Every Story Is A Love Story
Music
by Elton John
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Performed by Sherie Rene Scott
Amneris
Every
story, tale or memoir
Every saga or romance
Whether true or fabricated
Whether
planned or happenstance
Whether sweeping through the ages
Casting centuries aside
Or a hurried
brief recital
Just a thirty-minute ride
Whether bright or melancholy
Rough and ready, finely spun
Whether
with a thousand players
Or a lonely cast of one
Every story, new or ancient
Bagatalle or work of art
All are tales
of human failing
All are tales of love at heart
This is the story of a love that flourished in a time of hate
Of
lovers no tyranny could separate
Love set into motion on the
Nile's shore
Destiny ignited by an act of war
Egypt saw the mighty river as its very heart and soul
Source
of life for all her people that only Egypt could control
Destruction
of her southern neighbor justified
Nubia exploited, left with
little more than pride