hail odysseus

he surely sails on tameless seas

with idle hours in devils hands

one hundred men on tameless seas

always searching for sacred land

rain lashing raw shoulders

so heave

onwards

and heave again!

with wrists bangled in scars again

from below

she watched only him

secretly

she watched only him

stowaway

she crept so grim

he surely sails enchanted seas

hearing voices he believes

hail odysseus

come to us

so heave onwards and heave toward us

with wrists bangled with gold and stars

and from below she screams out 'no! odysseus

please don't go'!

and you must fear the voice you hear

already now

they're so near

'and you will fall at the sirens call

into their poisoned claws!'

fearing loss she watched them go

the sirens

she thought

take me

from below

she leapt into the sea

from the sea to the land

greeting her

a golden hand

'welcome child

to our isle

become one

take my hand'

so it was

a new voice sung aloud from the sand

'so now sing

lure them in

odysseus can be your king

the only way to love him

dear child

is to sing them in'

and so it was

the crew were lost

even brave odysseus

into her arms forevermore

she sings no longer on the shore