Cassandra Lyrics
She hath no life but the one he for her wrought;
Proffer'd to her his wauking heart - she turn'd it down,
Riposted with a tell-tale lore of lies and scorn.
Tho' her parle of truth:
"I ken to-morrow - refell me if ye can!",
Yet the kiss and breath - Apollo's bane -
Sëer of the future, not of twain,
"Sicker!", quoth Cassandra.
A mistress fuell'd by his prest haughtiness -
If he did grant, wherefore then did he not foresee,
Belike egal as it to him might be?!
Tho' her parle of truth:
"I ken to-morrow - refell me if ye can!",
Yet the kiss and breath - Apollo's bane -
Sëer of the future, not of twain,
"Sicker!", quoth Cassandra.
'Or was he weening - alack nay mo;
Her naysay' raught his heart,
Her daffing was the grave of all hope -
She belied her own words,
He thought her life, save moreo'er scourge,
She held him august, yet wee;
He left her ne'er without his heart
some of these words are wrong >.< I corrected them as I defined the trouble words.
Wrought-shaped Wauk-from walk, to toss about restlessly Riposte-to reply or retaliate, to answer Tell-tale – one who idly or maliciously discloses private or secret matters; a tale-bearer, a tattler Fond-crazy, dazed, mad Parle-speech Ken-to know, to see, to be aware of Refell-to refute Bane-that which causes ruin, poison Twain-two [used often in poetry for sole purpose of rhyme] Eyne-plural of eye Aegis-shield or defensive armor, applied in ancient mythology of Jupiter (Zeus) Prest-ready, active Egal-equal Belike-probably, perhaps Weening-arrogant, self-conceited Alack-lacking, wanting, missing Mo’-more Raught-to reach or snatch at or after Daffing-insanity Belie-to falsify Scourge-to chastise August-Inspiring mingled reverence and admiration; impressing the emotions or imagination as magnificent; majestic, stately, sublime, solemnly grand; venerable, revered. save-except, but quaint-clever lief-dear, beloved
you're welcome :) and if you haven't noticed it should be "horrid" not "eried" you guys need to listen more attentively...
Thx a lot, dark ivory, that's tremendously helpful! :)
Thx a lot, dark ivory, that's tremendously helpful! :)
Let me enlighten you:)
The song is about Cassandra, a woman the Greek god Apollo fell in love with. He asked her to marry him but she denied. She told him that she would marry him only if he gave her the gift of foresight... Apollo was so in love that he agreed and gave her the gift. But Cassandra didn't keep her promise and denied him once again ("She belied her own words...").
Apollo asked her if he could at least kiss her and when they came close to kiss, Apollo spit in her mouth and cursed her so that even though she had the gift of foresight, noone would believe her words ("Yet the kiss and breath - Apollo's bane -").
Cassandra was the woman who tried to warn the people of Troy about the trojan horse, but of course noone believed her.:)
I hope this helps!
This is one of my favorite songs by TOT not only is it's dark but it's meaning goes so deep...i def fell in luv with this song as well as Angelique the vocals are beautiful
well im greek and recently checked the lyrics of this song,,i used dictionary to translate some archaic terms i didn't know and loved it.i would like to add another version of cassandra and appollo myth, cassandra kept her promise and made love with appollo but got dissappointed and left him.appollo got furious that a mortal girl turned him down but as a god was obliged to keep his word too and give her the gift of foresight.so he did but also enchanted her so noone would believe her words.cassandra was daugter of priamus,king of troy and everybody considered her insane.yet vovin ,your version is the most well-known :)
I love this song. It's so dark and passionate. Plus the lyrics are great. So mournful.
you have to love idiots like DarknesMyBride "this song has such a deep meaning" but then says NOTHING about what it means.
No wonder no-one says nothing of what it means... At least to me the words in themselves are mysteries... I need my dictionnary for every second word. Though, I'm going to understand it, some day. Is it as hard to understand for a native English speaking person?
It was a long time since i read it, but I'm pretty sure that some of the lines are direct quotes from The Iliad. Worthy reading for anyone with the slightest history/mythology interest. The song really captures her pitiful greed and regretful sorrow. Strong words, by a strong band.
Eee.. Vovin, you are amazing. Now I know the meaning.
But certain lines make no sense to me. Even the ones with words I know. Eh.. help, someone?
She was also the one that said "Beware of the Ides of March" in Julius Caesar.