Spring Awakening Demo - 8. The Dark I Know Well

[misspriss421]

how do i get this music on my computer?!?! i love all of the duncan sheik versions of the cast, but i'm not a huge fan of the cast recordings on iTunes. Please please please help me out!!

[whiskeygivesyouwings]

@misspriss421 You could use something called YouTube Downloader? If you Google it, it's the first result. :)

[EveryDayALittleDeath]

Martha is both beaten AND sexually abused by her father, Ilse is sexually abused as well

[Moritz015]

Enery demo song he's kicked ass in

GO DUNCAN

[CallieGetCrunk]

hahaa please tell me they casted a GIRL for the actual part of martha...

[xCSxGUITARx]

Thea? Isn't it Ilsa? not sure.

[jrockergirl15]

It is Ilse. She's referred to by name in this song in the show. She and Martha both sing it.

[SingingInTheRain499]

I love, Love, LOVE the way he sings "it's just you and me"

This is amazing, I want it on my ipod so bad!

[StratosMe]

this version is so good

thanx

[StratosMe]

LOVE IT

THANX

[dreaming92]

i'm seriously going to put ALL of these on my ipod, i love them!

[Sunbear1099]

LOVE IT!!

[thefreakandgeek]

I can't get enough of this version; I've listened to it about 4 times in the past half hour.

[bigasista]

the one i downloaded its two girls singing, but this sounds great

[loptkitty]

I love hearing Duncan Sheik sing SA songs. Thank you so much for uploading these!

[fuzzyslippersx23]

Haha, gotcha. I feel stupid now.

But yes. Thanks for the demos. It's really fascinating to see how much they've changed.

[fuzzyslippersx23]

Pretty different. Which character sings this? The Masked Man?

[BwayDemosWorkshops]

I'm pretty sure it was still Martha and Ilse - this was just a recording Duncan Sheik did for the demo. :)

[M229929]

Actually, Martha was originally supposed to sing this song as a solo. They added Ilse in during Off-Broadway. Thanks so much for uploading these! I already had them but I am happy they are being shared with everyone because Duncan's recordings are amazing.

[BwayDemosWorkshops]

Thank you so much! I had a feeling it was just Martha for a while - but I wasn't sure. :D

[tammkins]

A friend of mine saw it at Lincoln Center in 2005 and the program lists that this song was sung by Thea, Ernst, Georg and Franz (who's apparently another character casualty)

[benjywho]

The fellas make sense, awfully specific, though, for backing vocals. However, Thea makes no sense whatsoever. It had to have been Martha.

[tammkins]

I've got a pic of the program listing and it says Thea. In fact, Martha is only mentioned by name for My Junk.

[benjywho]

That's bizarre.

[CardcaptorHaku]

I've found an early script online, and it is in fact Thea who sung it. I think it makes sense, personally. It sort of goes along with her whole "trust adults no matter what" attitude. Because of the abuse, she ends up with a screwed up perception of child-adult interactions. If you ask me, it actually does more for her character that it does Martha's.

[benjywho]

Very interesting. Is there anyway you could provide me with a link to this script? I'd love to read it!

[Soalai2006]

Seconded. I'm trying to put together the 2001 workshop in text, from the download I got, but I am DYING for this script you speak of...

[blckrocker]

nope

thea had "dark i know well" to begin with

I like it that way

I almost with the song would've been a duet with martha and thea

because of thea's lines leading up to "dark i know well" it would've been shocking and heartbreaking

[thefreakandgeek]

but I don't understand; why would Thea sing the song? She's not abused by her parents, so it kinda wouldn't make any sense.

[blckrocker]

her lines right before are "my uncle says if you don't discipline a child, you don't love it"

and "free, but how will we know what to do, if our parents don't tell us"

i think it would make perfect sense

[steoh93]

In the early demo of SA, it was Martha and Thea singing because Martha was physically abused and Thea was supposed to be sexually abused instead of Ilse.

[KWM2105]

correct me if i'm wrong...but a red flag goes off in my head that Thea was also abused in the original story...which could also be the reason why she sang this song originally...

[zwappp]

I've read the original several times, but I don't remember that... But then again my memory is faulty. When does it talk about Thea being abused as well?

[KWM2105]

if anywhere (again i can't remember too well and i can't find my copy of the script) it would be the same place where martha talks about her being beaten...