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Poseidon (demo)
05:29
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Though you may drown
and you may sink
There is an end to which you’ll fall
Though you look out
upon the horizon
and there seems no end to his reign
There is . . .
there is . . .
I assure you, there is.
Chorus:
Wake up . . . Wake up . . .
Odysseus, wake up . . .
Your pride is in vain when your bride is in chains
Bounded by suitors confounded to loose her from you.
Your dead in your sleep while she’s wedded to weep-for her loss
So wake I I tell you for the sake of the hell I will take you from
so wake!
Ending:
I am your refuge and strength
you will not fear
though the earth gives way beneath your feet
though the mountains be thrown into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam
though the mountains tremble at its swelling. You will not fear.
You will need me, I will make sure.
Your affections shall wake you -
stir you for your lover
Trust me . . . Trust me . . .
Wake up . . . Wake up . . .
Odysseus, wake up . . .
Brainstorming (this will likely be shortened and changed):
Though the floods and the storms will rage all around, I will be with you.
though he will attack and chase and ensue.
He will not take you though those around you will fall.
there is a fight at the end, this is all to make you so strong.
your beloved is being attacked by all those around her,
so I will let him beseige you
Take heart,
for I send the clouds that give him his rain,
I give the winds that make the waves he throws against you.
I give him the clouds, the winds, and the lightnings
he uses to make the rains, the waves, and the storms he casts against you.
He’s nothing without me,
and he will be cast into the depths of his lake.
He will, but not now.
For your beloved is in danger and needs you strong.
You’re not now, but you will be,
for I will make you strong by way of storms, and waves, and winds.
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Calypso's Cave
03:42
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I’m up. I’m awake. I roll over. She’s not there.
My mind turns, to better days. Former loves before I fell away.
How far I’ve come - away from you.
Oh, there’s lover, across the sea.
I long to feel her breath upon my neck.
My body groans, my spirit aches
for redemption to come and to be joined to her
It’s here. He’s here. He’s sent someone to my aid.
She bargains well. He does better.
How far I’ve come - away from you.
Oh, there’s lover, across the sea.
I long to feel her breath upon my neck.
My body groans, my spirit aches
for redemption to come and to be joined to her
Calypso sings to me, trying to win me back
but I’ve seen outside the cave
Former loves will not do, shadows won’t satisfy
now that I’ve seen my unseen chains
A battle lies before, a battle for true love
I go now against the tide
I may fail or conquer, die or live,
but either way I’m yours.
Oh, there’s lover, across the sea.
I long to feel her breath upon my neck.
My body groans, my spirit aches
for redemption to come and to be joined to her
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Memories
03:58
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Memories never fade
they’re like a painting that only grows with time
Each new year just gives you
a different brush, different hue, to add
chorus
Don’t you wish
your 20/20 had blinders?
that your perfect hindsight
only saw roses?
what do you do when it hurts so bad to close your eyes?
when they force you to tell of all the deaths and pain?
chorus
bridge:
when the water’s rising above your head
and you’re the only one left to cry
where do you look when the fates
have conspired against you?
Surely there must be something deeper,
wider, and stronger, than the waters:
there is and now i’ll speak
the joys, the pains, the trials
borne from storms and fallen friends
brothers, sisters-
find joy from my scars and tears
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Intro:
Oooo, Oooo
Felicity, ecstasy
pleasure, Come to me
The fruit is sweet
pleasing to your eyes
All you’re made
to have and want is here
just look . . . down
before your eyes, look down
that’s right, just taste
and you will see that I am . . .
Verse 1:
No!
There gone!
Oh my God there gone!
Chorus:
allured by lust, and now we’re dead
was it worth one night of ecstasy
and slavery . . .
This eternal dance of ear and eye
with flesh and tongue,
gone far ary to the by and by:
this great exchange.
Verse 2:
oh I don’t know what’s next for me to do
plead to my god of gods for
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You know why I'm standing here
You know what I'm going to say
The look behind your eyes betrays you
Your sleeping head goes away
Dreams lie as you do
Dreams lie all night
like you do.
Pacing back and forth on Friday
Before you lay these words in my head
Hoping my closed mouth mined gold
to give you, to give you
Because I'm here standing
and not falling to my knees
Pay me the respect of standing
where I can see you - see your face
Rain soaks through the soil
and drips upon my head.
Hoping all the marble finish
can tell you just what I wanted to have said
Pacing back and forth on Friday
speechless now as before
The smell of cedar fills me now.
Six feet to go . . .
I beg you stand closer
I want to feel you on my chest
Better your arms wrap around me
than the roots of the flowers that you lay
Because dreams betray you.
And dreams fall where you lie.
I always said I'd take it for you (and now I have)
and now you stand where I lay.
Pacing on this Friday morning
waiting for Sunday to come
waiting to show you vindication
what it looks like, who it is
waiting just for Sunday to come . . .
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