The Origin of Love-Musical Mania

[ti:The Origin of Love (From "Hedwig and the Angry Inch")] [ar:Musical Mania] [al:The Theatre Selection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:02.27]The Origin of Love [00:02.94](From "Hedwig and the Angry Inch") [00:04.58]- Musical Mania [00:17.94]When the earth was still flat [00:20.39]And the clouds made of fire [00:23.06]And mountains stretched up to the sky [00:26.58]Sometimes higher [00:30.67]Folks roamed the earth [00:32.92]Like big rolling kegs [00:34.94]They had two sets of arms [00:37.41]They had two sets of legs [00:39.89]They had two faces peering [00:42.88]Out of one giant head [00:44.86]So they could watch all around them [00:47.64]As they talked; while they read [00:49.75]And they never knew nothing of love [00:54.36]It was before the origin of love [01:01.67]The origin of love [01:04.33]The origin of love [01:06.71]The origin of love [01:09.90]And there were three sexes then [01:12.29]One that looked like two men [01:14.18]Glued up back to back [01:16.47]Called the children of the sun [01:19.57]And similar in shape and girth [01:21.94]Were the children of the earth [01:24.38]They looked like two girls [01:26.43]Rolled up in one [01:29.66]And the children of the moon [01:31.83]Looked like a fork shoved on a spoon [01:34.13]They was part sun part earth [01:36.08]Part daughter part son [01:43.67]The origin of love [01:49.57]Now the gods grew quite scared [01:51.63]Of our strength and defiance [01:53.83]And Thor said [01:55.08]"I'm gonna kill them all [01:56.24]With my hammer [01:57.61]Like I killed the giants " [02:00.67]But the Zeus said "No [02:02.19]You better let me [02:03.39]Use my lightning like scissors [02:05.35]Like I cut the legs off the whales [02:08.49]And dinosaurs into lizards " [02:10.75]Then he grabbed up some bolts [02:13.75]And he let out a laugh [02:15.38]Said "I'll split them right down the middle [02:17.85]Gonna cut them right up in half " [02:20.19]And then storm clouds gathered above [02:24.58]Into great balls of fire [02:34.55]And then fire shot down [02:38.42]From the sky in bolts [02:40.61]Like shining blades [02:41.92]Of a knife [02:44.08]And it ripped [02:45.92]Right through the flesh [02:47.89]Of the children of the sun [02:49.91]And the moon [02:50.75]And the earth [02:52.97]And some Indian god [02:54.83]Sewed the wound up into a hole [02:57.05]Pulled it round to our belly [02:58.53]To remind us of the price we pay [03:02.83]And Osiris and the gods of the Nile [03:06.67]Gathered up a big storm [03:08.00]To blow a hurricane [03:10.39]To scatter us away [03:14.05]In a flood of wind and rain [03:16.33]And a sea of tidal waves [03:18.66]To wash us all away [03:21.06]And if we don't behave [03:23.42]They'll cut us down again [03:25.55]And we'll be hopping around on one foot [03:28.74]And looking through one eye [03:31.20] [03:52.42]Last time I saw you [03:54.70]We had just split in two [03:56.83]You was looking at me [03:59.16]I was looking at you [04:01.24]You had a way so familiar [04:03.85]But I could not recognize [04:05.55]Cause you had blood on your face; [04:08.08]I had blood in my eyes [04:10.33]But I could swear by your expression [04:11.91]That the pain down in your soul [04:15.02]Was the same as the one down in mine [04:19.08]That's the pain [04:22.17]Cuts a straight line [04:24.05]Down through the heart [04:26.10]We called it love [04:28.97]So we wrapped our arms around each other [04:31.11]Trying to shove ourselves back together [04:33.49]We was making love [04:35.47]Making love [04:38.14]It was a cold dark evening [04:40.86]Such a long time ago [04:42.55]When by the mighty hand of Jove [04:47.33]It was the sad story [04:49.17]How we became [04:50.42]Lonely two-legged creatures [04:52.50]It's the story of [04:54.13]The origin of love