I'll be your shepherd
I'll be your dog
I'll be your keeper
I'll be your door

But i'll never be
Never be your lover

I'll be your neon
I'll be your light
I'll be your sunset
I'll be your

But i'll never be
Never be your lover

I'll be your shadow
I'll be your breath
I'll be your widow
I'll be your death

But i'll never be
Never be your lover

everybody loves his car
everybody looks so far away
everybody loves the president
everybody loves the weather man

but i kept you by my side.
like a present a disguise

keeps me safety from this mess
there's no heaven there's no hell
Just me and you and...the death

everybody makes a deal
but no one knows who is kim
everybody loves the sun
everybody wants some fun

but i kept you by my side.
like a present a disguise

keeps me safety from this mess
there's no heaven there's no hell
Just me and you and...the death

Someday i'll return to love you (2x)

Cause my heart gives you a chance
In the blackwood tonight (2x)

Someday i'll return to haunt you (2x)

Cause my heart gives you a chance
In the blackwood tonight (2x)

Know there's no one
No one like you
(All day)

No there's no one
No one like you
(All day)
(All day)

Know there's no one
No one like you
(All day)

Know there's no one
No one like you
(All day )
All day
All day

Well you know
there's no one
Who makes me feel like you
Oh you know there's no one
Who makes me feel like you
Oh feel like you
Feel like you

It was quite mean
To leave you on the road
I could have warned you
But I failed to be bold
(I)Gave you this meeting
Now I’m shaking, all my bones
The city is still sleeping and now, I see the road

I’d never say we have come to an end
I’d never leave outside from my world
I’d never claim we should come back to square one I know this is not fair
I know that you’re desperate

I’d never say we have come to an end
I’d never leave outside from my world
I’d never claim we should come back to square one I know this is not fair
I know that you’re desperate
I know that we’ll meet again
I know that we’ll meet again

Take a deep breath
As you’re putting on your coat
Take a short step
Now you’re walking in the cold

Hope we will embrace
And talk with no remorse
Hope we’ll find a way
To learn being alone

If you could pray
If I could stay
If we could manage to separate
If I could heal

If you could scream
This would be real

I’d never say we have come to an end
I’d never leave outside from my world
I’d never claim we should come back to square

I know this is not fair
I know that you’re desperate

I’d never say we have come to an end
I’d never leave outside from my world
I’d never claim we should come back to square one 
I know this is not fair
I know that you’re desperate
I know that we’ll meet again

Is it alright ?

If I can’t move ahead
Your speed is too high
Well I can’t
Follow your stride
Life’s not a race

I don’t want to
I’m not prepared to
I will loose you

I’ve been running
I’m exhausted
I feel naked
But it’s not time to complain
Flying
You’re excited
You gonna win again
And smile upon my face

Even at night
You don’t want to rest
The run is still hard
Useless
And I do wonder
If you will stop someday
And would you bother
If I no longer wait ?

One two three won’t you give up
Three four five won’t you screw up
One two three won’t you give up
Three four five won’t you screw up

I’ve been running
I’m exhausted
I feel naked
But it’s not time to complain
Flying
You’re excited
You gonna win again
And smile upon my face

Hang,

You want to be ashamed
I’ve got to be your man,

I want to,

Unless you keep it

Hang,

You’re moving like a flame
Can’t wait to be your hell

Let’s burn out,

Unless you keep it

CORO (nel tempio)
O tu che sei d’Osiride
Madre immortale e sposa,
Diva che i casti palpiti
Desti agli umani in cor,
Soccorri a noi pietosa.
Madre d’immenso amor! ecc.

(A boat draws up at the riverbank. Amneris, Ramfis,
together with a group of heavily veiled women and
guards, alight from the boat.)

RAMFIS (to Amneris)
Come to the temple of Isis, to beseech
the Goddess’s favour on the eve
of your wedding. Isis reads
in the hearts of mortals; every human
mystery is known to her.

AMNERIS
Yes, I shall pray that Radamès give me
his whole heart, as my heart is given
in sacred love, forever, to him.

RAMFIS
Let us go.
You will pray until dawn. I shall stay with you.
(All enter the temple.)
CHORUS
Succour us in thy mercy, etc.
(Aida enters, furtively. She is veiled.)

AIDA
Radamès will come here. What will he say?
I tremble. Ah! if you come, cruel man,
to bid me a last farewell,
in the dark eddies of the Nile I shall find
my tomb, perhaps peace – but at least, oblivion!
O fatherland, I shall never see you again!
O blue skies, soft breezes of my homeland,
where I lived out the quiet morning of my life,
O grassy hills, O fragrant streams,

(Da una barca che approda alla riva, discendono
Amneris, Ramfis, alcune donne coperte da fitto velo e
guardie.)

RAMFIS (ad Amneris)
Vieni d’Iside al tempio: alla vigilia
Delle tue nozze, invoca
Della diva il favore. Iside legge
Dei mortali nel core; ogni mistero
Degli umani a lei è noto.

AMNERIS
Sì: io pregherò che Radamès mi doni
Tutto il suo cor, come il mio cor a lui
Sacro è per sempre.

RAMFIS
Andiamo:
Pregherai fino all’alba; io sarò teco.
(Tutti entrano nel tempio.)
CORO
Soccorri a noi pietosa, ecc.
(Aida entra cautamente coperta da un velo.)

AIDA
Qui Radamès verrà! Che vorrà dirmi?
Io tremo. Ah! se tu vieni
A recarmi, o crudel, l’ultimo addio,
Del Nilo i cupi vortici
Mi daran tomba, e pace forse, e oblio.
O patria mia, mai più ti rivedrò!
O cieli azzurri, o dolci aure native,
Dove sereno il mio mattin brillò,
O verdi colli, o profumate rive,

O fatherland, I shall never see you again! etc.
O cool valleys, blessed, peaceful haven,
one day promised me by love,
now that the dream of love is gone,
O fatherland, I shall never see you again! etc.
(Amonasro enters.)
Heaven! My father!

AMONASRO
A grave matter
has brought me here, Aida.
Nothing escapes my eyes.
Love for Radamès is killing you.
He loves you too. You are waiting for him.
The daughter of the Pharaohs is your rival –
Princess of a hated race, our deadly enemy.

AIDA
And I am in her power!
I, the daughter of Amonasro!

AMONASRO
In her power!
No! if you wish,
you can defeat your powerful rival,
and fatherland, throne and love will all be yours.
You will see again our fragrant forests,
the cool valleys and the golden temples.

AIDA
1 shall see again our fragrant forests,
the cool valleys and the golden temples.

O patria mia, mai più ti rivedrò! ecc.
O fresche valli, o queto asil beato,
Che un dì promesso dall’amor mi fu;
Or che d’amore il sogno è dileguato,
O patria mia, non ti vedrò mai più! ecc.
(Volgendosi, vede i padre.)
Ciel! mio padre!

AMONASRO
A te grave cagion
M’adduce, Aida.
Nulla sfugge al mio sguardo.
D’amor ti struggi
Per Radamès, ei t’ama, e lo attendi.
Dei Faraon la figlia è tua rivale...
Razza infame, aborrita e a noi fatale!

AIDA
E in suo potere io sto!
Io, d’Amonasro figlia!

AMONASRO
In poter di lei!
No! se lo brami
La possente rival tu vincerai.
E patria, e trono, e amor, tutto tu avrai.
Rivedrai le foreste imbalsamate,
Le fresche valli, i nostri templi d’or.

AIDA
Rivedrò le foreste imbalsamate,
Le fresche valli, i nostri templi d’or.

AMONASRO
Happy bride of the one you love,
you shall know great joys at last.

AIDA
One day of such enchantment,
one hour of such great joy – then I can die!

AMONASRO
You have not forgotten that pitiless Egypt
defiled our altars, temples and homes,
carrying off our maidens in slavery,
murdering our mothers, our old men and out
children?

AIDA
Ah, I remember well those unhappy days,
and the mournful sorrow which filled my heart!
Ah, grant, O gods, that for us may return
the dawn of this peaceful days for which we pray.

AMONASRO
Remember...
It cannot be long delayed.
Our people even now are ready for battle;
all is prepared, and we shall conquer.
One thing is lacking – for me to know
the route that the enemy will follow.

AIDA
Who could find out? Who?

AMONASRO
You could!

AMONASRO
Sposa felice a lui che amasti tanto,
Tripudii immensi ivi potrai gioir.

AIDA
Un giorno solo di sì dolce incanto,
Un’ora di tal gioia, e poi morir!

AMONASRO
Pur rammenti che a noi l’Egizio immite,
Le case, i templi e l’are profanò,
Trasse in ceppi le vergini rapite;
Madri, vecchi,
Fanciulli ei trucidò.

AIDA
Ah! ben rammento quegl’infausti giorni!
Rammento i lutti che il mio cor soffrì.
Deh, fate, o Numi, che per noi ritorni
L’alba invocata de’ sereni dì.

AMONASRO
Rammenta...
Non fia che tardi.
In armi ora si desta
Il popol nostro; tutto è pronto già,
Vittoria avrem. Solo a saper mi resta
Qual sentiero il nemico seguirà.

AIDA
Chi scoprirlo potria? chi mai?

AMONASRO
Tu stessa!

AIDA
I!

AMONASRO
I know you are waiting for Radamès. He loves you.
He is the Egyptian captain.
Do you understand?

AIDA
A horrid thought!
What are you asking of me? No, never!

AMONASRO (fiercely)
Arise then
soldiers of Egypt!
Sack and burn
our cities!
Spread terror,
rape and death!
There is no rein now
to your fury!

AIDA
Ah, father! father!

AMONASRO (repulsing her)
You call yourself my daughter!

AIDA
Have pity!

AMONASRO
Waves of blood are flowing
over the vanquished cities.
See – from the black swirls

AIDA
Io!

AMONASRO
Radamès so che qui attendi...Ei t’ama...
Ei conduce gli Egizii...
Intendi?

AIDA
Orrore!
Che mi consigli tu? No! no! giammai!

AMONASRO (con impeto selvaggio)
Su, dunque! sorgete,
Egizie coorti!
Col fuoco struggete
Le nostre città.
Spargete il terrore,
Le stragi, le morti.
Al vostro furore
Più freno non v’ha.

AIDA
Ah padre!

AMONASRO (respingendola)
Mia figlia ti chiami!

AIDA
Pietà!

AMONASRO
Flutti di sangue scorrono
Sulle città dei vinti.
Vedi? dai negri vortici

the dead arise.
They point at you and cry,
“Because of you, our country dies!”

AIDA
Have pity! Father, have pity!

AMONASRO
A horrid spectre
rises in the shadows before us.
Tremble, for over your head
it lifts its bony arms.
It is your mother – see her,
she is cursing you!

AIDA (terrified)
Ah! father! no! have pity! etc.

AMONASRO (repulsing her)
You are not my daughter!
You are the slave of the Pharaohs!

AIDA
Ah! Have pity! Have pity!
Father, I am not their slave.
Do not curse me nor revile me –
you will call be daughter again,
for I shall be worthy of my country.

AMONASRO
Remember that a whole people, conquered
and suffering, can rise again through you!

AIDA
O fatherland, what a price I must pay, for thee!

Si levano gli estinti.
Ti additan essi e gridano:
Per te la patria muor!

AIDA
Pietà! Ah padre, pietà!

AMONASRO
Una larva orribile
Fra l’ombre a noi s’affaccia.
Trema! le scarne braccia
Sul capo tuo levò.
Tua madre ell’è, ravvisala,
Ti maledice...

AIDA (nel massimo terrore)
Ah! padre! no!...Ah! pietà, padre!, ecc.

AMONASRO (respingendola)
Non sei mia figlia!
Dei Faraoni tu sei la schiava!

AIDA
Ah! Pietà! Pietà!
Padre, a costoro schiava non sono;
Non maledirmi, non imprecarmi;
Ancor tua figlia potrai chiamarmi,
Della mia patria degna sarò.

AMONASRO
Pensa che un popolo vinto, straziato,
Per te soltanto risorger può...

AIDA
O patria! o patria...quanto mi costi!

AMONASRO
Be brave! He is coming now. I shall hear all.
(He hides among the palms. Radamès enters.)

RADAMÈS
At last I am with you, again, sweet Aida.

AIDA
Stop go away! What do you want from me?

RADAMÈS
It is love which brings me to you.

AIDA
But the rites of another love await you.
Married to Amneris –

RADAMÈS
What are you saying?
You, Aida, are the only one I can love.
As the gods are my witness, you shall be mine.

AIDA
Do not break your oath! As a hero
I loved you, if you swear false, I cannot.

RADAMÈS
Do you doubt my love, Aida?

AIDA
But how can you escape from Amneris’ wiles,
from the King’s command, from the people’s will,
from the wrath of the priests?

AMONASRO
Coraggio! ei giunge, là tutto udrò.
(Si nasconde fra i palmizi. Radamès entra.)

RADAMÈS
Pur ti riveggo, mia dolce Aida...

AIDA
T’arresta, vanne, che speri ancor?

RADAMÈS
A te dappresso l’amor mi guida.

AIDA
Te i riti attendono d’un altro amor.
D’Amneris sposo...

RADAMÈS
Che parli mai?
Te sola, Aida, te deggio amar.
Gli dei m’ascoltano, tu mia sarai.

AIDA
D’uno spergiuro non ti macchiar!
Prode t’amai, non t’amerei spergiuro.

RADAMÈS
Dell’amor mio dubiti, Aida?

AIDA
E come speri sottrarti d’Amneris ai vezzi,
Del Re al voler, del tuo popolo ai voti,
Dei sacerdoti all’ira?

RADAMÈS
Hear me, Aida
Ethiopia has awakened,
eager for fierce, new battles.
Your people have already invaded,
and I shall lead the Egyptians again.
Then, in the midst of the triumph,
kneeling before the King, I shall open my heart.
You shall be my victor’s wreath;
and we shall live, blessed by undying love.

AIDA
And do you not fear
Amneris’s wrath? Her vengeance,
like a thunderbolt,
will strike me, my father and my people.

RADAMÈS
I shall defend you.

AIDA
It would be in vain.
Yet, if you love me, there is still
an escape for us.

RADAMÈS
What is it?

AIDA
To flee –

RADAMÈS
To flee!

RADAMÈS
Odimi, Aida.
Nel fiero anelito di nuova guerra
Il suolo etiope si ridestò;
I tuoi già invadono la nostra terra,
Io degli Egizi duce sarò.
Fra il suon, fra i plausi della vittoria,
Al Re mi prostro, gli svelo il cor;
Sarai tu il seno della mia gloria,
Vivrem beati d’eterno amore.

AIDA
Né d’Amneris paventi
II vindice furor? La sua vendetta,
Come folgor tremenda,
Cadrà su me, sul padre mio, su tutti.

RADAMÈS
Io vi difendo.

AIDA
Invan, tu nol potresti.
Pur, se tu m’ami, ancor s’apre una via
Di scampo a noi...

RADAMÈS
Quale?

AIDA
Fuggir...

RADAMÈS
Fuggire!

AIDA
Let us flee from the scorching sun
of this desert land.
A new fatherland
reveals itself to our love.
There, in the virgin forests,
fragrant with sweet flowers,
we shall forget the world
in blessed joy.

RADAMÈS
You asked me to flee with you
to a foreign land?
To abandon my fatherland
and the altars of our gods?
This land where I first plucked
the flowers of glory,
this land where first we loved –
how can we forget it?

AIDA
There, in the virgin forest, etc.

RADAMÈS
The land where we loved, etc.

AIDA
Beneath my country’s freer skies
it will be granted to us to love.
There, in the same temples
we shall worship the same gods, etc.

RADAMÈS
To abandon my fatherland etc.

AIDA
Fuggiam gli ardori inospiti
Di queste lande ignude;
Una novella patria
Al nostro amor si schiude.
Là, tra foreste vergini,
Di fiori profumate,
In estasi beate
La terra scorderem.

RADAMÈS
Sovra una terra estrania
Teco fuggir dovrei!
Abbandonar la patria,
L’are de’ nostri dei!
Il suol dov’io raccolsi
Di gloria i primi allori,
Il ciel de’ nostri amori
Come scordar potrem?

AIDA
Là tra foreste vergini, ecc.

RADAMÈS
Il ciel dei nostri amori, ecc.

AIDA
Sotto il mio ciel, più libero
L’amor ne fia concesso;
Ivi nel tempio istesso
Gli stessi numi avrem, ecc.

RADAMÈS
Abbandonar la patria, ecc.

AIDA
Let us flee –

RADAMÈS (hesitating)
Aida!

AIDA
You do not love me – go!

RADAMÈS
Not love you!
No man, no god
has ever burned with such a love!

AIDA
Go, go – Amneris is waiting for you at the altar –

RADAMÈS
No, never!

AIDA
Never, you say?
Then the headman’s axe will fall
on me, on my father –

RADAMÈS
Ah no! Let us flee together.
Yes, let us flee, far from these walls,
let us flee, together, to the desert.
Here there is nothing but misfortune,
there we shall find a heaven of love,
the never ending desert
will be our wedding-bed,
the stars will shine upon us
with a purer, brighter light!

AIDA
Fuggiam, fuggiam!

RADAMÈS (esitante)
Aida!

AIDA
Tu non m’ami...Va!

RADAMÈS
Non t’amo?
Mortal giammai né dio
Arse d’amor al par del mio possente.

AIDA
Va, va, t’attende all’ara Amneris.

RADAMÈS
No! Giammai!

AIDA
Giammai, dicesti?
Allor piombi la scure
Su me, sul padre mio...

RADAMÈS
Ah no! fuggiamo!
Sì, fuggiam da queste mura,
Al deserto insiem fuggiamo;
Qui sol regna la sventura,
Là si schiude un ciel d’amor.
I deserti interminati
A noi talamo saranno,
Su noi gli astri brilleranno
Di più limpido fulgor.

AIDA
In the happy land
of my fathers, heaven awaits us.
There the breeze blows sweet
over that perfumed land of flowers.
Cool valleys and green fields
will be our wedding-bed.
The stars will shine upon us
with a purer, brighter light!

AIDA and
RADAMÈS
Come with me, we shall flee together,
from this land of sorrow.
Come with me, I love you,
and love shall be our king.

AIDA
But tell me – how can we avoid
the Egyptian legions?

RADAMÈS
The route by which my men
will march against the enemy
will be free until tomorrow.

AIDA
And that route is?

RADAMÈS
The pass of Napata.
(Amonasro comes forward.)

AMONASRO
The pass of Napata!
My men will be there!

AIDA
Nella terra avventurata
De’ miei padri il ciel ne attende:
Ivi l’aura è imbalsamata,
Ivi il suolo è aromi e fior.
Fresche valli e verdi prati
A noi talamo saranno,
Su noi gli astri brilleranno
Di più limpido fulgor.

AIDA e
RADAMÈS
Vieni meco, insiem fuggiamo
Questa terra di dolor.
Vieni meco, t’amo, t’amo!
A noi duce fa l’amor.

AIDA
Ma, dimmi: per qual via
Eviterem le schiere degli armati?

RADAMÈS
Il sentier scelto dai nostri
A piombar sul nemico fia deserto
Fino a domani.

AIDA
E quel sentier?

RADAMÈS
Le gole di Nàpata.
(Si fa avanti Amonasro.)

AMONASRO
Di Nàpata le gole!
Ivi saranno i miei!

RADAMÈS
Who has overheard us?

AMONASRO
Aida’s father, the King of the Ethiopians!

RADAMÈS (excitedly)
You – Amonasro! You – the King! O gods!
What have I done?
No, it cannot be, it cannot be!
I dream, I am raving mad!

AIDA
Ah no! Be calm. Listen to me,
trust my love.

AMONASRO
Aida’s love for you
will build you a throne!

RADAMÈS
I am dishonoured! dishonoured!
For you I have betrayed my country!

AIDA
Be calm!

AMONASRO
No! You are not guilty,
it was the will of Fate.

RADAMÈS
I am dishonoured!

RADAMÈS
Oh! chi ci ascolta?

AMONASRO
D’Aida il padre e degli Etiopi il Re.

RADAMÈS (agitatissimo)
Tu, Amonasro!...tu, il Re?
Numi! che dissi?
No!...non è ver!...sogno...
Delirio è questo...

AIDA
Ah no! ti calma...ascoltami,
All’amor mio t’affida.

AMONASRO
A te l’amor d’Aida
Un soglio innalzerà.

RADAMÈS
Io son disonorato!
Per te tradii la patria!

AIDA
Ti calma!

AMONASRO
No: tu non sei colpevole,
Era voler del fato.

RADAMÈS
Io son disonorato!

AIDA
Ah, no!

RADAMÈS
For you I have betrayed my country!

AMONASRO
No: You are not guilty.

AIDA
Be calm...

AMONASRO
Come – beyond the Nile
my brave and faithful men are waiting.
There, love shall fulfil
the wishes of your, heart.
Come!
(Amneris, Ramfis, the priests and guards come out
from the temple.)

AMNERIS
Traitor!

AIDA
My rival!

AMONASRO
(throwing himself upon Amneris with drawn dagger)
You have come to defeat my plans.
You shall die!

RADAMÈS (coming between them)
Stop, madman!
AIDA
Ah! no!

RADAMÈS
Per te tradii la patria!

AMONASRO
No: tu non sei colpevole.

AIDA
Ti calma...

AMONASRO
Vieni: oltre il Nil ne attendono
I prodi a noi devoti;
Là del tuo core i voti
Coronerà l’amor.
Vieni!
(Amneris esce dal tempio, indi Ramfis, Sacerdoti, e
guardie.)

AMNERIS
Traditor!

AIDA
La mia rival!...

AMONASRO
(avventandosi su Amneris con un pugnale)
L’opra mia a strugger vieni!
Muori!

RADAMÈS (frapponendosi)
Arresta, insano!

AMONASRO
Oh, fury!

RAMFIS
Guards, look out!

RADAMÈS (to Aida and Amonasro)
Quickly! flee!

AMONASRO (dragging Aida)
Come, my daughter.

RAMFIS (to the guards)
After them!

RADAMÈS (to Ramfis)
Priest, I am in your hands.

AMONASRO
Oh rabbia!

RAMFIS
Guardie, olà!

RADAMÈS (ad Aida ed Amonasro)
Presto! fuggite!

AMONASRO (trascinando Aida)
Vieni, o figlia!

RAMFIS (alle guardie)
Li inseguite!

RADAMÈS (a Ramfis)
Sacerdote, io resto a te.

È strano! È strano! In core
scolpiti ho quegli accenti!
Saria per me sventura un serio amore?
Che risolvi, o turbata anima mia?
Null'uomo ancora t'accendeva - O gioia
ch'io non conobbi, esser amata amando!
E sdegnarla poss'io
per l'aride follie del viver mio?
VIOLETTA (seule)
Étrange... étrange... dans mon cœur
sont gravées ces paroles !
Un véritable amour serait-il un malheur pour moi ?
Que vas-tu décider, ô mon âme ?
Aucun homme ne m'a encore enflammée... Oh ! joie
que jamais je ne connus ! Aimer, être aimée !
Cette joie, la dédaignerai-je
pour les folies stériles de ma vie ?
Ah, fors'è lui che l'anima
solinga ne' tumulti
godea sovente pingere
de' suoi colori occulti!
Lui che modesto e vigile
all'egre soglie ascese,
e nuova febbre accese,
destandomi all'amor.
A quell'amor ch'è palpito
dell'universo intero,
misterioso, altero,
croce e delizia al cor!
Follie! follie! Delirio vano è questo!
Povera donna, sola,
abbandonata in questo
popoloso deserto
che appellano Parigi.
Che spero or più?
Che far degg'io? Gioire,
di voluttà ne' vortici perir.
Gioir, gioir!
Sempre libera degg'io
folleggiare di gioia in gioia,
vo' che scorra il viver mio
pei sentieri del piacer.
Nasca il giorno, o il giorno muoia,
sempre lieta ne' ritrovi,
a diletti sempre nuovi
dee volare il mio pensier