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And It seems as though
I'm on my own
And time transcends, oh
And it seems I speak
Like waters leak
And I'm losing friends, oh
And there'll be coins on my eyes
There'll be coins on my eyes
To pay Charon
Before I enter my sun
And I don't feel well
Oh, can't you tell,
From the way I touch my face?
And my thoughts are low
And I cannot grow
In this small space, oh
But there'll be coins on my eyes
There'll be coins on my eyes
To pay Charon,
Before I enter my sun
And I ain't no,
And I ain't no,
And I ain't no Hercules
And I ain't no Hercules
And I ain't no Hercules
I ain't no Hercules
I'm on my own
And time transcends, oh
Like waters leak
And I'm losing friends, oh
There'll be coins on my eyes
To pay Charon
Before I enter my sun
Oh, can't you tell,
From the way I touch my face?
And I cannot grow
In this small space, oh
There'll be coins on my eyes
To pay Charon,
Before I enter my sun
And I ain't no,
And I ain't no Hercules
And I ain't no Hercules
And I ain't no Hercules
I ain't no Hercules
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"Charon, in Greek mythology, is the ferryman of the dead. The souls of the deceased are brought to him by Hermes, and Charon ferries them across the river Acheron. He only accepts the dead which are buried or burned with the proper rites, and if they pay him an obolus (coin) for their passage. For that reason a corpse had always an obolus 1 placed under the tongue."
Just to add on what MayaMoo said about Charon. Keaton is talking about death, suicide. In Greek Mythology, Hercules goes to the underworld and instead of dying gets out. So when he says "I ain't no Hercules" He is saying that he won't come back. Quite a somber song really.