[ODYSSEUS, (SOLDIERS)]
            
 Six hundred m

  
en, six hundre

d men under my
   
command, with 

only one goal 

in mind
N.C.
(Make it back alive to our homeland)
            
 Six hundred m

            
en, six hundre

              
d miles of ope

  
n sea

But the problem's not the distance
N.C.
(It's what lies in between)
             
And Ithaca's w


aiting (Ithaca

's waiting)
              
My kingdom is 


waiting (The k

ingdom is wait

ing)
            
Penelope's wai

         
ting for me
              
So full speed 

       
ahead
            
Full speed ahe

  
ad


[EURYLOCHUS, (SOLDIERS)]
    
    Captain 

 (Eurylochus)

 Six hundred m

en (Six hundre

d men)
            
 Six hundred m

              
en with big mo

        
uths to feed
              
And we've run 

              
out of supplie

     
s to eat
           
(Curse the war

           
, our food sto

       
re's depleted)

 Six hundred m

en (Six hundre

d men)
            
 Six hundred r

              
easons to take

         
 what we can

So captain, what's the plan?
       
(Captain, what

       
's the plan?)


[ODYSSEUS, (SOLDIERS)]
            
Watch where th

  
e birds fly
          
(Watch where t

   
he birds fly)
              
They will lead

       
 us to land
           
(They will lea

      
d us to land)
            
There we'll hu

          
nt for food, m

              
y second in co

 
mmand

Now full speed ahead, full speed ahead


[EURYLOCHUS, SOLDIERS]
            
We're up, we'r

          
e off, and awa

y we go
            
We're up, we'r

          
e off, and awa

y we go
           
We're up, we'r

        
e off, and awa

y we go


[POLITES]
      
Captain


[ODYSSEUS]
        
 Polites!   


[POLITES]
 
 Look!
        
 There in the 

              
distance, I se

     
e an island
              
I see a light 

             
that faintly g


lows
              
Maybe they're 

              
people lightin

    
g a fire

Maybe they'll share some food, who knows?
   
 
[ODYSSEUS]

Something feel

s off here
      
I see fire but

 there's no sm

oke
         

[EURYLOCHUS]
          
I say we strik

e first, we do

n't have time 

to waste
         
So let's raid 

the place and—
         

[ODYSSEUS]

No.
           
 Polites gear 

              
up, you and I'

       
ll go ahead


[POLITES]

(You and I'll go ahead)


[ODYSSEUS]
        
We should try 

              
to find a way 

              
no one ends up

 
 dead


[EURYLOCHUS]

(We don't know what's ahead)


[ODYSSEUS]
            
Give me til su

             
nrise, and if 

           
we don't retur


n. 
         
Then six hundr

             
ed men can mak

              
e this whole p

     
lace burn


[ODYSSSEUS, (SOLDIERS)]
              
Now full speed

      
 ahe-e-e-ad
            
Full speed ahe

 
-e-e-ad (Full 

speed ahead)
      
We're up, we'r

e off, and awa

y we go
       
(We're up, we'

re off, and aw

ay we go)
            
Full speed ahe


ad (We're up, 

we're off, and

 away we go)
       
(We're up, we'

re off, and a—

)
           
Full speed ahe

ad