Surface Pressure, Encanto
Jessica Darrow, 2021
Writer: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Producer: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Label: Walt Disney
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Em I’m the strong one, I’m not nervous, D
I’m as tough as the Ccrust of the Earth is.
Em I move mountains, I move churches, D
and I glow, ’cause I Cknow what my worth is.
Em I don’t ask how hard the work is D
got a rough indesCmtructible surface.
BDiamonds and platinum, I find ’em, I flatten ’em
I B/D#take what I’m handed, I break what’s demanded.
But Em under the surface,
I feel berserk as a Dtightrope walker in a Cthree-ring circus.
Em Under the surface, was Hercules Dever
like, “Yo, I don’t Cwanna fight Cerberus?”
Em Under the surface, I’m pretty sure I’m
Dworthless if I can’t be of Cservice.
A Bflaw or a crack, the straw in the stack,
that B7/D#breaks the camel’s back, what breaks the camel’s back?
It’s Empressure like a drip, drip, drip
that’ll never stop, C whoa. D
EmPressure that’ll tip, tip, tip
’til you just go pop, G/D whoa, D/F# oh, oh.
Em”Give it to your sister, your sister’s older,
Cgive her all the heavy things we can’t shoulder.”
Who G/Dam I if I can’t run with the ball? B
If I fall to
Empressure like a grip, grip, grip,
and it won’t let go, C whoa. D
EmPressure like a tick, tick, tick
’til it’s ready to blow, G whoa, D oh, oh.
Em”Give it to your sister, your sister’s stronger,
Csee if she can hang on a little longer.”
Who G/Dam I if I can’t carry it all? B
If I B/D#falter
Em Under the surface, I hide my nerves and it
Dworsens,
I worry someCthing is gonna hurt us.
Em Under the surface, the ship doesn’t Dswerve,
has it heard how big C the iceberg is?
Em Under the surface, I think about my
Dpurpose,
can I somehow preCserve this?
Line Bup the dominoes, a light wind blows,
you B/D#try to stop it tumbling, but on and on, it goes.
But Gwait, if I could shake Bm
the crushing weight Bm7b5 of expectaCtions,
would that free Cm7 some room up for G joy
or relaxBm/F#ation, or simple pleaG7/Fsure?
Instead, we meaCsure Cm7/Ebthis growing Empressure
Keeps G/Dgrowing, keep Amgoing
Cause B7all… we… know… is…
EmPressure like a drip, drip, drip
that’ll never stop, C whoa. D
EmPressure that’ll tip, tip, tip
’til you just go pop, G whoa, D oh, oh.
Em”Give it to your sister, it doesn’t hurt, and
Csee if she can handle every family burden.”
Watch G as she buckles and bends but never breaks, B no mistakes.
Just Empressure like a grip, grip, grip,
and it won’t let go, C whoa. D
EmPressure like a tick, tick, tick
’til it’s ready to blow, G whoa, D oh, oh.
Em”Give it to your sister and never wonder
if C the same pressure would’ve pulled you under.”
Who G am I if I don’t have what it takes? B
No B/D#cracks, no B7breaks,
no mistakes, no Empressure.