[Verse 1]
Gilgamesh on the wall of stone
Two-thirds god, one part bone
Uruk groans beneath his name
No man can match his flame
He takes what he wants from every hand
Makes the fathers curse the land
So the people pray for dawn
When this wild king might be gone
[Pre-Chorus]
Then the gods send someone near
A brother made of dust and fear
Enkidu comes from the plain
Hair like reeds in summer rain
They clash and crash, blade to blade
Till rage and love are both unmade
[Chorus]
Gilgamesh, don’t break me now
Gilgamesh, learn me how
(learn me how)
Gilgamesh, the wild king falls
Gilgamesh, hear the call
(hear the call)
[Verse 2]
Together they hunt the cedar gate
Cutting through the forest hate
Humbaba roars, the branches shake
The sky goes black, the earth will quake
They bring him down and claim the road
Drag the glory, heavy-load
Then Ishtar hurls her wrath above
And bullhorn thunder fills the love
[Pre-Chorus]
But the feast turns sharp and thin
A king sees death hiding in
Enkidu lies still and cold
The bright torch dims, the tale gets old
Gilgamesh shakes with empty hands
At the edge of all the lands
[Chorus]
Gilgamesh, don’t break me now
Gilgamesh, learn me how
(learn me how)
Gilgamesh, the wild king falls
Gilgamesh, hear the call
(hear the call)
[Bridge]
He walks past river, reed, and road
Through the dark where no light showed
Begging Utnapishtim’s door
“How do I live when I want more?”
But the flood had swept the world away
Still the sun rises anyway
A serpent steals the living seed
And leaves him only what he needs
[Final Chorus]
Gilgamesh, don’t break me now
Gilgamesh, learn me how
(learn me how)
Gilgamesh, the wild king falls
Gilgamesh, hear the call
(hear the call)
Gilgamesh, build what lasts
Not the throne, but what outlasts
(outlasts)
Gilgamesh, stone by stone
Uruk stands, but not alone