Not Me

(album: Aida (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - 2000)

[Radames:]
I once knew all the answers
I stood on certain ground
A picture of true happiness
A confidence so effortless
No brighter could be found

[Mereb:]
Oh no

[Radames:]
I never asked the questions
That trouble me today
I knew all was to know
Love worn lightly, put on show
My conquests on display

[Mereb:]
I can't believe he's changing

[Radames:]
And who'd have thought that confidence could die?

[Mereb:]
Oh no

[Radames:]
Not me, not me

[Mereb:]
Not me, not me

[Radames:]
That all I took for granted was a lie

[Mereb:]
Oh no

[Radames:]
Not me, not me

[Mereb:]
Not me, no not me

[Radames:]
And who'd have guessed I'd throw my world away
To be with someone I'm afraid will say
Not me, not me

[Mereb:]
This can never be

He's in love
But he's not the only one
Who'll be changed

[Amneris:]
Why hasn't Radames come to see me again? We're to be married in three days, and yet... Aida, I must make things right with him!

[Aida:]
I shall not envy lovers
But long for what they share

[Amneris:]
An empty room is merciless
Don't be surprised if I confess
I need some comfort

[Aida, Amneris:]
And who'd have thought a love could be so good?
Not me, not me
And show me things I never understood
Not me, not me
And who'd have guessed he'd throw his world away
To be with someone 'til his dying day?
Not me, not me

[Radames:]
And who'd have
Thought a love
Could be so good?

[Amneris/Aida:]
And who'd have
Thought a love
Could be so good?

[Mereb:]
No good

[Radames:]
Not me
Not me

[Amneris/Aida:]
Not me
Not me

[Mereb:]
Not me
Not me

[Radames:]
My secrets and
My passions
Understood

[Amneris/Aida:]
His secrets and
His passions
Understood

[Mereb:]
No good

[Radames:]
Not me
Not me

[Amneris/Aida:]
Not me
Not me

[Mereb:]
Not me
Not me

[Radames:]
And who'd have
Guessed I'd throw
My world away
To be with someone
'Til my dying day?

[Amneris/Aida:]
And who'd have
Guessed he'd throw
His world away
To be with someone
'Til his dying day?

[Radames:]
Not me
Not me

[Amneris/Aida:]
Not me
Not me

[Mereb:]
This can
Never be

[Radames:]
Not me
Oh, not me