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The Odyssey
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[Part I Odysseus' Theme / Overture]
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[music / orchestration - Romeo]
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[instrumental]
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[Part II - Journey to Ithaca]
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[music - Romeo]
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[lyrics - Allen, Romeo]
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To the one that I love, my journey has begun
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When our eyes meet once more there will me peace
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The taste of your lips the warmth of your touch
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again, forever, two souls as one
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Seems like forever that my eyes have been denied
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Home - I'm dreaming of home
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I've been twenty years away from all I ever knew
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to return would make my dreams come true
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Seasons of sorrow have stolen all my years
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I miss the rolling hills of Ithaca
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I've been through battles and cried a sea of tears
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but the tide is changing, and with it all my fears
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Seems like forever that my eyes have been denied
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Home - I'm dreaming of home
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I've been twenty years away from all I ever knew
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to return would make my dreams come true
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Behold the sea and winds of Jove
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We set sail guided by the stars above
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The ports of Troy escape our view
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a cold and stormy fate awaits our rendezvous
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Onward we ride, into the raging fury
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Setting our course by the moon and sun
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We forge ahead seeking glory
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Yet the journey has just begun
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Onward we ride - nine days we brave her might
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we are coming home...
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[Part III - The Eye]
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[music- Romeo]
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[lyrics - Romeo]
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Awakened at dawn - Land dead ahead
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with the winds of the morning we change course
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no remorse, a place forbidden to all
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Search all the grounds - find food and water
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Yet journey not into the Cave of Woe
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long ago, a legend spoke of a beast
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A thousand riches hidden deep within the stone
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A thousand nightmares mortal's blood forever flows
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A mountainous black - engulfed in a shadow
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a bone-chilling growl and an Eye of Hate
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a ghastly fate - held prisoner by the Eye
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Yet he must sleep - as the daylight fades
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we focus our senses and sharpen our blade
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we take aim - In silence we strike
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A thousand riches hidden deep within the stone
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A thousand nightmares - blood runs forever - from the Eye...
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[Part IV - Circe (Daughter of the Sun)]
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[music - Romeo]
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[Lyrics - Romeo]
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We sit adrift on the open sea
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The gift of wind, by Zeus, concealed - so carelessly
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We break the waves on a course untrue
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across the endless plain of blue - a new coast in view
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We carouse with the maiden
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beneath her eyes the madness lies
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...in mystery
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I drink deep from the chalice
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of gold and jade - my senses fade
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...I'm mesmerized
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Stay - like those before
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I condemn you all - from walk to crawl
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...metamorphasized
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No - my will it defies her
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speak the verse - lift the curse
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...she's mesmerized
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Am I asleep?
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Tell me Daughter of the Sun
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There's vengeance in the air and all things will be undone
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[Part V - Sirens]
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[music - Romeo]
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[lyrics - Romeo]
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Dire warnings -
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told by the sorceress in white
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'false bringers of love' - Sirens
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echoing songs from above
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Wings flowing -
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floating on Sea of Lies
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I defy their vision
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Elysium swallows my cries
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Embracing -
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maidens of lust stimulate
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and manipulate my senses
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I welcome a watery grave
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Tied steadfast to the mast
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tragedy awaits me
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I'm falling victim
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betrayed by the sea
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[Part VI - Scylla and Charybdis]
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[a) Gulf of Doom]
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[b) Drifting Home]
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[music / orchestration - Romeo]
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[instrumental]
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[Part VII - The Fate of the Suitors / Champion of Ithaca]
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[music - Romeo]
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[lyrics - Lepond, Romeo]
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So this is home...
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In the guise of a beggar - Minerva guides my way
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I find my kingdom in jeopardy
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Vengeance - it swells within me
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As I spy so many who eye my Queen
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I'll make them pay for this blasphemy... All will see
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Triumphant - Champion of Ithaca
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I will right all the wrongs
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Let the Gods sing my song
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Triumphant - Champion of Ithaca
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Let a new life begin
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my journey has come to and end
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A contest of valor
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'to pierce the twelve rings
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in a single arrow's flight'
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Yet, not a one can string the bow
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My veil of silence lifted
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All is revealed
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revenge burns in my heart
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thrashing and slashing down all my foes...to claim the throne
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Triumphant - Champion of Ithaca
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I will right all the wrongs
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Let the Gods sing my song
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Triumphant - Champion of Ithaca
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Let a new life begin
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this is the end of my Odyssey
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Seems like forever that my eyes have been denied
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Home - I'm finally home
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It's been twenty years away from all I ever knew
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I have returned to make my dream come true
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The Odyssey
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| Symphony X |
