Kathy Mar Polyphemus lyrics

Polyphemus by Kathy Mar

Polyphemus lyrics

I sit in a darkness more deep than my cave 
And curse the bold hero who gave me my grave 
For no one will fear when they see this blind fool 
To leave me alive was a torment most cruel 

Chorus: I once was a Giant, but now I'm a craven 
My dirge is the song of white sheep and black raven 
I curse the brave man who would not stand and fight 
But who gave me to death when he put out my sight 

He sharpened my stick while I slept unafraid 
Then burned it red-hot in the fire I had made 
He stabbed it down into my eyelid so deep 
He robbed me of sight as he robbed me of sleep 

My sheep when to pasture and never returned 
The coals are so cold where my bonfire once burned 
I hear the birds call as the night gathers near 
And folds me in silence as deep as my fear 

I sit in the cold and the night of the blind 
And curse that foul captain and all man-unkind 
I pray he will wander as I never can 
And wish for the sight of his own kin and clan 

The sheep on the hillsides call lost in the night 
They cannot be gathered by one without sight 
The ravens are waiting on branches nearby 
To pluck at my bones when I lay down and die