The Curse of Poseidon

The Curse of Poseidon

[Verse 1] I gave my name to the water Like a stone thrown from the shore It vanished for a moment Then returned as something more

The gulls went still above us The sail forgot the wind And far beneath the blue-black glass A silence opened in

[Pre-Chorus] No blade came down from heaven No voice split the sky Only the deep remembering What pride had let fly

[Chorus] The sea has heard me The sea knows my name Every wave is a witness Every star is a flame I turned from the darkness But the darkness turned too Now the road home is water And the water is you

[Verse 2] The men spoke low at evening With salt upon their hands They watched the moon break open On the oars and on the sand

No harbor held its promise No current kept its word And every dream of Ithaca Was farther than before

[Pre-Chorus] A king may leave a prison A liar may survive But no man calls the thunder And keeps the sea outside

[Chorus] The sea has heard me The sea knows my name Every wave is a witness Every star is a flame I turned from the darkness But the darkness turned too Now the road home is water And the water is you

[Bridge] Not anger like a sword Not fire from the skies But endless miles of hunger With salt behind its eyes

Not death in one clear moment Not mercy in the foam Only the god beneath the waters Teaching distance how to grow

[Instrumental Break]

[Final Chorus] The sea has heard me The sea knows my name Every wave is a witness Every star is a flame I called myself a victor I called myself true Now the road home is water And the water is you

[Outro] O Ithaca, burn softly Past the reach of storm and foam I have woken up the ocean And it will not let me home