Saving this prompt (Not to copy a certain friend of mine, but there it is, lol)

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

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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

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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