Lyrics
Between Us
(Gilgamesh returns to the gates of the city)
Guards: Oh, can it really be him?
Priests/ Citizens: Once a man who looked like you
(How does he seem to you?)
Though he was younger
(His eyes seem so strange)
Took away so much from us
(Give me a closer view)
Such was his hunger
(Yes, I see the change)
Gilgamesh: Now I quite understand
I've traveled far to come to myself
I tried to hide all my fears
by making you all afraid
Stepping in through this gate
you see a man shading his eyes
like coming out of a cave
I'm new to light
Oh, I'm ready to know and longing to go
where the sunlight follows
Oh, if I'm not as I say, then turn me away
let the door stay unbolted between us
Priests/ Citizens: Gone so long, riches unearthed
(What will they say of us?)
The tales inside you
(An age that once dawned)
Must be told, must bring us back
(It's so mysterious)
and make the old new
(We're here then we're gone)
Gilgamesh: Such a sight for these eyes,
the orchards full and the sacred stairs
gleaming white in the sun
My heart's so full I can't think
How I've loved, how I've cried
I tried so hard to escape this
But in this place, in this hour
It's good to live
Oh, I'm ready to know and longing to go
where the sunlight follows
Oh, if I'm not as I say, then turn me away
let the door stay unbolted between us
(Interlude)
Nothing escapes you, Enlil
Not one bird in flight,
nor flight of one prayer
Ascending each stair,
I see at the top your will
Look out my window and see
the city at night,
a sight heaven-sent,
Yes, I'll be content
concealed in its memory
Epilogue Singer:
Rain falling gently, then pours through the night
It seeps through the stones to the seeds of light
Birds that float in the air wash their wings
awaiting the gardens that a new world brings
Now take him once more from the blackened ground,
words burned in silence make a stronger sound
When music returns to the rain-softened air,
then Nineveh's calling, and he's already there
Voices: Gilgamesh...Gilgamesh...Gilgamesh