First Commission Lyrics

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.