Six Hundred Strike

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Six Hundred Strike is the fifth and final song of The Vengeance Saga which portrays the final battle between Odysseus and Poseidon.

Lyrics[]

[ENSEMBLE]
Six hundred men, six hundred
Six hundred men, six hundred
Six hundred men, six hundred
Six hundred men, six hundred

[ODYSSEUS]
I don't think you seem to get it,
I can't afford to die,
'Cause I will get back to my son,
And I will get back to my WIFE!!!

[Instrumental Break]

[ODYSSEUS]
For every comrade!
Every one of my friends!
Almost all of whom were slaughtered by your hand!
SIX HUNDRED STRIKE!!

[ENSEMBLE]
Six hundred men, six hundred
Six hundred men, six hundred
Six hundred men, six hundred
Six hundred, six hundred men

[POSEIDON, spoken]
You idiot...

[POSEIDON]
Can't you see?
You sealed your fate just to beat me.
You released my storm when you opened that bag
Blocked your one way home

[POSEIDON, spoken]
Now, you'll never get back!

[ODYSSEUS, spoken]
You're going to call off that storm...

[POSEIDON, spoken]
Or what?
You can't kill me!

[ODYSSEUS, spoken]
Exactly...

[ODYSSEUS picks up POSEIDON's Trident]

[POSEIDON, spoken]
Wait...
WAIT!!!
AH!!!
UGH!

[ODYSSEUS, POSEIDON]
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE HELPLESS?! (ARGH!!)
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO KNOW PAIN?! (UGH!!)
I WATCHED MY FRIENDS DIE IN HORROR! (AH!!)
CRYING AS THEY WERE ALL SLAIN! (UGH!)
I HEARD THEIR FINAL MOMENTS! (ARGH!)
CALLING THEIR CAPTAIN IN VAIN! (UGH!)
LOOK WHAT YOU TURNED ME INTO! (AH!!)
LOOK WHAT WE'VE BECOME! (UGH!)

[POSEIDON, spoken]
Enough…

[ODYSSEUS, POSEIDON]
ALL OF THE PAIN THAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH! (Stop!)
HAVEN'T I SUFFERED ENOUGH?! (STOP!!!)

[ODYSSEUS]
YOU DIDN'T STOP WHEN I BEGGED YOU!!!
TOLD ME TO CLOSE MY HEART!!!

[POSEIDON, spoken]
You...

[ODYSSEUS, POSEIDON]
YOU SAID THE WORLD WAS DARK!!! (MONSTER!!!)

[ODYSSEUS]
DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT RUTHLESSNESS IS MERCY UPON OUR-

[POSEIDON]
ALRIGHT!!!
Please...

[ODYSSEUS drops POSEIDON's Trident]

[POSEIDON, spoken]
After everything you've done...
...how will you sleep at night?!

[ODYSSEUS, spoken]
...Next to my wife.

Trivia[]

The "Six Hundred" in the song title refers to the 600 men Odysseus lost over the course of his journey home.
When recording a snippet of this song to post, Jorge had to go to an empty parking lot to avoid getting a noise complaint.
This song is the only one to have an official animatic made in 3D.
At the beginning of the song, Odysseus' motif can be heard in the background, as well as Aeolus' motif to represent the Wind Bag.
- Poseidon's second melodic cry of pain also resembles Aeolus' motif.
Before Odysseus tortures Poseidon, the horn from Different Beast can be heard.
Towards the end of the song, Tiresias' motif is faintly heard in the background, symbolizing that his prophecy has finally come true.
The original torture scene was originally depicted in a different way and was scrapped by Jorge. It was later reused by the animator of the scene, Gwendy, for her own animatic of the song.^[1]
Odysseus stabs Poseidon eight times, and was about to stab him for a ninth time if it weren't for the sea god begging for mercy.
A popular fan theory states that Ares assisted Odysseus by giving him strength.
- Earle Gresham Jr. released a skit about this theory, though it is not a canon to EPIC.^[2]