Myths and Hymns

Song Cycle by Adam Guettel

Hero and Leander
 (Sung text for setting by A. Guettel)
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Language: English 
Could I be Leander?
On a wave am I borne?
Borne to a new home across this lonely sea?

Could you be my Hero, heart afire?
My lighthouse on the shoreline
Could you be that to me?

Oh, I need you
I need the rise and fall of your voice
Oh, I love you
And now I have a love to rejoice

Hero and Leander, how your passion is brave
Even if I drown here inside this wave
My lighthouse on the shoreline
My passion on this lonely sea
My loving you was meant to be

Now, could you be that to me?

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Set by Adam Guettel [ voice and piano ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 103