The Spirit of Allah

a musical about Ruhollah Khomeini and the Iranian Revolution

Posted by Jew from Jersey
15 July 2003

Scene11. “There’s something special in the air”

peasants and townspeople

[Stage is set more or less as before. The city and other fixtures look somewhat trashed and neglected. The lion/sword image has been removed. No smoke comes from the factories or refineries. For the only time in the entire opera, the peasants and townspeople take center stage.]

• Chorus: There’s something special in the air
• I know that yesterday it wasn’t there
• It’s like a holiday that comes once in a lifetime
• The one you never thought you’d ever really find

• Young man: It seems like our whole lives we’ve soldiered on
• And only in our dreams we dared to long
• Young woman: I can’t believe we’d ever live to sing this song
• I can’t believe that he’s really gone

• Old man: It’s a feeling I’ve felt once before
• A thousand years ago or maybe more
• Old woman: Like something you can’t forget you’ve seen
• Even if it was only in a dream

• Chorus: There’s something special in the air
• I know that yesterday it wasn’t there
• It feels too crisp and clear to touch or see
• Can it really be that we are free?