"The Melting" is a song featured in the 2025 film Wicked: Part Two written and composed by Stephen Schwartz. It is performed by Elphaba, Glinda, and the chorus.
Background[]
In the song, the mob arrive at Kiamo Ko. Elphaba forces Glinda to hide and pulls a curtain down the stage as we hear the voice of the chorus as they sing a reprisal of Glinda's second line in "No One Mourns the Wicked". After this verse is sung, Elphaba leaves and is supposedly melted by Dorothy. It later turns out that this was an elaborate set-up to fool the citizens of Oz into thinking she was dead so they would stop hunting her. In the end, she and Fiyero, turned into "The Scarecrow" by one of Elphaba's spells gone awry, run away together.
Lyrics[]
Glinda:
What was that?
Elphaba:
Hurry! No one can know you were here!
Chorus:
And Goodness knows…
Elphaba:
Hide yourself!
Chorus:
The Wicked's lives are lonely
Goodness knows
The Wicked die alone
Elphaba:
Ahhhh!!
Glinda:
Elphie?
Oh Elphie
Chistery:
Miss? Miss Glinda?
