[Verse 1] Well the wind blew cold on the wine-dark sea And the sails cried out like a banshee’s plea Ten years of war, and the gods weren’t done Odysseus sailed ‘neath a burning sun [Chorus] Oh, the long way home is a bitter road With sirens' songs and a heavy load But I’ll cross these waves ‘til the stars align For Ithaca waits, and she’s still mine [Verse 2] We rode through storms that Poseidon made Saw the Cyclops sleep in a mountain cave I blinded that brute with a timber flame And he cursed my soul in his father’s name [Chorus] Oh, the long way home is a cursed tide With monsters grinnin’ on every side But I’ll walk through hell and I’ll face the swine For Ithaca waits, and she’s still mine [Bridge] Circe wept in her silken gown Calypso begged me to settle down But I carved my heart in Penelope’s name And I dreamed of her face through fire and rain [Verse 3] I sailed past Scylla and Charybdis’ maw And the dead reached up with their ancient claws But I held my course, though my crew fell few For the love of a land where the olive grew [Final Chorus] Oh, the long way home took all I knew But the stars still burned and the winds still blew Now I stand on the shore with her hand in mine For Ithaca waits… and she’s still mine
