Enchantment Passing Through

Enchantment Passing Through Is the the Seventh song in Elton John's and Tim Rice's musical Aida

Lyrics
Radames: To sail away to half-discovered places

To see the secrets so few eyes have seen

To see moments of enchantment on our faces

The moments when we smile, and those between

Aida: Are you talking about Nubia now?

Radames: Yes, in a way.

Aida: If I could leave this place, then I'd go sailing

To corners of my land where there would be

Sweet southern winds of liberty prevailing

A beauty so majestic and so free

''Radames: I will take you sailing. South, you can be my guide.''

There'd be no ties of time and space to bind me

Aida: And no horizon I could not pursue

Radames: I'd leave the world's misfortunes far behind me

Aida: I'd put my faith and trust in something new

Radames & Aida: But why should I tell you this?

Aida: A stranger I've just met

Radames: A woman whom I hardly know at all and should forget

Radames & Aida: A journey we can only dream of

Enchantment passing through

And how is it I say these things

So easily to you?

''Radames: I'll never take you sailing. I'm never going to leave Egypt again!''

''Aida: You talk as though you've been enslaved. If you don't like your fate, change it! You are your own master, there are no shackles on you. So don't expect any pity or understanding from this humble palace slave.''

Radames: And why did I tell her this?

A stranger I've just met

A woman who I hardly know at all and will forget

Anonymous and gone tomorrow

Enchantment passing through

And all I've done is tell her things

That she already knew

She knew...

She knew...