The Odyssey

Symphony X

[Part I Odysseus' Theme / Overture]

[music / orchestration - Romeo]



[instrumental]



[Part II - Journey to Ithaca]

[music - Romeo]

[lyrics - Allen, Romeo]



To the one that I love, my journey has begun

When our eyes meet once more there will me peace

The taste of your lips the warmth of your touch

again, forever, two souls as one



Seems like forever that my eyes have been denied

Home - I'm dreaming of home

I've been twenty years away from all I ever knew

to return would make my dreams come true



Seasons of sorrow have stolen all my years

I miss the rolling hills of Ithaca

I've been through battles and cried a sea of tears

but the tide is changing, and with it all my fears



Seems like forever that my eyes have been denied

Home - I'm dreaming of home

I've been twenty years away from all I ever knew

to return would make my dreams come true



Behold the sea and winds of Jove

We set sail guided by the stars above

The ports of Troy escape our view

a cold and stormy fate awaits our rendezvous



Onward we ride, into the raging fury

Setting our course by the moon and sun

We forge ahead seeking glory

Yet the journey has just begun



Onward we ride - nine days we brave her might

we are coming home...



[Part III - The Eye]

[music- Romeo]

[lyrics - Romeo]



Awakened at dawn - Land dead ahead

with the winds of the morning we change course

no remorse, a place forbidden to all



Search all the grounds - find food and water

Yet journey not into the Cave of Woe

long ago, a legend spoke of a beast



A thousand riches hidden deep within the stone

A thousand nightmares mortal's blood forever flows



A mountainous black - engulfed in a shadow

a bone-chilling growl and an Eye of Hate

a ghastly fate - held prisoner by the Eye



Yet he must sleep - as the daylight fades

we focus our senses and sharpen our blade

we take aim - In