Layla and Majnun

Layla and Majnun

Intro – spoken / whispered

In the dust of Najd, before names were laws

Before love was counted as sin

Two hearts learned each other’s language

And the world said no

Verse 1

We were children learning verses in the shade

Your name fell soft like rain

I spoke it once, the elders turned away

Said love must learn its chains

They took you where my hands could not reach

Behind honor, behind walls

I stayed with words and the ache they teach

While silence judged us all

Pre-Chorus

They said forget, they said be still

But the desert knows my vow

Every step away from you

Carved your name into my mouth

Chorus

I pass by these walls, the walls of Layla

I kiss this stone and that

It’s not love of the walls that holds my heart

But the soul that once lived back

I pass by these walls, the walls of Layla

Still calling through the sand

They call me mad, but I am only

A man who understands

Verse 2

They gave you rings, they gave you days

That never called my name

I gave up food, I gave up sleep

I gave up every claim

The wolves lay quiet when I speak of you

The stars lean in to hear

The world says I have lost my mind

But love is crystal clear

Pre-Chorus 2

I don’t beg heaven for your hand

I don’t curse the path you’re on

If I can love you without touching

Then my soul is not gone

Chorus

I pass by these walls, the walls of Layla

I kiss this stone and that

It’s not love of the walls that holds my heart

But the truth they can’t lock back

I pass by these walls, the walls of Layla

Every scar, every mark

If loving you is madness

Then let madness be my art

Bridge – slow / mystical

Call me Majnun, call me lost

Call me dust and bone

But love that asks for nothing

Is the only thing I own

Layla is not flesh and time

Layla is the flame

I burned the self they named as me

And love remained the same

Break – instrumental / chant option

Lay-la…

Lay-la…

(whispered / echoed)

Final Chorus – stripped then full

I pass by these walls, the walls of Layla

I kiss this wall and that

It’s not love of the walls that has enraptured my heart

But the one who dwells within that

I pass by these walls, the walls of Layla

Till my footsteps end

If I never hold you in this life

I’ll love you past the end

Outro – spoken

They thought madness was the curse

But madness was the door

When the self is gone

Only love remains