Odysseus's Quest

I succumb not to thee; to this mast I shall stay bound
As yonder lie lost souls of unjust blood, and gore alas
Play victim to sirens songs and lyres, nor be drowned
This ship will sail sharpen rocks, allow not an impasse 

As yonder lie lost souls of unjust blood, and gore alas
As sirens with lyres continue, in their so unholy quest 
This ship will sail sharpen rocks allow not an impasse
My sailors' ears dulled by wax, heeds not thy request

As sirens with lyres continue in their so unholy quest 
With arms and hands to oars, waves broken succumb 
My sailors' ears dulled by wax, heeds not thy request 
As in competition the siren's lyre strings more strung

With arms and hands to oars waves broken succumb
And forewarned sailors to their calls shall they defeat
As in competition the siren's lyre strings more strung
With intentions that with your death you should meet

And forewarned sailors to their calls shall they defeat
To pass yonder this island, where siren’s cast their ail 
With intentions that with your death you should meet
As on the shores lie the bodies of all those that failed

To pass yonder this island, where Siren’s cast their ail
Play victim to sirens songs and lyres, nor be drowned
As on the shores lie the bodies of all those that failed 
I succumb not to thee to this mast I shall stay bound

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