Act 1 Finale lyrics

[HIGH PRIEST HOTEP, & PRIESTS] (sung)
HAIL, SONS OF RA
SAY UNTO HIM WHO LIFTS HIS ARM IN THE EAST
THAT THE KING IS COMING AS A GODF
THAT THE KING STANDS IN THE PALACE OF THE HORIZON

BEHOLD, HE COMES
BEHOLD, HE COMES...

[PHARAOH SETI] (spoken)
My son, our people and our dynasty are now in your hands...

[RAMSES] (sung)
NO WEAK LINK
EVER SHALL BREAK OUR CHAIN
NO WEAK KING
EVER SHALL END OUR REIGN

FATHER, I PROMISE YOU
I WILL MEET EVERY TASK
FATHER, I SWEAR I'LL DO
ALL YOU WOULD HOPE OR ASK...

[SETI] (spoken)
Then, I am not afraid.
[QUEEN NEFERTARI]
Your Majesty. Lord of the two lands. Your queen kneels before you.

[NEFERTARI] (sung)
THIS IS WHY YOU WERE BORN
THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE MADE FOR

[NEFERTARI, & HOTEP]
THIS IS WHO YOU WILL BE
THE REST OF YOUR LONG LIFE THROUGH

[NEFERTARI, HOTEP, & QUEEN TUYA]
NOW THIS LIFE THAT WAS YOURS
BELONGS NOT ONLY TO YOU
NOW YOU KNOW WHAT YOU MUST BE
NOW YOU KNOW WHAT YOU MUST DO...

[ENSEMBLE (Burning Bush)]
MOSES...
MOSES...
BEHOLD A BUSH THAT BURNS WITH FIRE
BUT IS NOT CONSUMED

[MOSES] (spoken)
What do you want with me?
[ENSEMBLE (Burning Bush)] (sung)
TAKE THE SANDALS FROM YOUR FEET
FOR YOU STAND ON HOLY GROUND...

[MOSES] (spoken)
Who are you?

[ENSEMBLE (Burning Bush)] (sung)
I AM THAT I AM

[MOSES] (spoken)
I don't understand.

[ENSEMBLE (Burning Bush)] (sung)
I AM THE GOD OF YOUR ANCESTORS
ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB
I HAVE HEARD THE CRY OF MY PEOPLE
IN OPPRESSION IN EGYPT

NOW I WILL SEND FORTH A MESSENGER
TO DELIVER THEM UP OUT OF BONDAGE
TO A LAND OF MILK AND HONEY
NOW I SEND YOU!

[MOSES]
WAS THAT A MIRACLE?
HARD TO BELIEVE
BUT I KNOW WHAT MY EARS HEARD
WHAT MY EYES SEEMED TO SEE
AND EVEN IF I DREAMED IT, HOW CAN LIVE
KNOWING MY PEOPLE ANGUISH, WHILE ONLY I AM FREE?
I SAW A MIRACLE
AND NOW IT'S UP TO ME

[TZIPPORAH] (spoken)
Well, of course. I'm not going to let you go alone.

[MOSES]
I promise, we'll come back when it's done. This is something I must do.

[TZIPPORAH]
I know.

[TZIPPORAH, JETHRO, & (PRIESTS)] (sung)
THIS IS WHY YOU WERE BORN (THIS IS WHY YOU WERE BORN)
THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE MADE FOR (THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE MADE FOR)
THIS IS WHO YOU WILL BE (THIS IS WHO, YOU WILL BE)
THE REST OF YOUR LONG LIFE THROUGH (LONG LIFE! HEALTH! STRENGTH!)

[CHORUS 1, & (CHORUS 2)]
NOW THIS LIFE THAT WAS YOURS (O MIGHTY RAMSES MIAMUM)
BELONGS NOT ONLY TO YOU (O MIGHTY PHARAOH)
NOW YOU KNOW WHAT YOU MUST BE (LIFE! HEALTH! STRENGTH)
NOW YOU KNOW WHAT YOU MUST DO (LIFE! HEALTH! STRENGTH TO YOU)

[RAMSES, & (MOSES)]
NOW MY LIFE IS CHANGING (NOW MY LIFE IS CHANGING)
WILL LIFE FROM NOW ON TURN OUT TO BE (WILL THIS STRANGE NEW PATH AHEAD BE)
ALL I EVER WANTED (ALL I EVER WANTED?)?

SO MUCH RESTS ON ME NOW (SO MUCH RESTS ON ME NOW)
IS THIS VAST RESPONSIBILITY (ISN'T THIS THE THING I SAID WAS)
ALL I EVER WANTED (ALL I EVER WANTED?)?
ALL THAT I EVER (ALL THAT I EVER)

[CHORUS (Hebrew Slaves), (MOSES, & RAMSES)]
DELIVER US (WANTED)
AHHHH, DELIVER US
AHHHH, REBEBER US
HERE IN THIS BURNING SAND (WILL MY NEW LIFE BE)

DELIVER US (ALL I EVER WANTED?)
THERE'S A LAND YOU PROMISED US (ALL I EVER WANTED)
DELIVER US TO THE PROMISED LAND (AND WILL ALL I EVER WANTED)

DELIVER ME (DELIVER ME)
TO THE PROMISED LAND (TO THE PROMISED LAND?)