Complimentary "RADAMES' LETTER" Ringtone

RADAMES
I'm sorry for everything I've said
And for anything I forgot to say too
When things get so complicated
I stumble at best muddle through
I wish that our lives could be simple
I don't want the world only you

Oh I wish I could tell you this face to face
But there's never the time never the place
So this letter will have to do
I love you....

(--A crowd of NUBIANS circle AIDA. AIDA hides the letter in the bosom of her
dress as RADAMES moves back and disappears.--)

MEREB
Tomorrow Princess, you and your father will be free!

NEHEBKA
We will live to tell our grandchildren of the King's great escape!

MEREB
Nubia will prevail! Quiet!

(--Suddenly two GUARDS storm into the Nubian encampment. MEREB backs off while
others push AIDA back into the crowd. Protectively, the Nubians surround AIDA,
hiding her.--)

GUARD #1
We are here for Aida. Which one is she?

(--Before AIDA can speak, a Nubian man clamps a hand over her mouth. More
NUBIANS block her from view. NEHEBKA steps forward.--)

NEHEBKA
I am Aida!

(--The guards drag NEHEBKA away. AIDA struggles to free herself. But the
Nubians hold her until the guards are gone.--)

MALE NUBIAN #1
Forgive us, Princess. But you cannot be sacrificed. Every person here would
risk their life for Nubia.

(--The NUBIANS begin a dance of anguish. AIDA is horrified, but she sees what
her role is to be. She stumbles away. MEREB follows her.--)

MEREB
Where are you going?

(--She doesn't answer and she can't look at him.--)

MEREB
You're going to meet him, aren't you?

AIDA
Mereb, I do not ask you to understand. I do not understand. I must meet him -

MEREB
No.

AIDA
But I do. I have to see him -

MEREB
(--With the rage of the newly converted.--)
No! No! You cannot give yourself to him. The Egyptians have taken enough from
us already. You are our Princess, our inspiration, our promise of a new day.

AIDA
I'm sorry, Mereb.

(--She runs off, MEREB watches her go.--)

18. HOW I KNOW YOU (--Reprise--)

MEREB
There is a time
there is a place
When love should conquer all
The rest of life is pushed aside
as truth and reason fall
But only if that selfishness
can lead to something good
I thought I knew you princess
But I never understood
I don't know you
I don't know you

Complimentary "RADAMES' LETTER" Ringtone