As Long As We're Together

This is a song sung by Alex in the musical HELP: A secondary school musical where he confronts his sexuality and battles with it. Lyrics: IT HITS YOU HARD IN THE PIT OF YOUR STOMACH TO KNOW THAT YOU’RE ALONE YOU TRY TO PRETEND THAT SOMONE’S BESIDE YOU, A FRIEND YOU KNOW YOU CANNOT TELL A SOUL EVEN HALF OF WHAT YOU FEEL IT’S REAL AND YOU CAN’T SHARE YOU’RE LIPS ARE SEALED BECAUSE YOU’RE SCARED TO GOD ALONE THIS SECRET KEPT MARY CRIED AND JESUS WEPT BECAUSE THEY KNEW BUT YOU CAN LEARN TO BE AS STRAIGHT AS HELL YOU CAN TRY TO IGNORE ALL THE FEELINGS IN YOUR HEART THAT DWELL AND TILL YOU GO AND FIND A WAY YOU’LL BE FOREVER TERRIFIED IT’S LIKE A SHOW YOU HAVE TO RUN WHERE EVERY NIGHTS FIRST NIGHT THE BUTTERFLIES, THE CONSTANT FEAR THE WISHING THAT YOU WERE NOT HERE AT ALL SO WHAT YOU CAN NEVER BE FUFILLED YOU KNOW IT’S THE RIGHT THING TO DO EVEN IF IT’S NOT RIGHT FOR YOU FOR YEARS AND YEARS YOU’RE WELL BEHAVED THROW YOURSELF TO GOD AND PRAY FOR LOVE OR PAIN YOU CAN COPE WITH EITHER BUT NOT TO WELL FEAR AND SHAME ARE ALL THAT KEEP ME FROM WANTING TO YELL BUT IN MY MIND IT’S PERFECT ME AND HIM ALONE IF HE’S MINE IT’S PERFECT HIM TO CALL MY OWN AND AS LONG AS WE’RE TOGETHER THAT’S ALL THAT MATTERS FROM THE FIRST GLANCE HE WAS BLIND AND I WAS HIS THERE TO OPEN HIS EYES WITH WHAT HE COULD GET FROM THIS TOMORROW BRINGS A WORLD THAT’S FULL OF SORROW AT LEAST FOR ME