"Plea to Ulysses", by Ohceemusic, Magikker, and AzureKevin

Game of Bands Round 4 (www.reddit.com/r/gameofbands/comments/w60a8/official_voting_post_for_rgameofbands_round_4/)

Team 3:
Ohceemusic: Instrumentals (octav8)
Magikker: Lyrics based on The Odyssey, particularly the encounter with the lotus eaters
AzureKevin: Vocals, electric guitar solos, string pads

Lyrics:

Ten long years we fought in the heat
Blood, sweat, death and victory.
Now they tell me I’ll be a hero, When I make it home.
But would they recognize what I’ve become?

Every night I’d hear their ghosts
Their bloody faces lodged in my soul
Til I put my lips to the fruit of the lotus tree
For the first time in years, I knew sleep.

Chorus:
Tell my mother I died a hero
Tell my father the same
Their son has been lost forever
Just let them remember my name

When I’m there my mind is free
of pain and fear and my heart is beckoning.
Released from the chains that tore into me,
All except the one that brings sweet relief.

So tell my mother I died a hero
Tell my father the same
Their son has been lost forever
Just let them remember my name

Leave me here to fold my wings
And let this old soul rest in peace
And if it brings me closer to the grave
aren’t we all a bit closer every day?

Just tell my mother I died a hero
Tell my father the same
Their son has been lost forever
Just let them remember my name

They can’t see me this way. x4