Stories From Styx Part 2: THE FIRST ECHOES releases April 30th!
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Written and composed by Casper Fox. Produced by JP Warner.
[THE MUSE]
Out of all the Greek gods, Hades may carry the burden of every soul to ever pass through the Underworld, but also the burden of misconception. Ironic, a god of this caliber thriving underneath our feet. Hades sees light for the first time when his father, Kronos, spits up the king of the Underworld along with Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia. Led by Zeus, a revolution begins.
[HADES]
CLARITY, INFIRMARY
IT'S LIKE I'M BORN AGAIN
A BROTHER REACHES OUT
A LIFELONG FRIEND
HE TELLS US:[ZEUS]
WE MUST STAND UNITED
WHILE WE SUFFER
TAKE FOR GRANTED[THE OLYMPIANS]
THE TITANS ARE THE SORROW WE MUST REAP
[ZEUS]
OUR DESTINY'S STILL OURS TO CLAIM
DON'T LIVE IN THE PAST, DON'T BE THE SAME
WE'VE PUT OUR FIRST REMARK
IT'S TIME TO LEAP![HADES]
BEFORE WE WITNESS MOONLIGHT WE ARE THROWN INTO A FIGHT
[HADES, POSEIDON, DEMETER, & HESTIA]
WHAT'S THE POINT OF FIGHTING IF WE FACE ETERNAL NIGHT?
[ZEUS]
I'M SORRY THAT YOUR BIRTH IS BATHED IN BLOOD
BUT NOW WE'LL DROWN THESE BRUTES WITH A FLOOD
EXCLAIM AND RECLAIM, THE CYCLOPS
GRANTS US STRENGTH, WE MUST NOT COMPLY[ZEUS & HERA]
WE WILL BE KNOWN, GODS ON THE THRONE
BROTHERS AND SISTERS, NEVER TO DIE
SO PLEASE STAND WITH ME NOW
AND CLAIM OUR FATHER'S FINAL GOODBYE[Instrumental break]
[HADES]
SO BLINDED BY THE MOON, WE FORGET ABOUT THE STARS
WERE WE IN A PRISON BEFORE HE SET THE BARS
WHO WOULD RULE OVER THE SKIES, OVER THE SEAS, OVER THE LAND BELOW?
AND WHO WOULD BE THE ONE TO TELL US WHAT TO DO AND WHERE TO GO?[THE MUSE]
Their divine birthright obligated them to split the cosmos amongst themselves. The three sons of Kronos would have their territory decided by the Fates.
[ZEUS]
THE BURDEN OF LEADERSHIP, I WILL GLADLY ACCEPT IT
[POSEIDON]
THE STRENGTH OF THE OCEANS, I WILL GLADLY ACCEPT IT
[HADES]
THE MIGHT OF THE UNDERWORLD, I WILL GLADLY ACCEPT IT
[THE MUSE]
The times of the Titans are over, and a new era begins with the Olympians!
[HADES]
I ACCEPT
[THE OLYMPIANS]
WE WILL BE KNOWN
GODS ON THE THRONE (I ACCEPT)
BROTHERES AND SISTERS
WE NEVER DIE (I ACCEPT)
ACCEPT THE GIFTS WE DIVIDE (I ACCEPT)
THE COSMOS IS OUR BIRTHRIGHT (I ACCEPT)
WE STOOD UNITED AND WE STOOD TALL (I ACCEPT)
BECAME THE ONES WHO FIGHT WITH A TOLL (I ACCEPT)
A NEW DAWN BEGINS, AN ERA ENDS
TREMBLE BEFORE THE OLYMPIANS
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Written and composed by Casper Fox. Produced by JP Warner.
[THE MUSE]
Gazing upon his new domain, the king of the Underworld could not help but feel… ambivalence. Every soul, that includes you and I, will someday rest within his domain.
[HADES]
CASTLES OF GOLD,
THE STORY HAS BEEN TOLD
LOCKED MYSELF WITHINI FEAR IT’S GETTING OLD
OPEN UP, BE BOLD
I HAVE NO NEXT OF KINAND I WAS MEANT TO DO
THE UNTHINKABLE
THE IMPOSSIBLEAND I SHOULD HAVE MAINTAINED
EVERYTHING AND
ANYTHINGGLIMMER AND AWAY
WON’T BE THE ONE TO PRAY
SINCE WE CLAIMED THE WININ SHADOWS I WILL STAY
A REALM WITHOUT A DAY
WILL IMAGINE I’VE NEVER BEENWELCOME HER HOME
IN A PLACE WHERE SHE’LL BELONG
A SAHARA STORM SHE METTHE SEA’S RUN OUT OF FOAM
‘CAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO GO
TO TAKE THAT EXTRA STEPWE WERE MEANT TO DO
THE UNTHINKABLE
THE IMPOSSIBLEWE WERE MEANT TO SAVE
EVERYTHING AND
ANYTHINGWE COULDN’T EVEN DO
THE UNTHINKABLE
THE IMPOSSIBLEHOW WERE WE ‘SPOSED TO SAVE
EVERYTHING AND
ANYTHING
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Written and composed by Casper Fox. Produced by JP Warner.
[THE MUSE]
With a clear mind Hades establishes the realm of the Underworld, the three judges, sons of Zeus, will determine who goes where. This is a complicated system to explain, so I’ll let these four gentlemen show you instead. Boys, take it away …
[HADES]
ASSEMBLE THE JUDGES, HALF OF SIX
THEN LET THE SOULS RUN THROUGH THE RIVER STYX
THEY ASK ME HOW I DO IT, THEY SAY “HADES, HOW?”
WE’RE IN THE UNDERWORLD NOW
WE’RE IN THE UNDERWORLD NOW
MMMHMMM[AEACUS AND HADES]
AFTER THE SISTERS, THEY SPIN THEIR THREAD (AEACUS)
FINITE TIME, I PROMISE THAT YOU WILL BE DEAD
MY RULING IS FAIR, LET ME GET YOU SQUARE
I’LL JUDGE BASED ON HOW THE HELL YOU HAVE BEHAVED UP THERE
YOU’RE IN THE UNDERWORLD NOW[HADES, RHADAMANTHUS AND MINOS]
YOU'RE IN THE UNDERWORLD NOW
[THE FATES]
YOU'RE IN THE UNDERWORLD NOW
[AEACUS]
MMMHMMM
YOU'RE IN THE UNDERWORLD NOW[HADES, RHADAMANTHUS AND MINOS]
YOU'RE IN THE UNDERWORLD NOW
[THE FATES]
YOU'RE IN THE UNDERWORLD NOW
[AEACUS]
OH RHADAMANTHUS, TELL 'EM HOW TO PROCEED
[RHADAMANTHUS]
HAVE YOU PAID YOUR TICKET FOR THE FERRYMAN
YOU GOTTA PAY FOR HIS LABOR OR HE WON’T BE A FAN
DOESN’T MATTER IF I SEE THAT YOU’VE ALREADY CAUSED PAIN[HADES AND RHADAMANTHUS]
OH, YOU CAN PRAY TO YOUR GODS, 'CAUSE IT IS ALL IN VAIN
[RHADAMANTHUS]
YOU’RE IN THE UNDERWORLD NOW
[THE FATES]
YOU MAY PRAY, IT'LL ALL BE THE SAME
[RHADAMANTHUS]
THEY CAN’T HELP YOU NOW
[THE FATES]
THEY CAN’T HELP YOU NOW
[RHADAMANTHUS]
YOU’RE IN THE UNDERWORLD NOW
[THE FATES]
WE'RE IN THE UNDERWORLD NOW
[RHADAMANTHUS]
MMHHHMMMM
[MINOS]
IF THEY WON’T SHUT UP, I’LL STEP IN THEY REQUIRE
A VOICE OF REASON, THE ONE THAT I MUST INSPIRE
MAYBE YOU WERE KING OR TREATED LIKE A WORM
I’LL MAKE THE LAST DECISION WHEN THE COURT IS ADJOURNED
WE’RE IN THE UNDERWORLD NOW[HADES, AEACUS AND RHADAMANTHUS]
YOU'RE IN THE UNDERWORLD NOW
[THE FATES]
YOU'RE IN THE UNDERWORLD NOW
[MINOS]
MMMHMMM
YOU'RE IN THE UNDERWORLD NOW[HADES, AEACUS AND RHADAMANTHUS]
YOU'RE IN THE UNDERWORLD NOW
[THE FATES]
YOU'RE IN THE UNDERWORLD NOW
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Written and composed by Casper Fox. Produced by JP Warner.
[THE MUSE]
Up above under blue skies, a beautiful goddess tends to the flowers in her mother’s garden. This chapter of the stories is the most…discussed one, when it comes to Hades. Was she a flower that just got picked? You tell me …
[PERSEPHONE]
AN ORCHID FOR MY MOTHER
WHO DID BLOSSOM WHEN I APPEARED
AS THE SEASONS CHANGE LIKE WINDS WHEN I’M ALONE
MY INNOCENCE IS GUARDED YET MY DAD HAS ME DISCARDED
THAT’S WHY A MOTHER’S LOVE’S MY SWORD AND SHIELDWHY AM I
FROZEN IN PLACE
AT A CROSSROADS
AM I A DISGRACEWHY DO I FEEL
THE WAY
THAT I DO
IS IT TRUE?
AM I AT A CROSSROADS
AM I AT A CROSSROADSWILL HISTORY REMEMBER ME
AS A FLOWERFIELD WHO JUST GOT PICKED
WILL THEY IDOLIZE OR SYMPATHIZE
I DON’T KNOW IF I’LL LOVE MY LIFE[PERSEPHONE, SPOKEN]
OH GODS... OH GODS! OH GODS!!!
[PERSEPHONE]
I FEEL LIKE I'M TRAPPED
I FEEL LIKE I'M FROZEN
I FEEL LIKE I’LL NEVER BE THE CHOSEN
I’LL NEVER BE THE ONE TO TAKE STAND[PERSEPHONE & HADES]
WHY AM I
FROZEN IN PLACE
AT A CROSSROADS
AM I A DISGRACEWHY DO I FEEL
THE WAY
THAT I DO
IS IT TRUE?AM I AT A CROSSROADS?
AM I AT A CROSSROADS?I FEEL IT
I FEEL IT
I FEEL IT
I FEEL IT
AND MAYBE I WILL[PERSEPHONE]
FEEL IT WITH HIM
[HADES]
FEEL IT WITH HER
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Written by Casper Fox and Teagan Earley. Composed by Casper Fox. Produced by JP Warner.
[HADES]
MAIDEN BRING ME THE LIGHT
THAT MY UNDERWORLD CANNOT FATHOM
BE MY DREAM IN DROWNING SOULS
HALF AND HALF YOU CHANGE THE ROLES
AND NOW YOU’RE MINE
I ASK OF YOU
BE TRUEWILL YOU
REFLECT ME
AND WHO I AM INSIDE THIS FIERY SHELL OF CHAOS BOUND BY
RIVERS AND SURFACES PAINTED WITH SINS OF PASTS
THEY TELL ME IT NEVER LASTSSO WILL YOU BE
MY PERSEPHONE
MY PERSEPHONE[PERSEPHONE]
OH KING OF NIGHT, PLEASE DON'T FORGET
STYX CAN OFFER YOU REFLECTIONS
SHADOWS STILL HAVE ARMS TO HOLD
DEATH IS PLENTY TO GROW OLD WITH
STARRY-EYED AS YOU MAY FEEL,
I’LL BE YOUR QUEEN, NOT SOME IDEAL
FOR BEAUTY SHACKLED ME ABOVE,
DOWN HERE, I’D LIKE TO BUILD A LOVE
I’M ASKING YOU, DO YOU TRULY SEE ME?[PERSEPHONE & THE FATES]
WILL YOU UPLIFT ME?
YOUR ONE TRUE QUEEN?
I TOO HAVE STORMS INSIDE, THIS CHAOS
BOUND BY
RIVERS AND SURFACES PAINTED WITH SINS OF THE PAST
ONLY YOU AND I CAN TRULY MAKE IT LAST…
JUST KEEP ME FREE
AND I WILL BE
PERSEPHONE
KORE TURNED PERSEPHONE[HADES]
SO WILL YOU BE
[HADES + PERSEPHONE]
MINE?
[HADES]
PERSEPHONE.
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Written and composed by Casper Fox. Produced by JP Warner.
[THE MUSE]
There are always more sides to the story. Not everyone considers the story of Hades and Persephone a “happy” ending…
[DEMETER]
A CHILD THAT LOSES THEIR PARENT IS AN ORPHAN
A SPOUSE THAT LOSES THEIR LOVE IS A WIDOW
YOU MAY HAVE GAINED A HUSBAND
BUT I AM LEFT HERE IN THE SHADOW
THERE IS NO NAME FOR A MOTHER LOSING HER CHILD
BUT THERE IS A NAME FOR A GOD WHO KEEPS RUNNING WILD
I WILL RIP THROUGH THE REALM ‘TILL THERE’S NOTHING BUT PAIN
“DEMETER” THEY SAY “WHY SEE IT AS BANE”?
BUT THE BASTARDS AND CHEATERS, THEY ALL FIGHT TO GAIN
MY PERSEPHONE IS NOT TO CLAIMHE DEFILED HER
HE STOLE HER
HE GAVE HER NO CHOICE!
HOW ARE YOU ALL OKAY WITH THIS?
I BEG YOU, PLEASE, HEAR MY VOICE
I WILL NOT BE CONVINCED
I WILL NOT STAND HERE FLINCHED
THE FATES SCREAM FOR VENGEANCE WHILE I’VE BARELY PINCHEDTHERE IS NO NAME FOR A MOTHER LOSING HER CHILD
BUT THERE IS A NAME FOR A GOD WHO’S RUNNING WILD
BUT THE BASTARDS AND CHEATERS, THEY ALL FIGHT TO GAIN
MY PERSEPHONE IS NOT HIS TO CLAIM[HADES & PERSEPHONE]
SHE WILL REFLECT ME AND WHO I AM INSIDE (AM I AT A CROSSROADS)
THESE FIERY SHELLS OF CHAOS BOUND BY (AM I AT A CROSSROADS)[ZEUS]
ETERNAL WINTER
CROPS ARE DYING
GODDESS OF HARVEST
HEAR THEM CRYING[DEMETER]
LET THEM ROT, GOD OF THUNDER
IF I’M NOT MISTAKEN
THAT’S WHAT YOU TOLD ME
WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS TAKEN[THE MUSE]
THE KING AND THE QUEEN OF HADES BELOW
KNEW WHAT IT MEANT WHEN ZEUS HE WAS TO THROW
FOR KORE KNEW DEEP DOWN SHE MISSED HER MOM
BUT ALSO LOVED THE GIRL SHE’D BECOMEA DEAL WAS MADE
FOR THEM TO SHARE
A DEAL WAS MADE
FOR THOSE WHO CARE
FOR PART OF THE YEAR SHE WOULD STRIDE IN THE SUN
BUT THE REST OF ROTATIONS WOULD TAKE PLACE IN UN-
DERWORLDY CONDITIONS[DEMETER]
YET THERE IS NO NAME FOR A MOTHER LOSING HER CHILD
BUT THERE IS A NAME FOR A BROTHER IN DENIAL
FOR THAT BASTARD AND CHEATER HE HAD ALL TO GAIN
MY PERSEPHONE WAS THE ONE WHO WAS CLAIMED
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Written by Casper Fox and Teagan Earley. Composed by Casper Fox and JP Warner. Produced by JP Warner.
NOT EVERY UNION ‘TWIXT DAEMON AND MAN ASCENDS BEYOND VIOLENCE OR KINGS’ GRASPING HANDS.ENTER THETIS, A NEREID QUEEN AND ACHILLES, A BABE BLESSED BY FORCES UNSEEN.
AS I CARRY YOU HERE BY THE HEEL
YOU WERE FATED TO WARD OFF OUR TERROR
EVERY SOLDIER AND PEASANT WILL KNEEL
FOR ACHILLES A NAME WE’LL REMEMBER
Achilles Lullaby
STEPPING ONTO THE BEACHES OF CONQUEST
VALIANCE AN UNSPOKEN VOW HIS POWER,
THEIR REDEMPTION, THE MORTAL GREEKS’ BEST
EVERY KINGDOM AND RULER WILL BOW
MAY THE FATES BE WITNESS,
OLYMPUS-BLESSED UPON BATTLE
A LION’S MANE WHEN HECTOR IS SLAIN
SHREWDER STILL, TO YET SPARE THE CATTLE
Achilles Lullaby
HADES BEAR WITNESS I BEG THESE WATERS BLESS HIM LET THE RIVER OF SOULS SHIELD HIM NO ARROW, NO WEAPON, NO MAN, NO GOD SHALL MARK MY BOY PROTECT HIM, PLEASE
HOLD YOUR BREATH MY SON
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Written by Casper Fox and Teagan Earley. Composed and produced by JP Warner.
[THE MUSE]
You may have heard tell of this man
trapped, strapped shoving trammel,
and uphill at that.
He's decided it's high time
he told us his side
He's a little bit mad,
with his bruised, trampled pride.[SISYPHUS]
ENMITY
IT CAN'T BE ME
THREE FELONIES 'GAINST THREE DEITIES
THAT'S MY STORY, BUT I'M CAPABLE OF MOREBUT WHAT GOES UP
HAS TO COME DOWN
'M CHEATING DEATHBUT WHAT GOES UP
HAS TO COME DOWN
'M CHEATING DEATHCAUSE I'VE ALWAYS BEEN OUTTA LINE
I PLAYED WITH MY REALM A FEW TIMES
BUT READER, HERE'S THE JEST
I BESTED THE BEST OF OLYMPUS
I CHEATED DEATHWHAT GOES UP
HAS TO COME DOWN
CHEATING DEATHWHAT GOES UP
HAS TO COME DOWN
CHEATING DEATHWHAT HAPPENED, DEAR READER,
ZEUS PISSED OFF DEMETER
T'ALL TRACKS BACK TO THAT THUNDER GUY
AND PUSHING THIS BOULDER
IS TIRING, I TOLD HER
NOW HADES THINKS I WANT HIS WIFEYOU KNOW WHY?
I'M THAT GUY
(THAT'S RIGHT)WHAT GOES UP
HAS TO COME DOWN
CHEATING DEATHWHAT GOES UP
HAS TO COME DOWN
CHEATING DEATHIN MY MIND
I TOLD NO LIES
I LIVED MY LIFE
JUST TRYING TO GET BYGUESS THAT
WAS NOT ENOUGHA RIVER GOD GAVE ME
A SPRING THROUGH MY CITY
BUT ONCE AGAIN, THAT THUNDER GUYI SNITCHED ON A DEITY
CAME BACK TO BITE ME
NOW I DON'T GET
TO LIVE OR DIEWISH I WAS BEHEADED
I CAN'T GET AHEAD
WHILE I'M DOWN HERE,
INSTEAD I PUSH BEHINDTHE BOULDER IT ROLLS
I'M LOSING CONTROL
AND DOWN THE HILL
MYSELF I FINDWHAT GOES UP
HAS TO COME DOWN
CHEATING DEATHTHAT'S WHAT I GET
FOR CHEATING DEATH
