There Are Other Ways

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There Are Other Ways
There Are Other Ways
Song Information
Song	17
Act (Saga)	Act 1 (The Circe Saga)
Sung By	Jorge Rivera-Herrans Talya Sindel Cast of EPIC: The Musical
Characters	Odysseus Circe Greek Soldiers
Chronology
Previous	Done For
Next	The Underworld (Underworld Saga)
Audio
There Are Other Ways

There Are Other Ways is the fourth and final song of The Circe Saga during which Circe agrees to help Odysseus find the prophet Tiresias in the Underworld who may be able to help him get home.

Lyrics

[CIRCE] There are other ways of persuasion There are other modes of control There are other means of deceit There are other roads to the soul There are other actions of passion You have so much left to learn Want to save your men from the fire? Show me that you're willing to burn, woah [ODYSSEUS, CIRCE] Who's to say, with all the mistakes I've made Don't be afraid That they will be the last think of your past Mistakes I ever make? Don't break when [ODYSSEUS & CIRCE] There is so much power So much power But there's no puppets here [CIRCE, ODYSSEUS] This is the price I'm just a man We pay for love There is the line I'm just a man never enough So much power So much power forgive me But there's no puppet here [ODYSSEUS, spoken] I can't [ODYSSEUS] Back at home, my wife awaits for me She's my everything, my Penelope And she's all my power, all my power But it's been 12 long years Oh, 12 long years since I have seen my wife And now the God of Tides is out to end my life So I beg you, Circe grant us mercy And let us puppets leave [CIRCE, spoken] Ah, Poseidon, eh? [CIRCE] There might be a way to evade him There might be a way to get home Though this other way's very dangerous It might be your one final hope I know of a brilliant prophet Problem is this prophet is dead I can't get you home, but I'll get you to the Underworld instead I'll release your men, and I'll get you to the Underworld instead [ODYSSEUS, spoken] Wait, you're helping us? [CIRCE] There are many ways of persuasion There are many modes of control Maybe showing one act of kindness Leads to kinder souls down the road I remember actions of passion I have been in love once before Maybe one day, the world will need a puppeteer no more Or maybe one day, the world will need a puppeteer more [SOLDIERS] So much power, so much power But there's no puppet here No she's not a player, she's a puppeteer No she's not a player, she's a puppeteer Yeah

Trivia

• This song is in D major and C minor, and has a 4/4 time signature.
• When Odysseus is trying to convince Circe to let him and his crew live, he states that he hasn’t seen Penelope in 12 years. However, at that point, he would’ve only been at sea for 10 years since he left Ithaca to fight in the Trojan War.
  • Jorge has pointed this mistake out and constantly makes fun of himself for it.
  • Such a timeline does match up with Madeline Miller’s novel “Circe” in which Odysseus tells Circe that his crew had been at sea for two years after a decade of war.
  • This miscalculation is referenced in Act 2, specifically in Different Beast and Get in the Water.

Animatics

We found one relevant animatic on the wiki:

There Are Other Ways - EPIC- The Musical ANIMATIC

References

1. https://www.tiktok.com/@jorgeherrans?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc
2. https://genius.com/albums/Jorge-rivera-herrans/Epic-the-musical

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