The ancient King of Babylon passed the Hammurabi code of laws       It was carved on black diorite 3700 years ago       You stand before the display, looking intently at the carvings      I stand aside, quietly admiring your face, which I deeply adore       Verse 2   Offerings, alter, war, bow & arrow, whose past do they belong to?       I love how you belong only to me in the midst of this crowd      We pass the Sumerian Goddess       And I wish in the name of the Goddess       My missing goes on like the Tigris River       When what is left of the Ancient Civilization is but an illegible language          The myth becomes a never-ending poem       *Chorus   My love for you has been written before this Century       And it has been buried in the flatlands of Mesopotamia       Uncovered after many centuries      We find the wordings to be still clear & intelligible       My love for you has been written before this century       And it has been buried in the flatlands of Mesopotamia       The promise of forever carved in cuneiform       The promise that has been eroded for thousands of years, will be re-enacted now       *Repeat Verse 1   *Repeat Chorus      I feel exhausted, I am far away from home       I am afraid that I will never be by your side again       *Repeat Chorus      Love Before the Century       Love Before the Century