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Metaphor Lyrics by Santino Fontana, Sara Jean Ford

The Fantasticks (The New Off-Broadway Recording)

2006

[MATT, spoken]
I don't what to call her
She's too vibrant for a name!
What shall I call her?
[MATT]
Juliet?
[LUISA]
Yes, dear!
[MATT]
Helena?
[LUISA]
Yes, dear?
[MATT, spoken]
And Cassandra, and Cleopatra, and Beatrice
And also—
[MATT]
Guinevere?
[LUISA]
What, dear?
[MATT, spoken]
I think she's there
Can you hear me?
[LUISA, spoken]
Barely
[MATT, spoken]
I've been speaking of you
[LUISA, spoken]
To whom?
[MATT, spoken]
To them
I told them that if someone were to ask me to describe you
I would be utterly and totally speechless
Except to say, perhaps, that you are Polaris or the insidе of a leaf
[LUISA, spoken]
Speak a little loudеr!
[MATT]
I love you!
[LUISA, spoken, swooning]
Ah, ah, ah, ah!
[MATT]
If I were in the desert deep in sand
And the sun was burning like a hot pomegranate:
Walking through a nightmare in the heat of a summer day
Until my mind was parch-ed!
Then you are water...
Cool, clear water...
A refreshing glass of water!
[LUISA, spoken]
What, dear?
[MATT]
Water!
[LUISA, spoken, swooning]
Ah, ah, ah, ah!
[MATT]
Love! You are love!
Better far than a metaphor
Can ever, ever be
Love! You are love!
My mystery of love!
If the world was like an iceberg
And everything was frozen
And tears turned into icicles in the eye!
And snow came pouring—
And sleet and ice—
Came stabbing like a knife!
Then you are heat!
A fire alive with heat
A flame that thaws the iceberg with its heat!
[LUISA, spoken]
Repeat!
[MATT]
You are heat!
[LUISA, spoken, swooning]
Ah, ah, ah, ah!
[MATT & LUISA]
Love (I am love)
You are love (I am love)
[MATT & LUISA]
Better far than a metaphor
Can ever, ever be
[MATT & LUISA]
Love (I am love)
You are love (I am love)
My mystery (His mystery)
[MATT & LUISA]
Of love!
[MATT]
You are Polaris
The one trustworthy star
[MATT & LUISA]
You are! (I am!)
You are! (I am!)
[MATT]
You are September
A special mystery
[MATT & LUISA]
To me! (To he!)
To me! (To he!)
[MATT]
You are sunlight! Moonlight!
Mountains! Valleys!
The microscopic inside of a leaf!
[MATT & LUISA]
My joy! (Yes, I am his joy!)
My grief! (Yes, I am his grief!)
My star! (Yes, I am his star!)
My leaf! (Yes, I am his leaf!)
Oh, love! (I am love!)
You are love! (I am love!)
[MATT & LUISA]
Better far than any metaphor
Can ever, ever be
[MATT & LUISA]
Love (I am love)
You are love (I am love)
My mystery (His mystery)
[MATT & LUISA]
Of love
Love
Love
Love!
Credits
Santino Fontana

Santino Fontana

Sara Jean Ford

Sara Jean Ford

About “Metaphor” by Santino Fontana

Read the complete lyrics to "Metaphor" by Santino Fontana, Sara Jean Ford from the album "The Fantasticks (The New Off-Broadway Recording)" in 2006. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Off-Broadway, Pop, Musicals.

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"Metaphor" appears on "The Fantasticks (The New Off-Broadway Recording)" in 2006.

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