Josh Groban Bridges from Madison Square Garden (2019) - full transcript

♪ Who would've known

♪ In the blink of a moment

♪ The world turned
upside down ♪

♪ Trying to cope

♪ I'm looking for hope

♪ And I think about

♪ Ooh, what's come of us?

♪ O, 's all too much

♪ I feel so small

♪ With my hands up
to the sky ♪

♪ I am reaching out tonight



♪ I give my all

♪ But it'ju toouch toope

No, can do is ane

♪ Bigger than us

♪ It's like erythg chges

♪ Still nothing changes

♪ We arrive and we begin

♪ Running in circles

♪ Searching for purpose

♪ With an open hand

♪ Ooh, what's come of us?

♪ Ooh, it's all too much

♪ I feel so small

♪ With my hands up to the sky



♪ I am reaching out tonight

♪ 'Cause this is
bigger than us ♪

♪ I give my all

♪ But it's just too much
to hope ♪

♪ No, I can't do this alone

♪ 'Cause this is bigg th

♪ And we lose ourselves
in battles we are fighting ♪

♪ Gotta break away

♪ fl somall

♪ With my hands up to the sky

♪ I am reaching out tonight

♪ 'Cause this is
bigger than us ♪

♪ I give my all

♪ No, I can't do this alone

♪ 'Cause this is
bigger than us ♪

♪ Bigger than us

♪ Don't give up

♪ It's just the weight
of the world ♪

♪ When your
heart's heavy I ♪

♪ I will lift it for you

♪ Don't give up

♪ Because you want
to be heard ♪

♪ If silence keeps you I

♪ I will break it for you

♪ Everybody wants
to be understood ♪

♪ Well, I can hear you

♪ Everybody wants
to be loved ♪

♪ Don't give up

♪ Don't give up

♪ It's just the hurt
that you hide ♪

♪ When you're
lost inside I ♪

♪ I'll be there to find you

♪ Don't give up

♪ Because you want to
burn bright ♪

♪ If darkness blinds you

♪ I, I will shine to
guide you ♪

♪ Everybody wants to
be understood ♪

♪ Well, I can hear you

♪ Everybody wants
to be loved ♪

♪ Don't give up

♪ Because you are loved

♪ You are loved
Ah! ♪

♪on'tive up

♪ Everyone needs
to be heard ♪

♪ When your power's
feeling low ♪

♪ And your voice
cannot be heard ♪

♪ You can always
see the ending ♪

♪ You don't need
to find the words ♪

♪ You are someone
I believe in ♪

♪ When the tearfall
from above

♪ Know that right now
I am with you ♪

♪ And when I'm with you
you are loved ♪

♪ You are loved,
Oh, oh ♪

♪ You are loved,
Oh ♪

♪ You are loved

♪ Loved

Thank you very much.

Good evening, New York City.

Oh, my goodness.

Hello again, New York.

I love you.

Hello, front row.

Hello, so many of you.

Oh, my god.

It is such a privilege.

Yeah.

Hello, so many friends that I
have in the audience tonight,

and hello family.

This is a monumentally special
night for all of us.

This is the city
that you dream of playing.

is ithe nue th you dre.

For any of us that are
privileged enough to be in music

and to do what we do
for a living,

to bableo come to such
an iconic venue

where the blood, sweat and tea
ofo ma extordiry aists

have come before you
is truly an honor.

And so, to be back here
again and again,

and r thgreatest city in the
world to pack the place tonight

and show us this love,
it means so much to us.

So, thank you very much
for that.

I've played just about every
venue there is to play, almost,

in this city.

I think I get a punchcard for
some free yogurt at this point.

I mean, we've done The Beacon,
we've done Jones Beach,

we have done so many
wonderful places.

Except for the sticky clubs.

I would love to go
do some sticky clubs here.

Maybaftethe ow tight

'll do an after-show at one of
those.

Yeah, rock and roll.

This is called, Granted.

♪ Have you ever felt it
could all go away ♪

♪ If you blink?

♪ If you never stop running
you won't fall behind ♪

♪ So you think

♪ And you wonder
in your heart ♪

♪ If you're still are
who you are ♪

♪ Who are you

♪ 'Cause nothing's as it seems
'til it all falls apart ♪

♪ If you have a dream,
go chase it ♪

♪ If you feel hope,
don't waste it ♪

♪ If you find love,
embrace it ♪

♪ And never take a single bath ♪

♪ The story's yours,
go write it ♪

♪ Tomorrow's undecided

♪ So, never take
a single breath ♪

♪ Take a single breath
for granted ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Maybe it's time
you bet on yourself ♪

♪ Listen to your heart

♪ Just listen to your heart
and nobody else ♪

♪ So go find out who you are

♪ Only you know who you are

♪ Who are you?

♪ 'Cause all you have to lose
Is your best life yet ♪

♪ So go ahead

♪ If you have a dream,
go chase it ♪

♪ If you feel hope,
don't waste it ♪

♪ If you find love,
embrace it ♪

♪ And never take a single breath
for granted ♪

♪ The story's yours,
go write it ♪

♪ Tomorrow's undecided

♪ Our days are counted
on this planet ♪

♪ So, never take
a single breath ♪

♪ Take a single breath
for granted ♪

♪ Oh, Oh, Oh,
Oh, Oh, Oh ♪

♪ Oh, Oh, Oh

♪ometes the greatest moment
you'll ever know ♪

♪ Are when we're letting go,
so let go ♪

♪ And maybe our brightest days
still wait for us ♪

♪ In the unknown

♪ Oh, oh, oh

♪ Iyou ve aream
cha it

♪ If you feel hope,
don't waste it ♪

If u fi lov
bracit

♪nd ner te a nglereat
r granted ♪

♪ If you have a light,
go find it ♪

♪ The story's yours,
go write it ♪

♪ Our days are cound
thiplan ♪

♪ Take a single breath
for granted ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh

♪ Oh, oh, oh

♪ Oh, oh, oh

♪ Oh, oh, oh

Thank you very much.

♪ Piove sulla mia identitá

♪ Lampi sull'oceano,
lampi sull'oceano ♪

♪ Squarci di luminositá

♪ Forse qua in America
i venti del pacifico ♪

♪ Scoprono le sue immensitá

♪ Le mie mani stringono
sogni lontanissimi ♪

♪ E il mio pensiero
corre da te ♪

♪ Remo, tremo, sento

♪ Profondi e oscuri abissi

♪ per'amo chei do

Éer lmore che n sai

♪he mfai ufrare e

Éer lmorehe n ho

♪ per'amo che vorrei

♪ É per questo dolore

♪ Oh

Queo ame chho per te

♪ Che mi fa superar
queste vere tempeste ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh,
Oh ♪

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♪ Onde sull'oceano,
onde sull'oceano ♪

♪ Che dolcemente si placherá

♪ Le mie mani stringono
sogni lontanissimi ♪

♪ E il tuo respiro
soffia su me ♪

♪ Remo, tremo, sento

♪ É per l'amore che ho per te

♪ Che mi fa superare
mille tempeste ♪

♪ É per'amore che ti do

♪ É per l'amore che vorrei

♪ Da questo mare

♪ Tutto questo ti avrá
te e a semberá ♪

♪ Tutto normale

I've been lucky enough to play
this venue four times now.

It's reaspecial thing
to sing a song

by somebody who's
played this house,

which is basically his now,
104 times, Mr. Billy Joe.

I can't sing it without
giving him a shout out

and st saying,
what a privilege it is

to be in his house tonight
and sing this song

and to have sung his songs
my whole life.

So, this is one of
my favorites of his.

♪ She can kill
with a smile ♪

♪ She can wound
with her eyes ♪

♪ She can ruin your
faith with her casual lies ♪

♪ But she only reveals
what she wants you to see ♪

♪ She hides like a child

♪ But she's always
a woman to me ♪

♪ She can lead you to love

♪ She can take you
or leave you ♪

♪ She can ask for the truth

♪ But she'll never believe you

♪ And she'll take what you
give her as long as it's free ♪

♪ She steals like a thief

♪ But she's always
a woman to me ♪

♪ Oh, she takes care
of herself ♪

♪ She can wait if she wants

♪ She's ahead of her time

♪ Oh, and she never gives out

♪ And she never gives in

♪ She just changes her mind

♪ She will promise you more
than the Garden of Eden ♪

♪ Then she'll carelessly
cut you ♪

♪ And laugh while
you're bleedin' ♪

♪ But she'll bring out
the best ♪

♪ And the worst you can be

♪ Blame it all on yourself

♪ 'Cause she's always
a woman to me ♪

Oh,h, o

♪ Oh, she takes care
of herself ♪

♪ She can wait if she wants

♪ She's ahead of her time

♪ Oh, and she never gives out

♪ And she never gives in

♪ She just changes her mind

♪ She's frequently kind

♪ And she's suddenly cruel

♪ She can do as she pleases

♪ She's nobody's fool

♪ But she can't be convicted

♪ She's earned her degree

♪ And the most she will do

♪ Is throw shadows at you

♪ But she's always
a woman to me ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh

♪ Oh, oh, oh

That's Mark Stephens
on the accordion.

Now, please help me welcome
back to the stage

our dear friend and very, very
special guest tonight,

the amazing Idina Menzel!

w ma people just like,
started singing,

if you sing even for fun
or professionally,

just kind of like
at the top of your lungs

to a Broadway cast recording
or a film cast recording

and just sing your hearts out
in the car, in the shower?

Best acoustics, second only
to the Garden, are my shower

and your shower.

But you always

refer to yourself
as a theater geek

and I you're
a theater diva.

A divo?

Divo.

Yes, well,

takes one
to know one.

Exactly.

A couple of velveted
divos/as.

But why do we get
the bad rap

just because we like theater
back in high school?

They say theater geek,
they say band geek,

and I think that's unfair.

Theater Adonises.

Exactly.

- Yes, artists.
- Living passionate lives.

I agree.
I agree.

The coolest people that I know
came from that world

and nd ang tthossongs
and that's--

Yes, yes.

♪ The more you know

So we're going to be a couple
of theater adonises right now

and sing a song
from the musical, Once,

that started
as the movie, Once.

Incredible song.

I love singing this with you.

Th is lledFalling Slowly.

♪ I don't know you,
But I want you ♪

♪ All the more for that

♪ Words fall through me,
And always fool me ♪

♪ And I can't react

♪ And games that never amount
to more than they're meant ♪

♪ They'll play themselves out

♪ Take this sinking boat
and point it home ♪

♪ We've still got time

♪ Raise your hopeful voice,
You have a choice ♪

♪ You've made it now

♪ Falling slowly,
Eyes that know me ♪

♪ A I c't gback

♪ Moves that take me
and erase me ♪

♪ A I'm painted black

♪ And you have
suffered enough ♪

♪ And warred yourself

♪ It's time that you won

♪ For you won

♪ So, take this sinking boat
and point it home ♪

♪ We've still got time

♪ Raise your hopeful voice,
You have a choice ♪

♪ You've made it now

♪ So, take this sinking boat
And point it home ♪

♪ We've still got time

Rai youhopeful voice,
You have a choice ♪

♪ You've made it now

♪ I don't know you
But I want you ♪

♪ All the more for that

One more time
for Idina Menzel, everybody.

♪od ohighheary prayer ♪

♪ In my need

♪ You have always
been there ♪

♪ He is young
He's afraid ♪

♪ Let him rest
Heaven blessed ♪

♪ Bring him home,
Bring him home ♪

♪ Bring him home

♪ He's like the son
I might have known ♪

♪ If God had
granted me a son ♪

♪ The summers die
one by one ♪

♪ How soon they fly
on and on ♪

♪ And I am old
and will be gone ♪

♪ Bring him peace,
Bring him joy ♪

♪ He is young,
He is only a boy ♪

♪ You can take,
You can give ♪

♪ Let him be

♪ Let him live

♪ If I die,
Let me die ♪

♪ Let him live

♪ Bring him home

♪ Bring him home

♪ Bring him home

♪ Bring him home

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Somdays can saywhy m feeli♪

♪ome ys I am too proud
to ask for help ♪

♪ And I stumble
through the noise ♪

Tryg toind me pce

♪ A strger therowd
I se melf

So, walk down to the river

♪ Where the troubles,
they can't find me ♪

♪ Let the waters
there remind me ♪

♪ The sun will be there
when we wake ♪

♪ I walk down to the river

♪ Though I might
not understand it ♪

♪ It's not always there
as we planned it ♪

♪ But we grow stronger
when we break ♪

♪ So, I walk down to the river

♪ I walk down to the river

♪his gingorld caget overwh♪

♪ Lkingor aeani
en it won't make sense ♪

♪n heaits ttinloud

♪ Like I can't
outrun this cloud ♪

♪ So, I walk down to the river

♪ Where the troubles,
they can't find me ♪

♪ The sun will be there
when we wake ♪

♪ I walk down to the river

♪ Though I might not
understand it ♪

♪ It's not always
as we planned it ♪

♪ But we grow stronger
when we break ♪

♪ So, I walk down,

♪ To the river,

♪ Ialk wn, (Dow ♪

♪o thriveriver,

♪ Let the calm
pull me under ♪

♪ Far beyond the thunder

♪ Tell me it will all be okay

♪ Let the waves take
all my worries ♪

♪ Conquer them with fury

Givme slter
helt) ♪

♪e escape

I walk down to the river

♪ Where the troubles,
they can't find me ♪

♪ Let the waters there
remind me ♪

♪ The sun will be there
when we wake ♪

usic

♪ I walk down to the river

♪ Though I might
not understand it ♪

♪ But we grow stronger
when we break ♪

♪ So, I walk down,

♪ To the river,

♪ I walk down,

♪ To the river,

♪ I walk down,

♪ To the river,

♪ To the river, to the river

♪ walk down er

♪ To the river

♪ Whoa, oh

♪ Oh, oh, oh

Thank you.

♪ Qui c'è il buio fuori di me ♪

♪ Che assurdità questa citt ♪

♪ Senza persone!

♪ Io non so spiegar
neanche come ♪

♪ Ma non e questa
la mia dimensione ♪

♪ E la mia mente
non e mai in pace ♪

♪ E sempre altrove

♪ Tu dove sei?

♪ La tua voce dove?

♪ Senza di te,
senza il tuo aiuto ♪

♪ Che sarà di me? ♪

♪ Tutto sembrerà migliore ♪

♪ Alla luce c verrà
dal sole! ♪

♪ Questa notte passera,
Il buio che c'è si dissolverà ♪

♪ Si vedranno le colline,
Io continuerò a cercare te ♪

♪ Si vedranno le colline,
Io continuerò a cercare te ♪

♪ Via da questa malinconia

♪ Invidia o rabbia che sia

♪ Qui nel mio cuore

♪ Non voglio più queste parole

♪ Tu dove sei?

♪ Il tuo sorriso dov'è? ♪

♪ Senza di te,
senza il tuo amore ♪

♪ Che sarà di me? ♪

♪ Tutto sembrerà migliore ♪

♪ Alla luce c vrà
dal sole! ♪

♪ Qsta tte sser

♪ Il buio che c'è
si dissolverà! ♪

♪ E alla lucei quel sol
Io ctinuerò ccaree ♪

♪ E alla luce di quel sole
Io continuerò a cercare te ♪

♪ Alla luce, al sole

♪ Il silenzio morir ♪

♪ La gente che c'è
si confonderà ♪

♪ E alla luce di quel sole
Io continuerò a cercare te ♪

Thank you, New York.

You having
a good time tonight?

Meoo

Oh, man.

I amery, ery cite
right now

because I'm about
to do a song

that is a first-timer
for this tour.

And I'm about to do it with
somebody that I love

so, so very much
as a human being,

a valis
an tist.

Was so, so honored that she sang
with me on my Bridges album,

and was so thrilled

that she happens to be
a New Yorker as well.

Gi it up!

Josh Groban!

What?!

Thank you
for being here.

Thk yofor having me.

I'm so happy
we're here.

I'm so happy
they're here.

Look, I'm really
happy they're here.

All sold out.

I would do this with you
if it were empty.

- Same.
- But there are people here.

Which makes it
even more fun for us.

This is great.

This is a song
that's meant a lot.

I mentioned earlier in the show

st t ide
sticking it out together

for a long, long time
and the romance of that.

was actually kind of
Andthinking of my parents

and I was thinking about--

You were thinking
of yours too?

You were also
thinking of my parents.

was so
thinking of your parents.

Everybody who knows me will know
that every pointf ght

eventually goes back
to my parents.

But this song is about
sticng iout.

This song is about creating
memories together

that last a feme.

Whenever I'm lucky
enough to do this,

I know you feel the same
when you're on stage,

we get to create
these memories.

It's like, blink
and you miss it,

and they go by so fast.

So, I'm trying
in my old age now,

to take on these memories
and to take a mental photograph.

And be present.

And be present.

It's harder.
Yeah.

It's about being present
with the one you love.

And so, we're going to d
thisong r yonow.

This is called 99 Years.

♪ Boy meets girl
and the world stops turning ♪

♪ She makes him forget
all the rules he was learning ♪

♪ They give a toast to the ones
who never stop hoping ♪

♪ With not much to lean on
and eyes wide open ♪

♪ And they look up high

♪ And wonder what the future's
gonna hold ♪

♪ Will we look back down
on 99 years ♪

♪ Of a wonderful life?

Whe we ughe
't we ied

♪ And our love grew stronger
with every fight ♪

There'll be
a thousand moments ♪

♪ For you to say,
"I td u"

♪ And a million more
for us to say, "I love you" ♪

♪ So let's look forward
to you and I looking back ♪

♪ At 99 years like that,
At 99 years like that ♪

♪ They build a house of love
in the face of worry ♪

♪ B lifhas way
of rewriting the story ♪

♪ There were times
when it looked like ♪

♪ Nothing could save them

♪ And the were times

♪ When it looked like
nothing could break them ♪

♪ They keep promising
each other ♪

♪ Wt the future's gonna hold

♪ill we look back down on
99 years of a wonderful life? ♪

♪ Where we laughed
and we cried ♪

♪ And our love grew stronger
with every fight ♪

♪ There'll be
a thousand mts ♪

Forou tsay "Iold u"

♪ And a million more
for us to say, "I love you" ♪

So t's ok fward
to you and I looking back ♪

♪o 99ears

♪ Of nothing unspoken,

♪ Live every day hoping,

♪ That when we feel broken

♪ Our scars make us golden

♪ You still choose you and I

♪ Will we look back down on
99 years of a wonderful life? ♪

♪ Where we laughed
'til we cried ♪

♪nd o lovwas rong
th ery fht

♪ There'll be
a thousand moments ♪

Forou tsay,
tolyou" ♪

♪ And a million more
for us to sa "loveou"

♪ So let's look forward
to you and I looking back ♪

♪ At 99 years like that

♪ Oh, at 99 years like that,

♪ At 99 years like that

Josh Groban!

Jennifer Nettles,
everybody.

ank you so much.

n, o man

How lucky are we?

Okay, New York, this is a song
that I first heard

the back of a taxi cab in
Dublin, Ireland a long time ago.

When I recorded it,
I never could've imagined

th it would have taken me as
many places as it's taken me.

I could never imagine
that it would take me

to this great venue
again and again.

So, New York,
if you know isne,

ng athe p ofour ngs, enget out,
again and again.

the is, You Raise Me Up.

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♪ When I am down,
and oh, my soul so weary ♪

♪ When troubles come,
and my heart burdened be ♪

♪ Then, I am still
and wait here in the silence ♪

♪ Until you come
and sit awhile with me ♪

♪ You raise me up,
so I can stand on mountains ♪

♪ You raise me up to walk
on stormy seas ♪

♪ I am strong
when I am on your shoulders ♪

♪ You raise me up
to more than I can be ♪

You look so good, New York,
lighting up the night sky.

I e yo

I know you've got lungs too.

I want to hear you.

♪ You raise me up,
so I can stand on mountains ♪

♪ You raise me up
to walk on stormy seas ♪

♪ I am strong
when I am on your shoulders ♪

♪ You raise me up
to more than I can be ♪

Ready?

♪ You raise me up,
so I can stand on mountains ♪

♪ You raise me up
to walk on stormy seas ♪

♪ And I am strong
when I am on your shoulders ♪

♪ You raise me up
to more than I cane ♪

♪ You raise me up

♪ So I can stand on mountains

New York City!

♪ To walk on stormy seas

♪ I am strong
when I am on your shoulders ♪

♪ You raise me up
to more than I can be ♪

♪ You raise me up
to more than I can be ♪

♪ You raise me up
to more than I can be ♪

Give a big round of applause

for the SaedeartUnivsityhr

sounding so beautiful
all night tonight.

All right.

I'm going to leave you
with this one.

It is a very strange time

and it is a particular privilege
to be in music

ringheseimes

because it's a time when we can
remind each other

through the arts,
about our humanity

about what makes us similar
when everything around us

is telling us
how different we are

and how much we should fear
each other and hate each other.

And New York is a city
that's always understood that.

So, thank you, New York,
for being a beacon of light

to the world
with that message.

And thank you for
inviting us here in that spirit.

It's been a privilege,
it really has.

We need more bridges
and less walls.

This is
Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Thank you, guys, again.

♪ When you're weary,
feeling small ♪

♪ When tears are
in your eyes ♪

♪ I will dry them all

♪ And friends just can't
be found ♪

♪ Like a bridge
over troubled water ♪

♪ I will lay me down

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh

♪ When you're down and out

♪ When you're on the street

♪ When evening falls so hard

♪ I will comfort you

I'll take your part,

♪ When darkness comes

♪ And pain is all around

♪ Like a bridge
over troubled water ♪

♪ I will lay me down

♪ Like a bridge
over troubled water ♪

♪ I will lay me down

♪ Oh, like a bridge
over troubled ♪

♪ Troubled water

♪ Oh, I will lay me down

♪ Like a bridge

♪ Oh, like a bridge

♪ Over troubled

♪ Troubled water

♪ Sail on silver girl

♪ Sail on by

♪ Your time has come to shine

♪ And all your dreams
are on their way ♪

♪ See how they shine,

♪ And if you need a friend,

♪ I'm sailing right behind

♪ Like a bridge
over troubled water ♪

♪ I will ease your mind

♪ Like a bridge
over troubled water ♪

♪ I will ease your mind

♪ Like a bridgevertroued

♪ I will ease your mind

New York City
we love you so much.

We'll keep coming back
as long as you do.

Be very, very good
to each other.

Goodnight.

laus

♪ill we look ba down
on 99 years ♪

♪ There'll be
a thousand moments ♪

♪ For you to say,
"I told you" ♪

♪ And a million more
for us to say, "I love you" ♪

♪ So let's look forward
to you and I looking back ♪

♪ At 99 years like that,
At 99 years like that ♪