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Wind for our sails
O give us wind (O give us wind)
Wind for our sails (wind for our sails)
My thousand ships (a thousand ships)
Will reach the shore (will reach the shore)
And we'll tear down each golden wall
And Troy will fall - I'll rule them all
O bless my brother's foolishness to take a cursed wife.
I think it is the best damn thing that happened in my life.
For the wife got herself kidnapped all to the town of Troy
- all to the one damn city that I'm longing to destroy.
O give us wind (O give us wind)
Wind for our sails (wind for our sails)
My thousand ships (a thousand ships)
Will reach the shore (will reach the shore)
And we'll tear down each golden wall
And Troy will fall - I'll rule them all
O Brother, take my thousand ships, o Brother, take my men
I'll stand by you in any way Mycene's High King can.
And if Troy's strong walls are falling, then you'll get back your whore
Then you'll get back your injured pride - but I will get much more.
O give us wind (O give us wind)
Wind for our sails (wind for our sails)
My thousand ships (a thousand ships)
Will reach the shore (will reach the shore)
And we'll tear down each golden wall
And Troy will fall - I'll rule them all
O well I angered Artemis - I killed her sacred stag
Now she's controlling all the winds and drives my ships all back
O seer, seer tell me - whatever shall I do?
Whatever must I sacrifice to win her grace anew?
O give us wind (O give us wind)
Wind for our sails (wind for our sails)
My thousand ships (a thousand ships)
Will reach the shore (will reach the shore)
And we'll tear down each golden wall
And Troy will fall - I'll rule them all
There was a smile on her face as I held her
held her tight, as a loving father would,
but it froze as I reached for the dagger
and I killed my own child where it stood.
O the trust in her eyes it will haunt me
t'was a price that's not easily paid,
but the wind for my sails it did buy me
and my gain is this town that I hate.
O give us wind (O give us wind)
Wind for our sails (wind for our sails)
My thousand ships (a thousand ships)
Will reach the shore (will reach the shore)
And we'll tear down each golden wall
And Troy will fall - I'll rule them all
Now ten long years have come and gone, this war will meet no end
Why we don't quit and leave for home my men won't understand
But if we all get slaughtered on a Trojan battlefield -
I gave my daughter for this war. I can't be made to yield.
O give us wind (O give us wind)
Wind for our sails (wind for our sails)
My thousand ships (a thousand ships)
Will reach the shore (will reach the shore)
And we'll tear down each golden wall
And Troy will fall - I'll rule them all
Ein Lied, inspiriert durch den Film »Helena von Troja« mit Rufus Sewell als Agamemnon.
Gräßlicher Film. Wirklich gräßlich. Das einzig Gute daran ist Rufus.
Text und Melodie (c) 2005 by Thesilée A song based on the movie »Helen of Troy« with Rufus Sewell as Agamemnon.
Horrible Movie. Truely horrible. The only thing good about it is Rufus.
tune and lyrics (c) 2005 by Thesilée
