Jorge Rivera-Herrans
Olive Tree [Cut Song]
[PENELOPE]
Before you take another step closer
Before we let our eyes connect
I'd like to tell a story of my husband
I'd like to pay him one last respect

[ODYSSEUS, spoken]
Okay...

[PENELOPE]
Where to begin? How long's it been?
So many years ago, we were just kids
We met in silence here on this island
And I won't forget he'd invite me like this

[YOUNG ODYSSEUS]
When the day sleeps, I'll be waiting at the olive tree
All of me wants to be next to you
When the stars shine, then it's our time at the olive tree
Come with me, love

[PENELOPE]
Every night we'd spend our time
Talking for hours we'd watch the sunrise
Oh, I adored him, I'd have died for him
But then the war came and it took him away
[YOUNG ODYSSEUS]
While I'm fighting you can find me in the
Olive tree, promise me you know I'll come back to you
When the stars shine, then it's our time at the
Olive tree, I will return, love

[PENELOPE]
Oh, the years passed by
And oh, my tears won't dry
And so I'll move our wedding bed
Away from here

[ODYSSEUS]
How could you say this?
I built our wedding bed into that olive tree, I gave it all of me, all for you
You don't know how much I've missed you
My gods!

[PENELOPE]
My gods!
It really is you...

[ODYSSEUS]
Penelope!

[PENELOPE]
Odysseus...
[ODYSSEUS]
Penelope!

[PENELOPE]
I kept waiting
I kept waiting at the olive tree

[ODYSSEUS]
My darling, my love

[PENELOPE]
Oh, how I've missed you
How long has it been?

[ODYSSEUS]
Twenty years...

[PENELOPE]
I'd wait forever for...

[PENELOPE & ODYSSEUS]
You...