Written in the Stars

"Written in the Stars" is the second song from the concept album, Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida. The song is sung by Elton John and LeAnn Rimes.
Aida and Radames came to an understanding that even though they wished it, nothing can happen between them. Aida begged Radames to marry Amneris, so that distraction can allow her and her father to escape. They bemoaned the fact that they had been fates playing things but affirmed that they do and always will love each other.
==Lyrics==
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Concept Version=
I am here to tell you
We can never meet again
Simple really, isn't it
A word or two and then
A lifetime of not knowing
Where or how or why or when
You think of me or speak of me
Or wonder what befell
That someone you once loved
So long ago so well
Never wonder what I'll feel
As living shuffles by
You don't have to ask me
And I need not reply
Every moment of my life
From now until I die
I will think or dream of you
And fail to understand
How a perfect love can be
Confounded out of hand
Is it written in the stars
Are we paying for some crime
Is that all that we are good for
Just a stretch of mortal time
Is this God's experiment
In which we have no say
In which we're given paradise
But only for a day
Nothing can be altered
There is nothing to decide
No escape, no change of heart
Nor anyplace to hide
You are all I ever want
But this I am denied
Sometimes in my darkest thoughts
I wish I'd never learned
What it is to be in love
And have that love returned
Is it written in the stars
Are we paying for some crime
Is that all that we are good for
Just some stretch of mortal time
Is this God's experiment
In which we have no say
In which we're given paradise
But only for a day
Is it written in the stars
Are we paying for some crime
Is that all that we are good for
Just some stretch of mortal time
Is this God's experiment
In which we have no say
In which we're given paradise
But only for a day
|-|Broadway Version=
Aida: I am here to tell you we can never meet again
Simple really, isn't it, a word or two and then
A lifetime of not knowing where or how or why or when
You think of me or speak of me and wonder what befell
The someone you once loved so long ago so well
Radames: Never wonder what I'll feel as living shuffles by
You don't have to ask me and I need not reply
Every moment of my life from now until I die
I will think or dream of you and fail to understand
How a perfect love can be confounded out of hand
Is it written in the stars
Are we paying for some crime
Is that all that we are good for
Just a stretch of mortal time
For some God's experiment
In which we have no say
In which we're given paradise
But only for a day
Aida: Nothing can be altered, there is nothing to decide
No escape, no change of heart, no anyplace to hide
Radames: You are all I'll ever want, but this I am denied
Sometimes in my darkest thoughts, I wish I'd never learned
Both: What it is to be in love and have that love returned
Aida: Is it written in the stars
Are we paying for some crime
Is that all that we are good for
Just a stretch of mortal time
Both: For some God's experiment
In which we have no say
In which we're given paradise
But only for a day
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==Videos==
Written in the Stars-2
Category:Aida songs
Category:Musical songs
Category:Romance songs