Why Must I Weep

ballad, cinematic, Middle Eastern-inspired, musical theater

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[Intro — soft piano, single held note]
(Ohh...)
[Verse 1]
You tell me to cry for a city
Whose streets I have never walked
You tell me to grieve for a temple
That fell before I could talk
(Before I was born)
This river is all I have ever known
These willows, this Babylon sky
So tell me, how do you ache for a home
When you've never once said goodbye?
(Tell me why)
[Chorus]
Why must I weep for a place I've never seen?
Why does it pull at a heart that's never been?
There's a song in me older than my own name
Calling me somewhere I can't explain
I don't understand it but I feel it just the same
Why must I weep, why must I weep
For a home I've never seen?
(I've never seen)
[Verse 2]
My mother sings me a golden morning
My grandfather won't play at all
And the Babylon children, they laugh and they wonder
Why I answer a faraway call
(A faraway call)
Maybe a home isn't only a place
Maybe it's something you're given to keep
A seed someone planted before you had a face
That grows till it teaches you to weep
(Teaches you to weep)
[Chorus]
Why must I weep for a place I've never seen?
Why does it pull at a heart that's never been?
There's a song in me older than my own name
Calling me somewhere I can't explain
I don't understand it but I feel it just the same
Why must I weep, why must I weep
For a home I've never seen?
(I've never seen)
[Bridge — building, more urgent]
Maybe the longing IS the proof
That the city is real, that the songs are true
Maybe I carry it deep in my chest
A promise that won't let me rest
(Won't let me rest)
And if I was made to ache for this ground
Then somewhere, somehow, it must still be found
(It must still be found)
[Final Chorus — full, soaring]
Why must I weep for a place I've never seen?
Why does it pull at a heart that's never been?
There's a song in me older than my own name
Calling me somewhere I can't explain
I don't understand it but I feel it just the same
Why must I weep, why must I weep
For a home I've never seen?
(I've never seen)
[Outro]
(Why must I weep...)
For a home I've never seen

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[Intro — soft piano, single held note] (Ohh...) [Verse 1] You tell me to cry for a city Whose streets I have never walked You tell me to grieve for a temple That fell before I could talk (Before I was born) This river is all I have ever known These willows, this Babylon sky So tell me, how do you ache for a home When you've never once said goodbye? (Tell me why) [Chorus] Why must I weep for a place I've never seen? Why does it pull at a heart that's never been? There's a song in me older than my own name Calling me somewhere I can't explain I don't understand it but I feel it just the same Why must I weep, why must I weep For a home I've never seen? (I've never seen) [Verse 2] My mother sings me a golden morning My grandfather won't play at all And the Babylon children, they laugh and they wonder Why I answer a faraway call (A faraway call) Maybe a home isn't only a place Maybe it's something you're given to keep A seed someone planted before you had a face That grows till it teaches you to weep (Teaches you to weep) [Chorus] Why must I weep for a place I've never seen? Why does it pull at a heart that's never been? There's a song in me older than my own name Calling me somewhere I can't explain I don't understand it but I feel it just the same Why must I weep, why must I weep For a home I've never seen? (I've never seen) [Bridge — building, more urgent] Maybe the longing IS the proof That the city is real, that the songs are true Maybe I carry it deep in my chest A promise that won't let me rest (Won't let me rest) And if I was made to ache for this ground Then somewhere, somehow, it must still be found (It must still be found) [Final Chorus — full, soaring] Why must I weep for a place I've never seen? Why does it pull at a heart that's never been? There's a song in me older than my own name Calling me somewhere I can't explain I don't understand it but I feel it just the same Why must I weep, why must I weep For a home I've never seen? (I've never seen) [Outro] (Why must I weep...) For a home I've never seen

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