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MYTHOS

by Oh Foot

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1.
Argonautica 03:15
Loose the string, the arrow sings and reservations tire The heart is a boon when her blood boils Can a mortal hand restrain the emanating fires And scatter the teeth over gods’ soil? Be all anointed! Penetrate the grove and let the foreign hand be idle The guardian’s restless and wide-eyed Will the song of Hypnos bring us what we are entitled? Call for the queen when the sprig’s plied The serpent slumbers! The serpent slumbers! Illumination The prize is taken
2.
Paul Bunyan 05:37
Paul, Paul Bunyan Such a strong man Paul, Paul Bunyan Such a strong man Cut his teeth on a peavey pole Wore his dad’s clothes at five days old His bassinet was a lumber wagon The Coast of Maine was his own big playpen Slept on the sea, and the waves were crashin’ It took a canon to stop him nappin’ Paul the giant got an axe and Became the world’s greatest lumberjack! And the East Was too small For the beast who was Paul Paul Bunyan Paul, Paul Bunyan Paul Bunyan, he loved his pancakes Ate fifty in just one minute Paul Bunyan, he loved his pancakes Ate fifty in just one minute! Cause he’s Paul, Paul Bunyan Paul, Paul Bunyan And Babe, His companion Pulled the weight Of his wagon And the day They both died They were one with the mountains Paul, Paul Bunyan Such a strong man Paul, Paul Bunyan Such a strong man
3.
Oh Saul, what's there to fear in a bold call or a strong hand When we've God in our land? There's no need for the armor and sword though, for it's His fight I'll be all right Oh, come to carry the stone Oh, I've come to carry the stone When the lion drew One from multitudes I found his roar a ruse Can the same be said of you? Bird and beast come for the feast When all your armies have fallen to their knees Nowhere to flee—now do you see? It wasn’t chance that delivered your life unto me Oh, come to carry the stone Oh, I’ve come to carry the stone
4.
Selkie 03:07
I shed my skin and was a woman once I had four kids and had a husband once But this whole life of land and sun just wadn’t for me I needed to be back in my home beneath the sea In my oiled coat he hid so long from me My flippers flappin on the waves Glossed eyes open wide in the water And though I terribly miss my family I miss my man and all the crazy things he’d do to me Land life just wadn’t where I wanted to be For I cannot betray my first marriage to the sea
5.
I was your bride, underneath you If I were alive, we’d have children Vipers got the best of me, but in Elysium, we’re all happy You were the groom, such a genius, And I was alone, underneath the Tidal waves of the River Styx And you came to save me, But now I’m happy In Elysium, there’s no sadness, Just waiting around for the rest of us Don’t let me drag you down, Orpheus, ‘cause If I come back up, it won’t be the best for us Don’t let me drag you down, Orpheus, ‘cause If I come back up, it won’t be the best for us
6.
So, you’ve got the legs But can you bear ‘em with the right mind-set? Effervescent faith Is all it takes to make the great far less Oh, a lesson is due To make you small for a while So, I’ll win the day, if only to say It gave you pause for a while So, you set the pace And yet deliver up the lead in jest Where’s your pride of place When all your glory culminates in rest? Oh, a lesson is due To make you small for a while So, I’ll win the day, if only to say It gave you pause for a while
7.
La Llorona 04:12
La Llorona listlessly weeps in her bed Deep beneath the river so wide-- for there is no language to describe a Mother whose babies have died.
8.
Honor killing in the sand Sisera, my brother, lay dead Yael crept up while he slept And stabbed him in the head Adonai, Adonai A woman’s done your dirty work Adonai Sisera’s blood in the dirt, Adonai
9.
Theseus 06:01
Named the Aegean Sea Named the Aegean Sea If the sandal fits and the weapon’s fine I’ll resurrect the king’s line If the road is long, I’m the more inclined To lay a claim to what’s mine But oh, many are the Men who’d run you through I can only venerate the true Someone had to give ‘em what was long due Recognize what the scabbard hides What the scabbard hides Spill the wine in the nick of time In the nick of time Named the Aegean Sea Named the Aegean Sea When the Cretan calls for the young and bright I’ll lend a hand to do right Mark returning sails: if they billow white They herald in a good fight But hey, who’s the Little lady come my way? Never hesitating to convey Everything the architect could not say Tethered fast to a thread attached To a thread attached Though it’s rash, let the die be cast Let the die be cast
10.
Pecos Bill 03:51
Pecos Bill, king of the West King of the West Pecos Bill, king of the West King of the West Raised by Coyotes in the desert Bill rode a horse named Widow-Maker But sometimes rode a mountain lion Or a tornado like a buckin’ bronco That Pecos Bill, king of the West King of the West Pecos Bill, king of the West King of the West Slue-Foot Sue, his old lady Cooked him dynamite for breakfast She rode a catfish down the Rio Grande And her love for him was thick and true Pecos Bill, king of the West King of the West
11.
Winter’s come, and it won’t be long Many have passed and the herd is thinning But there’s hope in Coyote’s song Leading us back up the river, grinning See those fingers of fire burn Flickering out through the pines to greet us? We’ve a right to the light in turn Holy flame, like a god—relieve us! Fleet of foot follows sleight of hand Faces colored and captivated Take no heed of the burning brand Borne away to be celebrated
12.
Avalon 05:25
She was a healer A healer on the island of Avalon And her brother Brother Arthur stole the sword Excalibur Oh, Le Fay Oh, Le Fay She’s got her wounds And her romances But on the sea in Sicily Oh, how she dances Oh, Le Fay Oh, Le Fay And the waves were rushing And the waves were rushing And the waves were rushing And the waves were rushing
13.
Icarus, you’ll learn That the body is a weight For the soul to spurn When a vision ill-fated Makes a martyr of you Icarus, you’ve heard That the loftiest can fail But the heart is spurred And the heat of youth prevails With a father’s cries deferred Heaven opens for you
14.
Daphne 06:08
Two arrows shot in stereo A planned misunderstanding One man left magnetic and wanting One woman left running “Change my form,” you begged to me, “Get me out of this body Open the earth to enclose me Let my hands be branches Let my hair be leaves Let me get away from the danger This body’s brought me.” And you became a laurel tree Immortal and everlasting

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released December 1, 2011

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