MeganDawn_Writes as MystikCeleste

  Central Park, East and West I will leave my mark. Pack my bags and I'll embark On a single city.  How you gonna live? What you gonna do? Nobody else is looking out for you. Who you gonna call? What you gonna say, yeah? How you gonna live? What you gonna do? Nobody else is looking out for you? - Single City, written by Michael Mott from his album Abandoned Heart released on September 15, 2017 and performed by Lauren Allred and released as a Remix Single on May 18, 2018 and performed by Matt Doyle I have loved this song for 2 years. Since first being introduced to Michael's music back in 2020, this song has ranked as one of my favorites. But it became even more special to me, several months ago, when Michael played it during one of his Instagram Lives.  If I remember correctly, Michael started the live by greeting us, as he does, and asking what we were all up to. And me - being the little social butterfly that I am - I commented that I was working on my Dystopian novel. ...

  See, I've been bravin' crazy weather Drowin' out my cries. I pull myself together I'm focused on the prize.  I'm fallin' baby, through the sky, through the sky I'm fallin' baby, through the sky.  It's my callin' baby, don't you cry, don't you cry. I'm fallin' through the sky. It's a tune you can hum Oh, Broadway, here I come.  - Broadway, Here I Come as sung by Jeremy Jordan as Jimmy Collins on Smash - The TV Series, Episode 1 of Season 2  What a great show Smash was. Yes, it had its bumps and areas that needed work and could have been improved. And I know there was drama behind the scenes. At its heart, though, Smash was beautiful with intriguing stories. The cast was great, the music was catchy and helped tell the stories well, and it gave an interesting look at life on Broadway. Most importantly - for me, anyway - is that it introduced me to the phenomenal talent that is Jeremy Jordan and begun his long and impactful insp...

  There's a moment you know, you're fucked. Not an inch more room to self-destruct No more moves, oh yeah, the dead end zone. Man, you just can't call your soul your own. But the thing that makes you really jump Is that the weirdest shit is still to come. You can ask yourself 'Hey what have I done?' You're just a fly the little guys - they kill for fun. Man, you're fucked if you just freeze up Can't do that thing, that keeping still.  But you're fucked if you speak your mind  And you know, uh huh, you will Yeah, you're fucked alright. And all for spite. You can kiss your sorry ass goodbye. Totally fucked, will they mess you up? Well you know they're gonna try. - Totally Fucked from Spring Awakening: The Musical, as performed by Jonathan Groff, Brian Charles Johnson, Skylar Astin, Jonathan B. Wright, and Gideon Glick. Written by Duncan Sheik & Steven Sater A great song from the fantastic and controversial Spring Awakening. This musical bec...

 " An awful lot of people have gone, historically, to musicals to forget their troubles. 'Come on get happy.' I'm not interested in that. I'm not interested in making people unhappy, but I'm not interested in not looking at life. I don't know why I want to write it, otherwise. - Stephen Sondheim, Broadway Composer & Lyricist - Six By Sondheim  An iconic quote from one of the most powerful and loved names in the world of Broadway. In the way only Sondheim can, he has nailed the beauty of musicals. They are not just about making people happy or to forget their troubles. They are about life - looking at life, what happens to us, what we all go through, and giving us a fresh way to look at life. In that same documentary, he goes on to say that art is making order out of chaos. And I think that is exactly what musicals do. They make order out of the chaos that is life. Musicals are and have been one of my favorite things for as long as I can remember.  The m...