This Time by Glee is an original song that is featured in Dreams Come True, the thirteenth and final episode of Season Six and Glee. It is sung by Rachel.
It cuts to the auditorium with Rachel playing the piano and starts singing, as she reminisces her time at McKinley.
Lyrics[]
Rachel:
These walls and all these picture frames
Every name they show
These halls I've walked a thousand times
Heartbreaks and valentines, friends of mine all know
I look at everything I was
And everything I ever loved
And I can see how much I've grown
And though the mirror doesn't see it
It's clear to me, I feel it
I can make it on my own
I'm not afraid of moving on and letting go
It's just so hard to say goodbye to what I know, I know
This time no one's gonna say goodbye
I keep you in this heart of mine
This time I know it's never over
No matter who or what I am
I'll carry where we all began
This time that we had, I will hold forever
This old familiar place is
Where every face is another part of me
I played a different game then
They called me a different name then
I think of all the things I did and how I wish I knew what I know now
I see how far I've come and what I got right
When I was looking for that spotlight
I was looking for myself
Got over what I was afraid of
I showed 'em all that I was made of
More than trophies on a shelf
For all the battles that we lost or might have won
I never stopped believing in the words we sung, we sung
This time no one's gonna say goodbye
I keep you in this heart of mine
This time I know it's never over
No matter who or what I am
I'll carry where we all began
This time that we had, I will hold forever
I'm looking out from the crossroads
I don't know how far away I will roll
I take a breath, I close my eyes
Your voice will carry me home
I keep you in this heart of mine
This time I know it's never over
No matter who or what I am
I'll carry where we all began
This time that we had, I will hold
This time that we had, I will hold
This time that we had, I will hold
Forever
Forever
Trivia[]
- This is the second song Darren Criss wrote that is featured in the series, the first being Rise which acted as a trial run before he was allowed to write this song.
- Darren has said that he wasn’t allowed to know any plot details while writing this song and was only told he would be writing Rachel’s final solo. Because of this, Darren decided to use the song as a way for the cast to say goodbye to the show and each other, and incorporated sentiments from each cast member about their time with the show.
- This is Rachel's last solo in the series.
- This is the last:
- Overall solo in the series.
- Original song to be performed in the series.
- Song to be performed in the choir room.
- Song to be performed in the present timeline of 2015.
- Female solo in the series.
- This is the longest original song recorded by Glee.
- Darren Criss was nominated for an Emmy for this song in 2015.
- With this song, Rachel has sung:
- The first (On My Own) and the last released solo of the series.
- The first (My Headband) and last original song.
- Some of the lyrics may refer to previous songs sung by Rachel:
- "I can make it on my own" might be a reference to On My Own
- "I'm not afraid of moving on and letting go" might be a reference to Let It Go
- "I was looking for myself" might be a reference to Wake Me Up
- "I never stopped believing in the words we sung" might be a reference to Don't Stop Believin'
- "I see how far I've come and what I got right" might be a reference to Get It Right
Gallery[]
Videos[]
GLEE "This Time" (Full Performance)
Glee - This Time (HD FULL STUDIO)