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The Underworld

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The Underworld is the first song of The Underworld Saga during which Odysseus and his crew plunge into the underworld to find the prophet Tiresias.

Lyrics[]

[ODYSSEUS]
Friends, Circe's instructions were clear
No matter what we hear

[CREW]
Full speed ahead

[ODYSSEUS]
Until we find the prophet
My comrades, this land confuses your mind
So no matter who we find

[CREW]
Full speed ahead, until we find the prophet

[ODYSSEUS, spoken]
Good...

[Instrumental]

[ODYSSEUS, CREW]
All I hear are screams, every time I dare to close my eyes
I no longer dream, only nightmares of those who've died
Nothing's what it seems (Nothing's what it seems)
And here in the Underworld, the past seems close behind
This land confuses your mind

[FALLEN SOLDIERS]
When does a man become a monster?
558 men who died under your command
Captain, captain, captain, captain
Why would you let the cyclops live
When ruthlessness is mercy?

[ODYSSEUS, CREW, ALL]
All I hear are screams, every time I dare to close my eyes
I no longer dream, only nightmares of those who've died
Nothing's what it seems (Nothing's what it seems)
But in the Underworld, the past seems close behind
I keep thinking of the infant from that night
I keep thinking of the infant from that night

[POLITES]
This life is amazing when you greet it with open arms

[ODYSSEUS]
Polites

[POLITES]
Whatever we face, we'll be fine if we're leading from the heart
No matter the place, we can light up the world
Here's how to start
Greet the world with open arms
Greet the world with open arms

[ODYSSEUS]
Polites

[ANTICLEA]
Waiting

[ODYSSEUS, spoken]
That voice, it can't be...

[ANTICLEA]
Waiting

[ODYSSEUS, spoken]
Mom?

[ANTICLEA, ODYSSEUS, BOTH]
Waiting
Odysseus, when you come home, I'll be waiting
Even if you're the last thing I see, I'll be waiting
I'm right here, mom (Waiting)
Can't you see? I'm waiting
I took too long (I'll always love you)
And ventured too far (I'll stay in your heart)
While you were waiting, waiting, waiting

[ODYSSEUS, spoken]
Bye, mom...

[ODYSSEUS, CREW, ALL]
All I hear are screams (All I hear are screams)
Every time I dare to close my eyes
I no longer dream (I no longer dream)
Only nightmares of those who've died
Nothing's what it seems (Nothing's what it seems)
But in the Underworld, your past is always close behind
Your past is always close behind
Down in the Underworld


Trivia[]

  • This song is the second longest song in Act 1, only topped by Ruthlessness.
  • The chorus is a reference to one of the many songs that were cut from the show, Ismarus.
  • When the fallen crew mates are singing, we hear multiple callbacks to past songs such as Ruthlessness, and Just A Man.
  • At the end of Ruthlessness, Poseidon tells Odysseus that 43 members of his crew are left following the former's attack. This would mean that 557 crew members have died since they started the journey back to Ithaca. However, when Odysseus is faced with the fallen crew mates in the Underworld, they tell their former captain that 558 men died under his command.
    • While this may seem like a miscalculation, it's actually a reference to Elpenor, a member of Odysseus's crew who got drunk while they were on Circe's island and fell off of the palace's roof to his death.
    • In the Odyssey, Odysseus finds Elpenor in the Underworld before speaking to both Tiresias and Anticlea. This part was originally going to be included in the song before being cut.
      • Despite no longer playing a major role in the show, Elpenor makes brief cameos in Storm and Keep Your Friends Close, where he is played by Luke Holt.
  • The church bells that play as Odysseus reminisces on the infant he killed share the melody of the music box that plays when Odysseus first sees Astyanax in The Horse and the Infant.
  • When Polites appears, he reprises the chorus of Open Arms.
  • Anticlea, Odysseus's mom, is actually voiced by Jorge's mother.
    • In Book XI of the Odyssey, Anticlea died from grief while Odysseus was fighting in the Trojan War, a fact that Aphrodite states in God Games. Odysseus even tried to hug her thrice, but due to being a ghost, she is incorporeal, and simply phases through her son as he struggles to embrace her, much to his despair.[1]
    • Additionally, Odysseus sees her ghost first before speaking to the ghost of Tiresias, but only spoke to her after listening to the prophet's words on how to get back to Ithaca.
  • According to Jorge, the lines from the fallen soldiers, Polites, and Anticlea are the thoughts that they had before they died.[2]
  • This song is the first use of the "Waiting" Motif, This motif is used throughout the rest of the musical, like in Love in Paradise, Get in the Water, The Challenge, and Would You Fall in Love with Me Again.

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References[]

  1. ↑ "And I, my mind in turmoil, how I longed to embrace my mother's spirit, dead as she was! Three times I rushed toward her, desperate to hold her, three times she fluttered through my fingers, sifting away like a shadow, dissolving like a dream..." ~ The Odyssey (Robert Fagles translation), Book XI
  2. ↑ https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/885543351615635496/1233281166489026600/SPOILER_IMG_3819.png?ex=662c8617&is=662b3497&hm=780b561ac083f2352fd789f0f829ca4c2457d69052dab45a90a20151883c3ebc&

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