[Verse 1] I am Anu, high above the arguing waters, first breath in the old blue dark. Before the king’s chair, before the city walls, my name was the roof over names. I watched the first dawn lay gold on the reed beds, I watched the first storm learn my silence. Sky is my mantle, height is my dwelling, the crown of the far reaches fits me. I do not rush like a river to the field. I do not break like a spear on stone. I stand in the place where decisions gather, where the stars keep their patient watch. When the younger powers look up through the night, they meet the distance that made them. [Pre-Chorus] Say my name under the open heaven, say it where the wind can hear. I am the height that measures all heights, the first throne, the first clear sphere. [Chorus] Anu, Anu, keeper of the sky Anu, Anu, high above the cry I hold the crown of the upper road I name the boundless, I name the load Anu, Anu, father of the line Anu, Anu, ancient and divine [Verse 2] My dominion is the upper vault, the rim of the world, the uncut expanse. I am not the flood, I am not the furrow, I am the breadth where every course begins. The lesser gods pass beneath my stillness, the mortal kings borrow my height. When they lift a hand to swear by heaven, they borrow my witness for the night. I was there when the order was breathing, when law was only a bright long thought. I gave the shape of rank and distance, the space between one throne and another. Not all rule is iron and shouting, not all power is thunder and blaze. Some rule is horizon, some rule is boundary, some rule is the law of days. [Pre-Chorus] I am the sky before the first banner, the silence before the decree. What rises beneath me takes its measure from the vastness you cannot see. [Chorus] Anu, Anu, keeper of the sky Anu, Anu, high above the cry I hold the crown of the upper road I name the boundless, I name the load Anu, Anu, father of the line Anu, Anu, ancient and divine [Verse 3] My spouse is Antu, my equal in the heights, the calm one who keeps my dwelling whole. Together we are the noble canopy, together we are the shelter of rule. In her name the high place softens, in her eyes the distance rests. She stands beside the lord of heaven, and the sky remembers its chest. Through our house the line was gathered, the divine branches took their form. From us came power in ordered generations, sons who shaped the fields of fate. I am father to those who judge and contend, to those who inherit the bright command. My children carry different tempers, but all were touched by my hand. [Pre-Chorus] Look up and know the old arrangement, know the blood of the first ascent. A house of stars, a line of heaven, a bond that time has never spent. [Chorus] Anu, Anu, keeper of the sky Anu, Anu, high above the cry I hold the crown of the upper road I name the boundless, I name the load Anu, Anu, father of the line Anu, Anu, ancient and divine [Bridge] I am not the tale of the war-cry only, not the roar when the walls give way. I am the older frame around the shouting, the circle where the shout can stay. When one god rises, I know the rising. When one god falls, I know the fall. I am the witness above the argument, the first great witness of them all. So when you call on the heaven of heaven, call with respect, with open palm. I am the far and faithful summit, the calm that keeps the world from harm. [Final Chorus] Anu, Anu, keeper of the sky Anu, Anu, high above the cry I hold the crown of the upper road I name the boundless, I name the load Anu, Anu, father of the line Anu, Anu, ancient and divine
