What Is This Feeling? (Wicked) Songtext

von Stephen Schwartz

Schwartz Stephen
Miscellaneous
What Is This Feeling?
GALINDA
Dearest darlingest Momsie and Popsical ...

ELPHABA
My dear Father ...

BOTH
THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION
OVER ROOMING HERE AT SHIZ ...

ELPHABA
BUT OF COURSE, I'LL CARE FOR NESSA ...

GLINDA
BUT OF COURSE, I'LL RISE ABOVE IT ...

BOTH
FOR I KNOW THAT'S HOW YOU'D WANT ME TO RESPOND
YES, THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION
FOR YOU SEE, MY ROOM-MATE IS ...

GALINDA
UNUSUALLY AND EXCEEDINGLY PECULIAR
AND ALTOGETHER QUITE IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE.

ELPHABA
BLONDE.

GALINDA
WHAT IS THIS FEELING
SO SUDDEN AND NEW?

ELPHABA
I FELT THE MOMENT
I LAID EYES ON YOU ...

GALINDA
MY PULSE IS RUSHING ...

ELPHABA
MY HEAD IS REELING ...

GALINDA
MY FACE IS FLUSHING ...

BOTH
WHAT IS THIS FEELING?
FERVID AS A FLAME
DOES IT HAVE A NAME?
YES!
LOATHING
UNADULTERATED LOATHING ...

GALINDA
FOR YOUR FACE ...

ELPHABA
YOUR VOICE ...

GALINDA
YOUR CLOTHING ...

BOTH
LET'S JUST SAY -- I LOATHE IT ALL!
EV'RY LITTLE TRAIT, HOWEVER SMALL
MAKES MY VERY FLESH BEGIN TO CRAWL
WITH SIMPLE UTTER LOATHING
THERE'S A STRANGE EXHILARATION
IN SUCH TOTAL DETESTATION
IT'S SO PURE! SO STRONG!
THOUGH I DO ADMIT IT CAME ON FAST
STILL I DO BELIEVE THAT IT CAN LAST
AND I WILL BE LOATHING
LOATHING YOU
MY WHOLE LIFE LONG!

STUDENTS
DEAR GALINDA, YOU ARE JUST TOO GOOD!
HOW DO YOU STAND IT? I DON'T THINK I COULD!
SHE'S A TERROR! SHE'S A TARTAR!
WE DON'T MEAN TO SHOW A BIAS
BUT GALINDA YOU'RE A MARTYR!

GALINDA
WELL ... THESE THINGS ARE SENT TO TRY US!

STUDENTS
POOR GALINDA, FORCED TO RESIDE
WITH SOMEONE SO DISGUSTICIFIED
WE JUST WANT TO TELL YOU:
WE'RE ALL ON YOUR SIDE!
WE SHARE YOUR ...

GALINDA
AND ELPHABA STUDENTS
WHAT IS THIS FEELING LOATHING
SO SUDDEN AND NEW? UNADULTERATED
LOATHING
I FELT THE MOMENT FOR HER FACE, HER VOICE
I LAID EYES ON YOU HER CLOTHING
MY PULSE IS RUSHING LET'S JUST SAY:
MY HEAD IS REELING WE LOATHE IT ALL!
OH, WHAT IS THIS
FEELING? EV'RY LITTLE TRAIT
HOWEVER SMALL
DOES IT HAVE A NAME? MAKES OUR VERY FLESH
YES ... BEGIN TO CRAWL ...
AHHH ... AHHH ...

ALL
LOATHING!

GALINDA
AND ELPHABA ALL
THERE'S A STRANGE
EXHILARATION LOATHING
IN SUCH TOTAL
DETESTATION LOATHING
SO PURE, SO STRONG! LOATHING

STUDENTS
SO STRONG!

GLINDA AND ELPHABA
THOUGH I DO ADMIT
IT CAME ON FAST
STILL I DO BELIEVE
THAT IT CAN LAST ALL
AND I WILL BE LOATHING LOATHING
FOR FOREVER LOATHING LOATHING
TRULY, DEEPLY
LOATHING YOU LOATHING YOU
MY WHOLE
LIFE LONG! LOATHING,
UNADUTERATED
LOATHING

ELPHABA
BOO!