Song | The Origin Of Love |
Artist | Stephen Trask |
Album | Hedwig And The Angry Inch: Original Cast Recording (Original Cast) |
[00:02.99] | Hedwig And The Angry Inch |
[00:05.02] | —The Origin Of Love— |
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[00:18.39] | When the earth was still flat, |
[00:20.27] | And the clouds made of fire, |
[00:23.07] | And mountains stretched up to the sky, |
[00:26.58] | Sometimes higher, |
[00:30.97] | Folks roamed the earth |
[00:32.93] | Like big rolling kegs. |
[00:34.92] | They had two sets of arms. |
[00:37.39] | They had two sets of legs. |
[00:39.90] | They had two faces peering |
[00:42.97] | Out of one giant head |
[00:44.89] | So they could watch all around them |
[00:48.25] | As they talked; while they read. |
[00:49.91] | And they never knew nothing of love. |
[00:54.51] | It was before the origin of love. |
[01:01.33] | |
[01:02.51] | The origin of love |
[01:04.58] | |
[01:10.09] | And there were three sexes then, |
[01:12.09] | One that looked like two men |
[01:14.30] | Glued up back to back, |
[01:16.40] | Called the children of the sun. |
[01:19.78] | And similar in shape and girth |
[01:22.25] | Were the children of the earth. |
[01:24.80] | They looked like two girls |
[01:27.00] | Rolled up in one. |
[01:29.80] | And the children of the moon |
[01:32.21] | Were like a fork shoved on a spoon. |
[01:34.11] | They were part sun, part earth |
[01:35.95] | Part daughter, part son. |
[01:38.68] | |
[01:43.85] | The origin of love |
[01:45.48] | |
[01:49.67] | Now the gods grew quite scared |
[01:51.58] | Of our strength and defiance |
[01:54.12] | And Thor said, |
[01:55.04] | "I'm gonna kill them all |
[01:56.31] | With my hammer, |
[01:57.68] | Like I killed the giants." |
[02:00.85] | And Zeus said, "No, |
[02:02.24] | You better let me |
[02:04.04] | Use my lightening, like scissors, |
[02:06.03] | Like I cut the legs off the whales |
[02:08.92] | And dinosaurs into lizards." |
[02:10.92] | Then he grabbed up some bolts |
[02:13.22] | And he let out a laugh, |
[02:15.61] | Said, "I'll split them right down the middle. |
[02:17.94] | Gonna cut them right up in half." |
[02:20.50] | And then storm clouds gathered above |
[02:24.57] | Into great balls of fire |
[02:28.39] | |
[02:34.14] | |
[02:34.78] | And then fire shot down |
[02:38.56] | From the sky in bolts |
[02:40.93] | Like shining blades |
[02:41.66] | Of a knife. |
[02:44.09] | And it ripped |
[02:46.04] | Right through the flesh |
[02:48.18] | Of the children of the sun |
[02:50.08] | And the moon |
[02:51.09] | And the earth. |
[02:53.02] | And some Indian god |
[02:55.15] | Sewed the wound up into a hole, |
[02:57.03] | Pulled it round to our belly |
[02:58.28] | To remind us of the price we pay. |
[03:02.82] | And Osiris and the gods of the Nile |
[03:06.73] | Gathered up a big storm |
[03:09.59] | To blow a hurricane, |
[03:11.74] | To scatter us away, |
[03:14.05] | In a flood of wind and rain, |
[03:16.39] | And a sea of tidal waves, |
[03:18.67] | To wash us all away, |
[03:21.57] | And if we don't behave |
[03:23.48] | They'll cut us down again |
[03:25.50] | And we'll be hopping round on one foot |
[03:28.69] | And looking through one eye. |
[03:32.08] | |
[03:41.53] | |
[03:49.96] | |
[03:52.65] | Last time I saw you |
[03:54.85] | We had just split in two. |
[03:56.96] | You were looking at me. |
[03:59.03] | I was looking at you. |
[04:00.50] | You had a way so familiar, |
[04:03.92] | But I could not recognize, |
[04:05.62] | Cause you had blood on your face; |
[04:08.33] | I had blood in my eyes. |
[04:10.63] | But I could swear by your expression |
[04:12.70] | That the pain down in your soul |
[04:15.20] | Was the same as the one down in mine. |
[04:19.63] | That's the pain, |
[04:22.20] | Cuts a straight line |
[04:24.30] | Down through the heart; |
[04:26.45] | We called it love. |
[04:29.04] | So we wrapped our arms around each other, |
[04:31.26] | Trying to shove ourselves back together. |
[04:33.76] | We were making love, |
[04:35.76] | Making love. |
[04:38.37] | It was a cold dark evening, |
[04:40.89] | Such a long time ago, |
[04:42.90] | When by the mighty hand of Jove, |
[04:47.62] | It was the sad story |
[04:49.56] | How we became |
[04:50.69] | Lonely two-legged creatures, |
[04:52.82] | It's the story of |
[04:54.68] | The origin of love. |
[04:55.81] | That's the origin of love. |
[04:59.35] | |
[05:00.23] |
[00:02.99] | Hedwig And The Angry Inch |
[00:05.02] | The Origin Of Love |
[00:06.83] | |
[00:08.80] | |
[00:09.90] | |
[00:18.39] | When the earth was still flat, |
[00:20.27] | And the clouds made of fire, |
[00:23.07] | And mountains stretched up to the sky, |
[00:26.58] | Sometimes higher, |
[00:30.97] | Folks roamed the earth |
[00:32.93] | Like big rolling kegs. |
[00:34.92] | They had two sets of arms. |
[00:37.39] | They had two sets of legs. |
[00:39.90] | They had two faces peering |
[00:42.97] | Out of one giant head |
[00:44.89] | So they could watch all around them |
[00:48.25] | As they talked while they read. |
[00:49.91] | And they never knew nothing of love. |
[00:54.51] | It was before the origin of love. |
[01:01.33] | |
[01:02.51] | The origin of love |
[01:04.58] | |
[01:10.09] | And there were three sexes then, |
[01:12.09] | One that looked like two men |
[01:14.30] | Glued up back to back, |
[01:16.40] | Called the children of the sun. |
[01:19.78] | And similar in shape and girth |
[01:22.25] | Were the children of the earth. |
[01:24.80] | They looked like two girls |
[01:27.00] | Rolled up in one. |
[01:29.80] | And the children of the moon |
[01:32.21] | Were like a fork shoved on a spoon. |
[01:34.11] | They were part sun, part earth |
[01:35.95] | Part daughter, part son. |
[01:38.68] | |
[01:43.85] | The origin of love |
[01:45.48] | |
[01:49.67] | Now the gods grew quite scared |
[01:51.58] | Of our strength and defiance |
[01:54.12] | And Thor said, |
[01:55.04] | " I' m gonna kill them all |
[01:56.31] | With my hammer, |
[01:57.68] | Like I killed the giants." |
[02:00.85] | And Zeus said, " No, |
[02:02.24] | You better let me |
[02:04.04] | Use my lightening, like scissors, |
[02:06.03] | Like I cut the legs off the whales |
[02:08.92] | And dinosaurs into lizards." |
[02:10.92] | Then he grabbed up some bolts |
[02:13.22] | And he let out a laugh, |
[02:15.61] | Said, " I' ll split them right down the middle. |
[02:17.94] | Gonna cut them right up in half." |
[02:20.50] | And then storm clouds gathered above |
[02:24.57] | Into great balls of fire |
[02:28.39] | |
[02:34.14] | |
[02:34.78] | And then fire shot down |
[02:38.56] | From the sky in bolts |
[02:40.93] | Like shining blades |
[02:41.66] | Of a knife. |
[02:44.09] | And it ripped |
[02:46.04] | Right through the flesh |
[02:48.18] | Of the children of the sun |
[02:50.08] | And the moon |
[02:51.09] | And the earth. |
[02:53.02] | And some Indian god |
[02:55.15] | Sewed the wound up into a hole, |
[02:57.03] | Pulled it round to our belly |
[02:58.28] | To remind us of the price we pay. |
[03:02.82] | And Osiris and the gods of the Nile |
[03:06.73] | Gathered up a big storm |
[03:09.59] | To blow a hurricane, |
[03:11.74] | To scatter us away, |
[03:14.05] | In a flood of wind and rain, |
[03:16.39] | And a sea of tidal waves, |
[03:18.67] | To wash us all away, |
[03:21.57] | And if we don' t behave |
[03:23.48] | They' ll cut us down again |
[03:25.50] | And we' ll be hopping round on one foot |
[03:28.69] | And looking through one eye. |
[03:32.08] | |
[03:41.53] | |
[03:49.96] | |
[03:52.65] | Last time I saw you |
[03:54.85] | We had just split in two. |
[03:56.96] | You were looking at me. |
[03:59.03] | I was looking at you. |
[04:00.50] | You had a way so familiar, |
[04:03.92] | But I could not recognize, |
[04:05.62] | Cause you had blood on your face |
[04:08.33] | I had blood in my eyes. |
[04:10.63] | But I could swear by your expression |
[04:12.70] | That the pain down in your soul |
[04:15.20] | Was the same as the one down in mine. |
[04:19.63] | That' s the pain, |
[04:22.20] | Cuts a straight line |
[04:24.30] | Down through the heart |
[04:26.45] | We called it love. |
[04:29.04] | So we wrapped our arms around each other, |
[04:31.26] | Trying to shove ourselves back together. |
[04:33.76] | We were making love, |
[04:35.76] | Making love. |
[04:38.37] | It was a cold dark evening, |
[04:40.89] | Such a long time ago, |
[04:42.90] | When by the mighty hand of Jove, |
[04:47.62] | It was the sad story |
[04:49.56] | How we became |
[04:50.69] | Lonely twolegged creatures, |
[04:52.82] | It' s the story of |
[04:54.68] | The origin of love. |
[04:55.81] | That' s the origin of love. |
[04:59.35] | |
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