{"id":1272,"date":"2006-09-26T19:48:58","date_gmt":"2006-09-26T22:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2006-09-26T19:52:26","modified_gmt":"2006-09-26T22:52:26","slug":"you-asked-lyrics-the-people-are-heroes-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1272","title":{"rendered":"You asked: Lyrics “The People are heroes now”"},"content":{"rendered":"

S<\/span>o you wanted to know the lyrics of ‘The People are heroes now’ and you stumbled on a rant about Civ 4<\/a> (I’m still trying to find out about the performance details of that specific track in the game). I forgot to mention that it comes from John Adams’ opera ‘Nixon in China’<\/a> (wikipedia). Note, generally if you look for lyrics for operas (or fragments of songs in an opera), include the word ‘libretto’ to your search. You would probably get better results than the one posting you came up with on this site. But without further ado:\n<\/p>\n

The people are heroes now, the behemoth pulls the peasants’ plow
\nThe people are heroes now, the behemoth pulls the peasants’ plow
\nThe people are heroes now, the behemoth pulls the peasants’ plow<\/p>\n

\nWhen we look up
\nthe fields are white
\nthe fields are white with harvest in the morning light
\nAnd mountain ranges one by one
\nrise red beneath our harvest moon
\nAnd mountain ranges one by one
\nRise red beneath our harvest moon
\nRise red beneath our harvest moon
\nWhen we look up
\nthe mountain ranges rise beneath,
\nthe moon and fields are white\n<\/p>\n

The people are heroes now, the behemoth pulls the peasants’ plow
\nThe people are heroes now, the behemoth pulls the peasants’ plow
\nThe people are heroes now, the behemoth pulls the peasants’ plow\n<\/p>\n

The people are heroes now, the behemoth pulls the peasants’ plow
\nThe people are heroes now, the behemoth pulls the peasants’ plow
\nThe people are heroes now, the behemoth pulls the peasants’ plow\n<\/p>\n

See also the Civ 4 entries<\/a> on this site<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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