Lyrics The Parting of the Ways - Jeff Wayne
[Palene:]
My
dreams
did
not
lie.
Our
spies
brought
word
that
new
legions
were
gathering.
The
Romans
were
still
the
hunters,
we
the
hunted.
And
now
we
began
to
quarrel
amongst
ourselves:
Asians
against
Mauritanians,
Baeticans
against
Parthtans,
but
especially
the
Cauls
and
Cemians
against
our
own
Thracians.
Crixus
confronted
Spartacus
[Crixus:]
Attack...
that's
what
we've
got
to
do,
Once
I
had
some
faith
in
you,
But
now
you're
holding
back,
When
you
know
we
should
attack.
Revenge.,.that's
what
l'm
looking
for,
A
chance
to
even
up
the
score,
Is
it
courage
that
you
lack,
Dont
you
see
we
must
attack
Rome
now!
[Spartacus:]
Escape...
that's
what
we've
got
to
do,
Once
I
had
belief
in
you,
But
that
was
at
the
start,
Now
it
seems
we've
grown
apart.
Revenge...
what
good
is
that
to
us,
If
we
fought
to
be
free
to
just,
Make
others
into
slaves,
We
deserve
our
early
graves,
We
must
escape!
[Crixus:]
We
must
attack!
[Spartacus:]
You
must
be
mad!
[Crixus:]
You
must
be
blind,
We
must
attack!
[Spartacus:]
We
must
escape!
[Crixus:]
You've
lost
your
nerve!
[Spartacus:]
You've
lost
your
mind!
[Palene:]
Faces
suddenly
red,
hands
on
swords,
Spartacus
and
Crixus
were
about
to
fight.
Spartacus
turned
away.
He
and
Crixus
were
already
a
world
apart.
[Crixus:]
Oh
Spartacus,
if
only
our
dreams
could
be
the
same.
"THE
PARTING
OF
THE
WAYS"
[Crixus:]
It's
strange
to
find
we're
almost
strangers,
As
I
turn
to
leave
you
now,
I
know
there
are
dangers,
You
have
believed
in
me,
As
l
believed
in
you,
But
it's
not
hard
to
see,
In
the
end
a
man
should
do,
What
his
heart
tells
him
he
must,
And
so
I
place
my
thrust
in
the
parting
of
the
ways.
The
days
that
I
have
stood
beside
you,
They
are
days
that
I
could
not
forget
if
I
tried
to,
But
day
has
turned
to
night,
Life's
changed
for
you
and
me,
Who
knows
what's
wrong
or
right,
We'll
agree
to
disagree,
Now
the
time
for
talk
has
passed,
And
so
we
reach
at
last
the
parting
of
the
ways,
Now
I
need
to
find
my
own
direction.
Side
by
side
we
faced
the
world
together;
But
nothing
lasts
forever,
And
so
the
story
ends,
More
than
pride's
dividing
you
and
I
now,
And
though
we
say
goodbye
now,
At
least
we
part
as
friends.
It
seems
our
future
is
decided,
Now
the
fates
dictate
that
you
and
I
be
divided,
And
though
it's
hard
to
tell,
Where
we
will
go
from
here,
You
know
I
wish
you
well,
Even
though
my
course
is
clear,
It's
no
easy
thing
I
do,
To
walk
away
from
you
at
the
parting
of
the
ways,
Though
I
need
to
find
my
own
direction,
You
can
bet
I'll
never
forget,
The
times
we've
come
through,
But
now
we
come
to,
The
parting
of
the
ways.
[Palene:]
We
watched
Crixus,
with
thirty
thousand
Cauls
and
Germans
trudge
away
southwards
until
a
small
cloud
of
dust
in
the
distance
was
all
that
was
left,
I
looked
at
Spartacus.
His
hawk-eyes
were
moist
but
never
blinked.
When
he
spoke,
it
was
to
thank
the
Gods
for
the
seventy
thousand
that
stayed.
Who
could
fail
to
love
such
a
man?
[Crixus:]
Now
I
need
to
find
my
own
direction,
You
can
bet
I'll
never
forget,
The
times
we've
come
through,
But
now
we
come
to,
The
parting
of
the
ways.
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1 Destiny
2 Animal and Man, Part One
3 Animal and Man, Part Two
4 For All Time
5 Whispers
6 The Eagle and the Hawk
7 Going Home
8 The Parting of the Ways
9 We Carry On
10 Trust Me
11 Two Souls With a Single Dream
12 The Last Battle / The Eagle and the Hawk (reprise)
13 The Appian Way
14 Epilogue, Part One
15 Epilogue, Part Two
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