Ballad from the "Leonardo The Absolute Man" project written and produced by Trent Gardner of Magellan. Special guests Steve Walsh and Michelle Young perform the male/female duet
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Story behind the song
Part of the rock opera Leonardo The Absolute Man(based on the life of Leonardo DaVinci written by Trent Gardner of Magellan.
Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 at Vinci. His status as the illegitimate son of Ser Piero made childhood a difficult experience. He was permitted little contact with his peasant mother, Caterina. At the time, such stigma made 'normal' opportunities of education and commerce impossible. With little interest shown from his father, Leonardo was left to his own devices to make a life for himself. Ser Piero did assist him to Florence, where he became apprentice to master artist, Verrocchio. However, Leonardo's gifts would soon reverse the role of student and teacher. By 1472 Leonardo da Vinci belonged to the painter's guild of Florence. Leonardo possessed an undeniable spirit and hungered for unlimited knowledge. A master in painting, sculpture, mechanics, mathematics, anatomy, optics, science, music, poetry, architecture, writing and inventions, just to name a few, only enhanced his unique 'universal spirit' ...which was his very essence. Leonardo died at Cloux on May 2, 1519. His dear friend Francesco Melzi was heir to his estate.
Lyrics
First Commission
Calco: Portrait of a mystery
She holds her pose for all to see
Deep within there was no sin
A gift to last for centuries
Caterina: She wore no crown of jewels
to give a touch or say a word
It's the pain she knew
that made her human
Calco: Now thirty years
have come and gone
He has this work
to call his own
Caterina: In dreams, nothing flows faster than the years
Calco: But Mary speaks... and calls him home
Caterina: "How little time it takes
to understand our fellow man...
Calco: How little time it takes
to be a human"
Calco & Caterina: I understand
Now I can see her clearly.......
Calco: No call to arms
will sound today
These great empires
will praise her sight
A wisdom finds
this place and time
My Il Divino's
gift.... `divine'.
Caterina: She wore no crown of jewels
to give a touch or say a word
It's the pain she knew
that made her human
Calco: I understand.
"How little time it takes
to understand our fellow man...
Caterina: How little time it takes
to be a human"
Calco & Caterina: How little time
it takes when we forgive
we learn to live
It's the love that it takes
Calco: to be a human....
Caterina: It's the love that makes us.
