Circe

Circe

[Verse 1] We came to shore at evening Where the cypress shadows leaned And the smoke rose from the hillside Like a hand we had not seen

There was bread upon the table There was wine as dark as rain And a voice behind the doorway Spoke softly through our names

[Pre-Chorus] After storm and salt and hunger Even danger can look kind And a man who dreams of sleeping May leave his shape behind

[Chorus] Circe What have you poured into the fire? Circe What have you hidden in the wine? We were men beneath the morning We were wolves before the night Circe You make the cage feel like a light

[Verse 2] My brothers entered laughing With the sea still on their skin But the hall grew warm around them And the door closed from within

I heard the bowls fall silent I heard the low beasts cry And something almost human Looked out through another eye

[Pre-Chorus] There are spells that do not thunder There are chains that do not ring There are hands that touch so gently They can make a beggar king

[Chorus] Circe What have you poured into the fire? Circe What have you hidden in the wine? We were men beneath the morning We were wolves before the night Circe You make the cage feel like a light

[Bridge] Do not call it mercy If it teaches me to stay Do not call it healing If it takes the wound away

For the wound is where I keep her For the ache is where I know There is still a door in Ithaca There is still a road to go

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[Final Chorus] Circe What have you poured into the fire? Circe What have you hidden in the wine? I have walked through smoke and hunger I have worn a borrowed life Circe Do not make the dark feel kind

[Outro] Let the cup remain unbroken Let the lamps burn low and gold But I was not made for sleeping In a house that has no road