Right?? I was already crying from the slideshow of Penny’s life, and then they hit us with the kids actually screaming in joy from the roller coaster and I just weep because gosh, they’re just kids…. They WERE just kids… 😭😭
I like to think that in the afterlife they're in an infinite carnival, having fun on rides, getting photographed in photo booths, eating popcorn and corndogs :)
I also like to think that when Jane/Penny/Whoever she was in her next life went to the same afterlife after she lived her full life, but as the form of what she really looked like in the choir, and they all ask her questions about being an adult
@@SaikiKFann Yeah, but I guess I'm some ways it would probably be what would happen, I can imagine her trying to make them not feel so bad about not becoming adults by just talking about the bad bits
I've noticed that the group huddle before Karnak's death, Ocean is the only one facing out. It's confused me before; but I think that she's the only one facing out because she's taking her role as the group leader seriously: while everyone's clinging to each other as they plunge into Limbo (without Karnak to keep them in the real world,) she's being their shield ready to face where ever the group ends up in first. Which I think is sweet considering that she was ready to sacrifice everyone at the beginning of the play to bring herself back to life.
Despite his existence being spent predicting deaths, Karnak's death still caught him off guard. His own death surprised him, despite the fact that he knew it was coming.
Since the Cyclone is a huge metaphor for life, especially in the song they are about to sing right after, his final message actually does make sense in context. In the face of reading the deaths of so many people, Karnak has learned there is a lot of confused random noise, but despite it, don’t forget to ride the cyclone (live).
do you think that he knew it down to the precise second but he didn't know that he'd still be alive for a few seconds after his cord was bit for the final time thus interrupting his final words
NOTHING WILL EVER TOP "YOU MIGHT LIVE FOR A DAY OR ETERNITY / THERE'S NO TIME FOR A JUDGE OR A REFEREE" AND RICKY AND OCEAN LOOKING AT EACH OTHER AT *"NO ONE WILL MEASURE HOW HARD WE TRIEEEEEDDDD!!!"* AND I STAND BY THAT
For me personally I think the ending means they were brought back RIGHT when the coaster derailed, they all died again except for Jane/Penny. She doesn't remember anything that happened with Karnak but the rest of the choir does
But Karnak said that he only had enough power to reincarnate ONE a person. They were in purgatory from the Cyclone accident. The way I interpreted the ending was the other kids were heading to the next destination (whether you believe there is an afterlife/heaven or hell is up to you) on the same ride that took their lives.
@@moonwalkerangel7008we don't know the context of his powers. You could argue him dying released more power and he had enough to reincarnate everyone Also he's tricked ocean before. He can do it again
i like to belive that penny live on past in the same life like she just does not go on the coaster/ live past it but the others go to there next life nole lives in pairs and finds micsha again and they are boyfriends in France Constance has a pretty family and ocean is priminister of cannada
I think that she was actually brought into a brand new life given the existence of Lego land. Lots of the details that I have heard about legoland wouldn’t make sense if she was part of the choir. For example, we have no idea where her brother is/ her brother would’ve been able to identify who she was so she wouldn’t be Jane doe. I haven’t read the entire thing so I don’t know for certain I know they get sent to the school despite that but still.
The ending had me sobbinggg. I know this story isn’t real but the thought of kids coming to have some fun only for their lives to be cut short is such a sad one. The way the musical portrayed it just hit me right in the heart
@@englishatheartThat's part of the problem, they were already filled with pain, they didn't even get a chance at freedom. Listen to any of their back stories, most of them are sad.
My interpretation of the ending: The first part of the song is them accepting the fact that they’re dead forever and they had a life well spent. They appreciate it. Then the second part they start to accept and appreciate the afterlife and move on. They’re all happy and together and before the curtain closes they get back on the cyclone to finish the ride never got to (like unfinished business) and this time it doesn’t derail but safely brings them to the afterlife. When the curtain closes they arrive with Jane/Penny arriving in the real world reborn. Since she never got a life and they had one they both moved on. Just my thoughts
I like to think that the ending means that they are being returned to the moment before they hit the ground and die. But they all still remember the time in the warehouse with Karnak and everyone’s time expressing who they were. I think Penny remembers her time with Karnak as well; remembering being unable to recall who she was, just knowing that she was dead and unidentified. I think she lives her life with both survivor’s guilt and deep gratefulness to the rest of the choir. I also hope that when Penny dies after surviving, she is reunited with the choir.
Oh my god I hope not forever! That's so terrible, after all these kids have gone through they at least deserve some rest... maybe they are just riding the cyclone up to heaven 😢 they are too cool to use the stairs
that's how I interpreted it but not in a scary way; I feel like their spirits are forever in this moment of childlike fun. The song itself is upbeat and joyful
I think they go to the fair and ride all of the rides and eat fair food but when they ride the cyclone it doesn’t derail and the finish the ride and continue riding rides, taking pictures, and eating fair food :)
This is so much better than the cast recording. I adore the last like Karnak says, but what I love even more is the rollercoaster-esque percussion and the joyful scream at the beginning of “It’s just a ride”
@@Angelica5027 it does! even the more light hearted songs have a sense of sadness to them (ex: SABM was the first time Ricky could finally express himself). I absolutely adore this tragic comedy
@@lordofshibainus Me too!! And I love how Ocean goes to "is someone keeping score?"(What the world needs) at "no one keeps score"(it's not a game it's just a ride)
‘theres no one to measure, how how we try’ sung by ocean and ricky TO EACH OTHER because both people were only seen for how hard they tried in life(ricky, being indifferent, and ocean, trying way too hard to make people believe shes a good person) IS JUST SO. AUGH. THEY UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER IN A WAY THAT NO ONE ELSE IN THE CHOIR CAN AND IT MAKES ME WANT TO CRY!!! THEY SING IT SO HAPPILY TOO AAUGHHGGHG
I love the lyrics in this song. The first verse is kind of an objective commentary on life- no one wins or loses, no one measures how hard you try. The second verse sounds like life from a cynical point of view- sailing through space, just spinning in an insignificant loop. But the third verse really makes me cherish what I have, because that’s what the characters do. They recognize that maybe it really doesn’t matter, but they lived their lives the best they could anyway. You’re just supposed to be grateful for what you have because you don’t know when you’ll be gone. That’s why I love this song!
@@lordofshibainustbh I have an entire playlist of songs that do that to me, and I usually do save it for when I’m feeling like I want to listen to them
To this day I'm mad that the recording doesn't have the "You might live for a day or eternity/ there's no time for a judge or referee / no one will measure/ how hard we tried" line. Like. Come on. _That's the point of the show._ Why did you cut it??? edit: corrected one of the lyrics. Thanks for the right word!
It’s the same problem with them removing the past opening songs from the soundtrack. They were so focused on using the final version that they forgot what got them there.
the reason's why I cry like a freaking child every single time watching this scene: - Everyone looking Jane/penny borning, growing, getting old and doing everything they wanted to - the fact everyone accepted they fates and just start to see death as a new challenge and a fun ride to them - they clearly don't regret choosing Jane to go back - Karnak clearly proud of them and what they did in one hour(and Karnak death) - Penny singing in the end the same thing she did in the begging of the musical(there's no end and no begging, so the song mix the beginning, middle and create a new song for the end) Ps: my silly theory: when the "portal" opened again and the kids spinn, Karnak actually find a way to bring everyone back, he just needed Jane once again to help him(or she did everything alone)
two months update: I just noticed that Ocean goes to Karnak to check up on him, not believing he was right and he would die in an hour this damn musical 😭
I like to think that they all got to be reborn, if not that I like to think Penny somehow found Talia. Talia was an old woman when Penny found her. Penny can remember her time with Karnak in her new life. Penny realizes Talia is the Talia Mischa was singing about. Talia has not been with anyone since Mischa's death. Penny and Talia help find out what happened on the Cyclone.
GODS THIS SONG MADE ME CRY THE FIRST TIME I WATCHED They’re so HAPPY, they’re KIDS, I love when rtc reminds us that they’re KIDS. Like, Noel may be dramatic and adult, but he views the bad as something good, and Mischa may be a “Gangster” but he’s just a scared kid, or Ocean who just wants someone to care, and Constance who needs someone to actually see her, and Ricky who’s disabled yeah, but he still seeks CONNECTION. It’s such a good ending, they accept their fates, they have each other, they’ll figure it out, they’ll get through it despite what happened. I know a lot of people end it there, but I have a different interpretation of the ending. A mix of the reincarnation and the back to life theory. After their deaths, they’re sent like, back in time where they have no memories of the warehouse, they go back through their lives exactly the same as before, but RIGHT as they get to the fair, it all comes rushing back. They still have that character development, but they get to *live*. And you may ask “But they saw Jane’s life?” And, they did. What they didn’t realize, is that they were there too, just not in the super cut they saw. It’s wishful thinking, it’s me being too much of a sap to handle a bittersweet ending, but to me? It’s the best possible end :) (Also imagine them cracking jokes about it, like a teacher will drone for too long and Noel just whispers to Ricky “AND THATS WHY NOT EVERYBODY DESERVES A LIBRARY CARD”)
Oh and my reason for believing this is also, they go to the same area behind the curtains, spirals and everything, yes it could just be them going to the afterlife but let me DREAM
I like to think that penny, or 'jane' never actually existed, but was an angel or guardian of sorts that was ment to test the children to see if they were good people so they could re-encarnate. Would exsplain her spooky off-setting atmosphere and the song she sings at the end. Also just makes me think thats why we never actually saw her head. She was the opposite of karnak.
I would argue Karnak does have good intentions for them, he even mentions in the fall fair version to show remorse for the kids deaths. If she wasn’t real I could see they’re working together but handle it differently. He’s more harsh with his words because he’s trying to teach them a lesson and recognize their faults, tricking them to help them. While Jane would be the kind one, gently pushing them to learn and grow through empathy. They both want the same thing, the kids to move on. But Karnak is bad cop and Jane would be good cop.
This song makes me tear up so much EVERYTIME I go back to it . The way it puts everything together- how they sing in past tense, that they come to accept their death. It’s something that keeps me awake so often at night. How can kids be so okay with dying ? His, heart wrenching. I love it
What all of them truly needed, was a friend that loved and accepted who they were on the inside 😭 and they all found that in each other. It’s what they needed to move on
everytime when i watch this and jane goes I know this dream of life is never ending it goes around and round and round again I get goosebumps and I wanna cry help
It's not a game Maybe that's news Cause no one will win here And no one can lose There's no one to measure Our foolish pride And no one keeps score Of how hard we tried This ride, it has heartbreak This ride, it has pain All kinds of blue skies No shortage of rain Yes, there is laughter And the telling of lies And maybe in darkness We open our eyes And you give and choose While you love and lose And you feel the world is spinning With no ending or beginning You just take a look around Take a look around Take a look around And round and round and round And now you're probably wondering, "What happens next?" That I couldn't possibly tell you But I will say this After reading thousands of human fortunes, my final insight is: Your lucky number is 7 You will soar to great heights Be sure to ride The Cyclone We're just sailing through space There's no up or down So beautiful and strange But it's more than spinning round Yes, it's everything you loved And everything you dreamed And everything you shared And everything that seemed so Oh, so terrifying But it's not a game, it's not a game Whoa, no, no It's not a game, it's not a game It's just a ride It's just a ride We're all just sailing through space There's no up, there's no down It's all so beautiful and strange But so much more than spinning 'round Yes, it's everything you loved And it's everything you dreamed And it's everything you shared And it's everything that seemed so Oh, so terrifying Turning 'round It's just a ride It's just a ride And the world will keep on spinning With no ending or beginning So just take a look around Take a look around Take a look around And round and round and round I know this dream of life is never ending It goes around and round and round again
i think the slide show at the end is what they hopped penny's life turned out to be, since she has blonde hair there but the actaul penny has brown hair. i love the details.
Okay so to me it feels like- altho Karnak says he had the ability to bring back only one- something changed that! Maybe Karnak didn't all bring them back, but the portal opened yet again and Jane says take a look around- to then sing the opening "I know this dream of life is never ending- it goes around and round and round again." To me that sounds like them being brought back to life Also notice that unlike the beginning- the kids aren't reacting to the impact of the coaster crashing, but they're reaching to the sky and smiling- which to me looks like the coaster didn't break.
This song literally gives me goosebumps, especially because of the choreography. I think it’s really sweet how they’re acting like kids and almost like they’re accepting their deaths. I noticed that Ricky (this may or may not have been intentional) was really joyful looking and more ecstatic than the rest of the choir, which i think is because 1.) he accepted his death and 2.) he can “live” being a kid (in that moment) without having to worry about anything. The “duo” that Ocean and Ricky have really shows their development during the musical, which I think is really sweet that they’re connecting. Also, the way Ocean faces out when the group is huddled up makes me think that she’s really taking responsibility for her actions and having leadership over the group, but in a “motherly figure” sort of way. One tiny thing is how all of their appearances changed from the beginning. Noel and Mischa looking happier than the beginning literally makes my heart so happy. The acceptance is really shown in the difference in their expressions and appearances from the beginning. One extra thing that I would like to add is that I like to think that the end is showing them finishing the rollercoaster ride that they never got to, and they can spend their afterlife in the carnival and doing all the things they never got to experience. I don’t have enough room to fit how many amazing things I noticed about this musical and how much I adore it, so this will have to do for now!
hey if you can could you please upload this song is awesome and maybe what the world needs? I prefer this cast over the official cast recording but noones uploaded them ones :'(
@@miomao_ehe sometimes I find that the recorded version has a but too much overlaying that it's hard to hear the singing or doesn't sound super good like everything else, so people prefer the live versions, that and you can see everything! Which makes it even better
I personally think the clips that they looked at the beginning of this song before Karnak dies is Jane/Penny’s life after she was brought back and her singing at the end is her returning to the after life after dying of old age
I don't think Jane Doe ever existed in the first place. I think she represents the group's consciousness, which was at first ignored and not fully realised (or recognised) - thus, Jane Doe, unidentifiable, without a head and so the group had no identity. They are each prescribed a word which is synonymous with their personalities, which is actually their most distinct flaw: Ocean, the most successful girl in town, obsessed with her successes, Constance, the nicest girl in town, forever hiding herself behind her niceness and so on. However, when they finally learn their lesson, which Ocean earlier acknowledges every story has, Jane Doe, their conscience, is fully realised and is called Penny Lamb - who in Legoland is someone who, in summary, seeks purpose.
Genuinely cannot get over Jane (Penny)'s final haunting words. The way they make it similar in melody but not exactly the same as the first song (which adds to the bittersweetness). The way they add the sound effect of the Cyclone crashing. It's such a wonderfully beautiful ending, both in context and melodically 🤯💚 I'm literally blown away at how good this show is oh my lord 💚💚💚
Yk what, I'm just gonna think it as that in the end, they all got revived by karnak because he wanted to see how much he can bring back before he died/malfunction Leave me alone with my thoughts.
Everyone is talking about the Ocean facing what comes next as a group leader- but everyone forgets that _SHE_ is the one who goes to check on Karnak, to see if he's somehow faking. She peeks over, sees he's really gone and goes "It's not a game- it's not a game." :>
Headcanon that all 5 of the other choir members get reincarnated as Jane/Penny's children or grandchildren. I just think thatd be cute. At the end of the musical, they are like a family, so why cant they be family irl?
I noticed. When Jane got brought back to life, the light behind her / infront of her was a blue bright light. And when the choir are "riding the cyclone" into the backstage. What's behind them? A blue bright light. I like to *imagine* that they get brought back aswell. Not by Karnak. But by something else.
Seeing Mischa genuinely smile with the others near the end as they pass on makes me so emotional considering he's never really smiled that much throughout the musical. I think them all smiling is showing they're ready to move on and feel accomplished with the memories of life they lived. They're at peace now.
Personal headcanon here: when we hear penny's voice, it isn't her dying and taking the others to the afterlife with her, but instead reversing what already happened. Being included in the carnival activities having her fortune token provided enough time for the others to get to the cyclone later than they originally did causing an entirely different group to suffer their fate, redoing the timeline completely, bringing their souls back to the real world and continuing where they left off.
You know, when I first watched this, I took the ending as they all got to go back. I was a little shocked to find that it wasn’t the case? It still is for me.
Link to download
Edit: something happened to the file in the link and the google drive so i used gofile
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omg ive been looking for a link thank you
you are a saint, it literally got taken down while i was watching for the 67th time
Please upload to UA-cam
Thank you
Is that a link for the whole thing???
i think what makes me cry with this song is the fact they act like kids again, theyre not afraid of their own death anymore and they have each other
Right?? I was already crying from the slideshow of Penny’s life, and then they hit us with the kids actually screaming in joy from the roller coaster and I just weep because gosh, they’re just kids…. They WERE just kids… 😭😭
Yes, everyone of them wanted to be that one, that gets back to life. But in the end they could accept it
I cry every time because they accepted their death im crying rn as I write this
I literally cry every single time I listen to this song
I like to think that in the afterlife they're in an infinite carnival, having fun on rides, getting photographed in photo booths, eating popcorn and corndogs :)
Omg yes
I also like to think that when Jane/Penny/Whoever she was in her next life went to the same afterlife after she lived her full life, but as the form of what she really looked like in the choir, and they all ask her questions about being an adult
@@JosieAndTheFurbs that last part is kinda sad
@@SaikiKFann Yeah, but I guess I'm some ways it would probably be what would happen, I can imagine her trying to make them not feel so bad about not becoming adults by just talking about the bad bits
@@JosieAndTheFurbs yeah I can see that
I always take the ending as Penny, who now lived her life, going back for them to take them to a proper afterlife with her.
OMG YES
I love this interpretation so much ❤❤❤❤
THIS!!! THIS LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND OTHERWISE, IS A GOOD ENDING
OMG ME TOO
I NEVER SAW IT THIS WAY BUT I LOVE THIS SO MUCH OML❤️❤️❤️❤️
I've noticed that the group huddle before Karnak's death, Ocean is the only one facing out. It's confused me before; but I think that she's the only one facing out because she's taking her role as the group leader seriously: while everyone's clinging to each other as they plunge into Limbo (without Karnak to keep them in the real world,) she's being their shield ready to face where ever the group ends up in first. Which I think is sweet considering that she was ready to sacrifice everyone at the beginning of the play to bring herself back to life.
Fr, it’s so sad but so cute at the same time 😭
TAHTS SO SWEET
Character development!!
Awww
Just noticed that.
Despite his existence being spent predicting deaths, Karnak's death still caught him off guard.
His own death surprised him, despite the fact that he knew it was coming.
Or he has an *impeccable* sense of comedic timing.
Since the Cyclone is a huge metaphor for life, especially in the song they are about to sing right after, his final message actually does make sense in context.
In the face of reading the deaths of so many people, Karnak has learned there is a lot of confused random noise, but despite it, don’t forget to ride the cyclone (live).
i think this is why i like this song live more than the cast recording, because in the recording he actually gets to finish his sentence
do you think that he knew it down to the precise second but he didn't know that he'd still be alive for a few seconds after his cord was bit for the final time thus interrupting his final words
I like to think he did it just to mess with people
This version just hits different compared to the album. It's so good. It makes me want to cry
Especially when they start saying it's just a ride with their scream as if their relieving the rollercoaster.
NOTHING WILL EVER TOP "YOU MIGHT LIVE FOR A DAY OR ETERNITY / THERE'S NO TIME FOR A JUDGE OR A REFEREE" AND RICKY AND OCEAN LOOKING AT EACH OTHER AT *"NO ONE WILL MEASURE HOW HARD WE TRIEEEEEDDDD!!!"* AND I STAND BY THAT
The way they all huddle together when Karnak dies. It’s so sad, yet so beautiful
I think it's cuz we see what's happening as they sing it as well as some cut lyrics
IKR!!! But i actually cry im not joking its so sad
The choir holding each other once they noticed the count down made me cry harder :(
For me personally I think the ending means they were brought back RIGHT when the coaster derailed, they all died again except for Jane/Penny. She doesn't remember anything that happened with Karnak but the rest of the choir does
That makes more sense
But Karnak said that he only had enough power to reincarnate ONE a person. They were in purgatory from the Cyclone accident. The way I interpreted the ending was the other kids were heading to the next destination (whether you believe there is an afterlife/heaven or hell is up to you) on the same ride that took their lives.
@@moonwalkerangel7008we don't know the context of his powers. You could argue him dying released more power and he had enough to reincarnate everyone
Also he's tricked ocean before. He can do it again
i like to belive that penny live on past in the same life like she just does not go on the coaster/ live past it but the others go to there next life nole lives in pairs and finds micsha again and they are boyfriends in France Constance has a pretty family and ocean is priminister of cannada
I think that she was actually brought into a brand new life given the existence of Lego land. Lots of the details that I have heard about legoland wouldn’t make sense if she was part of the choir. For example, we have no idea where her brother is/ her brother would’ve been able to identify who she was so she wouldn’t be Jane doe. I haven’t read the entire thing so I don’t know for certain I know they get sent to the school despite that but still.
The real star of the show is the 8 people in the audience with strep throat
lmao-
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They always cough at the most emotional/ quiet parts too
@@Pesky.B.Peskertons I think they tried to hide their sobs with coughs
The ending had me sobbinggg. I know this story isn’t real but the thought of kids coming to have some fun only for their lives to be cut short is such a sad one. The way the musical portrayed it just hit me right in the heart
Better a short life than a long one filled with pain.
@@englishatheartThat's part of the problem, they were already filled with pain, they didn't even get a chance at freedom. Listen to any of their back stories, most of them are sad.
My headcanon is that at the end, when we hear Jane again, that's her reuniting with her old friends after she dies for real
Ohhh I'm crying now
Awesome
My interpretation of the ending:
The first part of the song is them accepting the fact that they’re dead forever and they had a life well spent. They appreciate it. Then the second part they start to accept and appreciate the afterlife and move on. They’re all happy and together and before the curtain closes they get back on the cyclone to finish the ride never got to (like unfinished business) and this time it doesn’t derail but safely brings them to the afterlife. When the curtain closes they arrive with Jane/Penny arriving in the real world reborn. Since she never got a life and they had one they both moved on. Just my thoughts
Omg yes
the “and then your just sailing thru space” line contrast between the first song and this is so fucking good I want to cry every time
You're* through*
I like to think that the ending means that they are being returned to the moment before they hit the ground and die. But they all still remember the time in the warehouse with Karnak and everyone’s time expressing who they were. I think Penny remembers her time with Karnak as well; remembering being unable to recall who she was, just knowing that she was dead and unidentified. I think she lives her life with both survivor’s guilt and deep gratefulness to the rest of the choir.
I also hope that when Penny dies after surviving, she is reunited with the choir.
I forgot they were a choir up until the end and how perfectly they harmonized with eachother
I love how Ocean goes to "is someone keeping score?"(What the world needs) at "no one keeps score"(it's not a game it's just a ride)
The ending “Its just a ride!!!” Is so amazing and I feel really pulls everything together perfectly
idk if this is fucked up but i feel like the end is them riding the cyclone forever in the afterlife. it makes my bones ache.
Oh my god I hope not forever! That's so terrible, after all these kids have gone through they at least deserve some rest... maybe they are just riding the cyclone up to heaven 😢 they are too cool to use the stairs
that's how I interpreted it but not in a scary way; I feel like their spirits are forever in this moment of childlike fun. The song itself is upbeat and joyful
@@maxwellstefan8868 you have enlightened me
I think they go to the fair and ride all of the rides and eat fair food but when they ride the cyclone it doesn’t derail and the finish the ride and continue riding rides, taking pictures, and eating fair food :)
still mad they cut those few lines in the cast recording smhmh . ricky and ocean singing together makes me so happy
frrr they have such good chemistry
also kinda mad they cut out the screams of joy and laughter that they had after doing the rollercoaster thing. that was so sweet
This is so much better than the cast recording. I adore the last like Karnak says, but what I love even more is the rollercoaster-esque percussion and the joyful scream at the beginning of “It’s just a ride”
This always makes me tear up, such a uplifting song for such a harsh ending these kids are given :’)
Yess me too :'>
I literally cried listening to this on Spotify
And for being a comedy it has such a deep meaning
@@Angelica5027 it does! even the more light hearted songs have a sense of sadness to them (ex: SABM was the first time Ricky could finally express himself). I absolutely adore this tragic comedy
@@lordofshibainus Me too!! And I love how Ocean goes to "is someone keeping score?"(What the world needs) at "no one keeps score"(it's not a game it's just a ride)
‘theres no one to measure, how how we try’ sung by ocean and ricky TO EACH OTHER because both people were only seen for how hard they tried in life(ricky, being indifferent, and ocean, trying way too hard to make people believe shes a good person) IS JUST SO. AUGH. THEY UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER IN A WAY THAT NO ONE ELSE IN THE CHOIR CAN AND IT MAKES ME WANT TO CRY!!! THEY SING IT SO HAPPILY TOO AAUGHHGGHG
I love the lyrics in this song. The first verse is kind of an objective commentary on life- no one wins or loses, no one measures how hard you try.
The second verse sounds like life from a cynical point of view- sailing through space, just spinning in an insignificant loop.
But the third verse really makes me cherish what I have, because that’s what the characters do. They recognize that maybe it really doesn’t matter, but they lived their lives the best they could anyway. You’re just supposed to be grateful for what you have because you don’t know when you’ll be gone. That’s why I love this song!
In short, optimistic nihilism!
When they all huddled together while the robot blew up made me cry. They all sought for comfort with each other
i always skip this song on the album because it gives me goosebumps everytime and i start crying
Same with Jawbreaker/Sugar Cloud, it always gives me those sad goosebumps
@@lordofshibainustbh I have an entire playlist of songs that do that to me, and I usually do save it for when I’m feeling like I want to listen to them
To this day I'm mad that the recording doesn't have the "You might live for a day or eternity/ there's no time for a judge or referee / no one will measure/ how hard we tried" line. Like. Come on. _That's the point of the show._ Why did you cut it???
edit: corrected one of the lyrics. Thanks for the right word!
Maybe that's why? They thought it was too on the nose? Still I love that line I wish they kept it...
I think it's "there's no time for judge or a referee"
It’s the same problem with them removing the past opening songs from the soundtrack. They were so focused on using the final version that they forgot what got them there.
i beleive it's "There's no time for a judge or a reverie"
@@terezipyrope8138 yeah it's sounds more like reverie
Damn when Karnak dies and everything gets quiet and dark is so eerie
At 4:21 when they do that jump/dance I love it so much, it lives in my head
Constance’s just having a great time doing it lol
This song makes me VIOLENTLY cry
@2:07 Ocean is the only one facing away from the group. Either to shield, or be the first responder.
Or as a last ditch effort...
I choose the former.
My god, she doesn't even take the leading lines of the song. No. She'd redeemed.
the ending for this being the same as the beginning is just so good??? it's a perfect ending
It is Ride the CYCL(E)ONE after all :D
I feel another message from the story is that your life is important and even if you have a short life, your very existence will impact someone’s life
Such a powerful musical. Ocean became the moral of her own story. Learning that life itself is not a game to be won, but a ride to enjoy.
the reason's why I cry like a freaking child every single time watching this scene:
- Everyone looking Jane/penny borning, growing, getting old and doing everything they wanted to
- the fact everyone accepted they fates and just start to see death as a new challenge and a fun ride to them
- they clearly don't regret choosing Jane to go back
- Karnak clearly proud of them and what they did in one hour(and Karnak death)
- Penny singing in the end the same thing she did in the begging of the musical(there's no end and no begging, so the song mix the beginning, middle and create a new song for the end)
Ps: my silly theory: when the "portal" opened again and the kids spinn, Karnak actually find a way to bring everyone back, he just needed Jane once again to help him(or she did everything alone)
two months update:
I just noticed that Ocean goes to Karnak to check up on him, not believing he was right and he would die in an hour
this damn musical 😭
I like to think that they all got to be reborn, if not that I like to think Penny somehow found Talia. Talia was an old woman when Penny found her. Penny can remember her time with Karnak in her new life. Penny realizes Talia is the Talia Mischa was singing about. Talia has not been with anyone since Mischa's death. Penny and Talia help find out what happened on the Cyclone.
THE COREOGRAPH AT 4:22 YESS WITH THE WALKING
GODS THIS SONG MADE ME CRY THE FIRST TIME I WATCHED
They’re so HAPPY, they’re KIDS, I love when rtc reminds us that they’re KIDS. Like, Noel may be dramatic and adult, but he views the bad as something good, and Mischa may be a “Gangster” but he’s just a scared kid, or Ocean who just wants someone to care, and Constance who needs someone to actually see her, and Ricky who’s disabled yeah, but he still seeks CONNECTION.
It’s such a good ending, they accept their fates, they have each other, they’ll figure it out, they’ll get through it despite what happened.
I know a lot of people end it there, but I have a different interpretation of the ending.
A mix of the reincarnation and the back to life theory.
After their deaths, they’re sent like, back in time where they have no memories of the warehouse, they go back through their lives exactly the same as before, but RIGHT as they get to the fair, it all comes rushing back.
They still have that character development, but they get to *live*.
And you may ask “But they saw Jane’s life?” And, they did.
What they didn’t realize, is that they were there too, just not in the super cut they saw.
It’s wishful thinking, it’s me being too much of a sap to handle a bittersweet ending, but to me?
It’s the best possible end :)
(Also imagine them cracking jokes about it, like a teacher will drone for too long and Noel just whispers to Ricky “AND THATS WHY NOT EVERYBODY DESERVES A LIBRARY CARD”)
Oh and my reason for believing this is also, they go to the same area behind the curtains, spirals and everything, yes it could just be them going to the afterlife but let me DREAM
I like to think that penny, or 'jane' never actually existed, but was an angel or guardian of sorts that was ment to test the children to see if they were good people so they could re-encarnate. Would exsplain her spooky off-setting atmosphere and the song she sings at the end. Also just makes me think thats why we never actually saw her head. She was the opposite of karnak.
I would argue Karnak does have good intentions for them, he even mentions in the fall fair version to show remorse for the kids deaths.
If she wasn’t real I could see they’re working together but handle it differently. He’s more harsh with his words because he’s trying to teach them a lesson and recognize their faults, tricking them to help them. While Jane would be the kind one, gently pushing them to learn and grow through empathy. They both want the same thing, the kids to move on. But Karnak is bad cop and Jane would be good cop.
I love how penny sings at the end
god i wish the soundtrack version had the full emotion of this. the scream is so important to the experience
i’m physically sobbing.. yo….
@@elijahshideout real
all of the coughs in these scare me so bad 💀💀
I didn't hear them lmao
How come everyone can hear them but me 😢
Fr
SAME
The penny montage has me UNCONTROLLABLY SOBBING
This song makes me tear up so much EVERYTIME I go back to it . The way it puts everything together- how they sing in past tense, that they come to accept their death. It’s something that keeps me awake so often at night. How can kids be so okay with dying ? His, heart wrenching. I love it
What all of them truly needed, was a friend that loved and accepted who they were on the inside 😭 and they all found that in each other. It’s what they needed to move on
everytime when i watch this and jane goes I know this dream of life is never ending
it goes around and round and round again I get goosebumps and I wanna cry help
I have literally been unable to think of anything other than 3:52 of this specific performance all day.
It's not a game
Maybe that's news
Cause no one will win here
And no one can lose
There's no one to measure
Our foolish pride
And no one keeps score
Of how hard we tried
This ride, it has heartbreak
This ride, it has pain
All kinds of blue skies
No shortage of rain
Yes, there is laughter
And the telling of lies
And maybe in darkness
We open our eyes
And you give and choose
While you love and lose
And you feel the world is spinning
With no ending or beginning
You just take a look around
Take a look around
Take a look around
And round and round and round
And now you're probably wondering, "What happens next?"
That I couldn't possibly tell you
But I will say this
After reading thousands of human fortunes, my final insight is:
Your lucky number is 7
You will soar to great heights
Be sure to ride The Cyclone
We're just sailing through space
There's no up or down
So beautiful and strange
But it's more than spinning round
Yes, it's everything you loved
And everything you dreamed
And everything you shared
And everything that seemed so
Oh, so terrifying
But it's not a game, it's not a game
Whoa, no, no
It's not a game, it's not a game
It's just a ride
It's just a ride
We're all just sailing through space
There's no up, there's no down
It's all so beautiful and strange
But so much more than spinning 'round
Yes, it's everything you loved
And it's everything you dreamed
And it's everything you shared
And it's everything that seemed so
Oh, so terrifying
Turning 'round
It's just a ride
It's just a ride
And the world will keep on spinning
With no ending or beginning
So just take a look around
Take a look around
Take a look around
And round and round and round
I know this dream of life is never ending
It goes around and round and round again
damn
I'd like to think that at the end, they all get back on the cyclone to die once more, but this time they go to the real afterlife with penny
Nah
The way the tears just started to fall 😢
i cannot express just how much i love this song. it gives me chills. its so powerful. the best ending song. this is amazing.
i think the slide show at the end is what they hopped penny's life turned out to be, since she has blonde hair there but the actaul penny has brown hair. i love the details.
I like to think that she was Penny before death (events of LEGOLAND) and then after death she was reincarnated as a new Penny Lamb :)
She has blonde hair in the play bc she has her dolls head instead of her actual
I like to think she was in her new life, Ezra Lamb's daughter. Ezra Lamb named her Penny after his long lost sister who rode the cyclone.
just noticed the choir looks like the Cyclone 4:04
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@@y0udontknowm3 look at the height difference and their positioning
@@Lauren_Nicks ok thank you 😊
@@y0udontknowm3 no problem 🙂
Okay so to me it feels like- altho Karnak says he had the ability to bring back only one- something changed that! Maybe Karnak didn't all bring them back, but the portal opened yet again and Jane says take a look around- to then sing the opening
"I know this dream of life is never ending- it goes around and round and round again."
To me that sounds like them being brought back to life
Also notice that unlike the beginning- the kids aren't reacting to the impact of the coaster crashing, but they're reaching to the sky and smiling- which to me looks like the coaster didn't break.
This is my new ending and nothing will convince me otherwise
I don't care if this is true or not, I now choose to believe this is the ending
This is the canon ending in my opinion. I refuse to accept they didn't get to come back
This ending actually makes sense because maybe Karnak’s last words were going to be about how he could bring them back
Fr they all wanted to go back and they had the opportunity to give back
this song instantly makes me cry
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH ITS NOT A GAME/ITS JUST A RIDE IS THE BEST SONG FROM THE WHOLE SHOW FIGHT ME
Using this to mourn the rtc slime tutorial that got taken down :(
that sucks I just learned about this yesterday !
https ://ua-cam.com/video/QAo2eDeAgRM/v-deo.html a really good one!! I just watched it the other day as my first time watching the musical ^^
It was taken down again after bwing uploaded :((
@@doom_doesshit NOOOOO 😭
@@doom_doesshit I HAVE IT DOWNLOADED ON MY PHONE YALL
This song literally gives me goosebumps, especially because of the choreography. I think it’s really sweet how they’re acting like kids and almost like they’re accepting their deaths. I noticed that Ricky (this may or may not have been intentional) was really joyful looking and more ecstatic than the rest of the choir, which i think is because 1.) he accepted his death and 2.) he can “live” being a kid (in that moment) without having to worry about anything. The “duo” that Ocean and Ricky have really shows their development during the musical, which I think is really sweet that they’re connecting. Also, the way Ocean faces out when the group is huddled up makes me think that she’s really taking responsibility for her actions and having leadership over the group, but in a “motherly figure” sort of way. One tiny thing is how all of their appearances changed from the beginning. Noel and Mischa looking happier than the beginning literally makes my heart so happy. The acceptance is really shown in the difference in their expressions and appearances from the beginning. One extra thing that I would like to add is that I like to think that the end is showing them finishing the rollercoaster ride that they never got to, and they can spend their afterlife in the carnival and doing all the things they never got to experience. I don’t have enough room to fit how many amazing things I noticed about this musical and how much I adore it, so this will have to do for now!
2:36 when they all take turns starting a line is so beautiful and heartbreaking
1 year later and i still get goosebumps from this whole part
4:49 i SWEAR you can her janes voice in the back
Yeah she also sings in that part
I play Karnak in my theatre’s production of this show, and I cry every time I listen to/sing this song
you might live for a day or eternity ☹️☹️ theres no time for a judge or a referee 😥😥😓 no one will mesure 😦😓😢 HOW HARD WE TRIEDDDD 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
hey if you can could you please upload this song is awesome and maybe what the world needs? I prefer this cast over the official cast recording but noones uploaded them ones :'(
Ocean is the same actor in both versions!!!
@@miomao_ehe sometimes I find that the recorded version has a but too much overlaying that it's hard to hear the singing or doesn't sound super good like everything else, so people prefer the live versions, that and you can see everything! Which makes it even better
4:00 i swear i can hear Penny/Jane in the back and it just gets kinda louder and louder but slowly but it stops for a bit
I personally think the clips that they looked at the beginning of this song before Karnak dies is Jane/Penny’s life after she was brought back and her singing at the end is her returning to the after life after dying of old age
WHY DID THE ALBUM TAKE AWAY THIS PART?? 😭 3:43 - 4:00
the way kanark says make sure to ride the cyclone 2:08
Ah I got jumpscared by the noise
4:17 turning rouuuuuuuuuuuuuunddddddddd
I don't think Jane Doe ever existed in the first place. I think she represents the group's consciousness, which was at first ignored and not fully realised (or recognised) - thus, Jane Doe, unidentifiable, without a head and so the group had no identity. They are each prescribed a word which is synonymous with their personalities, which is actually their most distinct flaw: Ocean, the most successful girl in town, obsessed with her successes, Constance, the nicest girl in town, forever hiding herself behind her niceness and so on. However, when they finally learn their lesson, which Ocean earlier acknowledges every story has, Jane Doe, their conscience, is fully realised and is called Penny Lamb - who in Legoland is someone who, in summary, seeks purpose.
This song always manages to make me sob
no puede ser que siempre termine llorando sin importar cuantas veces vea el final
This is going on my feel good energetic playlist
Even when I just listen to the soundtrack, this song makes me cry.
Genuinely cannot get over Jane (Penny)'s final haunting words. The way they make it similar in melody but not exactly the same as the first song (which adds to the bittersweetness). The way they add the sound effect of the Cyclone crashing. It's such a wonderfully beautiful ending, both in context and melodically 🤯💚 I'm literally blown away at how good this show is oh my lord 💚💚💚
I tear up every time this plays. Even world premiere
I was so scared the first time I watched it when Karnak died
Same! Like I was expecting it but it still made me scared
Yk what, I'm just gonna think it as that in the end, they all got revived by karnak because he wanted to see how much he can bring back before he died/malfunction
Leave me alone with my thoughts.
I was so upset they got rid of this part in the studio recording :( 3:50
Everyone is talking about the Ocean facing what comes next as a group leader- but everyone forgets that _SHE_ is the one who goes to check on Karnak, to see if he's somehow faking. She peeks over, sees he's really gone and goes "It's not a game- it's not a game."
:>
Headcanon that all 5 of the other choir members get reincarnated as Jane/Penny's children or grandchildren. I just think thatd be cute. At the end of the musical, they are like a family, so why cant they be family irl?
AWW that's so cute 😭😭
Imagine rewatching this as an old person. Imagine the nostalgia…….
of all the versions this one is my favorite, i also love that there are so many different versions but i hate that i cant download the all
I noticed. When Jane got brought back to life, the light behind her / infront of her was a blue bright light. And when the choir are "riding the cyclone" into the backstage. What's behind them? A blue bright light. I like to *imagine* that they get brought back aswell. Not by Karnak. But by something else.
This song is so amazing nobody can tell me otherwise
Seeing Mischa genuinely smile with the others near the end as they pass on makes me so emotional considering he's never really smiled that much throughout the musical. I think them all smiling is showing they're ready to move on and feel accomplished with the memories of life they lived. They're at peace now.
I love this song!! It’s the perfect ending and reminds me of the last day of school
Personal headcanon here: when we hear penny's voice, it isn't her dying and taking the others to the afterlife with her, but instead reversing what already happened. Being included in the carnival activities having her fortune token provided enough time for the others to get to the cyclone later than they originally did causing an entirely different group to suffer their fate, redoing the timeline completely, bringing their souls back to the real world and continuing where they left off.
crying in pain
You know, when I first watched this, I took the ending as they all got to go back. I was a little shocked to find that it wasn’t the case? It still is for me.
The way Ocean walks up to Karnaks body makes me cry
IT'S JUST A RIIIIIIIIIIIDE!!!!!!!!
my favorite song in the musical 💕
the cough makes me so mad 0:10
Can you do Ocean’s song next (What the world needs) :D ❤
That’s what the world needs
I wish they didn't delete the duets from the spotify soundtrack, they all sound so good.
4:01 I love how they’re all smiling in this part when in fall fair the were frowning😭😭😭
I actually cried 😭