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"When Your Feet Don't Touch the Ground"

sung by Matthew Morrison and Aidan Gemme

Title

"When Your Feet Don't Touch the Ground" could mean the feeling of being elated, or of bliss. You feel so happy that it is as if you are flying.

Title

Paraphrase

Stanza One:

[James]

When did my life get so complicated? I've wasted too much time throughout my life doing things that don't matter to me, but every wrinkle forming on my face is proof that I have fought through hard times and lived another day.

Stanza Two:

[James]

When did my life become so chaotic and sad? I pretend that I've got everything under control and that all of this wasn't my fault.

Stanza Two:

[James]

When did ...

Stanza Three

[James]

When you're not grounded on the earth, everything is different. It's safe here with your head in the clouds.

Stanza Three

[James]

When you'...

Stanza Four:

[James]

When you aren't grounded on the earth, you can't feel all of the pain that comes with life, and you're free. There's no need to leave this safe place.

Stanza Four:

[James]

When y...

Stanza Five:

[Peter]

Every d...

Stanza Five:

[Peter]

Every day seems to get longer and harder. Why am I not getting any stronger. Running around and playing make-believe isn't helping the pain go away.

Stanza Six:

[Peter]

Even though I'm young, I can still remember being happy everyday, crying tears of laughter. But I don't have any tears left. You can make-believe, but count me out.

Stanza Six:

[Peter]

Even though I...

Stanza Seven:

[Peter]

I am grounded, and the voice in my head tells the truth that there's no use with your head in the clouds.

Stanza Seven:

[Peter]

I am ground...

Stanza Eight:

[James]

I used to be like you: life was confusing, and I couldn't figure it out.

Stanza Eight:

[James]

I used to be li...

Stanza Nine:

[James]

But I am telli...

Stanza Nine:

[James]

But I am telling the truth, and you will be amazed. If you make-believe, you will find our the truth.

[Peter]

But I know the truth

Stanza Ten:

[James]

When your feet aren’t on the ground

And your voice can’t be heard

It’s safe here

Here in the clouds

Stanza Ten:

[James]

When your fe...

Stanza Ten:

[Peter]

When your feet are on the ground

Your voice can be heard

It tells the truth

There’s no use with your heads in the clouds

Stanza Ten:

[Peter]

When your fe...

Stanza Eleven:

[James]

When your feet aren’t on the earth

Nothing can hurt you anymore

You’re free

As long as I am on the ground

Stanza Eleven:

[James]

When your fe...

Stanza Eleven:

[Peter]

When your feet are on the earth

You can feel the things that hurt

I’m fine

There’s no reason to come down

Stanza Eleven:

[Peter]

When your fe...

Stanza Twelve:

[James]

When your feet aren't on the ground (x2)

[Peter]

When your feet are on the ground (x2)

Stanza Twelve:

[James]

When your fe...

Connotation

Metaphor:

"When your feet don't touch the ground"

This means to not pay attention to reality and let yourself escape into your own mind or imagine and daydream.

Connotation

Hyperbole:

"Now all my tears are all cried out"

Peter didn't cry of laughter until he physically had no tears left; he stopped finding humor amusing. He became depressed after the death of his father.

Hyperbole:

"Now all my tears are a...

Allusion:

"When your world's turn...

Allusion:

"When your world's turned upside down"

This is an allusion to another song in Finding Neverland called "If the World Turned Upside Down"

Repetition:

"True" or "Truth"

These words are repeated multiple times throughout the song because Peter, as he grows up, is getting tired of adults lying to him and playing make-believe because he sees it as lying to himself.

Metaphor:

"Life was a ma...

Metaphor:

"Life was a maze"

Life can be confusing and it can be hard to know which path is the right one.

Attitude

The tone of "When Your Feet Don't Touch the Ground" is both hopeful and hopeless.

James is holding onto his imagination and using it to get him through the tough times in life.

Peter has given up all hope that he can escape from reality.

Evidence

Hopeful:

"Here it's safe. In this place above the clouds."

Hopelss:

"There's no use with your heads in the couds."

Shift

The main shift in "When Your Feet Don't Touch the Ground" is when Peter joins.

Peter's part changes the tone from hopefulness to hopelessness.

Evidence

James has been saying "When your feet don't touch the ground", but Peter joins and sings "When your feet touch the ground"

Evidence

Title Revisited

Now, looking at the title, it means that you can escape your troubles when you let your imagination take over and allow yourself to dream.

Title Revisited

Theme

There are main two themes of "When Your Feet Don't Touch the Ground". One for James and one for Peter.

James

Allowing yourself to daydream and letting your imagination run wild can be helpful and fun even in adulthood.

"When your feet don't touch the earth, you can't feel the things that hurt."

Peter

Peter represents the theme of a child trying to grow up too fast. He has lost all hope that his imagination can help him get through hard times.

"There's no use with your heads in the clouds."

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