The Origin Of The Species
Lestat
The Origin of Species
Elton John / Bernie Taupin
outtake from “Lestat The Musical” (2005)
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E/G# Am
Indulge me if you will my friends
F G Am
For I've a tale to spin
Dm Am
Of all the vampires on this earth
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Of my unholy kin
Am E/G# Am
I am the oldest one by far
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Marius is my name
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When I was born it was the time
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The Roman empire reigned
Dm Am
When he was born it was the time
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the Roman empire reigned
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E/G# Am
And like you mortals as you age
F G Am
The weaker you become
Dm Am
For us is quite the opposite
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The years just make us strong
Am E/G# Am
But like you we feel pain and loss
F G Am
And suffer heartbreak too
Dm Am
We ponder our existence
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In the same way as you do
Dm Am
We ponder our existence
B7 E
In the same way as you do
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E/G# Am
In the myth of your creation
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There's poor Adam and sweet Eve
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Temptation and a serpent
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And the devil's apple tree
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We have Enkil and Akasha
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An Egyptian king and queen
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The mother and the father
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Of we pale and bloody fiends
Dm Am
The mother and the father
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Of we pale and bloody fiends
Dm Am
Marius tell us more
B7 E
Marius tell us more
Dm Am
Tell us more, tell us more
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Marius, tell us more
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Four thousand years ago before the pyramids were built
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Enkil and Akasha ruled with wise benevolence
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A splendor of Egyptian life was prosperous and good
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But in their kingdom enemies were present
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And so it happened that a demon came in to the town
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And took a liking to the home of some unfortunate
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Who pleaded to wise Enkil for his council and advise
Gm A7
Before his home this demon desecrated
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The king in all the faith decided to engage the ghoul
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In hopes his evil ways by chance he might dissuade
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The queen would not allow her king to face this deed alone
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And in her choice the hand of fate was played
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The demon tossed the furniture, malevolence abounded
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And while they pleaded to be heard they found themselves surrounded
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Assassins of the enemy, their collective knifes gleaming
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Hacked and stabbed the royal pair and left the bodies bleeding
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Bb Dm
As they lay dying on the ground a poltergeist did swoop
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And entered in the wounds of their illustrious monarchy
Bb Dm
Their reanimated bodies bore a terrifying glow
Gm A7
Alive to them but dead to you and me
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The demon in their veins, they gained a supernatural power
Cm F
But one that left them sorely lacking human traits
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No longer to partake of food and drink or bear a child
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Their hunger only blood could satiate
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They could not face the blazing sun, its magnificence was deadly
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But the power of gods and eternal life is a simply wonderful medley
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In the sands of Egypt to this day dwell Enkil and Akasha
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The rulers of the vampire race our beloved mother and father