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Defying Gravity from Wicked is featured in 100, the twelfth episode of Season Five. It is sung by Kurt, Mercedes, and Rachel. They re-did the song previously sung in Wheels in Season One, as part of the show's special hundredth episode.
Lyrics
Mercedes:
Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
Kurt:
I'm through with playing by the rules
Of someone else's game
Rachel:
Too late for second guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
Mercedes:
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes and leap!
Kurt:
It's time to try defying gravity
Mercedes:
I think I'll try defying gravity
Rachel:
Kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity
Mercedes:
And you won't bring me down, no
Rachel:
I'm through accepting limits
'Cause someone says they're so
Mercedes:
Some things I cannot change
But till I try I'll never know!
Rachel:
Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love I guess I've lost
Kurt:
Well, if that's love
It comes at
Rachel:
Much too high a cost
Mercedes:
I'd sooner buy defying gravity
Rachel:
Kiss me goodbye
Mercedes:
I'm defying gravity
Rachel:
I think I'll try defying gravity
Mercedes:
And you won't bring me down
Rachel:
I'd sooner buy defying gravity
Mercedes:
Kiss me goodbye I'm defying gravity
Rachel:
I think I'll try defying gravity
Kurt:
And you won't bring me down
Rachel:
Bring me down (Mercedes: down)
Mercedes:
Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by the rules
Of someone else's game
Rachel:
Too late for second guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
Kurt:
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes and leap!
It's time to try defying gravity
Rachel:
I think I'll try defying gravity
Mercedes:
Kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity
And you won't bring me down, no
Rachel:
I'm through accepting limits
'Cause someone says they're so
Kurt:
Some things I cannot change
But till I try I'll never know!
Rachel:
Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love I guess I've lost
Mercedes:
Well, if that's love
It comes at much too high a cost
I'd sooner buy defying gravity
Rachel:
Kiss me goodbye I'm defying gravity
Kurt:
I think I'll try defying gravity
Mercedes:
And you won't bring me down
I'd sooner buy defying gravity
Rachel:
Kiss me goodbye I'm defying gravity
Kurt:
I think I'll try defying gravity
Rachel:
And you won't bring me down
Mercedes:
Bring me down
Trivia
- Chris expressed interest in re-doing this song when asked about what song he wanted to do in the 100th episode. Source
- After the performance, April states that "that song should be on the Broadway." This is an ironic reference to portrayer Kristin Chenoweth's long-time role as Glinda in the Broadway production of Wicked, which Defying Gravity is from.
- Rachel explains to Mercedes that she can't sing "Defying Gravity" for the assignment, because she and Kurt already planned to redo their duet, remixing it by switching parts so that she could hit the high note at the end. However, Rachel and Kurt only sung the song together in the released versions; in-universe, the two took turns to sing the song.
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Videos
Defying Gravity - Wicked
Defying Gravity Glee HD FULL STUDIO
Full Performance of "Defying Gravity" from "100" GLEE