Lyrics

Gilgamesh
(Menarini/Capelli)
from the album "On the way back "

Goddess breed,
son of a demon-man.
Almost human
(not enough),
ruler in Uruk
you were.

You scared those people
so their gods they prayed.
They wanted your death
so they prayed.
Gods listen, sometimes,
and Enkidu came.

Swords'n'axes
freaks against the world,
shoulder to shoulder,
laughing at Ishtar.
Fighting against
Humbaba,
Just a quest.
Nothing could stop you two,
None was strong enough but Death.

Blind eyes of a dying friend,
scary mirror indeed.
Nothing more than a dead end,
even gods may bleed.

No place to hide when she calls.
Run away from fate!
Even a god rises and falls.
She will always get you
Through the walls.

Utnapishtim,
king of the deluge
where do dreams go
when a dreamer dies?
Doom's flower slipped from,
my tight hands.
Now I just walk alone,
tears dropping in the rain.
Now I walk alone,
with the rain,
fading away.
The dewdrop slips
into the shining sea*!
And so will be.

* Sir Edwin Arnold (1832- 1904) ,
Light of Asia (bk. VIII, last line)

 

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The lyrics of the album "On the way back " have been written by Marco R.Capelli, if you want to know more about his activity as poet and writer (and if you speak italian) you can give a look to this website: WWW.PROGETTOBABELE.IT