a sound?
When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around,
Do you ever really crash or even make a sound?
Did I even make a sound? Did I even make a sound?
It's like I never made a sound
Will I ever make a sound?
On the outside always looking in
Will I ever be more than I've always been?
'Cause I'm tap-tap-tapping on the glass
Waving through a window, oh I...
I try to speak, but nobody can hear
So I wait around for an answer to appear
While I'm watch-watch-watching people pass
Waving through a window, oh
Can anybody see?
Is anybody waving back at me?
Ensemble: Oh-oh-oh-oh
Evan: Is anybody waving?
Waving... Waving...
Whoa-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
[applause, cheers]