The Scarab

cookie monster · Post by **cookie monster** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 4:11 pm

Hey heres the lyrics to a song i pretty well have done...

Its about the greek god sisyphus (the dude that pushes the boulder up a hill). itll be a little hard to understand unless you know the story :-/.

The Scarab

I am a lonely one
I am a narcissist
I am a hypocrite
Pushing on this boulder

Rain like javelins
Fall to the dirt
Slipping sinking
Failing once again

But I know why I’m here

I betrayed a noble man
I told of a battered victim
I spoke for who did not
Try to tell me that I lied

Cast me away
Do as you must
Can you live with…
The aguish you caused?

But I know why I’m here

Don’t you feel a little sick?
Tell me
Do you feel a little unwell?
Can you
Put away the guilt?
Can you
Live with yourself?
A rapist and a batterer
To a savage goes the crown

I know why I’m here

Blame is so easy to pin
But you can not forget
As you lay to die
Weak and atrophic
What will you say?
What will you hide?

I am a lonely one
I am a narcissist
I am a hypocrite
And I know why I’m here
And I know why I’m here

sharkmansix · Post by **sharkmansix** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 4:39 pm

I only have one minor quib about this:

I am the narcissist

Narcissus was a whole other ententy in Greek mythology.

cookie monster · Post by **cookie monster** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:50 pm

ya but a narcissist is someone who loves themself and sisyphus was definately arragent...

change the to a my bad

sharkmansix · Post by **sharkmansix** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:57 pm

Yeah, it doesn't effect the overall composition! I didn't know how 'spot on' you wanted the mythology to be!