Scylla

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Scylla is the third song of The Thunder Saga during which Odysseus pays a heavy price in order to pass through Scylla's lair.

Lyrics[]

[ODYSSEUS]
The lair of Scylla
This is our only way home

[SCYLLA]
Deep down

[EURYLOCHUS, spoken]
You're quiet today.

[SCYLLA]
Deep down

[ODYSSEUS, spoken]
Not much to say...

[SCYLLA & CREW]
Deep down, you hide a reason for shame

[EURYLOCHUS]
I've got a secret I can no longer keep

[SCYLLA & CREW]
Deep down, you know that we are the same

[EURYLOCHUS]
I opened the wind bag while you were asleep

[SCYLLA, EURYLOCHUS]
Leaving them feeling betrayed
Breaking the bonds that you've made (I'm so sorry)
There is no price we won't pay (Forgive me)
We both know what it takes to survive

[CREW]
Full speed ahead
(Full speed ahead)
Full speed ahead
Full speed ahead

[SCYLLA & CREW]
Deep down, we only care for ourselves

[ODYSSEUS]
Eurylochus, light up six torches

[SCYLLA]
Deep down, we're lonely demons from hell

[EURYLOCHUS, spoken]
Captain! Something approaches...

[SCYLLA, spoken]
Hello...

[Instrumental Break]

[ODYSSEUS]
Row for your lives!

[SCYLLA]
Drown in your sorrow and fears
Choke on your blood and your tears
Bleed 'til you've run out of years
We must do what it takes to survive

Give up your honor and faith
Live up your life as a wraith
Die in the blood where you bathe
We must do what it takes to survive

[SCYLLA & ODYSSEUS]
We are the same, you and I, I

Trivia[]

This song is in C#/D♭ minor and has a 3/4 time signature.
This is the song where Eurylochus admits he betrayed Odysseus and damned the crew by opening the wind bag given to them by Aeolus.
Scylla, after being turned into a monster, has a dark view of humanity and the gods, evident in the lines "Deep down, we only care for ourselves", or "We both know what it takes to survive".
- According to Greek mythology, it was Circe who transformed Scylla (by putting one of her potions in a pool where she bathed), jealous of her because she was the beloved of Glaucus, a sea god that the sorceress loved herself.
Exactly 6 screams can be heard when Scylla sings her main verse, one for each man taken by her.
When Odysseus orders Eurylochus to light up 6 torches, he covertly reveals his intention to sacrifice the men holding them. In the Odyssey, however, these men die because the crew gets distracted by Charybdis while crossing, and Scylla snatches them.
This song has the same runtime as Wouldn't You Like, with 2 minutes and 54 seconds.