Letting Go is a song that first appeared on the 1987 Demo recording, but as a duet for the two lovers. By the 1994 Complete Works Gothic Musical Thriller album it had completely changed purpose. It takes place as Miss Carew goes to visit Jekyll, despite her's father obections. Eventually, he realizes he will have to let her grow up.
The song changed considerably over time, becoming virtually unrecognizable by the time it reached Broadway.
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SIR DANVERS
Letting go
When the day comes that I
Must say goodbye to you
It's the last thing in life
I'll ever want to do
I know it has to be
But it's so hard for me
Letting go
Facing up to the truth
That it is time to part
Giving way to the day
That may well break my heart
It's not a thing I choose
To win I have to lose
LISA
Letting go
Moving on in my life
Into the time to come
Day by day
Page by page
Sure of what I've become
Papa, you always knew
That's what I had to do
BOTH
For I know the only way to grow
Is just by letting go
LISA
Letting go
When the times comes I know
I shall return some day
But 'till then this is when
I have to find my way
It's a fact of life
SIR DANVERS
Though it isn't fair
BOTH
There will always be
All the love we share
LISA
Still the hardest thing
BOTH
Is letting go
The hardest thing
Is letting go.
