Deliver Us (Prince of Egypt) - Cover by Caleb Hyles and Jonathan Young

Caleb Hyles and Jonathan Young cover of "Deliver Us" from the movie, Prince of Egypt
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Alright everybody....this is the big one.

First things first, the biggest of shoutouts to my partner in crime, Jonathan Young, for pretty much everything. And my man, Travis Carte, for the incredible job he always does with these collabs.

So, this is easily the most requested song I've had in at least two years. Even before Jon and I ever did our first Prince of Egypt cover this was the one on everyone's mind. It was a daunting task and one request that we did not take lightly.

A little insight into the development of this cover; After "Playing with the Big Boys" released on Jon's channel, I knew that I wanted to eventually do "Deliver Us". When I brought the idea to Jon, initially, he was skeptical about bringing it to his channel due to the obvious religious context of the song. And I totally respect that. Fortunately, he was willing to do it with me on my channel. Not only that, but he made this absolutely insane instrumental for it as well. I know very well that some of you may be upset that it's not the FULL version of the song. Please understand, though, most of the song is used in a visual context. It's originally a seven and a half minute song with most of it is accompanied by sweeping, animated visuals. Our version does not have any of those, so we opted to create a shorter, but still true-to-the-original version.We removed the last singing part to keep the cover concise and replayable. Maybe if we had planned to have a third vocalist, the last section could have worked, but we had already done this series of covers as duets so we wanted to keep it that way.

It was also intentional for this video to be the most visually sparse out of all of them. Most people listen to this song in the context of the story of the Prince of Egypt (or, the Old Testament story). By removing all of that, my goal was to place this song in a more open and interpretable environment. Tight face shots (hello acne), side by side singing, black color background and clothing, I think, help draw attention to the actual words of the song and remove them, somewhat, from their storytelling properties.

Whew.....alrighty, if you're still reading this and haven't started the video, PLEASE GO AND WATCH!! IF you reading while watching, please go back to the video! Thank y'all again for everything, and I hope to see you next week ♥

Peace, love, and metal \m/

[CalebHyles]

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[shadiafifi]

The original was a cry of despair in a moment of darkness. This seems more of a scream of rage against injustice. Weirdly enough, it works pretty well.

[Sebbe]

"Sleep and remember my last lullaby so I'll be with you when you dream"
Might be the single most sad sentence I've ever heard.

[Junius]

"My Son, I have nothing I can give but this chance that you may live" (1:47)
Just imagine how painful it must be to tell that to your child.

[ogracarraec]

If you grew up with Prince of Egypt, this is epic, if not...still epic

[anime-girl]

I just learned that the woman who sang the song in English also sang it in 15 other languages five which she spoke because the animator after seeing her went back and made her character look like her and she was flattered.

[ExtendedNightcore]

There's such a huge difference between you two. You look so sad by the story, Jon looks enraged by it. It's quite a striking contrast and really adds beauty to the song.

[julietbutnotjuliet]

(Expand for lyrics)

Mud!
Sand!
Water!
Straw!
Faster!

Mud, and lift!
Sand, and pull!
Water, and raise up!
Straw!
Faster!

With the sting of the whip
On my shoulder,
With the the salt of my sweat
On my brow.

Elohim, God on High,
Can you hear your people cry?
Help us now,
This dark hour!

Deliver us!
Hear our call,
Deliver us!
Lord of All, remember us,
Here in this burning sand!

Deliver us!
There’s a land you promised us!
Deliver us
To the promised land!

*other language*
My son,
I have nothing I can give
But this chance that you may live.
I pray we’ll meet again,
If He will

Deliver us!
Hear our prayer,
Deliver us
From despair,
These years of slavery
Grow too cruel to stand!

Deliver us!
There’s a land you promised us!
Deliver us
Out of our deject.
Deliver us to the promised…

Hush now,
My baby.
Be still, Love,
Don’t cry.
Sleep as you’re rocked by the stream.
Sleep and remember my last lullaby,
So I’ll be with you when you dream.

River, oh River,
Flow gently for me!
Such precious cargo you bear!
Do you know somewhere he can live free?
River, deliver him there.

Deliver us!
Send a shepherd to shepherd us,
And deliver us to the promised land!
Deliver us
To the promised land!

Deliver us…!

(Sorry if I made any mistakes, but I couldn’t find the lyrics in the comments section)

[Callum]

This has to be one of the songs with the saddest stories in that movie, I cried the first time I watched that. Thank you, guys, for doing this song, this really brought my childhood rushing back.

[reptaronrice]

Mud!
Sand!
Water!
Straw!

Faster!

Mud - and lift!
Sand - and pull!
Water - and raise up!
Straw!

Faster!

With the sting of the whip on my shoulder
With the salt of my sweat on my brow
Elohim, God on high
Can you hear your people cry?
Help us now
This dark hour

Deliver us
Hear our call, deliver us
Lord of all, remember us
Here in this burning sand
Deliver us
There's a land you promised us
Deliver us to the Promised Land

Yal-di ha-tov veh ha-rach
Al ti-ra veh al tif-chad
My son, I have nothing I can give
But this chance that you may live
I pray we'll meet again
If He will deliver us

Deliver us
Hear our prayer
Deliver us
From despair
These years of slavery grow
Too cruel to stand
Deliver us
There's a land you promised us
Deliver us
Out of bondage and
Deliver us to the Promised...

Hush now, my baby
Be still, love, don't cry
Sleep as you're rocked by the stream
Sleep and remember my last lullaby
So I'll be with you when you dream

River, o river
Flow gently for me
Such precious cargo you bear
Do you know somewhere
He can live free?
River, deliver him there

Deliver us
Send a shepherd to shepherd us
And deliver us to the Promised Land
Deliver us to the Promised Land

[evwk]

This is really excellent. Metal is a genre so well suited to express raw, intense emotions like grief, rage and despair, and also feelings like fierce devotion (a parent's love of their child in the face of deadly threats) and a hope that refuses to die even in the midst of the most wretched anguish. This performance conveys those emotions with power, authenticity and eloquence.

[Thelaretus]

Being an ardent Catholic Christian myself, I watched this movie with my family this Sunday. My sister didn't want it at first, as she thought it would be a cheap, boring Biblical movie. By the end of the opening she was already crying her heart out at this masterpiece, along with all of us.

[TheZombunnehLives]

When you started into the mother's portion, I actually teared up. Your operatic voice is always so damned haunting, Caleb. ;~;

[lapeachMC]

Everything the two of you touch turns to actual gold. I am obsessed with your covers. Thank you for this

[nikkij]

I figured out why you guys do such great covers together;
Jonathan's voice is like chocolate,
And you're like a marshmallow.

It all makes sense now

[isaacyeon]

I am a Christian and I absolutely love this cover and movie
“Deliver us! To the promise land!”
This give me chills everytime

[margaret_adelle]

I saw this in my subscription feed and I literally said "Ooooh."

[DarbyDarbyDarby]

I freaking love how intense Caleb's expressions are and then how calm Jonathan's is!!
It's just
so fun to see the differences

[kybastar]

The circle is now complete. Thank you, Caleb and Jon.

[KevinHernandez-ljyv]

For me, the best part is when they go:

"Elohim! God up high! Can't you hear your people cry!?
Help us NOW! On this dark hour...
Deliver us! Hear our call, deliver us!
Lord of all, remember us here in this burning sand!
Deliver us! There's a land YOU PROMISED US!"

This song is a cry of despair and at the same time, it is an accusation. They are straight up screaming at the heavens in rage and despair because of their torment and that can be felt in the lyrics. This cover really conveys that properly.

Awesome work as always.