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Theseus Lyrics by XIPHOS

The Rise and Fall of Athens

2023

[Verse]
Lift the rock, proud Athenian, for your father's legacy
To claim your royal birthright, fulfil life's destiny
Stand and face, Periphetes, and smash his one-eyed head
Sinis is split asunder, in the trees where the bark turns red
In the land of the robber-hag, the Crommyonian Sow doth roam
Sciron, eternal trickster, plunged into wild foam
Cercyon with his iron grip, is snapped like broken bread
Decapitation for Procrustes, all the better for the torture-bed

[Chorus]
Thesеus, founding son of Athens
Wandering seafarеr and unifier of cities
Eternal scourge of the Underworld
Merciless destroyer of chthonic beasts

Theseus! The Athenians roar!
Brave deeds in the days of yore!
Theseus! Slayer of the Minotaur!
God-man of the Sphairia shore!

[Verse]
Seven sons and seven daughters, all food for the Minotaur
Bull-headed, two-legged, he likes his victims raw
At the heart of the labyrinth, he dreams of virgin blood
A hundred skulls from a hundred souls, lie broken in the mud
Ariadne, loves her Theseus, he takes her ball of thread
To find his way back to the light, when the Minotaur is dead
Cut down by a mighty sword, just as the gods decree
Black sails on the hero's mast, obscuring victory

[Chorus]
Theseus, founding son of Athens
Wandering seafarer and unifier of cities
Eternal scourge of the Underworld
Merciless slayer of chthonic beasts

[Outro]
Theseus! Slayer of the Minotaur!
God-man of the Sphairia shore!
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About “Theseus” by XIPHOS

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"Theseus" appears on "The Rise and Fall of Athens" in 2023.

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