Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) will have a brand-new song in Wicked: For Good, and even though we’ve barely heard a note of it, its тιтle makes it perhaps the most fascinating entry on the soundtrack. Ahead of the movie’s November release, the official track listing for Wicked: For Good has been revealed, giving fans an idea of what to expect in the highly-anticipated musical.

Though most of the songs are from the Broadway stage production, like “Thank Goodness” and “No Good Deed,” both Elphaba and Glinda (Ariana Grande) will belt out original tunes. They are among the many changes that are expected in the movie; with Act 2 of Wicked far more plot-driven and speedy than Act 1, director Jon M. Chu and the creative team have added new material to expand the story.

According to the soundtrack, Elphaba’s new song will come early on in the film, right between the musical’s Act 2 opener “Thank Goodness” (which, in the movie, has been split from “Every Day More Wicked,” the new opening song) and “The Wicked Witch of the East.” Interestingly, it has been тιтled “No Place Like Home,” a phrase that anyone even slightly familiar with The Wizard of Oz will recognize.

“No Place Like Home” Connects Elphaba’s Story To Dorothy’s — But How?

The song’s тιтle comes from Dorothy’s iconic line from The Wizard of Oz, when she, while clicking her ruby-slippered heels, says, “There’s no place like home” and is finally returned to Kansas. It’s one of the most well-known bits of dialogue from the film, and its inclusion in Wicked: For Good cannot be anything other than intentional.

Its placement within the story suggests Elphaba could be singing of her own desire to return home. At this point in the film, she’ll have been the Wicked Witch for a good while, and thus ostracized from those she loves for just as long. Perhaps faced with the news that Glinda and Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey) are engaged, she finds herself longing to return to how things used to be.

This notion is further supported by “The Wicked Witch of the East” coming right after. A new addition to the Wicked soundtrack after being notably left off the Broadway cast version, the song takes place when Elphaba goes to visit her sister Nessarose (Marissa Bode). It would make sense if Elphaba’s longing for home sent her right back to her family.

The specific use of the phrase “No Place Like Home” inherently ties Elphaba’s journey to Dorothy’s, suggesting the two women actually have more in common than they’ll ever realize. Though Dorothy’s accidental actions upon entering Oz will earn her Elphaba’s wrath, this song almost seems to suggest that, had they met under different circumstances, perhaps they’d actually be aligned.

Elphaba’s New Song Supports The Theory Dorothy Will Have A Larger Role In Wicked: For Good

The conflict between Dorothy and the Wicked Witch, though featuring so prominently in The Wizard of Oz, ultimately has little impact on Wicked‘s plot. Dorothy never appears on stage, and many scenes take place in the aftermath of — or almost in the shadow of — major Wizard of Oz moments, like the young girl’s arrival in Munchkinland.

However, there’s been a lot of speculation that For Good will show more of Dorothy, and this new song certainly points to that idea. It’s such an overt reference that it has to have a purpose behind it. Chu could be banking on audiences’ Wizard of Oz knowledge to form the thematic connections themselves — and that wouldn’t be unfair of him — but actually seeing Dorothy would make it more impactful.

I’m not saying we need Dorothy onscreen saying, “There’s no place like home,” since that would be way too obvious, but letting her come face-to-face with Elphaba might reframe both characters’ arcs. For Elphaba, seeing a young girl who, at her core, likely wishes for the same things she does might make her feel differently about her entire journey after spurning the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum).

For Dorothy, seeing that the Wicked Witch is just a woman, in the same way we did as an audience while watching Wicked, could show her things aren’t as black-and-white as The Wizard of Oz makes it seem. Of course, none of this will ultimately change their fixed ending, which is the biggest tragedy of Wicked.

For Good has a tricky line to walk because, as great as it would be to see Dorothy, it shouldn’t spend so much time on her that Elphaba and Glinda’s story gets overshadowed. However, with a reported runtime of 2 hours and 18 minutes, there is room within the story to touch upon Dorothy a fair bit.

The musical’s Act 2 is roughly one hour, and while simply expanding the original scenes will inflate that time considerably, it’ll still need more material to reach 2 hours. For comparison, the stage production’s Act 1 is close to an hour and a half, but Wicked: Part One clocked in at 2 hours and 40 minutes.

With the extra time, Wicked: For Good can introduce Dorothy and further connect her story to Elphaba’s without overwhelming the narrative. At the same time, it could be that “No Place Like Home” will be all that unites them. Either way, it adds a fascinating layer to the movie that’ll be exciting to see play out.