Inanna-the Opera Benevolence Lyrics

Benevolence Lyrics

INANNA: Oh my lonely wild-growing tree 



Your roots are strong, but, what about me? 



Homeless, hopeless, how could this be? 



Lost without my love, Dumuzi 







Oh my lonely wild-growing tree 



How I long for a palace by the sea 



A temple of stone that moves the sky 



Or I fear that my broken heart will die.... 







Oh, I'm feeling lost inside 



Oh, I've got no place to hide 



Oh, I can't forget their cruelty 



Or the way they've taken my love from me 







How could I be so blind 



Fall for their tricks this time? 







If I could have a place to call my own 



Across the world I would not have to roam 



To find the things that make me feel I have some worth 



Like you, I'd plant myself firmly in the earth 







ANU: My dear Inanna, I've heard your cries 



They fill the clouds with tears that fall down from the skies 



It's good to see you safe, but not in all this pain 



Don't you understand, it's good to have you back again 







INANNA: But what is life, my god, Anu our king 



Without Dumuzi? My heart no longer sings 



And I have nowhere to lay my head 



Those that hate me have taken my golden bed 







ANU: My great-great-granddaughter, do not despair 



Brush the twigs and leaves out of your hair 



A temple you shall have, with stones that touch the sky 



For it hurts me so, to see you cry