History Main / IAmBecomingSong

* Let's see ''{{Disturbed}}'' has a few of these: "Voices", "Down With The Sickness", "Awaken", "Darkness", "Perfect Insanity", "Asylum", "Sacrifice." Are [[SanitySlippageSong Sanity Slippage Songs]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin about becoming]] [[MadnessSong disturbed / going insane /]] [[FaceHeelTurn turning to evil.]] Oh and "Indestructible" ("I have become indestructible")

-->--'''Elphaba''', ''{{Wicked}}'', Defying Gravity

* In {{Wicked}}, after Elphaba finds out that what she assumed was the ultimate force for good[[spoiler:--the Wizard--]]isn't, she knows she has to help the Animals [[spoiler:without him]]. 'Defying Gravity' echoes her IWantSong, The Wizard And I, now with her asking for Glinda's partnership [[spoiler:instead of the Wizard's]].
** {{Wicked}} is ''full'' of these songs, particularly "Defying Gravity". [[BSODSong "No Good Deed,"]] [[HeelRealization "Wicked Witch Of The East,"]] and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming "For Good"]] also count.

* The Guardian of the Realm from Fireaxe's 4 hour epic {{Food for the Gods}} follows one soldiers progression from a young wide-eyed idealist to a cynical, embittered man.

[[AliceAndBob Alice]] has been going through the story, and has already gotten her IAmSong, maybe even an IWantSong. But [[CharacterDevelopment something happened]], and Alice isn't the same person anymore. So she gets a new IAmSong: It shows who Alice is now, how she has changed, and how she ''is'' changing.

* ''[[{{Theatre/ptitlenjisnv3p}} Les Misérables]]'':

* [[{{ptitlefiwg8rim}} 13]] has "13/Becoming a Man" which is about the main character's Bar Mitzvah.
* "La Monture" ("My Heart If You Will Swear") from ''Notre-Dame de Paris'': the devoted, virginal Fleur-de-Lys tells her cheating fiance Phoebus that she will remain faithful to him... as long as he has Esmeralda executed. In the French lyrics, she sings that she has thrown her girlhood dreams "to the wolves" and that her heart is "hardening."

* ''[=~Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog~=]'': Where to begin? The musical could be described as Dr. Horrible's [[spoiler:StartOfDarkness]]. Some specifics:

* The ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' musical opens up with one of these, in "Going Through The Motions," where Buffy compares herself now with the way she was before [[ItWasHisSled her death at the end of Season 5]].
** Let's not forget that in TheMovie, her ''entire career'' kicks off with an I Am Becoming song: "Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore."

* In "An Organized Life (1974)" from the musical version of ''Vanities'', Kathy sings about her [[HeroicBSOD nervous breakdown]] and journey of self-discovery, also making it a BSODSong. Also, "Friendship Isn't What it Used to Be" from the same act.

* In "An Organized Life (1974)" from the musical version of ''Vanities'', Kathy sings about her [[BrokenBird nervous breakdown]] and journey of self-discovery, also making it a BSODSong. Also, "Friendship Isn't What it Used to Be" from the same act.

* In "An Organized Life (1974)" from the musical version of ''Vanities'', Kathy sings about her [[BrokenBird nervous breakdown]] and journey of self-discovery. Also, "Friendship Isn't What it Used to Be" from the same act.

* In "An Organized Life (1974)" from the musical version of ''Vanities'', Kathy sings about her [[BrokenBird nervous breakdown]] and journey of self-discovery.

* Eric Draven gets one in ''TheCrow'' as he goes to a makeup mirror in his apartment and makes his transformation into a white-faced, spandex-clad avenger.

* In {{Wicked}}, after Elphaba finds out that what she assumed was the ultimate force for good[[spoiler:-the Wizard-]]isn't, she knows she has to help the Animals [[spoiler:without him]]. 'Defying Gravity' echoes her IWantSong, The Wizard And I, now with her asking for Glinda's partnership [[spoiler:instead of the Wizard's]].

** {{Wicked}} is ''full'' of these songs, though "Defying Gravity" is the MostTriumphantExample. [[BSODSong "No Good Deed,"]] [[HeelRealization "Wicked Witch Of The East,"]] and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming "For Good"]] also count.

* In {{Wicked}}, after Elphaba finds out that what she assumed was the ultimate force for good[[spoiler:-the Wizard-]]isn't, she knows she has to help the Animals without [[spoiler:him]]. 'Defying Gravity' echoes her IWantSong, The Wizard And I, now with her asking for Glinda's partnership [[spoiler:instead of the Wizard's]].

* ''HannahMontana: TheMovie'' gives us "The Climb", which neatly encapsulates Miley's emotions, the lessons she's learned in the movie, and the general message of the film.

* ''What Have I Done'' from LesMiserables is Valjean rejecting his life as a criminal in favor of religion and redemption.

This is meant to describe [[CharacterDevelopment becoming in the figurative sense]], [[IThoughtItMeant and not]] [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting in the literal sense]]. And don't let the progressive tense fool you, it can also be an a character explaining how s/he's already changed--and might only just be realizing it.

May double as a IWantSong, a SanitySlippageSong, or a VillainSong, especially if ThatManIsDead. See also IAmSong, ComingOfAgeStory, CharacterDevelopment.

May double as a IWantSong or a VillainSong, especially if ThatManIsDead. See also IAmSong, ComingOfAgeStory, CharacterDevelopment.

->''"Something has changed within me''
->''Something is not the same"''

->''"No more memories, no more silent tears!''
->''No more gazing across the wasted years..."''
-->--'''Christine''', ''{{ThePhantomOfTheOpera}}'', Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again