Kathy Mar Polyphemus Lyrics

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















Words and music:Kathy Mar







Copyright 1986 Kathy Mar