© 2026 J.G. Argo. All rights reserved. The Odyssey Voyage II [Opening – Ancient Greek Invocation] Νόστος... (Homecoming...) Θάλασσα... (Sea...) Οὐδεὶς... (No One...) [Verse 1] The smoke of Troy still stains the dawn, The victors leave, but nothing's won. Bronze and glory fade away, The sea collects what swords can't save. The waves don't care for kings or crowns, They pull the mighty further down. Every mile erases names, Until a man forgets his face. [Pre-Chorus] One more storm... One more grave... The sea decides Who it will save. [Chorus] I'm chasing a home that remembers my name, While every horizon keeps changing my shape. The monsters outside become monsters within, No voyage is measured by where it begins. The stars are my map, The tide is my judge. The man who departed... Will never return. [Verse 2] The Lotus whispered, "Rest your mind." The Sirens sang, "Leave truth behind." Circe turned warriors into beasts, But fear had done that long before. One-eyed giants, endless seas, Gods who ruled with jealous dreams. Every trial carved the soul, Piece by piece, they took their toll. [Verse 3 – The Weight of Returning] I have worn a thousand faces, To survive a thousand storms. I have smiled through empty mornings, While the broken parts transformed. The world remembers victories, But never counts the scars. They ask me why I changed so much... They never saw how far. I carried ghosts across the ocean, Of every friend I couldn't save. I learned the hardest battles Are the ones beneath the waves. And if you find me standing silent, Don't mistake my quiet for peace. Some wounds don't need a witness... Some chains don't make a sound when they release. [Penelope’s Voice – The One Who Waited] They told me your ship had vanished, They told me the waves had won. But storms can take a warrior... They cannot take the man. I wove through endless winters, I unraveled every lie. While the world forgot your footsteps, I kept your memory alive. I wasn't waiting for a hero. I wasn't waiting for a king. I was waiting for the person Who was lost beneath the sea. [Dark Sea Passage] I begged the stars for answers, But the heavens stayed silent and cold. Then I learned the darkest waters Are the ones we cross alone. No hand could pull me from the darkness, No voice could tell me who to be. I had to face the endless ocean... That was raging inside of me. [Final Bridge – The Man Who Returned] I searched for Ithaca through endless seas, But the shore I found was not the same. The house was standing, the fire was burning, But I was the stranger who bore my name. Twenty years chasing a distant horizon, Twenty years fighting the dark alone. Then I discovered the final ocean... Was the distance inside my soul. [Final Chorus] I'm chasing a home that remembers my name, Though every goodbye rewrote every page. The kingdom I sought was never the throne— It waited inside the man coming home. No crown can restore The years that were gone. The sea gave me wisdom... And called it loss. [Outro – Ancient Greek] Πάθει μάθος... (Through suffering, wisdom.) The sea did not break me. The sea revealed me. I left as a man seeking home... I returned as a man who finally found himself. Νόστος...
