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I really like this prompt for the next installment of my Hard Choices series, but lack the creativity and time to actually get it written anytime this week.
Ergo, I am just filling the space so I have it to come back to later😁.
In the meantime, enjoy the following excerpts from some of my favorite Epic songs😏
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Open Arms, by Jorge Rivera Herrans:
[POLITES]
You can relax, my friend
[ODYSSEUS, spoken]
Huh?
[POLITES]
I can tell you're getting nervous
So do yourself a service
And try to relax, my friend
[ODYSSEUS]
I'm fine, Polites
[POLITES]
Think of all that we have been through
We'll survive what we get into
I know that you're tired of the war and bloodshed
Tell me, is this how we're supposed to live?
Look at how you grip your sword, enough said
Why should we take when we could give?
You can show a person that you trust them
When you stop and lower your guard
Here we havе a chance for some adjustment
Givе it a try, it's not that hard
I'm telling you
This life is amazing when you greet it with open arms
Whatever we face, we'll be fine if we're leading from the heart
No matter the place, we can light up the world
Here's how to start
Greet the world with open arms
Greet the world with open arms
[LOTUS EATERS, spoken]
Welcome
[ODYSSEUS, spoken]
Stay back
[LOTUS EATERS, spoken]
Stay back
[POLITES]
My friend, greet the world with open arms
[ODYSSEUS]
We're only here for food
[LOTUS EATERS, spoken]
Food
[ODYSSEUS]
Six hundred friends are waiting for us to show our faces
[LOTUS EATERS, spoken]
Food
[ODYSSEUS]
Stay back, I'm warning you
[LOTUS EATERS, spoken]
Food (Num num num)
[ODYSSEUS]
If we don't get back safely
My men will turn this place into blazes
[LOTUS EATERS, spoken]
Here you go
[POLITES]
See? This life is amazing when you greet it with open arms
Whatever we face, we'll be fine if we're leading from the heart
No matter the place, we can light up the world
Here's how to start
Greet the world with open arms
Greet the world with open arms
[ODYSSEUS]
My friend, I wish that I could say that I agree
But look at the way this fruit is glowing
And filled with glowing seeds
It took me a while to notice just what kind of fruit they eat
It's a lotus, it controls your mind and never lets you free
That's what we'd get with open arms
[POLITES]
Lotus eaters, I'd like to show my friend that kindness is brave
Could you tell me where there's other food to eat?
[LOTUS EATERS, spoken]
The cave (Scary cave)
[POLITES]
A cave! You're saying there's a cave where we could feast?
And where do we sail to find this food-filled cave?
[LOTUS EATERS, spoken]
East (That way)
[POLITES, spoken]
Thank you
[LOTUS EATERS, spoken]
Welcome
[POLITES]
This life is amazing when you greet it with open arms
I see in your face, there is so much guilt inside your heart
So why not replace it and light up the world?
Here's how to start
Greet the world with open arms
Greet the world with open arms
[ODYSSEUS]
Greet the world with open arms
[POLITES]
You can relax, my friend
***
Aaaaand, it wants 500 more words, so here's another one😄:
I can't help but wonder, by Jorge Rivera Herrans
[TELEMACHUS, spoken]
Father?
[ODYSSEUS, spoken]
Son
[TELEMACHUS]
All my life, I'd have died to meet you
Thought about your name so much, it hurts
For twenty years, I've dreamt of how I'd greet you
Oh, and now you're here, I can't find the words
All my life, I'd have died to know you
Days and nights I wish that I could show you
For twenty years, I never could outgrow you
Oh, and now you're here
I can't help but wonder what your world must be
If we're like each other, if I have your strength in me
All this time I've wondered if you'd embrace me as your own
Twenty years, I've wandered, for so long I've felt alone
[ODYSSEUS]
Oh, my son, look how much you've grown
Oh, my boy, sweetest joy I've known
Twenty years ago I held you in my arms
How time has flown, oh
Used to say I'd make the storm clouds cry for you
Used to say I'd capture wind and sky for you
Held you in my arms, prepared to die for you
Oh, how time has flown
I can only wonder what your world has been
Things you've had to suffer, and the strength you hold within
All I've ever wanted was to reunite with my own
Twenty years, we've wandered, but today you're not alone
My son, I'm finally home
[ENSEMBLE]
Home, home
[TELEMACHUS]
Father, how I've longed to see you
[ENSEMBLE]
Home, home
[ODYSSEUS, TELEMACHUS]
Telemachus, I'm home (Home)
[ODYSSEUS]
Go, tell your mother I'm home
I'll be there in a moment
[TELEMACHUS, spoken]
Of course
[ODYSSEUS]
Show yourself
I know you're watching me, show yourself
You were never one for hellos
[ATHENA]
I can't help but wonder what this world could be
If we all held each other with a bit more empathy
I can't help but feel like I led you astray
What if there's a world where we don't have to live this way?
[ODYSSEUS]
If that world exists, it's far away from here
It's one I'll have to miss, for it's far beyond my years
You might live forever, so you can make it be
But I've got one endeavor, there's a girl I have to see
[ATHENA, spoken]
Very well
[TELEMACHUS, spoken]
Father? She's waiting for you
***
OK, fine, it wants even more words. So here's another one.
Would you fall in love with me again, by Jorge Rivera Herrans
[ODYSSEUS breathes out]
[ODYSSEUS]
Penelope
[ODYSSEUS opens the bedroom door]
[PENELOPE]
Is it you? Have my prayers been answered?
Is it really you standing there, or am I dreaming once more?
You look different, your eyes look tired
Your frame is lighter, your smile torn
Is it really you, my love?
[ODYSSEUS]
I am not the man you fell in love with
I am not the man you once adored
I am not your kind and gentle husband
And I am not the love you knew before
Would you fall in love with me again
If you knew all I've done?
The things I cannot change
Would you love me all the same?
I know that you've been waiting, waiting for love
[PENELOPE]
What kinds of things did you do?
[ODYSSEUS]
Left a trail of red on every island
As I traded friends like objects I could use
Hurt more lives than I can count on my hands
But all of that was to bring me back to you
So tell me
Would you fall in love with me again
If you knew all I've done?
The things I can't undo
I am not the man you knew
I know that you've been waiting, waiting
[PENELOPE]
If that's true, could you do me a favor?
Just a moment of labor that would bring me some peace
See that wedding bed? Could you carry it over?
Lift it high on your shoulders and take it far away from here
[ODYSSEUS]
How could you say this?
I had built that wedding bed with my blood and sweat
Carved it into the olive tree where we first met
A symbol of our love everlasting
Do you realize what you have asked me?
The only way to move it is to cut it from its roots
[PENELOPE]
Only my husband knew that
So I guess that makes him you
[ODYSSEUS]
Penelope
[PENELOPE]
I will fall in love with you over and over again
I don't care how, where, or when
No matter how long it's been, you're mine
Don't tell me you're not the same person
You're always my husband and I've been waiting, waiting
[ODYSSEUS]
Penelope
[PENELOPE, ODYSSEUS]
Waiting, waiting (Penelope)
Waiting, waiting
Waiting, oh
For you
[Instrumental Break]
[PENELOPE]
How long has it been?
[ODYSSEUS]
Twenty years
[PENELOPE, PENELOPE & ODYSSEUS]
I-I love you
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