Lyrics: alyshialynn
Music: alyshialynn
Married to a twice-conceived, quite disastrously
Hunger and anarchy bloodied, conquer of the scene
Crowned by Maenads, ivies splendor;
kin of the fears, bared pretender;
of the vengeful, there is no saving
He came down with an army
Across all borders thinned
Commanded such slaughter
The city had scarcely seen
He was loved, even so
When they met him, my killers told
“honors to you, it’s only fair;”
“When we’re done with him,”
“the birds’ll take care.”
He shunned them, though,
He stood with me, and locked together
our right hands; ever the drifter
For me he’d bleed this land
All-violence on him
He fought a hard way to me;
Labored past the rage
And divided was the sea
Rebuked me for audacity,
A child, if not names, detegere.
“Fall me limp into your arms.
Solver Flammei, draw me near-er.”
“I am letting you go; I’m not
Wounding this bed of oath.”
You have eyes for the gold below,
Look for no revival.”
Screams-surrounded thalamos
Outside, the torches of Troy
Now died; walls stood starved
And high; I heard hymenaios
Snatched me, led me uphill
Brought me safe to his oikos
From the hearth of my mother
My father’s priest took me home
I will, I dwell in you
Feeding on you with an appetite
Untie that knot, be a part of me now
Do what you have to do
Ubi tu Gaius, ego Gaia.
Ubi tu Gaius, ego Gaia.