Zac Efron – Rewrite the Stars Lyrics - Genius

[Chorus 1: Phillip Carlyle] What if we rewrite the stars? Say you were made to be mine. Nothing could keep us apart FeaturedChartsVideosPromoteYourMusicSignUpRewritetheStarsZacEfronTrack8on TheGreatestShowman(OriginalMotionPictureSoundtrack) “RewritetheStars”wasthethirdpromotionalsongtobereleasedbeforeTheGreatestShowmanpremiered.Itistheeighthsongoverallonthesoundtrack. Thesongisan…ReadMore FeaturingZendayaProducedbyJustinPaul,BenjPasek&3moreReleaseDateNovember17,2017ViewAllCredits 13.3M14493RewritetheStarsLyrics[Verse1:PhillipCarlyle]YouknowIwantyouIt'snotasecretItrytohideIknowyouwantmeSodon'tkeepsayingourhandsaretiedYouclaimit'snotinthecardsAndfateispullingyoumilesawayAndoutofreachfrommeButyou'rehereinmyheartSowhocanstopmeifIdecideThatyou'remydestiny?[Chorus1:PhillipCarlyle]Whatifwerewritethestars?SayyouweremadetobemineNothingcouldkeepusapartYou'dbetheoneIwasmeanttofindIt'suptoyou,andit'suptomeNoonecansaywhatwegettobeSowhydon'twerewritethestars?MaybetheworldcouldbeoursTonight[Verse2:AnneWheeler]Youthinkit'seasyYouthinkIdon'twanttoruntoyouButtherearemountainsAndtherearedoorsthatwecan'twalkthroughIknowyou'rewonderingwhyBecausewe'reabletobeJustyouandmeWithinthesewallsButwhenwegooutsideYou'regonnawakeupandseethatitwashopelessafterall[Chorus2:AnneWheeler]NoonecanrewritethestarsHowcanyousayyou'llbemine?EverythingkeepsusapartAndI'mnottheoneyouweremeanttofindIt'snotuptoyou,it'snotuptomeWheneveryonetellsuswhatwecanbeHowcanwerewritethestars?SaythattheworldcanbeoursTonight[PostChorus:Both,AnneWheeler,PhillipCarlyle]AllIwantistoflywithyouAllIwantistofallwithyouSojustgivemeallofyouItfeelsimpossibleIt'snotimpossibleIsitimpossible?Saythatit'spossible[Chorus3:PhillipCarlyleandAnneWheeler]Howdowerewritethestars?Sayyouweremadetobemine?NothingcankeepusapartCauseyouaretheoneIwasmeanttofindIt'suptoyou,andit'suptomeNoonecansaywhatwegettobeAndwhydon'twerewritethestars?Changingtheworldtobeours[Outro:AnneWheeler]YouknowIwantyouIt'snotasecretItrytohideButIcan'thaveyouWe'reboundtobreakandMyhandsaretied93EmbedCancelHowtoFormatLyrics:Typeoutalllyrics,evenrepeatingsongpartslikethechorusLyricsshouldbebrokendownintoindividuallinesUsesectionheadersabovedifferentsongpartslike[Verse],[Chorus],etc.Useitalics(lyric)andbold(lyric)todistinguishbetweendifferentvocalistsinthesamesongpartIfyoudon’tunderstandalyric,use[?]Tolearnmore,checkoutourtranscriptionguideorvisitourtranscribersforumAboutGeniusAnnotation9contributors“RewritetheStars”wasthethirdpromotionalsongtobereleasedbeforeTheGreatestShowmanpremiered.Itistheeighthsongoverallonthesoundtrack. Thesongisanaerialduetbetweentwoofthecharacters:PhilipCarlyle,arich,whiteman,andAnneWheeler,apoor,African-Americangirl.Thetwoareinlove,butdestinyseemstokeeppullingthemawayfromeachother. Lyrically,thesongtakesonthesubjectofcontrollingtheirownfateandnotlettingthe“stars”(thestoriestheyare“destined”tolive)tellthemotherwise.WhilePhiliptakesonamoreoptimistictone,notingthattheycould“rewritethestars”andchangetheirdestiny,Annetakesonamorerealisticapproach,believingthateventhoughtheyloveeachother,noonecanrewritethestarsordotheimpossible.Expand+22521ShareAskusaquestionaboutthissongAskaquestion *Whydidn'ttheoriginalcastZendayaandZacEfronsing"RewriteTheStars"?GeniusAnswer2contributorsTheydo,buttheircharacternamesareusedhereinthelyrictranscription.Whathavetheartistssaidaboutthesong?GeniusAnswer1contributorZendayahassaid: Everywordreflectswhatthesecharacters(PhillipCarlyleandAnneWheeler)aregoingthrough,whatthey’refeeling.Isthereanofficialvideo?GeniusAnswer2contributorsApartfromitsappearanceinthemovie,therehasbeennomusicvideoreleasedforthesong.Whyarethingsinbold?WhyisZacEfronsinginghere,butnotinthefirstHighSchoolMusical?Whendidthishappen?IsTheGreatestShowmanbasedonrealevents?TheGreatestShowman(OriginalMotionPictureSoundtrack)(2017)VariousArtists1.TheGreatestShow2.AMillionDreams3.AMillionDreams(Reprise)4.ComeAlive5.TheOtherSide6.NeverEnough7.ThisIsMe8.RewritetheStars9.Tightrope10.NeverEnough(Reprise)11.FromNowOnExpandCreditsFeaturingZendayaProducedByJustinPaul,BenjPasek,GregWells,JosephTrapanese&AlexLacamoireWrittenByJustinPaul&BenjPasekMixingEngineerGregWellsMasteringEngineerBrianLuceyArrangerRobMathesProgrammerChrisLeonAssistantRecordingEngineerBrendanMorawski,FeriGutiérrezArcelus,IanKagey,IanMacGregor&IsaiahAbolinRecordingEngineerDerikLeeCo-ProducerChrisLeonInstrumentationAndrewSynowiec,ChrisChaney,ChrisLeon&DavidLevitaReleaseDateNovember17,2017RewritetheStarsCoversRewritetheStarsby Sapphire (UK),ThisMe/aMillionDreams/NeverEnough/RewritetheStars/theGreatestShowby Cimorelli,RewritetheStarsby Jess andGabriel,RewritetheStarsby The PianoGuys,RewritetheStarsby James Arthur&Anne-Marie,TheGreatestShowmanMedley:TheGreatestShow/AMillionDreams/NeverEnough/RewritetheStars/ThisIsMeby Anthem Lights&RewritetheStarsby Chad Graham(Ft. Fallon Graham)RewritetheStarsRemixesRewritetheStars(AcousticVersion)by ZendayaViewRewritetheStarssamplesTagsPopDuetMusicalsSoundtrackExpandCommentsSignUpAndDropKnowledge🤓Geniusistheultimatesourceofmusicknowledge,createdbyscholarslikeyouwhosharefactsandinsightaboutthesongsandartiststheylove.SignUpGeniusistheworld’sbiggestcollectionofsonglyricsandmusicalknowledgeAboutGeniusContributorGuidelinesPressShopAdvertiseEventSpacePrivacyPolicyLicensingJobsDevelopersCopyrightPolicyContactUsSignInDoNotSellMyPersonalInformation©2022GeniusMediaGroupInc.TermsofUseVerifiedArtistsAllArtists:abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz#HotSongs:藤井風(FujiiKaze)-死ぬのがいいわ(ShinunogaE-Wa)(Romanized)UnholySweaterWeatherGODDIDSuperFreakyGirl(QueenMix)ViewAll