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