Maybe Happy Ending Lyrics – All Songs from the Musical

Cover for Maybe Happy Ending album

Maybe Happy Ending Lyrics: Song List

  1. Why Love
  2. World Within My Room
  3. The Way That It Has to Be  The Way That It Has to Be Video
  4. Charger Exchange Ballet (Instrumental)  Charger Exchange Ballet (Instrumental) Video
  5. Where You Belong Where You Belong Video
  6. Tell Me About Fireflies, Please (Instrumental) 
  7. Hitting the Road, Pt. 1  Hitting the Road, Pt. 1 Video
  8. Goodbye, My Room Goodbye, My Room Video
  9. Hitting the Road, Pt. 2 Hitting the Road, Pt. 2 Video
  10. The Rainy Day We Met
  11. Jenny Jenny Video
  12. How to Be Not Alone How to Be Not Alone Video
  13. Hitting the Road, Pt. 3  Hitting the Road, Pt. 3 Video
  14. What I Learned from People  What I Learned from People Video
  15. Why Love: James’s Piano Solo (Instrumental)  Why Love: James’s Piano Solo (Instrumental) Video
  16. Chasing Fireflies (Instrumental) Chasing Fireflies (Instrumental) Video
  17. Never Fly Away  Never Fly Away Video
  18. A Sentimental Person  A Sentimental Person Video
  19. When You’re in Love  When You’re in Love Video
  20. Touch Sequence (Instrumental)  Touch Sequence (Instrumental) Video
  21. Then I Can Let You Go  Then I Can Let You Go Video
  22. Goodbye, My Room (Reprise)  Goodbye, My Room (Reprise) Video
  23. Maybe Happy Ending
  24. Memory Sequence (Instrumental) Memory Sequence (Instrumental) Video
  25. Why Love (Reprise)  Why Love (Reprise) Video
  26. Finale  Finale Video

About the "Maybe Happy Ending" Stage Show

Overview: Maybe Happy Ending (Original Broadway Cast Recording).


Darren Criss & Helen J Shen, Maybe Happy Ending lyrics
Darren Criss & Helen J Shen singing the 'Maybe Happy Ending' in the music video.

The Broadway cast recording of Maybe Happy Ending sings with both melancholy and warmth. Released digitally on March 14, 2025, this 27-track album echoes through a near-future Seoul where memory, music, and machine meet. Darren Criss voices Oliver, a quiet Helperbot with a love for jazz and solitude. Helen J. Shen joins him as Claire, a fellow robot whose malfunctioning charger sparks their fragile, flickering bond.

An Intimate Soundscape of Synthetic Souls.



This album captures not just the plot, but the heartbeat. It’s not just a show—it breathes.
  • “Why Love” by Dez Duron opens the show with a question that lingers.
  • “World Within My Room” paints Oliver’s solitude in soft, aching tones.
  • “Then I Can Let You Go” serves as the emotional climax, sung in harmony by Criss, Shen, and Duron.
  • Instrumentals like "Touch Sequence" and "Charger Exchange Ballet" elevate the sonic texture.

Darren Criss & Helen J Shen performing Maybe Happy Ending
Performance of 'Maybe Happy Ending' by Darren Criss & Helen J Shen in the music video.

The music, composed by Will Aronson with lyrics by Hue Park, balances futuristic whimsy and heartache. The orchestrations are full-bodied, layered with digital motifs and acoustic flourishes. The recording acts not only as a companion to the live show, but as a standalone story—one you can hear even if you’ve never seen the lights of the Belasco Theatre.

Beyond Broadway.


Thumbnail from Maybe Happy Ending lyric video by Darren Criss & Helen J Shen
Screenshot from the 'Maybe Happy Ending' music video, capturing the mood and meaning of the song.

A physical CD arrives May 16, 2025. Vinyl fans can expect a limited-edition pressing by June 13, 2025. These formats echo the nostalgia that pulses beneath the musical’s chrome surface.

This isn’t just about two robots falling in love. It’s about what remains when the warranty expires, and the world moves on.
Scene from Maybe Happy Ending track by Darren Criss & Helen J Shen
Visual effects scene from 'Maybe Happy Ending' enhancing the experience of the song words and music.

Release date: 2025

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