[Verse 1] Down by the shore where the salt wind cries, A sailor boy with starlit eyes Took up a blade and a mirrored shield, To chase a tale the gods concealed. His mama prayed in whispered tones, “Don’t look her way or you’ll turn to stone.” But pride don’t bend and fear don’t bind The boy who dares to ride the wind and time. [Chorus] Oh stone-eyed woman, cursed and wild, Once you were fair, once you were mild. Now your hair is a serpent's song, And your gaze is death where it don't belong. Oh, run, boy, run, ‘fore the sun goes down, Or the mountain’ll wear your statue crown. [Verse 2] The stars did watch, the owls did cry, As he rode the wind on Pegasus high. Guided by the gods who loved a fight, He flew to the end of the world that night. She stood alone where no heart dares, With writhin’ snakes and marble stares. But in his hand, the glass did gleam— A ghostly moon in a hero’s dream. [Chorus] Oh stone-eyed woman, cursed and wild, Once you were kissed, once you were a child. Now you howl in the silence deep, Where not even shadows dare to sleep. Oh, strike, boy, strike with the mirror true, Let mercy guide the sword through you. [Bridge] But no one tells the tale just right— How gods can curse and call it light. How men become both thief and knight, And monsters born from mortal spite. [Verse 3] He took her head with a trembling hand, The blood it wept upon the sand. And in the dark, she spoke no moan, Just silence carved in sacred stone. He flew back home with a crown of dread , The Gorgon’s face and a hero’s head. But in the hills when the fire runs low, You’ll hear her sigh in the embers' glow.
