My World Untamed

This is originally from the musical adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are that I helped write in 2001-2002.


Where the Wild Things Are

My World Untamed
Lyrics by Melissa Alvarez


I’m stuck here in my room
With nothin’ to do an’ nowhere to go
now…if only an idea would bloom…
That’s it! Let my thoughts grow!

(To self)
Let this be my world untamed…

In a far-off place I can go
Where I can dance showered in moonbeams
To a place that only I know
Away from here, away from her…beyond my dreams

Yes! Let thoughts run wild. No limits, no fences, no walls!
Let the vines creep and hang; Let the trees root and tower
Let wild grass take over; let it all be filled with stuff that crawls!
Let all kneel and cower…
All of this in my world untamed.

Here in my room, no my world…
Let an ocean swell, let the birds fly high
Freedom and beauty unfurled
All of it possible if only you’ll try…
In my world untamed.

Now I know…
That’s where I’ll be.
That’s where I’ll go…
I’ll be free.
I’m my world untamed.