, ANOTHER PYRAMID Lyrics from "Aida (complete libretto)"
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ANOTHER PYRAMID Lyricsby . From Aida (complete libretto) ANOTHER PYRAMID by ZOSER While you've been away cavorting Matters here have moved apace Now I need you home supporting All the plans I've put in place First of all this means your wedding You'll recall your future bride For the way that Pharaoh's heading Time's no longer on our side According to the hawk god, Horus Our most regal invalid Is not that much longer for us Build another pyramid! RADAMES You mean Pharaoh has fallen ill? Is it serious? ZOSER I'm afraid so. RADAMES I must go to him. ZOSER Yes. That will bring him some comfort. I'll see you tonight at the banquet, Captain. There are many who'll be tearful As our leader fades away But our architects are cheerful And each dog must have its day If our country is to flourish Then my son must take the lead Be our inspiration, nourish All our hopes our dreams our creed Soon our monarch will have filled a Tomb just like his fathers did Summon Egypt's greatest builders Re: another pyramid MINISTERS Build it, build it Another pyramid There will be a time for mourning But for now put plans on hold MINISTERS Hold For I give the nation warning That before the corpse is cold MINISTERS Cold ZOSER We'll extend fair Egypt's power Egypt's glory strength and style We shall have our finest hour Far beyond the mighty Nile He must have a vault that's grand by Any standards, floor to lid Put five thousand slaves on stand by Build another pyramid! MINISTERS Build it, build it Build it, build it Build it, build it Build it- (DANCE BREAK) ZOSER Someone has been telling Pharaoh about our private meetings. MINISTERS Shhhhhhhh ZOSER (To the ACCUSED MINISTER) Traitor! He's become a liability. (The other MINISTERS instantly surround the ACCUSED MINISTER. ASSASSIN MINISTER crosses to MINISTER, pulls out a knife, and kills him. The Dance goes into high gear.) MINISTERS Build it, build it Build it- (DANCE BREAK) ZOSER He must have a vault that's grand by Any standards, floor to lid Put five thousand slaves on stand by Build another pyramid! ZOSER (To one MINISTER) You extracted more arsenic? (MINISTER hands ZOSER a vile of arsenic) Who would have thought the copper mines would yield such an abundant supply? Put some in Pharaoh's wine tonight at the banquet. Again, only a few drops. We don't want him dying...just yet. ACT ONE Scene Four HALLWAY IN THE PHARAOH'S PALACE AIDA appears in a uniform of a Palace Slave. MEREB Well now you look like a handmaiden. But at least the Captain saw that you are special. AIDA What that man sees and understands could be etched on a grain of sand. MEREB That may be, but Radames did save you and the other women from the copper mines. AIDA That was surprising and decent of him. MEREB When I was ten, Radames saved me from being beaten to death by a palace guard. He promised he'd look after me from then on. He has kept his promise. (AIDA turns away.) Look, I know what you are thinking...that I've become one of them. But I am still Nubian. I will always be Nubian. AIDA Of course
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