Boy Falls From The Sky

Boy Falls From The Sky is a number from Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, featuring Peter Parker. It is featured in all versions of the play.

Version 1.0
As the Sinister Seven kidnap Peter Parker's fiancée, Mary Jane Watson, he realizes he is helpless to stop them. He fails to scale a building to stop Carnage and Swiss Miss, having lost his powers when he decided to give up being Spider-Man. He realizes Spider-Man was always who was, and he can never change that regardless of what challenges lie ahead. Despite not having his powers, Parker comes to the conclusion that he no longer recognizes who he he is, and won't until the wallcrawler returns. He goes to the Daily Bugle to retrieve his suit, only to find J. Jonah Jameson mysteriously webbed up to a chair. He tries to web Jameson's mouth shut as he threatens him for taking the suit back, but fails, indicting his powers have not yet resurfaced. He runs away scaling the city and realizing he can solve the battle if he just believes in himself.

Version 1.5
As the Sinister Seven kidnap Peter Parker's fiancée, Mary Jane Watson, he realizes he is helpless to stop them. Arachne's voice can be heard mocking Parker for denying the gift she offered him. He realizes Spider-Man was always who was, and he can never change that regardless of what challenges lie ahead. Despite not having his powers, Parker comes to the conclusion that he no longer recognizes who he he is, and won't until the wallcrawler returns. He goes to the Daily Bugle to retrieve his suit from J. Jonah Jameson. He runs away scaling the city and realizing he can solve the battle if he just believes in himself.

Version 2.0
As Peter Parker learns of the Green Goblin's plans for mass mutation of the city, and potential genocide, he breaks up with Mary Jane Watson feeling he can never be with her given the life he's chosen. Parker comes to terms with the fact that Spider-Man is who is and will always be on the inside, and there is no changing that. He scales the city, coming to terms with the fact this is who he must become for the rest of his life, and that he has a duty and responsibility based on his powers. In his anger, he couldn't tell who he was becoming, but now he understands what he must do. He gets his costume back and scales the city once more, understanding that he must believe.

Other performances
The 1.0 version of the song was performed during Good Morning America in September, 2010, before the show began previews. Reeve Carney, the first actor to portray Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the show performed.

The 2.0 version of the song can be heard on the show's official cast album Music from Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. Carney performs once again.