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Calliope's Complaint
03:54
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Always it’s the same
Sing muse, sing muse, they tell me
Sing muse the man of many ways
That’s all they want to hear
Spin a story for me, won’t you,
Tell me of his sweet return
And how his brave companions lost their way
That’s all they care about
Chorus:
They never ask, how are you?
How’ve you been? What’s on your mind?
A girl like you, you’ve seen a lot,
You must have things to say!
They never ask, Where did you come from?
Where are you going?
They only start the story off
And count on me knowing.
Always it’s the same
Sing muse, sing muse, they tell me
Sing muse of violence and rage
The end of the heroic age
Spin a story for me, won’t you,
Tell me of the brutal war
And how the city fell apart and burned
That’s all they care about
Chorus
Bridge:
I know how to tell you lies and make you see the truth, oo
I can make a poor man great enough that he will rule, oo
Think of all the things I know
How far back my memories go
And in fact I am a very interesting person but
No no no no no!
Always it’s the same
Sing muse, sing muse, they tell me,
Sing muse a journey far from home
The hero who created Rome
Spin a story for me, won’t you,
Tell me of his foreign queen
And how he left her to fulfill his fate
That’s all they care about
Chorus
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You washed up on my island, I pulled you up on the sand
You washed up on my island, I pulled you up on the sand
I coulda left you to drown, but Lord knows every goddess needs a man
You were naked and starving, I nursed you back into health
You were naked and starving, I nursed you back into health
And what I offered you here is worth more than any sum of mortal wealth
Now you spend your days weeping and staring out at the sea
Now you spend your days weeping and staring out at the sea
I coulda made you immortal, but you don't wanna stick around with me
Now the gods are all jealous to see a goddess in love
Now the gods are all jealous to see a goddess in love
Now they're making me let you go home while they all laugh at me above
I don't know what's so special about your ordinary wife
I don't know what's so special about your ordinary wife
But that girl must be something to be worth more to you than endless life
Yeah that girl must be something to be worth more to you than endless life
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You came naked from the sea
Like a mountain lion, frightening my maids and me
You fell down and clasped my knees
I told them I'd like to find a man like you to marry
Chorus:
Come live with me and be my love
Where figs and pears and pomegranates grow
Where men build ships and take hot baths
And sing and dance and never think of war
I could be your bride
You could be my king
We could live in peace and never
Dream of rocky Ithaca again
You asked me to show the way
In an unfamiliar land where you had gone astray
I told you to stay behind;
If they thought you were my husband, what would people say?
Chorus
When I saw you at the feast
I told you not to forget you owed your life to me
You said you would honor me
Like a goddess if you got back to your family safely
Chorus
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Power Dynamic (Circe)
04:19
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I won’t let you break my heart
like all the other girls
you don’t stand a chance this time
Look at that wolf
he was a man who wronged me
now see that lion
he was a man who bored me
remember the stag
the one that you ate this morning
he was a fool
who didn’t heed my warnings
Chorus:
So have some cheese and honey
Have some wine and barley
Admit how good it tastes to let me
Keep you here
Do you even know who I am?
(Don't know who you are dealing with, no)
My father is the sun
The only reason that you’re not an animal right now
(If you were not so helpless...)
Is that it doesn’t matter cause I won
(You'll never know)
I’ll play along
pretending that you’re in charge here
feed you like cattle
until you grow soft and large here
and I’ll hold you back
enough that you start to panic
but I don’t want love
I just want a power dynamic
Chorus
When you decide
you’ve had enough vacation
I’ll be so helpful
I’ll give you information
I’ll send you to hell
till even your comrades miss me
the last thing they wish
will be that they'd listened to me
Chorus
I won’t let you break my heart
like all the other girls
you don’t stand a chance this time
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If I were drowning in the sea
You'd be the shore in my grateful eyes
If you could find your way back to me
I'd know your face, even in disguise
Chorus:
Come home, the tree is still in bloom
Leaves grow green on our bed
I'll wait, weaving at my loom
Binding time in the threads
At night I hide in my room and weep
Wondering when I will see your face
The goddess bathes my eyes in sleep
And in my dreams you are in this place
Chorus
On golden sands I will watch for you
I cannot fly like birds on high
Build me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, my love and I
Chorus
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Marissa Henry Berkeley, California
Marissa is a Classics Ph.D. student and singer-songwriter specializing in folk-pop adaptations of ancient Greek poetry played on toy instruments.
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