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Crowley and the song “Tightrope” From “The Greatest Showman”: An Analysis

I’m a musical nerd and a Good Omens nerd, and I’m upset and distraught, so here are some of my thoughts on Crowley with one of my fave songs from that movie!

. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S-CVJuNQo6w

I put the scene from the movie just cause I like picturing Crowley in the part where her shadow is dancing with her husbands shadow

ANYWAY my sad gay people lets get into it

The beginning lyrics:

Some people long for a life, that is simple and planned, tied with a ribbon

He watched Newt (simple) and Anathema (planned) fall in love

Some people won’t sail the sea, cause they’re safer on land, to follow what’s written

Maggie and Nina, Nina being afraid to start a new relationship because she was so used to her old toxic one, Maggie being nervous to talk to her

Then of course:

But I’d follow you to the great unknown, off to a world we’d call our own

It has been shown time and time again in the show that where Aziraphale goes, Crowley follows (France, the church w the Nazis, etc)

Crowley also very frequently talks about running off with Aziraphale, being together just the two of them, their own side, or, their own world

Hand in my hand and you promised, to never let go, we’re walking a tightrope, high in the sky we can see the whole world down below

Aziraphale, in a way, did promise something to Crowley, in the Arrangement

Because they could never outright say it, the Arrangement was the next best thing, a way to promise company, promise help, promise care, under the guise of thwarting each other

However, it was a very tedious line, a very very risky arrangement (MUCH LIKE A TIGHTROPE DO YOU SEE WHAT IM GETTING AT HERE)

Never sure, never know how far we could fall

This is unprecedented territory, they are the first angel and demon, as far as we know, to have done what they do, to have any sort of companionship, or God forbid, love (before Gabriel and Beelzebub). They wouldn’t have known what the consequences could be, how severe their respective sides would punish them

But it’s all an adventure that comes with a breath-taking view, walking a tightrope, with you

But Crowley, for lack of a better term, is a simp, he’s willing to risk it because he loves Aziraphale so much

Mountains and valleys and all that will come in between, desert and ocean

You pull me in and together we’re lost in a dream, always in motion

This I just feel like is a good representation of how Crowley probably felt when being with Aziraphale, it was a constant dance between the two of them, but they kept holding onto each other throughout the whole thing

So I’d risk it all, just to be with you, and I’d risk it all, for this life we choose

This is the main crux of his character. While Aziraphale was always still nervous about the repercussions, the punishments for whatever he had with Crowley, Crowley was ready to risk it for them, for Aziraphale. He didn’t want Aziraphale in trouble, so he was willing to reign it for Aziraphale, but for himself? He didn’t care

Then the chorus plays again, but there’s a different line at the end:

Never sure, will you catch me if I should fall

Despite the trust he has in Aziraphale and what they have, especially after seaosn 2, Crowley is probably always or was for a while, nervous that Aziraphale was going to switch up on him one day, go back to Heaven and abandon him, leave him struggling for balance on his own

When it came down to it, there was probably always a doubt or insecurity that Aziraphale was going to pick Heaven over him

But then he goes back to:

But it’s all adventure that comes with a breathtaking view, walking a tightrope, with you

BECAUSE RVEN THOUGH AZIRAPHALE LEFT HIM FOR HEAVEN, AND HOW UPSET CROWLEY MUST BE, WE KNOW DEEP DOWN CROWLEY WOULDNT HAVE TRADED HIS YEARS WITH HIM FOR ANYTHING

Crowley knows part of his personal risk in the Arrangement is that Aziraphale might not love him like that, but he doesn’t care just so he can be around him and watch him

ANYWAY thank you for reading this if you did I just have a lot of thoughts

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