[Intro]
  

[Verse 1]

-- Athena --
            
Father, God Ki

              
ng, rarely do 

 
I ask for favo

rs
         
Now, I'm knock

ing on your do

or
              
With hopes to 

        
save a friends

hip
              
With one who's

              
 a prisoner fa

       
r from home
        
Odysseus

-- Zeus,(Athena) --
              
Divine interve

       
ntion, is that

 what you seek

?
            
To untie appre

         
hensions that 


were placed on

 that Greek?
          
You are playin

              
g with thunder

 
 for a man ful

l of shame
          
But if he's wo

              
rth the risk o

        
f going under
N.C.
Why not make it a game?

[Bridge]
            
Convince each 

   
of them that h

e ought to be 

released
            
And I'll relea

              
se him (Who's 

    
them?)
      
Apollo


         
Hephaestus



Aphrodite

Arеs
           
Hera or me

 
What do you say?

N.C.
(Apollo): Great
(Hephaestus): Vеry well
(Aphrodite): Eh
(Ares): Alright
(Hera): Groovy
(Athena): Bring it

[Verse 2]
          
(Ensemble):Apo

llo

-- Apollo,(Athena) --
              
You all know I

     
'm a fan of ca

tchy songs
            
So with so man

y sirens gone
        
I think Ody's 

in the wrong
           
(They were try

ing to do him 

worse)
            
(All he did wa

       
s reimburse th

em)
              
(Now they'll t


read with caut

ion first)
             
(To live anoth

             
er day and sin

          
g another vers

e)
N.C.
If that's true, release him

   

[Verse 3]

(Ensemble):Hephaestus

-- Hephaestus,(Athena) --
            
Trust is not g

            
iven, it's for

ged
             
Why should I g

ive him my sup

port?
            
He sacrificed 

          
his own cohort
            
(Did you forge

t they failed 

to listen?)
            
(He was betray

ed and then im

prisoned)
            
(But if you ma

ke the right d

ecision)
             
(He can still 

              
build a future

             
 with those wh

          
o miss him)
N.C.
Fine, release him

   
   

[Verse 4]
              
(Ensemble):Aph

  
rodite

-- Aphrodite,(Athena) --
              
Your little hi

       
gh and mighty 

Odysseus
            
Claims to love

            
 his mother, b

             
ut let her die

             
 of a broken h

eart
        
(He was busy f

ighting)
              
More like busy

 
 spiting the c

yclops
            
Let him feel t

            
he pain that h

             
is mother felt

     
 and rot
     
(Wait)
            
(Please recons

          
ider this)

[Verse 5]

-- Ares,(Athena), Ensemble --

Really, Athena? These old tricks? (Ares)   
   
E: Ares, Ares

What kind of s

ick coward hol

ds back his po

wer
While his friends get devoured?
              
He didn't even

       
 fight Scylla,

 didn't even t

ry to kill her
              
Hides inside a

        
 wooden horse 

to get the job

 done
              
Never handles 


things upfront
              
Pathetic and w

             
eak like his s


on
            
(Hold your ton

             
gue now, his s

         
on's my friend

)
            
(And tell your

             
 lover that a 

            
broken heart c

   
an mend)
             
(You want more

             
 bloodshed? Th

          
en set him fre

e)
             
(To get back t

             
o his homestea

              
d, he'll make 

         
everybody blee

d)
N.C.
(Aphrodite & Ares): Ugh, release him

   

[Verse 6]

-- HERA,(Athena),Ensemble --
          
Hey, baby 
       
E: Hera
              
So many heroes

            
, so many tale

 
s
              
Give me one go

            
od reason why 

              
yours should p

      
revail

(He's got the 

mind of a geni

us) Try harder

(He's pretty s

killed with wo

rds) You can d

o better than 

that

(He's kind of 

funny) Eh

(Never once ha

s he cheated o

n his wife)
N.C.
Release him

[Verse 7]

 -- Athena --
                        
            
I've played yo

            
ur game and wo


n, release him

-- Zeus --
            
You dare to de

      
fy me, to make

 me feel shame

?
            
No one beats m

   
e, no one wins

 my game
           
Thunder, bring

             
 her through t

   
he wringer
            
Show her I'm t

   
he judgement c

all
             
The one who ma

        
kes her kingdo

m fall
N.C.
(Ares):Is she dead?

[Instrumental]

   
   
   
   

[Outro]

-- Athena --

Let him go, pl

ease

Let him go