Name: Ferry on the River Styx
Duration: P00H04M24S
Description: The truly unfair plight of a fallen Greek soldier.

Ferry on the River Styx

from Cryptfiend by Shrouded

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The truly unfair plight of a fallen Greek soldier.

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No fear, beloved wife
to you I'll soon return
For Grease I'll march forth, I'll slay her foes
And if need be, for her, I'll burn
We stand and fight with all we are
But still, alas, I die
And while on the ferry, Charon informs me
Someone neglected to place the coins on my eyes.

The ferryman demands payment
for my passage to the other bank.
But I've nothing to give, for I was buried with nought
but the shield on my arm and the wound in my flank.
I'm forever in debt, and until he collects
I'm damned to work the oar
To slave away forever and a day
rowing from shore to shore.

I shall never set foot upon the soil of the land
of peace or agony.
I must bend to the task of propelling this craft
So others may rest or burn, you see
I meet them all, old and young alike
And weep for what they've lost
But then came the day when it pains me to say
I bore my own wife across.

Now she's passed beyond, but here I remain
weary and longing for her touch
Making the trip with the ferryman
Cursing the gods and my luck
But sometimes I see her. She waves to me.
Oh how I pine for her kiss.
But until I pay or waste away,
I am imprisoned on the River Styx.

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from Cryptfiend, released December 1, 2014

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