Out There Song Lyrics
The world is cruelThe world is wickedIt’s I alone who you can trust in this whole cityI am your only friend
I who keep you, teach you, feed you, dress youI who look upon you without fearHow can I protect you, boyUnless you always stay in hereAway in hereRemember what I taught you Quasimodo
You are deformed(I am deformed)And you are ugly(And I am ugly)And these are crimes for which the world shows little pityYou do not comprehend
Out there they’ll revile you as a monster(I am a monster)Out there they will hate and scorn and jeer(Only a monster)Why invite their calumny and consternation?
Stay in hereBe faithful to me (I’m faithful)Grateful to me (I’m grateful)Do as I say, obey, and stay in here (I’ll stay in here)
Safe behind these windows and these parapets of stoneGazing at the people down below meAll my life I watch them as I hide up here aloneHungry for the histories they show me
All my life I memorize their facesKnowing them as they will never know meAll my life I wonder how it feels to pass a dayNot above themBut part of them
And out thereLiving in the sunGive me one day out thereAll I ask is oneTo hold forever
Out thereWhere they all live unawareWhat I’d giveWhat I’d dareJust to live one day out there…
Out there among the millers and the weavers and their wivesThrough the roofs and gables I can see themEvery day, they shout and scold and go about their livesHeedless of the gift it is to be them
If I was in their skinI’d treasure every instant
Out thereStrolling by the SeineTaste a morning out thereLike ordinary menWho freely walk about there
Just one day and thenI swear I’ll be contentWith my shareWon’t resentWon’t despair
Old and bentI won’t careI’ll have spentOne dayOut there…