i have never been so angry at a stranger making noise w their fork in my whole life

"He will not lose because you can't win" is a little more heartbreaking and hopeless and a little less angry when it's from Cathy's perspective

I never realized how abusive this had been until the POV was switched

Give this woman her tony already.

Okay, so I need a role-reversed version of this musical with Laura Osnes singing as Jamie and Jeremy Jordan singing as Cathy. Hell yes, please!

I was really skeptical going into this, but it turned out to be one of the most tragic and heartbreaking things I've ever seen and I'm just over here silently sobbing.

This rendition totally reminds me of an emotionally abused victim trying to convince herself that it's all normal, I love this!! So much deeper than the original

That was a really unique interpretation of the song- completely changes how the scene is viewed and the feelings the song evokes. It’s hard to pull off a big change like that successfully, however this was been done with a subtle elegance that brings a new beauty to the song. Congrats. That’s what a true musician and performer does. Bravo.

I love the emotion and rawness that Laura brings to this rendition. She absolutely nailed this interpretation of Cathy's character. Can we have a Laura and Jeremy reunion for a revival, please?

My Bonnie and Clyde loving heart is screaming. Jeremy and Laura are so fantastic.

Only Laura Osnes could’ve pulled off this incredibly different version of this song. AMAZING.

Oh wow, the role reversal changed from being a desperate plea to a beautifully tragic song about self-doubt and blame

The change in perspective dug a new depth

I am so used to her being the perfect princess in these but damn when she wants to sing something else it's amazing to watch just her presence is so captivating and she sings with such conviction

I can't fathom how endlessly talented she is. It's such a gift.

I don't often enjoy the role reversal renditions, but this one is AMAZING. Jeremy and Laura can do literally anything.

While Laura has sung it really beautifully and added a new sense to this already beautiful song, it wouldn't work in the show. Cathy was stuck in her head and all. BUT that's the point of cabaret singers! And i'm really happy to get this version it really gets a whole new meaning

I didn't know I needed this until I heard it

This song has a new meaning! :')

The the last five years movie would have been so much better if they had cast Laura as Cathy. This rendition brought me to tears!

My HEART. I need Laura and Jeremy to do this show together right damn now.

This version is WILD wow and Laura did a beautiful job with it but WOW

this brings such a new perspective to the show omggg

Wow. No words, just tears in my eyes. It hits different when these words actually come from Cathy herself, rather than hearing them from Jamie. It hurts so much more.

This ENTIRE THING CHANGES THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE SONG AND I DONT KNOW HOW TO FEEEEEEEEEL

I didn't think this song could be any more sad, but here we are. Also, if she had this perspective in the show they probably would have ended up staying together.

she is such a talent, and continues to amaze me always

Legend has it that the man with the fork and plate was assassinated as he stepped out of the room at the end of the show.

I'm like 15 seconds in and I'm crying already omg I love her 😭😭😭😭

This is such a beautiful recreation of what is in my opinion the most important song in The Last 5 Years. Gives such a new perspective and if it had been this way in the show, they would've probably stayed together. Laura did an EXCELLENT job. Just....chills. Like I'm actually sobbing

Wow. What a striking rendition of this song. The change in perspective that brings empowerment rather than condemnation. Crazy. Laura also sings this with emotion and conviction.

Laura Osnes is honestly not even real. Perfection 💕

Omg this took the already emotional song to a whole deeper level. And Laura brings so much to it. Gonna be reflecting on this version for awhile. 😭

This was not what I was expecting at all but I loved it. I should have remembered that she was at Pronoun Showdown

I always thought this song was such an example of rapacious conditional semi-abusive love. Switching the perspective really makes that apparent.

And here I was thinking that I couldn't love Laura Osnes more ♡

This is one of my favorite songs from a musical. And this rendition has breathed new life into it and brought me to the verge of tears. Well done!

WHOS THE ONE DISLIKE I SWEAR THIS IS ART OMG

this version I took it personally.

now we just need jeremy to sing a pronoun change of see i’m smiling !

Okay but I want a gender flipped TL5Y where Cathy is begging Jamie to support her career and telling him she will not fail so he can be comfortable in his

Whoever is eating up front is a MONSTER!

I very rarely get chills listening to music, but damn

Laura is incredible. This version is different and a little jarring at first but she pulls it off with grace and talent.

I LOVE THIS WOW

i... am... CRYING.

this is just so beautiful

Yes Laura! You never let me down! Keep up the amazing work!!!!!💕

Is this anyone elses first time seeing her with her hair down and long? I love her look in this.

Laura Osnes is amazing.

I love this take on the song!!! My favorite musical of all time!

Brilliant.

But why, Laura, why? Im cryiiing

Woah this is such an interesting interpretation of this song! Really cool!

BEAUTIFUL MARVELOUS SPLENDID GORGEOUS QUEEN💚💙💜

YES YES YES

i've never considered the miscast version for this but its def an interesting take and now i have a lot of feelings basically.

Incredible

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH I LOVE HER SO MUCH I LOVE JEREMY SO MUCH ALL OF IT MAKES ME SO EMOTIONAL THIS MUSICAL ok i’m done

She’s so perfect and I don’t understand

HOLY F-

It’s really screwed up to listen to the original version, then, this, and think ‘ crap, was she actually what was going through Cathy’s head? ‘. It makes me so sad, for some reason.

It must be hard to sing , she has a lovely voice And I’m surprised 😯

as an aside I would really love to see her as cathy now

Okay but had they kept the pronouns the same this would've been gay AF and I would be living

There are people And they are publishing his book And there's a party that they are throwing And while I've made it very clear that I’m not going He will be going And that's done But what's it really about? Is this really about a party Cathy? Can I please for a minute stop blaming and say how I feel? Is it just that I’m disappointed to be touring again for the summer? Did I think this would all be much easier than it’s turned out to be? Well then talk to him Cathy, Talk to him. If he didn’t believe in you He’d never have gotten this far. If he didn’t believe in you And all of the ten thousand women you are If he didn’t think you could do anything that you ever wanted to If he wasn’t certain that you’d come through somehow The fact of the matter is Cathy he wouldn’t be standing here now. If he didn’t believe in me We wouldn’t be having this fight If he didn’t believe in me He’d walk out the door and say Cathy you’re right But he never could let that go Knowing the things about me he knows Things when he met me four years ago, he knew It never took much convincing to make him believe in you. Don’t you get to be happy Cathy At some point down the line Don't you get to relax Without some new turis to push him yet further from you. If he’s cheering on your side Cathy Why can’t you support his, Why do you have to feel he’s committed some felony Doing what he always swore he would do? He doesn’t want me to hurt, Doesn't want me to sink, But I know what he thinks. He thinks I’ll be fine. Just hang on and I’ll see. You can’t make him wait til you do to be happy with you. Would you listen to me? No one can give me courage. No one can thicken my skin. He will not fail so you can be comfortable Cathy, He will not lose because you can’t win. If he didn’t believe in you Then here’s where the travelogue ends. If he didn’t believe in me He couldn’t have stood before all of our friends And said this is the life I choose, This is the thing I can’t bear to lose. Trip us or trap us but we refuse to fall. That’s what I thought we agreed on, Jamie. If he hadn’t believed in me, He wouldn’t have loved me at all.

I was so confused for a bit but i eventually got it 😂

Who did not believe in you, Laura?

If he did believe in you, Cathy, he wouldn’t have cheated.

Laura you had no right

Does anyone have the sheet music?

Does anyone know what key she does this in?

What key is this in??

someone please tell me what key this is in 😩

What key is this rendition in?

ugh sounds of utensils clanking at the sweet points.

The original song bugs me so much, Jamie is such a dick character. This works! 😍

OKAY BUT 0:54

Apparently they gave a pig a fork and knife and sat them by the camera.

Incredible talent - too far from New York

The plates and flatware noise - oy. Put your shit down and listen.

Auch.

ok tbh this is the only one i kinda like...(not saying the vocals of others were bad, in fact they were really good!!! but i mean as in the concept) i mean this whole show is an interesting concept but for certain songs it just doesn't feel worth it for someone to sing it through a different character's eyes, because sometimes it makes it a lot less powerful. not to be picky but that makes it rlly frustrating to watch... BUTTT this is one of the only ones I REALLY LIKE with the different pronouns because i've always wondered if any of jamie's speech got through to cathy, bc some of it i feel he really wanted her to understand. like how cathy is tense around jamie cus their careers are opposite in success. and cathy lets that get to her too much and her pride is hurt. but jamie really wants her to understand her pride doesnt matter, she can still succeed. i feel that was jamie's saving grace, that he never told cathy to give up. AANDDD laura's vers makes me feel really satisfied because it's like what if cathy understood this???? and knew she could salvage their relationship?? and they lived happily! i know they had too many differences to stay together... and jamie had very bad faults too. but i just think the one thing jamie was right about was this, that with or without jamie, cathy has to believe in herself if she wants to continue pursuing her passion. maybe they wouldnt have been so hurt. ofc i wouldnt change the real musical at all. it is a beautiful story.

There are people And they are publishing my book And there's a party that they're throwing And while you've made it very clear that you're not going I will be going And that's done But what's it really about? Is it really about a party, Cathy? Can we please for a minute stop blaming And say what you feel? Is it just that you're disappointed To be touring again for the summer? Did you think this would all be much easier Then it's turned out to be? Well, then talk to me, Cathy Talk to me If I didn't believe in you We'd never have gotten this far If I didn't believe in you And all of the ten thousand women you are If I didn't think you could do Anything you ever wanted to If I wasn't certain that you'd come through somehow The fact of the matter is, Cathy I wouldn't be standing here now If I didn't believe in you We wouldn't be having this fight If I didn't believe in you I'd walk out the door and say, "Cathy, you're right" But I never could let that go Knowing the things about you I know Things, when I met you four years ago, I knew It never took much convincing To make me believe in you Don't we get to be happy, Cathy? At some point down the line Don't we get to relax? Without some new tourist To push me yet further from you? If I'm cheering on your side, Cathy Why can't you support mine? Why do I have to feel I've committed some felony Doing what I always swore I would do? I don't want you to hurt I don't want you to sink But you know what I think? I think you'll be fine! Just hang on and you'll see- But don't make me wait till you do To be happy with you Will you listen to me? No one can give you courage No one can thicken your skin I will not fail so you can be comfortable, Cathy I will not lose because you can't win If I didn't believe in your Then here's where the travelogue ends If I didn't believe in you I couldn't have stood before all of our friends And said, "This is the life I choose- This is the thing I can't bear to lose Trip us or trap us, but we refuse to fall" That's what I thought we agreed on, Cathy If I hadn't believed in you I wouldn't have loved you at all Now why don't you put your dress on and we'll go, okay? Cathy? Can we just do that please? Please?!

Amazing. Also this version makes me dislike the Jamie character even more.

love her but her anti covid vax got her cancelled

Why do they have to change the pronouns? Can't a girl sing a song about another girl? I really don't like when people do that.

I hate this so much. It makes it so clear how manipulative and gaslighty this song is. I love it, but my God I’m annoyed lmao.

I love her but the pronouns. Maybe I'm just used to listening to the original 100 times a day.

I really don’t like this. Her singing is great though.

I wish she hadn’t flipped the pronouns and had just sung it straight as a woman to another woman 🤷‍♀️

There are people And they are publishing my book And there's a party That they are throwing And while you've made it very clear that you're not going I will be going And that's done But what's it really about? Is it really about a party, Cathy? Can we please for a minute Stop blaming and say what you feel? Is it just that you're disappointed To be touring again for the summer Did you think this would all be much easier Than it's turned out to be? Well, then talk to me, Cathy Talk to me If I didn't believe in you We'd never have gotten this far If I didn't believe in you And all of the ten thousand women you are If I didn't think you could do Anything you ever wanted to If I wasn't certain that you'd come through somehow The fact of the matter is, Cathy I wouldn't be standing here now If I didn't believe in you We wouldn't be having this fight If I didn't believe in you I'd walk out the door and say, "Cathy, you're right." But I never could let that go Knowing the things about you I know - Things, when I met you four years ago, I knew It never took much convincing To make me believe in you Don't we get to be happy, Cathy? At some point down the line Don't we get to relax Without some new tsuris To push me yet further from you? If I'm cheering on your side, Cathy Why can't you support mine? Why do I have to feel I committed some felony Doing what I always swore I would do? I don't want you to hurt I don't want you to sink But you know what I think? I think you'll be fine! Just hang on and you'll see - But don't make me wait 'til you do To be happy with you - Will you listen to me? No one can give you courage No one can thicken your skin I will not fail so you can be comfortable, Cathy I will not lose because you can't win If I didn't believe in you Then here's where the travelogue ends If I didn't believe in you I couldn't have stood before all of our friends And said, "This is the life I choose - This is the thing I can't bear to lose Trip us or trap us, but we refuse to fall." That's what I thought we agreed on, Cathy If I hadn't believed in you I wouldn't have loved you at all Now why don't you put on your dress and we'll go, okay? Cathy? Can we do that, please? Please? SHARE THE LYRICS RECOMMENDED VIDEOS Lewis Capaldi Breaks Down "Bruises" Gallant Breaks Down "Doesn't Matter" Jaira Burns Breaks Down "Ugly" A Roundup of BROCKHAMPTON’s Best Lyrics Jeremy Zucker Breaks Down "all the kids are depressed" “IF I DIDN'T BELIEVE IN YOU” TRACK INFO Featuring Norbert Leo Butz Produced By Stacey Mindich, Kurt Deutsch & Jason Robert Brown Written By Jason Robert Brown Release Date April 15, 2002 BACK TO TOP LISTEN TO “IF I DIDN'T BELIEVE IN YOU” Loading video NEXT UP I Can Do Better Than That JASON ROBERT BROWN The Last 5 Years (Original Cast Recording) (2002) JASON ROBERT BROWN 1. Still Hurting 2. Shiksa Goddess 3. See I'm Smiling 4. Moving Too Fast 5. A Part of That 6. The Schmuel Song 7. A Summer in Ohio 8. The Next Ten Minutes 9. A Miracle Would Happen/When You Come Home To Me 10. Climbing Uphill 11. If I Didn't Believe in You 12. I Can Do Better Than That 13. Nobody Needs to Know 14. Goodbye Until Tomorrow/I Could Never Rescue You About Genius Press Advertise Event Space Privacy Policy Licensing Jobs Terms of Use Copyright Policy Contact us © 2018 Genius Media Group Inc.