Hero and Leander

A. Guettel

Could I be Leander?

On a wave am I borne?

Borne to a new home across this lonely sea?

Could you be my Hero, heart afire?

My lighthouse on the shoreline

Could you be that to me?

Oh, I need you

I need the rise and fall of your voice

Oh, I love you

And now I have a love to rejoice

Hero and Leander, how your passion is brave

Even if I drown here inside this wave

My lighthouse on the shoreline

My passion on this lonely sea

My loving you was meant to be

Now, could you be that to me?